Recently, there was a lot of discussion in the news about the demolition of the East Wing of the White House, part of which was built in 1902, and part of which was built in 1942, in order to make way for the proposed White House State Ballroom.  My opinions on this entire project are mixed, and I suspect that most people are getting upset about the wrong things, and it also reveals a lot about how little people know about the White House. 

October 18, 2025 was the second time when "No Kings Day" events, demonstrating against the practices of the Trump administration, were held around the country.  This was the second No Kings Day event, after an earlier day of similar events in June (I discussed the No Kings event in Baltimore that day).  This event just happened to work out for me, as I had planned a trip to the Staunton area well in advance of my learning about this event, and it fell on the last day of my trip. 

Recently, I gave a refresh to the "Afton Mountain: Victim of Progress" photo set from 2003.  That's the original Afton Mountain photo set, when all of the buildings were still largely intact (compare to the later "Afton Mountain: A Modern Ruin" from 2011).  I gave a refresh to that set because I didn't like the photo processing work on those images, and thought that I could do it better in the here and now.

It's been about three months since the last time that I gave you an update on former CARTA bus 3426, which Elyse and I call "Biscuit", and considering that I had mentioned in the previous entry that she did not attend the show in New Jersey because she's in another shop, it seems like it's time to share a update on the state of her restoration.

On September 13, the Friends of the New Jersey Transportation Heritage Center held its annual bus show, where bus enthusiasts could show their buses, and other bus enthusiasts could enjoy them.  The show took the same format as the previous year, and many of the participants from the previous year returned with their buses.  All in all, it was a fun time, and I probably spent more time socializing than I did seeing buses.