A possible change of plans
I might need to be taking off abruptly for Cincinnati.
Crucifunk
Derek White and Jess slept in the shadow of the World’s Largest Cross on their pre-departure cross-country trip. I hate that thing. Driving past it puts me into a funk that does not lift for hours.
I flew over this recently
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A brief history of the mile high club
It all started in November 1916, albeit at a much lower altitude, when Lawrence Sperry, reportedly engaged in sexual activity with a woman, crashed his Curtiss flying boat into the water.
Greetings from OK Corral
Actually, this goat was somewhere in Missouri. I’m in Oklahoma now.
Non-anecdote (within a non-series)
Today was to have been the day I hit the ground running, embarking with confidence on renewed schemes to amass Wealth and to promote and create Art.
The Motorcycle I Rode Halfway Across the Country
In this picture it’s 1970, and I had just turned 17. The motorcycle is a Honda 450. I was 15 when I rode it from Dallas to California, through the southwest and into the northwest and back again.
Summer Road Trip?
Route 66, a guide.
Could this be my Rosetta Stone?
Alek offers a clue by way of an imaginary road-film flashback.
Added to the series.
Scenes from an Imaginary Road Film
Tenth night: A ramble outside the van. Trying to decipher what is written. July 12, 2008.
Eleventh in a series. To be continued, assuming I find my Rosetta Stone.
Scenes from an Imaginary Road Film
Ninth day: Taking it all in and reflecting. July 12, 2008. I had been driving in a circle, in a great wheel.
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Scenes from an Imaginary Road Film
Eighth day: Driving. July 11, 2008.
Eighth day: Gobsmacked. July 11, 2008.
Ninth in a series. To be continued by sheer force of will.
Scene from an Imaginary Road Film
Eighth night: Back in the van. Now everything looks like something I’ve seen before. July 10, 2008.
Eighth in a series. To be continued in the spirit of blind hope.
An Alternate Future
There will be no War Between the Vampires and the Zombies, as predicted in the apocalyptic clusterflock post Historic Downtown Greenville (Ohio).
The coming War of Distinctive Destinations will instead pit Historic Downtown Greenville (Ohio) against Galena (Illinois).
Join us at Maid-Rite
I think y’all know how we feel about Maid-Rite. There are some who question the deliciousness of the loose-meat sandwich. They live too far from Greenville, Ohio to savor a real Maid-Rite, so I forgive them. I invite you to come along with us to Maid-Rite.
For Cooper: Steampunk RV
trolley
Detail of decommissioned Pittsburgh trolley at the Heinz History Center.
Air
So, I’m doing some internet consulting for the next month or two and will be traveling so I bought myself a laptop for the first time.
66 Drives
(Hat tip to my friend, Dale)
Gasoline prices
- Temecula, CA, Sunday: $4.399
- San Diego, CA, Wednesday: $4.499 (seen, but not purchased)
- Yuma, AZ, Wednesday: $4.099
- Benson, AZ, Thursday: $3.979
- El Paso, TX, Thursday: $3.899
Postcrossing
I love the idea of receiving real objects from the intertubes:
The goal of this project is to allow people to receive postcards from all over the world, for free. Well, almost free! The main idea is that: if you send a postcard, you’ll receive at least one back, from a random Postcrosser from somewhere in the world.
Update (from Deron): Hey, this is our 10,000th post!
Alien Encounter
Yesterday Our Man on the Road, Cooper Renner, continued his southern California odyssey: from the Palm Springs area to San Diego by way of the city of Temecula.
During Jon’s and my wandering-in-the-desert year, we drove a 1966 Chevy Impala we called the Desertmobile. It was in Temecula that we were stopped by a state trooper who asked whether we had aliens in the trunk.
Just Put That Anywhere
Martian Soil Delivery to Analytical Instrument on Phoenix
06.07.08 — The Robotic Arm of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander released a sample of Martian soil onto a screened opening of the lander’s Thermal and Evolved-Gas Analyzer (TEGA) during the 12th Martian day, or sol, since landing (June 6, 2008). TEGA did not confirm that any of the sample had passed through the screen.
I don’t know…this just doesn’t look right. It looks like the kid palying with the Tonka shovel truck just dumped a load into Daddy’s camera bag. Good luck getting someone up there to sweep that up.
Snail Trail
Update: Yes, Alek. Camera-phone snap. The Galena Territory. Jo Daviess County, Illinois.
Most folks don’t know, but old Route 66 followed the streak of an enormous snail that traveled from Chicago through Galena, Illinois (pictured here) — through Albuquerque, New Mexico — and on into Los Angeles.
Robot Footprint on Mars
