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 […]
When we last checked in, we were in Denver and starting to slowly get ready to head out. Left a bunch of deer meat with my brother, emptied the last of the Third Base Brewing Hopnesia from the growler, packed up, and headed on down 25. We went down to the bottom of Colorado and […]
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 […]
So finishing up in ATL/Decatur: Walked to the Earl for breakfast, and then went to Atlanta Motorcycle & Repair to see Paul’s shop and take lot of pictures of scooters and Courtney had her first ever spin on a scooter around the parking lot. Then we went to my old employer (2000-2001) StudioCom.com and couldn’t […]
List of places visited so far: Squash Blossom Boutique: Courtney used to moonlight there. Raging Burrito: which inexplicably has a franchise outpost in Rochester, NY, but it’s in a volleyball court/bar so has a completely different vibe. Twains, the local Decatur hang out of old: now it’s a brewpub as well. The Brickstore Pub: also […]
Eventually figured out where the coolant link was coming from. After we survived a windy night parked in a Walmart in ATL (bad enough a tree fell down on a car on Peachtree Battle and killed the driver). As we started heading to R. Thomas to eat the car temp started rising. Popped the hood […]