Dr. Zeus (aka the Green Truckster) is ready for the cross country trip from Florida to Colorado. When I was a kid, my Mom and Dad would load up my brother, sister and I along with a full compliment of camping supplies into a 1964 Dodge Dart 270, a very small compact car. Space was…
Category: Life Experiences
Spirits of the Black Cats
This story is from my cycling tour in Alaska in 1999, and about meeting the spirits of my three black cats, Onyx, PC, and Ebony while riding to Valdez in Prince William Sound. That day was perhaps the best day of my life. The story is part of an excerpt from a much longer story…
The Green Truckster
Roof top container successfully and securely installed on the Truckster (aka, the name of the station wagon in National Lampoons Vacation). The Green Truckster is ready for practice road trips before the road trip to Colorado this summer. Thule roof top container has seventeen cubic feet of storage with a very low wind profile. Next…
Ernie the Elm Tree
Three years after a tornado hit my property, Ernie the Elm is still clinging to life. The elm tree’s leaves just now came out a week ago. The elm was nearly torn out of the ground by the tornado on March 31st, 2011. After the tornado, the elm tree listed at a 45 degree angle….
Wildlife Survival Sanctuary Visit
Mankind’s true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at itsmercy: animals.~Milan Kundera (1929-) ,The Unbearable Lightness of Being I visited the Wildlife Survival Sanctuary yesterday in Spring Hill Florida. The sanctuary is amazing, run by people who have an extraordinary love for…