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How To Stay Awake Behind The Wheel76

How To Stay Awake Behind The Wheel

First, my credentials as they relate to this topic: Although I've done my share of white collar work, it seems (as my mother once said about me to my worried third wife), "...he's not likely to stray, but I don't think you'll be able to keep him off...

15 comments    how to travel how
Southwestern Lights : Monsoon Light Show in the Arizona Desert67

Southwestern Lights : Monsoon Light Show in the Arizona Desert

Photography opportunities in the Arizona desert abound. Late yesterday, the monsoon clouds, rain, and sunset combined to present a southwestern visual buffet that had to be seen to be believed. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with a cheap Vivitar digital...

7 comments    arizona lights desert
Whiteout : Challenging the Blizzard66

Whiteout : Challenging the Blizzard

We are often warned by those who possess actual common sense to never, ever, challenge a blizzard under whiteout conditions. Don't go out of your house, we are told, or you'll put yourself and the emergency workers at risk. Sounds good...for the...

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The Delta Airline Debacle61

The Delta Airline Debacle

Back when I was flying, Delta used to be my friend I'd look to hop that airline till 2006 and then Coming out of Butte, Montana, headed east to NYC This ugly flight attendant did not like the look of me --------------------------------------...

23 comments    usa nyc ground zero
The Huachuca Mountains Swallow the Moon72

The Huachuca Mountains Swallow the Moon

Though my wife and I live within sight of the Huachuca Mountains in southern Cochise County, Arizona, I'd never seen them swallow the moon before. It helped, of course, that it was a sliver of a new moon, not the big round version. But still. ...

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Never Before Seen by Man59

Never Before Seen by Man

It's not likely that--in this life, anyway--I've ever been to a place never before seen by man. Growing up in the mountains of western Montana did allow a youngster to pretend from time to time that he was the first human observer in a vast...

8 comments    man montana wilderness
Dawn In The Desert : Christmas Eve 201061

Dawn In The Desert : Christmas Eve 2010

This morning, Christmas eve dawned through an awesome fog bank--the sort that adds to the landscape rather than hides it. 2010 has seen us through some impressive events, from the horrifying passage of Obamacare to the rockem-sockem election results...

12 comments    sarah palin dawn in the desert
I Want To Go To Belize!74

I Want To Go To Belize!

Pam and I were spending a quiet Sunday at home in Arizona when Belize got our attention with a segment filmed at Banana Bank Lodge. Hard to believe it was only yesterday. Anyway, we were watching one of those wild animal programs with Jack Hannah,...

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Surviving Truck Driving Adventures of the Uh-Oh Kind :  Elizabeth, New Jersey70

Surviving Truck Driving Adventures of the Uh-Oh Kind : Elizabeth, New Jersey

At the crack of dawn after motoring on, I'd dropped a load of oxide from Montana In the tight dock space, quite the snug little place in New Jersey with the big banana Now the hardest part that required the most art, locating our company...

15 comments    new jersey montana adventures
Memorable Hitchhikers I Have Known69

Memorable Hitchhikers I Have Known

There are plenty of warnings out there: Don't pick up hitchhikers! After all, the next body the cannibal hitchhiker consumes might be your own. Okay, so that rule applies to lots of folks, and of course I ignore that rule just like I ignore lots of...

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