Electric Cars, You’ll Be Able to Drive Yourself…Crazy

Electric cars are the wave of the future. Some car manufacturers and our federal government have decided to replace the current internal combustion engine with electric cars by somewhere between 2035 and 2040. This depends on which lying sack of Read More …

Beautiful or Functional, What Works Best?

We all have to make choices in life, which often raises the question of what is better, beautiful or functional. My wife and I have been together for 50 years, and to a fault she prefers beautiful things while I Read More …

An Unexpected Side Effect of COVID

This past year, we experienced an unexpected side effect of Covid. I’m not talking about growing a tail as the result of one of the vaccines, or some strange side effect of the virus itself like coughing up your liver. Read More …

Last Stop (For the Road Trip Blogs): Madison Wisconsin-daughter’s take

Madison Wisconsin-daughter’s take: After Bozeman, Montana, my dad and I adventured back east. We stopped at parks and sites along the way – Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Custer State Park – until we arrived in the Midwest. My dad is Read More …

Spokane, WA and Bozeman, MT, The Littlest Jessop’s Favorite Stops

 Bozeman MT Littlest Jessop. After The Dalles, Dad and I headed to Washington – Spokane to be exact. There is a big cat rescue camp in Spokane, Washington that is one of my favorite attractions I’ve ever visited. Basically, they Read More …

From Tucson to The Dalles, the Correct Account (Read: Daughter’s)

In my dad’s travel blog post of The Dalles he managed to skip part of our trip, the entire state of California. Here is The Dalles, the Correct Account. After Tucson, we drove west to San Diego then up the Read More …

Madison Wisconsin, More Cheese Please

The final destination I’m going to discuss on our tour is Madison Wisconsin. I may have mentioned in an earlier post that Jackie loves cheese. Well, Madison was all about the cheese; cheese soup, cheese curds, cheese plate, macaroni and Read More …

TUCSON ARIZONA Daughter Account

After El Paso, we headed for Tucson, Arizona. So, this is our Tucson Arizona daughter account of the visit. I thought that once we got past the one-way streets and raised highway of El Paso, we would be in good Read More …

The Dalles Oregon, Way Out There

I’m going to skip over some of the trip; the next stop, the DALLES OREGON. After Tucson, we hit San Diego, CA (very pretty bay), and drove up the west coast to Gold Beach, OR with several stops along the Read More …

Tucson Arizona, One of My Favorite Stops

Next stop, Tucson Arizona. I need to note here that we planned for this week’s blog to include Jackie’s perception of our stop in El Paso, but unlike my old retired self, she has a day job as a marketing Read More …