6,000 more troops

Good evening all.

A few photos from a brief stop in Mexico for my nephew's wedding, on my way back home.
Because of a tropical storm that caused quite extensive flooding, the airport was closed and roads were impassable. That meant that half the quests were unable to get to the wedding. The evening of the wedding though was peaceful and clear, and the intimacy of a small group in such a beautiful location was really very nice.

Hello, absentee thread spewing NCTim here. I am off on a dream motorcycle ride to and through Colorado.

Morning - I am out of town today and will write responses late this evening or tomorrow.

Traveled to the Kam Wah Chung museum this to revisit the small building that was the residence and place of business of Lung On and Doc Hay. The dry climate and record keeping habits created a time capsule of Chinese immigrant culture. Their story is reminder one does not need to travel or require a large amount of space to effect the lives of others.

It appears they sent financial support to Sun Yat-sen's Chinese Nationalist Party around the time he was working to overthrow the Qing dynasty and form a new government. Sun Yat-sen is considered the father of both mainland China and Taiwan.

Hi, guys. I got so discombobulated by the storm that I was a day off--thought today was Tuesday.

So today's Open Thread is, well, a whole lotta nothing, but here I am! and grateful to be so.

Thank goodness so far the damages to our people aren't bad. Would love to hear from the three or so caucusers who haven't yet checked in.

I'll be hanging out here if y'all have anything to say. This is a much more Open thread than I usually provide.

Morning c99%. Breakfast today includes Papa's famous flapjacks patching the Tuesday Open Thread vacated by the ever-engaging Mark from Queens. Wishing them the best with the new life form on the horizon.