Monthly Archives: October 2011

I haven’t posted lately. This week was camping from Monday til Friday with a all-too-brief visit with Rachel and now I am leaving the grandparents house! The camping was cold and fun, the visit was Rachel was great (it was homecoming and we ate tasty tapas and sampled my uncles wine), and as always the [...]

I had a ridiculously nice time with my aunt nancy and uncle Fred. I got to Seattle late on Friday night and drank some cold beers and chilled out. The sleep was wonderful! The bed was comfortable and cozy in a little guest suite they have (it has a sitting room veranda access and it’s [...]

I stopped in Portland after my two nights camping to stay with my family the millers! I had a great stay! Mike and I took bikes from their neighborhood in SE quadrant downtown. What a beautiful and fun city. Mike let me ride Jims single speed hipster esque bike, and combined with flannel and my [...]

I am again at a KOA now near Eugene Oregon. Betsy and I made it 350 miles today even including a very long detour to help a German couple who had locked their keys in their can on a scenic alternative to the 101. We had quite the time getting help. No ones cellphone had [...]

KOA. 27 dollars? Really? For some lawn? Bullshit. That’s where I am tonight. In a KOA in eureka. It is nice enough. Cold. Very cold. I didn’t bring enough bedding. I had a great drive up the coast today!

Betsy, as you should know is a ’72 VW Beetle. She is sky blue and very fun. She requires a skilled driver (me) and regular maintenance. For maintanance she likes her oil changed regularly (with nice VR1 racing oil) and her valves set too .008 occasionally. Her gas cap says “Oktan min. 91 ROZ”. I [...]

Up to Malibu! Betsy and I have taken flight all the way to malibu (not that far) But here is Betsy and I last minutes in Santa Monica – On our way!!

I am in San Fran now! Having a great time being unemployeed! I have so far visited solvang, Santa Barbara, San Lois obiso, and San Fran! Betsy has been doing really good. Just a little clutch tightness issue. I bought (hopefully for just the trip – then I will return) a boom box so I [...]

My apartment is empty and Betsy is all packed up. I am getting ready to head out. I an heading cross country via the northern route. Planned stops are: Solvang San Fran Portland Seattle Vancouver Iowa City Springfield Columbus Boston But I am up for changes too! For the time being I am just running [...]