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 …

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 …

Abilene, Texas – A Daughter’s Account

Abilene, Texas – a daughter’s account After a day of rest while my dad iced his recent gum surgery, we hit the road again – off to Abilene. I drove the length of the trip so dad could keep resting. Read More …

The Real Shreveport

Having read my father’s revisionist history of the offset of our trip around the country, I feel the need to set things straight. So, here’s what really happened, the real Shreveport. The summer after I graduated college, my father and Read More …