October 2024

RV Tire Failure Driving Across West Texas (updated with the rest of the story)

Dodging an RV tire disaster our RV at the shop in Van Horn Texas

We had an RV tire failure while crossing West Texas. This was a near miss. It wasn’t road damage, and we didn’t have a blowout. We dodged the bullet and came up smelling like roses. The only thing we lost was some time and not much time. UPDATE: October 27, 2024. To include the rest […]

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Amazing Fort Casey protected the Admiralty Inlet from attack.

One of the ten-inch disappearing main guns at Fort Casey.

Fort Casey was so strong it was never attacked. Along with its sister forts, it guarded the entrance to Puget Sound, protecting Seattle, Tacoma, and the Puget Sound Naval shipyards. Fort Casey on Whidbey Island, Fort Worden near Port Townsend, and Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island were linked together as if they were one fort.

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