Ready to Get

My last Monday in California for a while.

They're picking up my 2 containers today.
Then: clean, re-sort cargo, ship, send books to my teaching buddies, and I'm gone Daddy gone.
Checking out of Hotel California
in 5 days and a wake-up.

container completed, midnight Pacific time.

Sunday classified: Burgers, BIG

Vals One Pound Hamburger.
Two all Beef pattys . . .

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. . . with iceberg lettuce, serve-yourself pickles & onion in tupperware on the side, on a white - the whitest - Burger Bun you've ever seen!
Served under fluorescent lights! In a Booth.
MMmm HHmm. God Bless America.

Provisioning the Excursion Fleet

We have a plan to spend at least Six Weeks Crossing the Country.
A new cargo rack and a fully loaded 30 gig iPod shows that I am a savvy long distance driver.
Golden Gate Bridge in background. Photo taken in San Francisco Marina district.

My Generation (settled down)

"All my rowdy friends have settled down.
Seem to be into more laid-back fun."
Nobody wants to get out on the town - or the open road either.

Dude! Why are so many adults scared to get outside? Some takers are waking up to the Pathfinder opportunity, but where are the multitudes ready to hit it, get out on Arizona Route 66 and drive with one elbow out the window. Sandals, T-shirts - well it's October / November, but sunglasses (& snow chains) anyway.
"People try to put us down
just because we get around
. . .
Hope I die before I get old."
[I turned 45 in August 2004]

Saturday is for Q.

Let the BBQ Tour of America begin!



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This is a very good West Coast Smoked Pork plate.
The thing is, the whole place has a southern Good Ol'Boy theme. Does this make it a West Coast Q joint or a solid knock-off of Dixie Q?
Imitation is sincere flattery. The lack of anything Californian tells us Minnie pleads nolo contest that good Q is a Southern Thing.

Located on Haight Street in San Fran, Memphis Minnie earns a big A-OK. Smoked pork with that halo / stripe of red; corn muffin; tart cole slaw; the greens were NOT like Mamas, but whatcha' goin' ta do . . . we hung around post-Q and drank so much sweet tea that I 'bout popped.

Even the T-shirts were tempting:
"best butt in California" & "happiness is a dead pig and a pile of wood".
Good Q in the Haight, who'd a thunk it? Seems healthy too, not overly heavy.
[Later we rated this as the #2 Best Overall - Meat Only Category BBQ in America! Congrats.]

Floating High

Head in the Clouds above the North Bay (Marin)
looking back towards downtown San Fran.
Countdown to departure: about 2 weeks.
How much will I miss this sort of thing?
Time Will Tell.

now I'm just playing with audioblogging

Another call for riders.

Includes more Kansas inquiries. I'm going to find something to do in Kansas! Not that I think there is nothing to do, I just need your input to find it.

Call for Riders across America

Click and Ride

Kansas? Kansas? any ideas? Anyone? Anyone?
I am clear about WY, UT, AZ, CO.
Nat'l Parks, Mineral water soaks, more time in my boots than in the seat.
any riders? Anyone? Anyone?

Elvis on a Trike

The King is on the move & throwing off riders who can't hang on.

count me in

Hey the blogger is back and it's a Big Good Time.
I re-did this, originally launched in July 2002; the re-do should enable comments and EZ photo uploading.