Black Ice in Blacksburg
With a quarter inch of ice on the windshield, both me and my AWD XI know our limits and when to stay off the roads! I have survived five hurricanes,…
The Autumnal Equinox
A Surprisingly Good Jazz Trio I’m home again for the weekend, and the suppressive heat and humidity are finally gone. If only it could stay just like this for a…
Day 4 – Indianapolis to Piney Point
The DC Beltway after nine hours of driving with one headlight - yes it looked just like this! The last leg of the cross-country drive was incidental, short of a few…
Day 3 – Transversing the Country’s Bread Basket
I had to get the western Illinois to see anything resembling a family farm - everything beforehand seemed to be big Agribusiness! Wyoming is about cattle; Nebraska, corn, wheat and…
Day 2 – Salt Lake City to Kearney, Nebraska
Big Country - somewhere in Wyoming on I-80, where the road seems endless, or drops off the end of the world! I got to the Hilton Garden Inn in Salt…
Day 1 – Sacramento to Salt Lake City
Donner Lake - I'd simply not like to drive any further, and just spend the summer here! This is not a road trip, it's about transporting my vehicle across the…
Dealing with the Mexican Tax Man
A woman street vendor with her children after a long day's work! I paid a New York City CPA Firm to do my USA taxes this year as I had…
Fifteen Minutes in Union Square
The nightlife in the Union Square District is Simply Electric! This was a short and stressful trip. In San Francisco I had to get my Indian Visa - in one…