Bay City Cruis'n

Left, right, left, right, right. What am I doing? Opening a safe? Anyway, I found myself at the end of a road. OK, so I was more off the road than on a road. The point is I found something interesting to investigate. Open the car door ... I've got to oil that ...

Who: Garden Mole

What: Farpoint Park

Where: Bay City - Molesworth

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bay%20City%20-%20Molesworth/214/200/25

Follow Park Place road northeast, to where it makes the final easterly turn heading towards the Bay City Fairgrounds. At that bend in the road is a path leading off to the left. Take that path and you'll find a nicely landscaped park complete with benches, a fountain and telescopes that give you a view of the nearby water.

After being mesmerized, for who knows how long, by the glowing thingey that is part of the water feature I finally noticed a nearby structure.

Who: Tee Tulip

What: Molesworth Pointe

Where: Bay City - Molesworth

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bay%20City%20-%20Molesworth/219/243/25

This is a fine example of the citizens of Bay City seeing a need and responding. Without this beacon in the dark, the mariners of our waters would otherwise be in peril of shipwreck.

That's it for this cruise through Bay City.

I hope to see you on the road. Happy motoring!

Reporter Dakota Schwade

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Bay City Cruis'n

Last month, July of 2019, marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo space program's first landing on the Moon, July 20, 1969. The occasion was celebrated and remembered by many people around the globe.

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) produced an excellent 12-episode podcast, along with a supporting website, entitled "13 Minutes to the Moon" (www.bbcworldservice.com/13minutes). This series explains and illuminates the audio recording of the Lunar Module's descent to the Moon's surface. Can you say "1202 Program Alarm?" 

Another fascinating website (apolloinrealtime.org) uses National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) audio, audio transcripts, photographs and video recordings; all synchronized to the Apollo 11 master mission clock, making it possible to see the entire event from blast off to splash landing. It's totally addictive.

However, closer to my Second Life home I made a discovery; some testaments to Mole "space race" activities.

Who: Sunny Mole

What: First Mole on the Moon

Where: Bay City- Molesworth

Space, the Final Frontier! Or something like that. Anyway, it would seem that the Moles of our world are quite skilled in many areas, one of them being inter-planetary travel.

The plaque on this monument reads: "First Mole on the Moon -- July 20th, 1968 -- That's one small step for a Mole, one giant leap for Molekind!"

Wait a minute! ... 1968? ... But, Apollo 11 was ... What? ... How? ... Huh?

Near this monument to Mole achievement is a model of our solar system.

Who: Sunny Mole

What: Planet Statue

Where: Bay City- Molesworth

You've probably seen a model similar to this before. It's nothing exceptional; the various planets listed in order as you travel away from the sun, which is the base of the model: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Ceres, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Eris and Talpidae.

Tal ... pi ... dae? ... Um? ... What? ... Huh?

That's it for this cruise through Bay City.

I hope to see you on the road. Happy motoring!

Reporter Dakota Schwade

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