Took a little visit to the Black Rock Desert for “the 4th of Julplaya”. We still hadn’t quite gotten around to washing off the trailer from the big trip. Before we went we had a couple more maintenance things to do: re-weatherstrip the doors and back hatch (including the bottom of them, this time, as […]
The car did not die on us. Thankfully. I was astonished we made it back 28 days on the dot. Oh damn, it feels so good to be back in my own bed. So. Why did we do this? Because we are (still) unemployed. Because we got laid off, and realized work was the biggest […]
So we hang out at Roy’s folks’ place for a few days, fix the car (Advance was cool, exchanged the part with no questions, the new part and its performance is a later post), and hit the road. First stop was Mason City to visit Mike and Kelli (and Jack the Dog). Did you know […]
Last year, Cedar Rapids and most of eastern Iowa suffered from incredible flooding. I moved to Iowa the summer of 1993, and experienced the joy that is a 100 year flood. The floods last year blew 93 out of the water (good god, please pardon that pun). Coming into Cedar Rapids day before yesterday, I […]
My grandfather lives by himself in a town called Hobart Indiana. He has 2 bionic knees. He likes to sing in choir, he loves to cook. He is awesome with his hands because he’s a carpenter. He drives a shiny black Chrysler and likes to swim on Thursdays. My grandfather is 92 years old. Roy […]
Made it to Crown Point and my mom and dad’s place. It felt good to see everybody in a strictly visiting context. Usually, I’m around for disasters and/or emergencies. I’ll be back there next month to help out post medical issue. There’s a lot I’m not saying in this blog. I didn’t write about all […]
We left Atlanta midday Saturday. Around sundown, we rolled into Indianapolis, where Nikki lives now. Nikki and I excelled at the art of deceptive appearances in high school, and have disturbing amounts of dirt on each other. As soon as she opened the door, the first words out of her mouth were “my god, you […]
The coolant reservoir is sitting in the driver’s seat of the car. A screw apparently popped loose and rashed through the bottom. Roy is out hunting down a new one as I type. This may turn out to be the last of the car drama…at least I hope it is. Woke up in the middle […]
I am never allowed to drive the approach to Williams, AZ on I40 ever again. Ever. The first time, Thanksgiving 05, I was behind the wheel, towing Shorty (the illustrious teardrop trailer) up what I discovered later was a miserable incline* attempting to pass a semi** with another semi on my tail*** when I suddenly lose all power to […]