Retired....really?

I am beginning to think that consulting is like a windstorm. For a while the skies are clear and the wind calm...then off in the distance you see the dust starting to kick up. Before you know it swirls around you blowing everything around and you’re scurrying around trying to keep everything together.

Well that’s the way it’s been lately. I had been busy earlier in the year, then the summer doldrums set in, no rain and record setting temperatures. Suddenly my lazy days disappeared like little “dust devils” announcing the coming storm.

And so it blew...for three weeks I flew around this country like a leaf in the storm...here then there, back and forth until I finally came to rest...home again.

Actually it was great fun.

The grand finale was working on a spill response drill offshore San Diego, using a C-130. The goal was to simulate spraying a dispersant over an oil spill, using water.

Simple you say?

Well to get permission we had to get approval from the Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, California Fish and Game and the Federal Aviation Authority. All agencies were very supportive so it wasn’t really all that bad...the two days of flying went very smoothly.

If you’ve read any of the “Rambling of a Retiree” you will notice this blogger has had a diverse year...”oh yea!!”