Going Nuclear

Caroline Wise with Robert Bell and Grant Wiggins in Arizona

I present you with the oldest digital photo we could find in our collection since we first started taking digital images. Caroline, Robert Bell, Grant Wiggins, and I were on our way to Los Angeles to visit Disneyland, Siggraph, and my father, though our friends wouldn’t be making that visit with us. There’s some ambiguity if this photo was taken on this particular day or the day before and I have no way of reconciling that. Still, one thing is certain: this is the first travel photo taken with said digital camera.

UFOs and Aliens

Little green men in Phoenix, Arizona

We just recently started a new company called Alienzoo. Its original name was supposed to be Alienzone, but somebody snagged it before I could, so we compromised. This new web entity was supposed to function as an all-things alien portal with an ultimate focus on an artificial intelligence-driven alien lifeform simulator that would one day migrate into a virtual reality world. Needless to say, we were far too ahead of what technology was able to deliver.

Jim Dilettoso at Alienzoo in Phoenix, Arizona

Along the way, we managed to attract some interesting talent, sponsor some raves, publish some books from Jim Marrs, and get featured on the popular radio program from Art Bell.

Memorial Day Weekend

Caroline Wise at Lake Powell in Page, Arizona

Writing this in 2021 without a shred of notes nor dates of exactly when this was, the best we can figure is that this was during Memorial Day Weekend. This would have been our second trip to the Page, Arizona area, with our first one being with Ruby and Axel the year before.

John Wise at Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Arizona

On one of the days staying up here, we revisited the Glen Canyon Dam to get on a raft for a 15-mile float down the Colorado River.

Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Arizona

Out on the river for the kind of Colorado River adventure we can afford.

Caroline Wise and John Wise at Antelope Canyon in Page, Arizona

Another part of this trip was a return to Antelope Canyon.

Lake Powell, Arizona

Finally, we got out on Lake Powell to go to Rainbow Bridge.

Caroline Wise and John Wise at Rainbow Bridge on Lake Powell in Page, Arizona

To the left in the background is Navajo Mountain, and directly behind us is the famous Rainbow Bridge. By the way, it was difficult to calculate where this trip fell on the calendar as neither Caroline nor I could figure out if we did these things solo the first time or did we went with Ruby and Axel. Pre-digital cameras, our film didn’t come with date stamps, nor did we always make notes regarding spontaneous travel. The giveaway was Caroline’s length of hair. When we moved to America had long hair just until after Ruby and Axel’s wedding. Initially, her hair was chin-length, and that was reflected in other scanned photos with us in some of these same locations. Here, with very short hair, we realized this had to be after that other trip.