Day Flying In Iraq

Today was the first day flight for me since 2007 in Iraq. Not much has changed but there is sure a lot more oil production going on.

An oil spill by Baji, that is the Tigris River that the oil is flowing into. It has been going for a few days now.

The Baji Oil Refinery that is just to the north of Speicher, got to love the air we breather over here!!

Just a little formation flying on a clear day, it sure was cold -2 degrees Celsius.

Who says Iraq is just desert, there is a lot of farm land up in the north, kind of reminds me of Illinois.

The life of a dog...rough

Pet's Only

This week's photo challenge at I heart faces is pet's only -- so I couldn't resist putting up one of Meli. Go and check out lots of other awesome animals!

Look Out

Eddie Went!

This morning there was a lot of hemming and hawing -- would "the eddie" go or not? It wasn't until I was at work after 7 this morning that they decided it was on! People had been lining up since before the sun was up; thousands of people turned out to see 28 of the world's greatest big wave surfers take to Waimea Bay. We were even watching it live on our computers at work on and off -- its just amazing to see surfers take on 30+ ft. waves. There were quite a few wipeouts and broken boards. But, there were lots of 'wow' moments too. Turns out the Greg Long won in the last round. Not that I know who that is...but he's from California!

After work Meli and I went up the beach to see what we could see. Waves were supposed to be 15-25 ft. by us. They were higher and more frequent than usual and a few surfers were out trying to catch a wave or two. Not nearly as spectacular as on the North Shore, but nothing to sneeze at either.