Coming Attractions

The archives arrived in the mail today (BIG Thanks, Sam and Alisa!!)…and here are the fruits of my labors first few scans. There’s a LOT of work to be done, not the least of which is simply going through two boxes of old stuff, the contents of which are in NO earthly way…ummm…organized. And then there are literally hundreds of slides that have to be reviewed, a major project in and of itself.

So. I’d best get started, eh? In the meantime and with no particular reason in mind, other than these shots were among the first pics “out of the box,” literally… I give you:

Dad, Mom and I around 1949 or so. I was but four years old, Dad was still in his Army Air Force tans (he’s a 1Lt here), and Mom was lovely.

The Second Mrs. Pennington and I, at my retirement ceremony in February 1985. That’s my commander with his back to the camera, shaking my hand immediately after pinning the usual, customary, and reasonable Meritorious Service Medal on me. A bitter-sweet day, to say the very least. (and a damaged photo)

Three motorcycle pics, beginning with the first formal pictures of the RD-400, taken in the back yard of my house in North Bend, Oregon in 1979. These pics are followed by a shot of my RD-350LC, taken the day I sold it in late May or June of 1983. My tee shirt says “I ride the world’s fastest production 350cc motorcycle…Yamaha RD-350LC.” Note the pallor of my skin. That comes after living in Ol Blighty for three years.

More to follow…including some embarrassing sorts of photos, like this one from 1975. And yeah, I was in the Air Force...but I was on leave. SN1 on the left, SN2 on the right. Note my cool specs. We called these RPGs back in the day...as in “Rape Prevention Glasses.” They sorta worked, too.
As ever...click the pics to view the larger images.