Museum of Hiram:
Hiram Chronology
- 16 April 1951, Monday, Hanford, CA. born
- 1951 early portrait
- June 1959, Stratford, CA - promoted to 3rd grade,
grade 2 report card
- summer of 1965, attend summer school
- 31 December 1965, Stratford, CA first contact as Ham radio station WN6RSS
- High School Picture, 1966.
- summer of 1966, spend a lot of time on the Ham Radio, as WB6RSS
- summer of 1967, work for Salyer Land Co. driving a combine harvester in
barley, wheat, milo. Roll pickup, injure back,
Vacation to Idaho with parents, Carol
- summer of 1968, intense summer on the ham radio
- 02 January 1969, to the movies, "How sweet it is" and
"I love your Alice B. Toklas"
- 07 January 1969, reading "Island" by Aldous Huxley
- 08 January 1969, reading "You and the draft"
- 11 January 1969, college board tests in Coalinga
- 12 January 1969, Jets 16 Colts 7 - watched the Super Bowl
- 13 January 1969, rained all day in Stratford
- 19 January 1969, another day of continuous rain. Flooding all over
California.
- 30 January 1969, snowfall in Lemoore this morning. Receive report
cards, Psyc: C, Math: A, English: C, BioII: A, AmGovt: C, Physics: B,
PE: A
- 01 February 1969, swam 57,065 meters in practice in January
- 06 February 1969, broke the drive line in the Jeep in front of
Ed Kosinsky's house
- 15 February 1969, visiting San Francisco to visit uncle Rod
at the U.C. Medical Center
- 16 February 1969, visit Dave Mercer at his radar station south of San Jose
- 20 February 1969, swim meet, 50 yd free: 25.8s, 100 yd free: 57.8s
- 21 February 1969, Tulare lake growing, siphons over the 749 levee started
- 22 February 1969, uncle Doug Mercer dies today of a heart attack
- 26 February 1969, my parents, while travelling back from uncle Doug's
funeral in Cupertino in heavy rains wreck our Buick. No injuries,
but the car is out of action.
- 28 February 1969, swim meet, 50 yd free: 25.6s, 100 yd free: 58.1s
- 01 March 1969, swam 42,154 meters in practice in February
- 06 March 1969, fix up the cool red light in my room
- 07 March 1969, swim meet, 50 yd free: 2nd behind Charles James,
100 yd free: 4th place (Ralph Clark 1st in 56.x), 1st place
in the 200 free relay
- 08 March 1969, Ed and John visiting, talked all night
- 09 March 1969, set up the four speaker sound system in my room
- 11 March 1969, swim meet, 3rd in 100 yd free at 57.5s, broke the
school record in the 400 free relay: 3:59.5 splits:
Charles James 57.0, Hiram 56.0, Ralph Clark 54.7, Scott Stanton 52.2
- 13 March 1969, reading "What men live by", Leo Tolstoy
- 14 March 1969, swim meet, 100 yd free: 57.6s 2nd behind Ralph
- 17 March 1969, Loveless levee breaks, floods next district
- 22 March 1969, visiting the Mercer's in Patterson
- 27 March 1969, swim meet, 50 yd free: 25.5s 2nd, 100 yd free: 1:00.8 3rd
- 30 March 1969, Ed and John visiting, went skiing on Tulare Lake today
- 01 April 1969, swam 33,290 meters in practice in March
- 02 April 1969, swim meet in Reedley, 50 yd free: 25.3s, 100 yd free: 57.3
- 04 April 1969, reading "Master and Man", Leo Tolstoy, "A Portrait of
the artist as a young man", James Joyce
- 06 April 1969, fly to Merced with Phil Wintz, drove his car back.
- 07 April 1969, reading "History of the Donnor Party"
- 10 April 1969, swim meet, 50 yd free: 24.6s, 100 yd free: 1:00.0
- 14 April 1969, broke the Jeepster's head gasket. Report card time
and it isn't too good. English: D, AmGovt: C, Math: B,
Physics: A, BioII: A, PE: A. The west bank of the Kings river
has been built up to 195 feet ASL.
- 15 April 1969, swim meet, 50 yd free 25.2s, 100 yd free: 56.8s
400 free relay split: 55.5
- 16 April 1969, 18th birthday, register for the draft
- 17 April 1969, swim meet, 50 yd free: 24.4s new school record,
100 yd free: 55.7s, 200 yd free relay: 1:38.0 new school record,
my split as 3rd: 24.0
- 20 April 1969, my cousin Steve receives his draft notice
- 22 April 1969, east bank levee of Kings River breaks, the lake is
headed toward Stratford.
- 23 April 1969, win $1.00 on KLAN radio contest.
- 25 April 1969, windy conditions are creating waves on the Tulare lake,
threatening the El Rico levee near Corcoran. The lake is
over 100 square miles in area, the largest lake in California.
- 29 April 1969, reading "The Little Prince", Antoine de Saint-Exupery.
- 01 May 1969, swam 50,060 meters in practice in April
- 02 May 1969, John has a new car, a Ford Mach I
- 03 May 1969, league swim meet, 2nd in 50 yd free: 24.9s,
2nd in 100 yd free: 54.3, 3rd split in 200 yd FR: 24.2s (1st place).
Kebo was 1st in the 50 and 100.
- 04 May 1969, air show at the Lemoore Naval Air Station
- 07 May 1969, swam against Goose in the 50 yd breast today: 34.5s
Army and Navy folks came by school today to inform us of our
military obligations. Talking about Vietnam
- 09 May 1969, divisional swim meet in Wasco. I was 2nd again behind
Kebo in both the 50 and 100 at 24.3s and 53.7s, his times:
22.9s and 53.6s. Our 200 free relay team set the divisional record
at 1:37.3, my 1st split: 23.9. Senior dance tonight.
- 13 May 1969, sick at home with a cold.
- 14 May 1969, uncle Rodney and Marie visiting today
- 17 May 1969, The Valley swim meet, 2nd in the 50 yd free: 23.7s,
5th in the 100 yd free: 54.3s, 4th for our 200 free relay team,
my 1st split: 24.0
- 05 June 1969, Lemoore, CA.
graduated Lemoore Union High School
- 06-07 June 1969, senior trip to Disneyland
- 10 June 1969, begin summer job working at Salyer Land company in
Corcoran
- summer of 1969, working nights at Newton Brothers ranch, 6 PM to 6 AM
six and seven days a week. Driving large catepiller tractors and
running irrigation water.
- 11 September 1969 photograph first
solar eclipse
from home at Stratford, California.
- fall of 1969, begin school at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, living in
the Sequoia dorm.
- November 1969, attend Vietnam Moratorium march in San Francisco with Ed
- December 1969, holiday ski trip to Denver, CO
- 31 December 1970 concert at Winterland, San Francisco with Ed,
Jefferson Airplane, Quicksilver Messenger Service,
Sons of Champlin, Hot Tuna
- 26 January 1970, father
Hiram John Clawson, dies of a heart attack.
- summer of 1970, working at Collins Radio Corp., Costa Mesa, receive
draft number 31
- fall of 1970, second year begins at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- December 1970, Christmas at home in Stratford, CA.
- January of 1971, transfer to University of California, Berkeley
Davidson Hall dorm
- 04 October 1971, begin classes, UC Berkeley Fall quarter 1971
living in Blake Street apartment
- 25 December 1971, Christmas party at Carol's in Lemoore, CA
- January 1972, Richard M. Nixon calls a moratorium halt to the draft.
At the same time, I lose my 2S classification and become 1A,
eligible for the draft. If Nixon had not stopped the draft at
this point, I would certainly have been drafted.
- 20 June 1972, Tuesday, 16:20 PDT depart Berkeley, have arranged ride
to New York City, NY
- 24 June 1972, Saturday, arrive
New York City, NY. Can you believe I'm going to start
hitchiking around the East coast looking like this ? It is a wonder
I ever got a ride.
- 29 June 1972, bus NYC to Providence, RI. visit New Haven, CN on the way
- 30 June 1972, hitchiking Providence, RI. to Hyannis Port, MA
- 01 July 1972, hitchhike, Hyannis Port, MA. visit Plymouth, MA, ar Boston
- 02 July 1972, hitch Boston to Springfield, MA
- 03 July 1972, visit ARRL W1AW station, Newington, CN.
- 08 July 1972, depart Springfield, MA. arrive base of Mt. Washington, NH
- 09 July 1972, 07:30 -> 10:00 summit of Mt. Washington, NH
- 10 July 1972, Total Solar Eclipse, clouded out, center line is across
northern Canada, Northern Territories, Quebec, New South Wales, PEI
- 11 July 1972, depart hitch Springfield, MA, cross Deleware, to Maryland
- 12 July 1972, arrive Washington, DC
- 14 July 1972, bus depart Washington, DC
- 15 July 1972, arrive August, GA
- 23 July 1972, depart August, GA. arrive Jacksonville, FL
- 28 July 1972, 11:00 Jacksonville, FL -> 14:00 Orlando, FL
- 02 August 1972, visit Cape Kennedy, FL
- 05 August 1972, NY Jets vs. SF 49ers at the Gator Bowl, Jacksonville, FL
- 08 August 1972, begin Greyhound bus ride, Jacksonville, FL. -> LA, CA
- 09 August 1972, 00:00-02:30, 06:00-10:30 visit New Orleans, depart 11:10
- 10 August 1972, Thursday, visit Astrodome, Houston, TX
- 15 August 1972, Tuesday, depart Houston, TX. 12:25 CDT, visit San Antonio
- 16 August 1972, arrive El Paso, TX. 09:40 MDT, visit El Paso
- 17 August 1972, depart El Paso, TX. 20:42 MDT
- 18 August 1972, 13:00 PDT arrive Los Angeles, CA
- 20 August 1972, out to the movies with Ira: Deliverence
- 21 August 1972, hitchike, 11:30 Van Nuys, CA to Kettleman City, CA 20:00
- 25 December 1972, Christmas in Yosemite with the Clawson's, skiing
- 29 January 1973 operate WB6RSS from dorm room #808 at 2650 Haste St,
Berkeley, CA
- summer of 1973, work in intense
San Joaquin Valley heat, measuring
the growth of cotton and insect populations for a professor from
UC Riverside.
- school year 1973-1974, working part time at Space Sciences Lab
- 25 December 1973, Christmas in Beeville, TX., with Barbara and Max
- June 1974, Berkeley, CA. graduated University of California, BS EECS
- summer of 1974, continue working at the Space Sciences Lab, UC Berkeley
in Dr. Stuart Bowyer's X-Ray astronomy group until July 1975.
- 25 December 1975, Christmas with Shelia and Orion in Fremont, CA.
- 05 July 1975, Berkeley, CA. begin tour of North America,
05 July 1975 - 01 March 1977, in the 1959 Triumph TR3
- 08 July 1975, enter Oregon
- 11 July 1975, enter Washington
- 15 July 1975, 1st international border crossing, WA -> Vancouver BC
- 06 August 1975, leave car parked at Dawson Creek and hitchike the ALCAN
highway to Alaska. First day, 4 rides 165 mi
- 07 August 1975, 3 rides 747 mi, 3rd ride is for 3 days
- 08 August 1975, enter Yukon territory
- 09 August 1975, 2 rides 578 mi
- 11 August 1975, 2nd international border crossing, Yukon CAN -> Alaska
- 12 August 1975, arrive, Fairbanks, Alaska, 52 miles
- 18 August 1975, visit Anchorage, Alaska
- 20 August 1975, 3rd international crossing, Alaska -> Yukon CAN
- 22 August 1975, car is still parked where I left it, continue south.
- 23 August 1975, enter Alberta
- 03 September 1975, enter British Columbia
- 04 September 1975, 4th international crossing, BC -> Idaho
- 17 September 1975, enter Utah, genealogy research in Salt Lake City
- 23 September 1975, Idaho
- 27 September 1975, Wyoming
- 29 September 1975, Montana, visiting Yellowstone Nat. Park
- 01 October 1975, to South Dakota
- 04 October 1975, visit Wind Cave, South Dakota
- 06 October 1975, to North Dakota
- 07 October 1975, to Minnesota
- 17 October 1975, 5th international crossing, Michigan -> Ontario
- 18 October 1975, 6th international crossing, Ontario -> New York
- 19 October 1975, 7th international crossing, New York -> Ontario
- 24 October 1975, 8th international crossing, New Brunswick -> Maine
- 26 October 1975, New Hampshire
- 27 October 1975, through Vermont to New York
- 28 October 1975, to Pennsylvania
- 29 October 1975, NJ -> New York City -> NJ
- 30 October 1975, Delaware
- 31 October 1975, Maryland, Washington DC
- 01 November 1975, visit Gettysburg
- 03 November 1975, Ohio
- 11 November 1975, visit Country Western Hall of Fame
- 22 November 1975, visit JFK Museum
- 25 December 1975, Christmas with the Mercer's in Orlando, FL
- 11 January 1976, leave car with Carol, TR in Jacksonville, FL,
will be hitchiking from now on
- 13 January 1976, 2 rides 160 mi
- 14 January 1976, 5 rides 25 mi
- 15 January 1976, 4 rides 80 mi
- 16 January 1976, 9 rides 210 mi
- 17 January 1976, 4 rides 460 mi
- 19 January 1976, 6 rides 220 mi
- January - March 1976, visit Mexico
- 27 January 1976, 9th international crossing, Texas -> Mexico
- 27 January 1976, train from Larado border crossing to Monterey, Mexico
- 30 January 1976, train from Monterey to Ciudad Victoria, Mexico
- 31 January 1976, train to Tampico
- 03 February 1976, bus to Veracruz
- 05 February 1976, to Villahermosa
- 06 February 1976, to Merida
- 10 February 1976, visit Chichen Itza
- 11 February 1976, visit Uxmal
- 12 February 1976, train to Escarcega
- 13 February 1976, bus to Chetumal
- 16 February 1976, bus to Escarcega
- 17 February 1976, train to Palenque
- 19 February 1976, bus to San Cristobal
- 22 February 1976, hitchiking, 1 ride 50 mi
- 27 February 1976, bus to Oaxaca
- 04 March 1976, to Puerto Escondito
- 06 March 1976, to Acapulco
- 09 March 1976, to Mexico City
- 17 March 1976, train to Gualajara
- 18 March 1976, bus to Chapala, visit Alice
- 20 March 1976, bus to Gualajara
- 21 March 1976, train to Mazatlan
- 23 March 1976, depart Mazatlan on ferry to La Paz, Baja California
- 24 March 1976, arrive La Paz, and very ill, in bed for several days with fever
- 29 March 1976, recovered, hitchiking north thru Baja CA, 4 rides 225 mi
- 30 March 1976, 2 rides 271 mi
- 31 March 1976, 1 ride 368 mi
- 01 April 1976, 3 rides 200 mi
- 01 April 1976, 10th international crossing, Baja CA -> San Diego, CA
- 01-04 April 1976, visit with Brooke and Cathy
- 05-06 April 1976 San Luis Obispo, visit Al
- 07-12 April 1976, Hanford CA, visiting mother
- 13-14 April 1976, Stratford
- 15-18 April 1976, Hanford CA
- 19 April 1976, visit Steve
- 20-21 April 1976, visit with Phil in Berkeley
- 22 April 1976, visit Richard, Berkeley
- 23 April 1976, visit Doug, Berkeley
- 24 April 1976, visit Phil, Berkeley
- 25 April 1976, visit Geroge, Oakland
- 26 April 1976, visit Zeebo, Berkeley
- 30 May 1976, attend Portugese festival in Stratford
- 21 June 1976, depart Sacramento, 7 rides 148 mi to Nevada
- 22 June 1976, 2.5 rides 540 mi, Utah
- 23 June 1976, .5 ride 796 mi, Kansas
- 24-27 June 1976, visit Diane, Ralph, Missouri
- 27 June 1976, Illinois, 7 rides 231 mi
- 28 June 1976, 7 rides 563 mi
- 29 June 1976, 6 rides 135 mi, arrive at Mercer cousins, Smock, PA
- 01 July 1976, visiting the Mercer's, Pennsylvania
- 02 July 1976, depart Pennsylvania, Maryland, 6 rides 259 mi
- 03 July 1976, hitchike into Philadelphia, PA for the 200 year party
- 07 July 1976, upstate New York, 6 rides 195 mi
- 08 July 1976, Utica New York, genealogy research, 3 rides 130 mi
- 10 July 1976, Speculator, 2 rides, 65 mi
- 12 July 1976, Ray Brook, 3 rides, 100 mi
- 14 July 1976, hitchike into Montreal, QC, CAN to attend Olympics,
5 rides 110 mi
- 01 August 1976, had an excellent time at the Olympics.
Hitchike on to Quebec City, QC, CAN to continue Canada tour.
4 rides 147 mi
- 04 August 1976, Fredricton, 2 rides 237 mi
- 05 August 1976, Prince Edward Island, 4 rides 239 mi
- 07 August 1976, NS, 7 rides 100 mi
- 08 August 1976, ferry ride to Newfoundland, 2 rides 130 mi
- 09-11 August 1976, St. John's, NF, CAN - Eastern Most point of the
North American tour.
- 12 August 1976, Goobies, Newfoundland, 4 rides 100 mi
- 13 August 1976, Grand Falls, Newfoundland, 3 rides 164 mi
- 14 August 1976, Corner Brook, Newfoundland, 1 ride 163 mi
- 15 August 1976, Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland, 2 rides 13 mi
- 16 August 1976, Sydney Mines, NS, 1 ride 5 mi, ferry 100 mi
- 18 August 1976, Ingonish, NS, 4 rides 155 mi
- 19 August 1976, Antigonish, NS, 4 rides 144 mi
- 20 August 1976, Halifax, NS, 2 rides 143 mi
- 21 August 1976, Hebron, NS, 7 rides 210 mi
- 22 August 1976, Wolfville, NS, 9 rides 130 mi
- 23 August 1976, St. John, New Brunswick, 4 rides 290 mi
- 25 August 1976, reenter USA from CAN, arrive Nutting Lake, MA, 4 rides 430 mi
- 26 August 1976, Waltham Mass, 1 ride 11 i
- 30 August 1976, Buffalo, NY, 2 rides 438 mi
- 31 August 1976, stateline, PA, 6 rides 73 mi
- 01 September 1976, Cleveland, Ohio, visit Bob Kooi, 1 ride 130 mi
- 07 September 1976, Des Moines, Iowa, 3 rides 720 mi
- 08 September 1976, Nebraska, 3 rides 510 mi, overnight South Platte river
- 09 September 1976, Utah, 1 ride 540 miles, $18 hitchiking ticket
- 10 September 1976, Nevada, 2 rides 287 mi
- 11 September 1976, arrive Sacramento, CA, visit Mike Nadler, 1 ride 426 mi
- 14 September 1976, 301 Barrington Hall, Berkeley, CA
- 20 September 1976, Lemoore, CA
- 24 September 1976, Stratford, CA
- 26 September 1976, Lemoore, CA
- 29 September 1976, Berkeley, CA
- 04 October 1976, depart Berkeley, arrive Cottonwood, 4 rides 230 mi
- 05 October 1976, depart Cottonwood, thru Oregon, 7 rides 270 mi
- 06 October 1976, 4 rides, 530 mi
- 06 October 1976, arrive Spokane, WA for the "living in winter" experiment
- 22 October 1976, Elvin Bishop, Z Z Top concert in Spokane
- 28 November 1976, Spokane, WA attend Blue Oyster Cult, Bob Seegar concert
- 04 December 1976, leave Spokane, WA hitchiking
- 05 December 1976, 9 AM arrive Sacramento, CA. made excellent
time all night down I-5, continue on to Lemoore, CA by 11:30 PM
- 11 December 1976, leave Berkeley, CA in the evening hitchiking
- 12 December 1976, arrive Whitter, CA
- 13 December 1976, enter Mexico, leave Mexicali, MEX on the train to
- 15 December 1976, arrive Mazatlan, MEX for a vacation
- 20 December 1976, leave Mazatlan, MEX by train
- 22 December 1976, arrive Venice, CA
- 31 December 1976, attend Grateful Dead concert at the Cow Palace,
San Francisco, CA - drove the red VW minibus with the double doors
on both sides. Picked up hitchikers, of course.
- 07 January 1977, visit Sacramento, CA
- 14 January 1977, Hanford, CA - working for builder Walt Miller,
installing tile roofs on apartment buildings.
- 24 January 1977, finished working for Walt Miller
- 15 February 1977, Fresno, CA - Measurex job interview
- 01 March 1977, Hanford, CA - begin work for Measurex at Armstrong
Tire Factory - will be administering a process control computer
system to control the "calendar" machine that applies rubber
to the fabric plys that are built into tires. End of North
American tour: 05 July 1975 - 01 March 1977
- 08 April 1977, SFO->FAT, first flight on a commercial airliner
- 11 April 1977, buy TI SR-56 calculator for work.
- I obtain a
Passport picture for the world tour. Looking more
like a terrorist than anything else. It is amazing I actually
crossed borders with this picture. It did take me 4 hours
to clear USA customs upon my return in 1982.
- 26 February 1979, near Yakima, WA. view first total solar eclipse,
totality clouded out
- 21 March 1979, Tulare, CA - begin world tour:
21 March 1979 - 25 September 1982, Greyhound bus to
- 30 March 1979, Orlando, FL
- 12 April 1979, leave New York City, NY on Laker Airlines to
- 13 April 1979, 11th international crossing, NYC -> London
- 13 April 1979, London, England - Gatwick airport stamp in passport
- 23 April 1979, train and ferry from London, England to Calais, France
- 31 December 1979, Vienna, Austria - St. Stephans Platz
- 16 February 1980 - Kenya Africa, view second total solar eclipse,
clear skys
- 17 July 1980, depart Vienna, Austria to Moscow, USSR to attend Olympics
- 04 August 1980, return from Moscow, USSR to Vienna, Austria
- 18 August 1980, enter Poland, first stop Nowy Scoz
- 19 August 1980, arrive Krakow, Poland
- 22 August 1980, arrive Warsaw, Poland
- 28 August 1980, arrive Giezecko, Poland
- 30 August 1980, arrive Malbork, Poland
- 04 September 1980, leave Poznan, Poland, arrive Bahnhof Zoo, West Berlin
- 10 September 1980, depart West Berlin, arrive Dresden, DDR
- 12 September 1980, Dresden -> Langenhessen (Zwickau, Karl Marx Stadt)
- 14 September 1980, Langenhessen -> Weissensee, DDR
- 15 September 1980, visit Erfurt, DDR
- 16 September 1980, visit Weimar, DDR
- 17 September 1980, Weissensee -> Seeburg, DDR
- 18 September 1980, visit Halle, DDR
- 19 September 1980, Seeburg -> Werder, DDR, visit Leipzig, DDR
- 20 September 1980, visit Potsdam, DDR
- 21 September 1980, visit Brandenberg, DDR, return to West Berlin
- 31 October 1980, Madrid Spain
- 01 December 1980, arrive Rabat, Morocco
- 31 December 1980 - overnight 28.5 hour train ride from
Tamba, Senagal to Bamako, Mali.
- 31 December 1981, Kfar Haruv, Israel
- 04 January 1982, to Mopti, Mali 640 Km
- 11 January 1982, arrive Gao, Mali
- 17 January 1982, cross border, Mali -> Niger
- 20 January 1982, arrive Niamy, Niger
- 26 January 1982, arrive Kaduna Nigeria
- 28 January 1982, in and out of Lagos, Nigeria, today only, obtain
Cameroon visa
- 25 April 1982, depart Haifa, Israel by boat
- 27 April 1982, arrive Heraklion, Crete
- 29 April 1982, arrive Istanbul, Turkey
- 10 May 1982, arrive Ankara, Turkey
- 21 May 1982, border crossing, Turkey -> Bulgaria
- 22 May 1982, arrive Sophia, Bulgaria
- 28 May 1982, border crossing, Bulgaria -> Romania, arrive Bucharest
note weight today is 69 Kg (151 lb), with pack 95 Kg (209 lb)
- 05 June 1982, border crossing, Romania -> Hungary, arrive Budapest
- 10 June 1982, border crossing, Hungary -> Austria, arrive Vienna
- 08 August 1982, leave Budapest, Hungary to
- 09 August 1982, Moscow, USSR, catch the trans-Siberian train to
- 20 August 1982, Tokyo, Japan
- 25 September 1982, leave Tokyo, Japan to California, end of round the
world trip. 12 April 1979 - 25 September 1982
- 01 February 1983, 17m 08s practice run, begin training for 24 July 1983
- 07 March 1983, Monday, Aptos, CA. begin working at Ryan-McFarland
- 11 June 1983, trip with Matt to Stratford CA to pick up office desk
- 25 June 1983, 2h 28m 39s practice run Santa Cruz <-> Aptos
- 24 July 1983, 3h 27m 31s San Francisco Marathon
- 28 July 1983, pain almost gone from the knees
- 31 July 1983, 34m 43s practice run
- 16 September 1983, ocean swimming, 1 length of Seabright beach
- 24 September 1983, Grateful Dead concert
- 04 December 1983, Kisangani, Zaire, view and photograph first annular
solar eclipse. Published report in April 1984 issue of
Sky & Telescope magazine.
- 30 May 1984, South Carolina - view and photograph second annular solar eclipse
- July-August 1984, Los Angeles, CA - attend Olympics - achieve 15
minutes of fame by having a front page photograph published
in the Los Angeles Times of the
Mary Decker - Zola Budd
collision.
- 16 November 1984, depart San Francisco -> Hawaii -> Sydney -> New Guinea
- 18 November 1984, arrive Port Moresby, New Guinea
- 22 November 1984, drive to Hula beach, overnight in car
- 22 November 1984, New Guinea, view and photograph third total solar eclipse
- 25 November 1984, depart Port Moresby -> Brisbane -> Sydney
- 28 November 1984, Sydney -> Melbourne -> Hobart, Tasmania
- 08 December 1984, Hobart -> Sydney -> San Francisco
- 10 March 1986, depart Honolulu, Hawaii
- 11 March 1986, arrive Nadi, Fiji
- 17 March 1986, Nadi Fiji -> Auckland, New Zealand
- 25 March 1986, Auckland, New Zealand -> Sydney, Australia
- 09 April 1986, Mt. Canobolas, NSW, Australia, view and photograph
partial solar eclipse at sunset
- 1986 visiting Perth,
Western Australia, time lapse photograph of the city at night.
- 07 December 1987, begin work at The Santa Cruz Operation.
Will be on this job until 08 March 2002.
- 11 July 1991, Baja California, Mexico - view and photograph my fourth
total solar eclipse
6 minutes 54 seconds totality, the longest I will ever experience.
- 05 March 1991, Tuesday, begin Aikido training at
North Bay Aikido
- 04 January 1992, Escondido, CA - view and photograph my third
annular eclipse
at sunset over the ocean, partial clouds
- 31 December 1993, Santa Cruz, CA - 23:00-00:30 aikido practice
- 10 May 1994, Ohio, view and photograph my fourth
annular eclipse. Clear skys, less than one mile from
the exact center point of the eclipse.
- 03 July 1994, depart San Francisco CA SFO en route to Frankfurt, Germany
with the Cabrillo College Chorus for their 1994 Eastern European
tour
- 04 July 1994, continuing by bus from Frankfurt, Germany, to Karlovy Vary,
Czech Republic
- 05 July 1994, from Karlovy Vary, to Praha, Czech Republic
- 10 July 1994, to Teplice, Poland
- 16 July 1994, depart Budapest, Hungary, to Vienna, Austria
- 19 July 1994, train from Vienna, Austria, to Annecy, France
- 17 October 1994, depart San Francisco CA SFO en route to La Paz, Bolivia
- 18 October 1994, arrive La Paz, Bolivia
- 21 October 1994, by bus from La Paz to Copacabana, Bolivia
- 23 October 1994, a beautiful time lapse photograph of the
Sunset over
Lake Titicaca, Bolivia
- 24 October 1994, depart Copacabana via La Paz to Oruro, Bolivia
- 25 October 1994, depart Oruro, by bus, over the top of the Andes
to Potosi, Bolivia
- 28 October 1994, depart Potosi, by bus, to Sucre, Bolivia
- 31 October 1994, depart Sucre by plane, over the Andes again, to
La Paz, Bolivia
- 03 November 1994, Bolivia, view and photograph fifth total solar eclipse
- 07 November 1994, day trip to visit Tihuawanku, Bolivia from La Paz
- 08 November 1994, depart La Paz, Bolivia, return to San Francisco CA SFO
- 31 December 1994, Santa Cruz, CA - 23:00-00:30 aikido practice
- 11 August 1995, attend Wagner's Ring Cycle opera, Seattle, WA
- 23 September 1995, visiting my mother in Hanford, CA
- 24 November 1995, Thanksgiving at Carol and TR's in Ridgecrest
- 31 December 1995, Santa Cruz, CA - 23:00-00:30 aikido practice
- 06 January 1996, visit Shawn, Greg, in Arroyo Grande
- 27 July 1996, attend Truls' wedding in San Diego
- February 1997, a dear friend,
Larry Sharlow is killed while riding his bicycle.
- 23 February 1997, weekend on the North Coast
- 13 March 1997, visiting my mother in Hanford, CA
- 28 March 1997, visiting my mother in Hanford, CA
- 04 April 1997, depart San Jose, arrive Portland
- 06 April 1997, depart Portland, arrive San Jose
- 10 May 1997, visiting my mother in Hanford, CA
- 31 May 1997, visiting my mother in Hanford, CA
- 05 July 1997, visiting my mother in Hanford, CA
- 15 July 1997, beginning of 1997 Santa Cruz Summer Aikido Retreat
- 19 July 1997, end of 1997 Santa Cruz Summer Aikido Retreat
- 22 July 1997, take Mary Heiny to San Francisco airport
- 24 July 1997, visiting Hisham in San Diego. Take Phil to the Omnimax Theatre
- 23 August 1997, visiting my mother in Hanford, CA
- 15 September 1997, visiting my mother in Hanford, CA
- 26 September 1997, drive to Hanford to care for my mother this weekend.
- 27 September 1997, at age 78 my mother
Madeline Elaine Mercer Clawson Leone dies quietly at home
in Hanford, CA.
- 04 October 1997, officiate at my mother's memorial service.
Play nine holes of golf with Barbara, Mike, Kelly
- 26 October 1997, Sunday, performed
shodan/black belt test in Aikido
- 28 November 1997, dinner with Clawson cousins in Rocklin, CA
- 31 December 1997, Santa Cruz, CA - 23:00-00:30 aikido practice
- 28 March 1998, visit Shawn, Greg, Quintin, Whitney, Arroyo Grande
- 12 April 1998, clean out mother's home with Barbara, Wayne,
Carol, TR in Hanford, CA
- 01 August 1998, DP 10:05 SJC->John Wayne Orange Cty AR 11:20, visit Heather
- 02 August 1998, DP 17:25 Orange Cty->SJC AR 18:35
- 21 October 1998, attended final game of 1998 World Series with
Hisham, Bob, Ron, Heather. Yankees 3, Padres 0 - 4 game sweep
- 27 November 1998, Thanksgiving with Shawn, Greg, Quintin, Whitney,
Barbara, Wayne
- 07 March 1999, to Post Ranch Inn, Big Sur for two nights
- 11 June 1999, attending USENIX in Monterey.
- 01 July 1999, rainfall for the year: 34.76 inches = 88.29 cm
- 17 July 1999, depart Newark, NJ, arrive San Jose
- 02 August 1999, depart San Francisco, British Air to Paris via London
- 03 August 1999, Paris, Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais
- 06 August 1999, TGV to Grenoble
- 09 August 1999, TGV from Grenoble to Rouen, meet up with Faith, Jaap
Hotel de la Cathedral
- 10 August 1999, thought we were going to be in Lyons-la-Foret at
La Licorne, but discover we do not have reservations because we didn't
confirm them by FAX twice ! Once is not enough for some odd reason.
Have a scene, and they find us a place in Gisors
- 11 August 1999, photograph and view sixth
total solar eclipse with Faith, Jaap and Kelly at Sarcus
near Grandvilliers, France
- 12 August 1999, back to Lyons-la-Foret and La Licorne
- 13 August 1999, again another lost hotel reservation due to no second
FAX confirmation. Stay at Hotel La Vallee in Dinard
- 16 August 1999, visit Dinan, TGV from Rennes to Paris,
Hotel Caron de Beaumarchais
- 19 August 1999, depart Paris, arrive San Francisco
- 25 September 1999, Kelly and Hiram are
married
- 15 October 1999, to Hanford and Lemoore to attend dinner for
30th high school reunion.
- 16 October 1999, visit the High School. Impressive facilities.
- 17 October 1999, back to Santa Cruz after a visit with Alice
- November -> February, teaching Monday, Wednesday beginning aikido class
- 31 December 2000, small New Year's party at home
- 01 January 2000, misogi aikido practice, Natural Bridges beach
- 06 February 2000, SJO -> Austin Texas, week of training at IBM
- 11 February 2000, Austin -> SJO return, bad weather, delayed, arrive late
- 18 May 2000, SJO -> Portland, visit with Hanna, James
- 21 May 2000, Portland -> SJO
- 02 June 2000, to Lemoore for
- 03 June 2000, 1st annual Class of '69 golf tournament
- 04 June 2000, Lemoore -> Santa Cruz
- 10 July 2000, pick up Mary at SFO airport
- 11-16 July 2000, Santa Cruz Summer Aikido Retreat
- 17 July 2000, return Mary to SFO airport
- 27 July 2000, DP 13:45 #2572 SJO -> Boise, ID, AR 16:45 visit Heather
- 28 July 2000, Basque festival, Boise, ID
- 29 July 2000, Basque festival, Boise, ID
- 30 July 2000, DP 13:05 Boise ID -> SJO AR 13:45
- 02 September 2000, NZ evening dinner party, Jay, Angelee, Hops, Shonagh and Jenny.
- 03 September 2000, bottling wine with Paul, Francie, Tim, Bob, et. al.
- 04 September 2000, labor day BBQ
- 09 September 2000, to Arroyo Grande, to visit Barbara, Wayne,
Shawn, Greg, Quintin, Whitney
- 01 October 2000, SJC->Austin TX - for training at IBM-Austin AR 20:57
- 04 October 2000, Austin->SJC AR 20:21
- 24 November 2000, Thanksgiving with my Clawson cousins at Brook
and Cathy's in Bishop CA
- 01 January 2001, New Year's day aikido practice at
Natural Bridges Beach
- 09 March 2001, DP 13:53 SJC->PDX AR 15:36 to Portland to visit
- 11 March 2001, PDX->SJC DP 13:24 AR 15:05 Hanna and James
- 07 May 2001, Caldera Intl. purchases the UNIX Server
division from The Santa Cruz Operation. I remain at
the same job with a new employer.
- 19 May 2001, 2nd annual Class
of '69 Golf in Lemoore CA
- 24 May 2001, SJC->BOI #2572 DP 13:45
- 24-28 May 2001, visit Heather in Boise ID
- 28 May 2001, BOI->SJC AR 13:45
- 23 June 2001, 100 year celebration and
All Class Reunion
at Lemoore Union High School
- 11-15 July 2001, Santa Cruz Summer Aikido Retreat
- 21-22 September 2001, vacation in Cambria, Hearst Castle
- 11 October 2001, attend the funeral of my great Aunt Alice Clawson
in Lemoore CA (1905-2001)
- 23 November 2001, Thanksgiving with all my Clawson cousins at
Shawn's in Nipomo CA
- 07 December 2001, SJC->DFW->JAX AR Jacksonville FL 17:28 to visit Cissy
- 09 December 2001, JAX->DFW->SJC AR San Jose CA 22:33
- 01 January 2002, New Year's day aikido practice at
Natural Bridges Beach
- 08 March 2002, job ends at Caldera. Worked here since 1987.
- 19 March 2002, flying to Jacksonville Florida, via St. Louis AR 21:52
- 03 April 2002, adopted daughter
Madeline is born in Jacksonville Florida.
- 16 April 2002, flying home from Jacksonville via Dallas/Ft. Worth
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