And Now For Something Completely Different…
The smoky heat of summer seems to have given way to the first snow of the season with only a few days of whipping rain in between. I know it’s […]
Category Archives: roadtrip
Hanginaround
We’ve dialed things back a bit since our initial few days of “Vancouver Island’s Greatest Hits” and started working off of personal recommendations, both those of old, trusted friends and […]
Goats on the Roof
G. K. Chesterton wrote – and yes, this time I’m sure it was Chesterton* – that “the traveler sees what is there, while the tourist sees only what he has […]
North!
My friends know I can get a little obsessive, and fixate, when the opportunity for wordplay arises. “You see,” I said, “We’re putting the Orca in the Coho.” Ken nodded. […]
Home
I always quote (the eminently quotable) G.K. Chesterton as saying something like, “When a gentleman is abroad, he dreams of home; when at home, he dreams of going abroad.” It […]
Welcome Back, My Friends, to the Show That Never Ends
The absolute overwhelm of Oshkosh, or “Airventure,” as it’s officially known among the non-aviation crowd, has kept Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s “Welcome Back, My Friends” humming through the back of […]
Appleton
You turn around for a moment, and half a week blows by. I’d been meaning to write about Appleton before the overwhelm of Oshkosh carried me away. It’s been over […]
Duluth
I defy you, double-dare, pinky-swear defy you to stand on the shore of Lake Superior and watch a big freighter slip out of the bay and not start humming “Wreck […]
Minnesota Lakes Interlude
Q: How do you keep kids out of the water? A: You call the place “Leech Lake.” I mean, we’ve been here for about three days now, and have waded […]
Listening for the Shape of a Story
I was lying on my back in the brush pasture at dusk last night – when’s the last time I did that? I mean, just plonked onto my back, in […]
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