After many questions, I have come to a realization regarding this website. I have been asked whether Adventures in Nederspace will continue now that Laurel and I have fully left ‘Nederspace’ for the equally strange world of the Beltway. While beginning to get our bearings here in a world without mountains to define the cardinal directions, I realized that Nederspace is more a state of mind than a physical locale. We have well and truly left behind the high-altitude beginnings of AiN but we remain deeply ensconced in Nederspace.
So, Adventures in Nederspace remains, though the nature of the stories will change. In fact, I’ve held off on writing this until I had my first Nederspace encounter east of the Mississippi. So I reinitialize Adventures in Nederspace with a new story.
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It’’s only been a small age since I posted anything. No excuses, just no good adventures or ideas to post really. Still don'’t have much to say, but I thought I'’d add a quick photograph I took a couple weeks ago during an aborted ski. My attempt at a little Ansel Adams landscape action. And, as this is a family blog, I'’ll refrain from typing the name of the distinctive rock feature in the middle of the photo.

It’s a cold night in Nederland.

Temperature around 10-15 degrees.

The usual strong winter wind.

Clear skies against which the wind-blown snow takes on the appearance of clouds.

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Earlier this month, asteroid 2007 WD5 had a 3.9% chance of hitting Mars. The 50 meter asteroid would have hit with the force of the Tunguska event and created a crater on Mars about the size of Arizona’s Barringer Meteor Crater. Unfortunately, earlier this week the odds were reduced to an minimal 0.01%.

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