Odyssey, Rants

On Kamping

I hate to come off as an outdoor snob, but on my trip, what many people describe as “camping” is pulling some giant metal box into a parking lot, unrolling the satellite dish, and sleeping inside. At the campground at Glacier National park, a giant ‘bago rolled in, the lights went on, and no one […]

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Beyond Forever Ago

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog To add to the mix of opening ds106 salvos, inspired by Michael B Smith, Cheryl Colan, and Lou McGill, that was my somewhere near the end of high school. I found it at my Mom’s house; she had a 1982 date written on the back, […]

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Cookielove Keeps Flowing

Today is Sunday, I am reaching for the phone to call Mom (still, forever in my “favorites”), but alas, set it down. My day is brightened. Yesterday while at my friend’s soccer game, I saw a butterfly waft over the field. The #cookielove that started September 4 rolls on — and I keep piling it […]

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Road Stats: Week 13

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Number of days on the road: 84 Miles Driven: 8788 Number of States/Provinces driven in: 15 Number of US/Canadian Border Crossings: 2 Money spent on gas: $2313.36 Photos posted: 1829 (that is an average of 21.7 per day) Number of nights in hotels/B&B: 9 Number […]

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Geology Like The Wolf

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo shared by cogdogblog Readers of this blog know my repeated use of the words “Amazing” and “Stories” — these are actually all around us, and there is nothing finer than when they come unexpectedly. Such was the case Monday. On my route from north of Baltimore to New […]

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Book Report: Microserfs

My book report is on this really cool story… I just wanted to continue a log of books read on this trip; my reading volume will likely exceed the sum total for the last 4 years. When I was in Hope, BC, I found a great little book store that had 50% off of all […]