In search of the continuous road trip
Terre Haute has a crow problem. Check this out: Two winters ago, Union Hospital spent more than $100,000 to clean up after crows, an effort that included power-washing the parking lots. Last year, a crew shoveled 4,000 pounds of crow droppings from the roof of …
We’re at Red Rock Saloon in Milwaukee with our friends Archibald and Bunny and two other friends (names have been changed to protect the innocent). Archibald and Bunny like spicy food. They like it so much that they grew habanero peppers this summer and have …
Sorghum whiskey … um. Well. I’ve had sorghum beer – don’t really like it. I have gluten-free friends – like them OK. Sorghum whiskey? I’m impressed. First, it’s different. Distill booze to uber-proof, age it in an oak barrel, and water it down to selling-strength …
As we’ve mentioned, it’s not fall anymore in northern Wisconsin. It’s winter, and there was some weather moving in across Lake Superior a couple nights ago. And some from somewhere else too. There were maybe 10 layers of clouds overlapping for the sunset. It was …
After a bonus week of fall weather in the 70s, we thought we’d be able to loop up to Lake Superior and rough it a few days, but temps have droped into the 40s and we can’t hang at that level. We’ll be here a …
“Paul,” Gary says, “We’d better get moving. I’ll let you break the news to Lisa.” Lisa had ducked out of the room, and Gary took the opportunity to invite me to the big bonfire happening that night. Jack, Gary’s buddy, had piled up some brush …
Lots of plans fall apart. We’ve tweaked our mindset a bit. Now our plans fall together. And they’re falling together nicely. We’ve shortened our planning horizon. Next week will happen next week – what should we be doing now? Driving across Ohio is out. Which …
In a couple days, we’ll have been on our longest vacation together … ever. We’ll see how it feels. It’s been a whirl-wind couple weeks, and it hasn’t FELT like a long vacation yet, but now that we’ve given up on driving across Ohio again, …
Look, you’re a great state. Everybody knows that. You have three cities that start with the same letter — C — that’s amazing. And it confuses everybody. Cleveland rocks, Cincinnati has chili (with cinnamon, another C!), and Columbus … well Columbus has a Honda campus on the edge …
“Bob and I will illuminate the kill zone after we sneak around the corner, then just blast away,” Jim said. “They’re going to stream out the door pretty quickly. You’ll only have about eight seconds to fire.” Eight seconds? That’s not much time to learn …
Big driving days mean blogging in the car using all 3 of the Gs (when available). And whenever I get upset with the connection, I crack up thinking of this Louis CK bit: Lisa and I are cruising down I-86 (because it’s better than I-90) …
It’s been a common question, “Do you guys have iPads?” iPads? Seriously? Nope. Firstly, blogging is a bit like work. You need a keyboard; you need the productivity. We don’t need coffee-table computers. And tweaking PHP code and CSS on a touchscreen? No way. Laptops. …