Road Trip
Hi, We’ve been basking in hot springs, sleeping in a campground 25 miles off the pavement on an old logging road, lunching in a neighborhood park in Kalispell, riffing about electromagnetic anomalies with the proprietor of the Montana House of Mystery vortex and then cruising the margins of Flathead lake; Montana is pretty swell, even […]
Hi, I suppose that any worry I may have had about this series of missives turning into a sort of dull travelogue is ended with the fact that you’ve heard nothing from us as we crossed the high plains, traveled the length of the Colorado Rockies, trudged through the high desert or turned the corner […]
One feature of extended travel is that you’re always fulfilling recurring bodily requirements (eating, sleeping, and so on) in unfamiliar contexts. Those of you who read this regularly and who still travel for a living will certainly know exactly what I mean. Recently, and because of our method of travel, I’m thinking that my choices […]
I’ve never had much patience with those who pillory government as a matter of general principle. More specifically, I object to those who protest paying taxes while enjoying a scandalous standard of living in one of the best-served nations on the planet. Maybe that’s why I’ve always enjoyed small towns and small-town conversation in “liberal” […]
Do you recall my speculation and wish earlier this summer when we were on our shakedown trip through Ontario? If you remember, I was impressed with the civility of the Canadians we encountered. I wondered if we’d have the same sort of experience with Americans across the United States, even though we Americans don’t have […]