Back to the Motherland 2

For the most part, the DC area is stunning in the spring. That’s a modest Northern VA neighborhood. When I bought my first house here, back in the day, I paid $150k or so. These houses now go for in the neighborhood of $600k now. They are 70+ years old, but built back in a … Continue reading Back to the Motherland 2 →

Back to the Motherland 1

It’s been a busy few weeks for me, traveling around. First was a quick trip to Wimberly. Then a cannonball run to Reynosa. Now, I’m in my hometown in the DC Area. I left Saturday morning, getting a Uber to DFW. That’s the way to go, since there’s a lot of construction at the airport. … Continue reading Back to the Motherland 1 →

A long trip. A blast to Reynosa and back

Rough weekend that I'm glad is over. Long story short, I had to help move the Girl back to Reynosa. She lost her job in January and hasn't had much luck landing a new one. Her best prospects are out of state. I had a coworker at Lucent that was a native down here that … Continue reading A long trip. A blast to Reynosa and back →

Ride Report: Wimberly TX, Again

I took a few days off to do a ride, while I could. It's going to get busy this month and I wanted to hit the road before it gets hot. This week looked perfect; cool, maybe some winds Monday and Tuesday, with rain headed in the rest of the week. I got a dog … Continue reading Ride Report: Wimberly TX, Again →

Assembling the New Ride

Got around to assembling bike this week, and taking it on a maiden voyage. Oddly, there were no directions in the box. I kind of like that. A pro thing. You should know what to do. There were some instructions on the outside, starting with how to open the box: Apparently I was supposed to … Continue reading Assembling the New Ride →

Spirit Airlines of the Sea

Carnival Cruise lines put rules into place limiting ghetto behavior. The fatigue is real. In recent years the unwritten rule among most vacation goers interested in a week-long cruise was to stay far away from boats with cheap tickets. Why? Well, no one has been allowed to say why publicly, but the mountain of video … Continue reading Spirit Airlines of the Sea →

Ride Report

I had enough. For a number of reasons, I decided I needed two wheel therapy on Good Friday. The weekend was building a suck factor. So that needed to be rectified with some speed. Friday was the only day to do it, since storms were due Saturday and Sunday. The winds were already picking up. … Continue reading Ride Report →

Las Vegas 2

Yesterday was a work day, I had to setup for the course I was teaching. First thing I did was try and find the McDonalds. I didn't want to spend $30 on breakfast, and I needed something simple my guts would tolerate. So I wandered all over trying to find how to get down Las … Continue reading Las Vegas 2 →

Travelogue: Las Vegas, Day 1

Holy crap, I hate to travel. Back when I first got this gig it was 75% travel. I was on the road all the time. It didn't take long for it to get old. Now, I really hate it. I chose Uber to get to DFW airport, since it would be cheaper than parking, and … Continue reading Travelogue: Las Vegas, Day 1 →

Ride Report: Wimberly TX

It's been a minute since I've been to Wimberly Texas. The boy and I were trying to think of a way to have a motorcycle road trip and I came up with Wimberly. So we did some planning and found that we could do a 'dot city' route to go check it out. Dot cities … Continue reading Ride Report: Wimberly TX →