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Large jet of gasoline being ejected by the cylinder out the sparkplug hole (picture provided by Miguel Ashby)
There was an old truck from 1910. This spark plug was still in the engine.
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We liked the menu board above the bar. During the tour, you find out there is actually a Toledo connection to how and why Flying Dog wound up in Maryland. From their website:
Nobody had ever connected the words “flying” and “dog” together...until 1983, when George Stranahan* was itching for an adventure. (George Stranahan is part of the renowned Stranahan family of Toledo, of Champion Sparkplug fame; for more on their history and how he wound up in Colorado, see: www.aspenphys.org/aboutus/history/first35years/chp1.html)
This time it would be K2, also known as the “Savage Mountain,” the second highest mountain in the world and one of the most deadly. For every four people who have reached the summit, one has died trying. And it has never been climbed in the winter.
After traveling 8,000 miles from Woody Creek, Colorado, George and his band of 12 “Innocents” set off from Rawalpindi, Pakistan (or “Pindi” as everyone called it) for the summit of K2 with a Sherpa and a mule loaded with provisions.
Ignoring the fear, George and the Innocents trekked across the Baltoro Glacier and the Braldu Gorge. Reinhold Messner, the world’s greatest mountain climber, said the Braldu Gorge was the “most dangerous thing [he] had ever done in his life.” According to George, the largest disaster he and the Innocents faced was that “on day 17 of a 35-day trip, we totally ran out of booze.”
Back in Pindi at the Hotel Flashman, George and the Innocents were triumphant but in a dry state of mind. After getting on the “alcohol list” of this Muslim nation, they settled in to drink their quota. Then, their eyes caught sight of a large painting.
As George describes it, “It was a full-on oil painting of a dog. A beautiful oil painting, big, nice. And the dog was like…well, he had left the ground. Here we were, the March of the Innocents and this ‘Flying Dog,’ and the weirdness of it all. And the combination of the words ‘Flying Dog’ stuck with all of us, but particularly for me. They fit together in some way. I don’t know how it makes sense, but it makes sense.”
In 1990, George founded the Flying Dog Brewpub in Aspen, Colorado. From that brewpub to a full-fledged Denver brewery (co-founded by George and his longtime friend and partner, Richard McIntyre**) in 1994, and then to our current state-of-the-art brewing facility in Frederick, Maryland, Flying Dog continues to make sense.
* George Stranahan is an astrophysicist with a PhD from Carnegie Mellon University and the founder of the Aspen Center for Physics. He is also a photographer, rancher, writer, philanthropist, and an educator who has founded three schools. For more information, visit www.georgestranahan.com.
** Richard McIntyre is a rancher at the Flying Dog Ranch, which also serves as a conference and retreat center, situated at the base of Mt. Sopris in Carbondale, Colorado. For more information, visit www.flyingdogranch.com.
Pictures of the Romer Shoal Light from on board the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas at the beginning of our week-long cruise. The Romer Shoal Light is a sparkplug lighthouse that dates from 1898 and is in the Lower New York Bay. It is 2 and a half nautical miles north of Sandy Hook, New Jersey. A few of the pictures also show the Sandy Hook Lighthouse in the background. I was able to see a number of lighthouses in New York Harbor this trip. On board the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas for the Seven Night Labadee & Puerto Plata Cruise (November 6th through 13th, 2022). The cruise embarks from Cape Liberty (Bayone, NJ) with stops at Labadee, Haiti and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic before heading back to New York City. The itinerary changed after Hurricane Nicole canceled our planned stops.
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Pictures of the Robbins Reef Light from on board the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas at the beginning of our week-long cruise. The Robbins Reef Light is a sparkplug lighthouse that dates from 1883 (replacing a light that was built in 1839). It is very close to Cape Liberty in Bayonne, New Jersey. I was able to see a number of lighthouses in New York Harbor this trip. On board the Royal Caribbean Anthem of the Seas for the Seven Night Labadee & Puerto Plata Cruise (November 6th through 13th, 2022). The cruise embarks from Cape Liberty (Bayonne, NJ) with stops at Labadee, Haiti and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic before heading back to New York City. The itinerary changed after Hurricane Nicole canceled our planned stops.
24" long, 18 1/8" tall with painted graphics of an Indy race car on cork. It has the original label on the back Jordan Bulletin Bd. CO.
Robert Reynolds awards Eddie Davis with the Sparkplug for his humorous speech about having three moms, moderating great impromptu questions as table topics master, and for his great mentoring tip about how go give a great introduction Saturday, Dec. 27, 2014.
Orient Point (The Coffee Pot) Light is a sparkplug lighthouse in active use as an aid to navigation off Orient Point, New York. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. In June 2011, the General Services Administration made the Orient Point Light available at no cost to public organizations willing to preserve them. It can be found off Orient Point at the end of Oyster Point Reef on the western side of Plum Gut. It throws a flashing a white light every five seconds; its tower is 24 feet tall, 21 feet wide at base, 18 feet wide at top, brick lined, of cast iron plate construction and painted brown on top and white on bottom. At the top of the tower (below the lantern) is a watch deck; the foundation is a concrete-filled cast iron caisson 32 feet tall with a 25 foot diameter. 1899: Constructed; First Keeper, Ole N. A. Anderson; 1954: Automated; 1970: Coast Guard announced that the light will be extinguished and demolished; 1973, Work began to restore the light; 1978: Light was upgraded to compensate for the extinguishing of the Plum Island light; 1999: The light celebrated its 100th birthday.
Surpise Lake is wedged between Sparkplug Mt. and Thunder Mt. At the far end of the lake, Surprise Mt sits.
Robert Stranahan, along with Albert Champion, was a founder of Champion Spark Plugs.
The Champion business started in Boston around 1900 but left Boston when the company had troubles with its backers. Albert Champion went to Flint, Mi where he would restart the company and speacilize in ignitions while Stranahan went to Toledo, Oh and still speacilized in spark plugs. Being closer to Detroit, which became the motor capitol of the world, Champion would become a multi billion dollar company. It was Stranahan who designed the bow tie symbal that is still on Champion products today.
Robert Stranahan is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Toledo, Oh.
Eddie Davis receives the Sparkplug Award from GE Mike Mur for stepping in as Table Topics Master and delivering thoughtful and fun questions for impromptu practice! May 24, 2014.
Pictures of the container ship Maersk Kinloss taken as we were returning to the Port of New York on Friday August 3rd, 2018. On board the Royal Caribbean Adventure of the Seas at the start of our week-long cruise to New England and Canada (July 27th - August 3rd, 2018). The cruise departed from the Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey and stopped at Portland (Maine), Bar Harbor (Maine), Saint John (New Brunswick) and Halifax (Nova Scotia). These pictures from the ship as it was in port and returning from a great cruise vacation. Also some pictures of the Robbins Reef Light. Pictures taken on Friday August 3rd, 2018.