The morning started as it usually did after a rain day, and that is early so I could get all my riding tack outside onto my bike as a drying rack, or more effectively sandwiched between the hot asphalt and the hot sun. Also this m'otel provided a 1500 watt hair dryer so I was able to dry both my riding shoes in about 30 minutes by placing the dryer right in the foot hole. They did temporarily shrink half a size during the process though. We were STILL in Texas. ...

While I normally avoid the Interstates wherever possible there was simply no effective way to get out of CC without using them. First was I-37 northwest bound to San Antonio. 37 was moderately traffic'ed out of CC, but the density increased geometrically as we approached SA. San Antonio is a hub with a complex labyrinth of interchanges. I was looking for I-10 which is an Interstate that runs from one side of the country to the other, from Florida to California. ...

Despite this m'otel scoring 3 mehs out of 10, it did have a pretty strong internet connection so I was taking advantage catching up on my blog. I think I was only 4 days behind at that point. What I had been doing is downloading videos and pictures daily into a folder just for that day, and then in the text field I would put in the salient points for interesting things that happened during the course of that day. When I would finally get to writing about that day...

My alarm went off at the jarring time of 0800 and I awoke to a beautiful blue sky day. I opened the windows up and started hanging my laundry out the window and on the window sill to dry in the sun. My chaps had air dried just hanging on the door but my jacket was still wet and hung loose like the skin on the arms of an old lady. I put a desk chair on the bed and hung the jacket on it to get it in the sun. I was careful to position it so it wouldn't block the su...

It was the morning of my departure from NOLA, I was starting the long trek home, I am just over 5000 kms away, but today I am heading even further south, towards Padre Island area to visit the Aircraft Carrier Museum for The Lexington. You may not know this of me but I am very interested in both WWII and Cold War history and it has become my thing as of late to tour these all across 'merica. I have previously toured The Hornet in San Fransisco and my patient and...