Saturday Morning Garden Blogging: Iowa Road Trip
Welcome to Saturday Morning Garden Blogging!Vol. 12.24At the end of May we packed up the Jeep, loaded up Jaxon and his accoutrements, and headed north to Iowa for a family reunion. Going home is always...
View ArticleRoadtripping for Hillary: A Summer GOTV Adventure
Now that some of the details are a bit more solidified, I’m thrilled to announce to the Daily Kos crowd that I have been approved for a one-month leave of absence from work to go volunteer on the...
View ArticleYellowstone 2016, getting there is half the fun?
Not working out like I planned. It wasn’t that complicated a plan, take the travel trailer to work, leave Seattle around 2 Friday afternoon, travel 180 east to Moses Lake, spend the night there. Leave...
View ArticleYellowstone 2016: Halfway There?
Thanks to everyone who read, recommended and commented on the first part of this saga.Let’s start with a little background. I’ve done plenty of camping before, I was a Boy Scout leader for nine years....
View ArticleYellowstone 2016: Vacation 2.0
Well Tuesday dawned crisp and clear. Full of Promise. I had a plan that should work. Leave the trailer in Missoula to get fixed. Drive on to West Yellowstone, spend a couple of nights there and...
View ArticleYellowstone 2016: The Payoff (Photo Heavy)
This is why we visit our National Parks. There’s just no other places on earth like them. Our first day in the park, we did the ‘north circle’, West Yellowstone, Madison, Norris, Mammoth, Tower,...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing - Road Trip Wednesday
I forget now exactly what triggered the memory, but I was reminded not that long ago of a road trip I took almost 16 years ago, in August 2001. I had a new car, a new-ish job, a little money in my...
View ArticleSome Things to See in CO When Driving Through to Bears Ears (photo heavy)
So for some reason, we decided to take the replicants on a spring break “driving vacation” that led us west. Our ultimate destination was Utah, where we planned to explore Bears Ears National Monument,...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: Simple Pleasures in a Time of National Despair
Welcome to Morning Open Thread, a daily post with a MOTley crew of hosts who choose the topic for the day's posting. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful,...
View ArticleDK Preppers: Friday, 25th of August, 2017: Hurricane Harvey!
Storm surge is the abnormal rise of water generated by a storm's winds. This hazard is historically the leading cause of hurricane related deaths in the United States. Storm surge and large battering...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing 8/28/2017 — #RoadTrip Music Monday
Kitchen Table Kibitzing is a community series for those who wish to share part of the evening around a virtual kitchen table with readers of Daily Kos who aren’t throwing pies at one another. Drop by...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 11/13/2017
First, I’d like to invite you to Caffeinating Liberally this coming Saturday morning the 18th at Common Grounds Coffeeshop, 44th and Vallejo in Denver, from 9AM to about noon. We’ll have a table...
View ArticleRoad Trip. Loniest Road. Two retired firefighters take a look at America from...
Day- 1. I am a retired fire fighter. 32 years. My big brother,also a firefighter. He is named Greg. He just retired from a different city as a fire captain. He had worked on a few other places, but in...
View ArticleDay 2 on US Hwy 50 eastbound.Coast to coast road trip.
On the road with Greg. Fallon, Nevada for the night Value Inn. Today we went over Luther Pass. 7377 feet. Chains required which we didn't have. we bought chains off of another car which came from the...
View ArticleDay 3 Hwy 50 Road trip by two retired firefighter brothers
Day Three on our great American road trip on US Hwy 50. Starting today in Fallon, NV. First stop was Grimes Point Archeological site. Petroglyphs from @3000 to 8000 years old. Across the road is a...
View ArticleDay 4 on US Hwy 50. Lonliest road. Across Utah.
Day 4 started in Delta Utah. We leave town and are surrounded by several ranges of mountains. White Pine peak, at 10, 215 is in front of us and Delano Peak in the distance is 12,173. The scenery here...
View ArticleUS Hwy50 Road Trip. Day 5, Western Colorado.
US Hwy50 Road Trip. Western Colorado Today commences from Green River Utah. We lookd to get off of IH70/US50 asap. 1100 miles.There were two or three old pieces of 50 that we found, that got us into...
View ArticleRoad Trip USHwy 50. Day 6. On into Kansas w/two firefighter brothers
Up a bit earlier today and exit Salida, Colo. (Hey! A bilingual pun!) After about 90 minutes we leave behind the mountains. Into Eastern Colorado, the one tourists don’t expect. Levelling out around...
View ArticleDay 7 Hwy 50 Road Trip Dodge City to Kansas City, with BBQ.
Arrive in Dodge City and hotel has pool, sauna, hot tub. I use all 3, Greg is not interested in swimming. Dodge City Brewery Greg gets a flight and I well,…. sip. Some of each. I’m not a drinker but...
View ArticleDay 8 Hwy 50 Road Trip Kansas City to St. Louis. Food, prisons, hills and...
Possibly the best known BBQ in the USA, and Calvin Trillin said maybe the best single restaurant in the world, Arthur Bryant’s is in Kansas City. Ribs, very excellent….. But, not quite done enough,...
View ArticleRoad Trip Day 9 Road Trip US Hwy 50. Two Brothers. St.Louis to Loogootee...
After the Cards Dodgers game, we hit the rack. The morning we slept in until almost 11. That ended up making us short of catching the Cincinati game. Too bad. I remember 7th grade and my English...
View ArticleRoad Trip Day 10. Indiana to Athens Ohio. Farms, Hills again. Meeting a...
We breakfast in Loogootee.John F. Kennedy Street. LoogooteeI love writing that name. Very good. We hit the road for a long drive today finishing Indiana and most of Ohio. We missed the Reds game. Boo....
View ArticleDay 11 Road Trip US Hwy 50. Athens OH to Annapolis Maryland. Across the...
There’s a girl in the heart of Maryland, with a heart that belongs to me…. One of my favorite songs and songwriters. He also did a great baseball song, A Dying Cub Fan’s Last Request.xxYouTube...
View ArticleDay 12 Road Trip. Annapolis to Ocean City. We get our feet wet.
Well, girls and boys. The road does end. Right at the beach. The Atlantic Ocean. And we got there. Sand exchange, wet feet, and a selfie. With side trips, right at 3500 miles. We had a geat deal at...
View ArticleColorado State Open Thread, 7/22/2019
I do not have much to comment on tonight. I let time get away from me when I went back to Kansas over my weekend last week. Thursday driving to eastern Kansas, Friday taking care of chores, and...
View ArticleRoad Tripping in a Tesla - a different plan from gas powered cars
My family knows I am an Electric Vehicle enthusiast. I was caught by surprise by my son’s comment that he was not considering a Tesla (Model Y) in his future due to his concerns about running out of...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread: Like criminals, they have choked the breath of...
Morning Open Thread is a daily, copyrighted post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in an open...
View ArticleMinneopa State Park Photo Diary: Little bison on the prairie
If you are looking for a camping home where the buffalo roam, then Minneopa State Park should be your Home on the Range.Seldom was heard a discouraging word about the State Park located near Mankato,...
View ArticleTravelogue: Susanville with a side of Avocado Toast
Susanville lies in the northeastern corner of California, on the backside of the Sierra, facing not the Pacific Ocean, but looking east to the vast openness of the Great Basin. I had landed in Reno...
View ArticleMorning Open Thread - Socially responsible road trip
Morning Open Thread is a daily, copyrighted post from a host of editors and guest writers. We support our community, invite and share ideas, and encourage thoughtful, respectful dialogue in an open...
View ArticleGot my COVID-19 appointment!
It’s really frustrating to search for vaccines. I found a Facebook group Minneapolis Vaccine Hunters and I got a tip that there was a vaccine clinic in Winona (a couple hours out of Minneapolis) that...
View ArticleA Willie Mays Memory, a Baseball Poem
It is opening day for baseball! Here is a poem I wrote a few weeks ago, but saved for today.A Willie Mays MemoryOne summer, when I was betweenThe ages of seven and ten, I can't pinpoint it any closer...
View ArticleAnother Saturday Night - Best Road Trip Songs
On the road again… Good evening and welcome to another Saturday night of music, memories, and conversations. Tonight we are going to go on a road trip. Now everybody’s Best Traveling Song is going to...
View ArticleTop Comments: Toto, I Don't Think We're in Nebraska Anymore
So, the short version is that, in implementing our plan to move to California, we drove both of our cars across the country. But stuff did happen along the way. For a longer version of the story,...
View ArticleCome Visit Grand Staircase Escalante For A Minute. Thank you Joe Biden! -...
This diary is a celebration of a beautiful place and a giant thank you to President Biden. I have spent very much time in both Grand Escalante and in Bears Ears, In particular camping in Grand...
View ArticleWomen of a Certain Age ....Go on a Road Trip !!! (with cats!!!)
So you may have heard, Youffraita and I are bravely setting out cross country to take her to a new home. She still needs a little help. www.dailykos.com/…Well, it has been a while for either of...
View ArticleAnyone need a ride? Driving from Denver to WNY soon and would love a...
So, the saga of Youffraita and weck can have an even better ending than Youff in her new home in Denver; www.dailykos.com/…I will be driving back empty and without a trailer once Youffraita has safely...
View ArticleThank You So Very Much - Kossacks are the Best!
We have reached our goal with a bit extra —w00t! Thanks so much to everyone who contributed to the “Help Youff move to Denver” fund. It’s nervous-making and exciting all at once to make this leap, but...
View ArticleRoad Trip! Denver at last
So weck drove down from Upstate NY, rented a small U-Haul trailer in Lancaster, PA, and picked me, my cats, and my books etc. up for the journey here. It was a very pretty drive if you like trees. Very...
View ArticleAnother Saturday Night - Road Songs
Welcome to another Saturday night of music, memories, and conversations. Last week we covered feelings — maybe not all of them but quite a few. Tonight I’m going to use a theme suggested by our very...
View ArticleRoadtrip:MojaveDesert
Well, this will be the shortest road trip, but still interesting I hope.I was running a massive automation project in LA, working 80 hour weeks for weeks at a time and very much in need of shinrinyuko,...
View ArticleAdventures in Flyover Country
Warning: This is a very long diary. It is highly personal. It contains a wide diversity of triggering content. And this is only Part One.{Before I start I want to make sure that I am clear. When I say...
View ArticleLooking for Love in America. Part 3: Oregon and Nevada.
[Part 1, Part II]Route 101 in late December is drivable even if you have a RWD Mustang without snow chains; but the further north, the more difficult driving conditions became. I was happy to rejoin...
View ArticleTop Comments: NN23 Escape From Chicago Edition
Before I start, I want to once again extend grateful thanks to Ed Tracey for his Monday night diary. As you’ll discover, there was no way I was going to be able to write (and it was NOT because we’d...
View ArticleKitchen Table Kibitzing 7/26/23: Me n' You and a Dog Named Bud
120 years ago today, two guys and a dog with very sore butts finished a 63-day, 12-hour and 30-minute car ride from San Francisco to New York that began on a bet, and became the first road trip.No...
View ArticleTop Comments: Road Trip Edition
Starting on Sunday, my family and I will be taking a two week road trip mostly down the eastern half of I90/I80. My mom and I be spending the first week at the annual NHL Booster Club Convention in...
View ArticleTop Comments: Summer Travels Part I
UPDATE: Wednesday, Sep 20, 2023 · 5:55:44 PM +00:00·cohenzeeI want to thank the wonderful people at Community Spotlight for picking my diary for recognition. Their work is always helpful for me to...
View ArticleOn the Road Again. A Colorado State Open Thread, 10/9/2023
I’m not sure exactly which road I will take — I’m likely to take I-70 or US 36 and CO66. I might let the car choose the way. I will be heading to eastern Kansas, so I have about 600 miles to drive...
View ArticleThe Daily Bucket - sand & beaches, Oregon/N.California road trip
October 2023Our recent road trip took us along the coast southward and inland northward. We avoided major freeways except in Washington so we had nice opportunities to see the coastline and...
View ArticleDawn Chorus: Arcata Marsh and Bay
The name Arcata comes from “oket’oh”, Yurok for “where there is a lagoon”, referring to Humboldt Bay, which is a barrier lagoon. Arcata Bay, aka North Bay, is the northerly portion of Humboldt Bay, at...
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