Sunsets, D-Day

Last night after work I got the Mavic back up in the air.  We had another beautiful sunset going on and I wanted to see how it would look via altitude from the lens of the Mavic’s 4K camera.  I used tripod mode which slows down the movement of the drone to do a couple slow pans of the horizon.   It is simply amazing just how stable the footage is.  It literally looked like I had the camera on a tripod on a platform a 100 feet in the sky.  The music I paired the footage to seemed really appropriate and peaceful.  I like the end result. I took off the clear dome cover from the camera which is the way it is designed to be flown.

So today is the big day, a historic day, the day Donald Trump, the least qualified person ever to win the presidency of the United States, takes office.  The day will be memorable in many ways for sure, including the massive organized protests both today and over the weekend, something that has never welcomed an incoming president in my lifetime.  Donald, through his cabinet appointments and actions in the couple months leading up to the inauguration has given the world a good sour taste of what could be on tap for the next four years.

I could rant and rave about how ridiculous it is that somehow this has come to be.  Personally I am past the point of being outraged.  The ink is now dry, the damage has been done, and the country now just has to grit it’s teeth and deal with the lunacy that is sure to come.  I will say that I feel the odds of him making it through the full four years as commander and chief are the poorest of any incoming president and that may just be the master plan.

As I have said multiple times, I think Trump is going to be an unmitigated disaster as president.  However unlike so many of my fellow Americans, I am not afraid to reevaluate that position based on new information or circumstances.  If the country somehow prospers under his leadership I will be happy to give credit where credit is due.