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I like reading about the Midwestern meanderings Paul, they always sound like a special part of Americana. I love it when Tiamo , you and others here write about places you've been or are going to.
 
Me too.

Good evening all. It was a slow night at the pizza place.
Good news is that I only have two more this week which means I get rest. :)
 
I like reading about the Midwestern meanderings Paul, they always sound like a special part of Americana. I love it when Tiamo , you and others here write about places you've been or are going to.
Nebraska isn't the most exciting place to write home about. The most exciting things I pass on my road trip are the odiferous or should I say reeking mass cattle farms. All the herons that congregate in the wet fields is an amazing site. One of Paypal Corporate HQ is in NE. The Great Platte River Road Archway, I think I stopped there once. That about sums it up for me. :)

Me too.

Good evening all. It was a slow night at the pizza place.
Good news is that I only have two more this week which means I get rest. :)
Mmmm, pizza... I'm so starving!


Lol! I'm so very familiar with Charles (the one in the ERB). The HMS Beagle swaying in the background. He did spend so much of his life studying barnacles...

Ok, I'm about to pass out, I got a shit ton today in both real life and the life where I'm a SUPERSTAR!!! Good night all!!!
 
Nebraska isn't the most exciting place to write home about. The most exciting things I pass on my road trip are the odiferous or should I say reeking mass cattle farms. All the herons that congregate in the wet fields is an amazing site. One of Paypal Corporate HQ is in NE. The Great Platte River Road Archway, I think I stopped there once. That about sums it up for me. :)


Mmmm, pizza... I'm so starving!



Lol! I'm so very familiar with Charles (the one in the ERB). The HMS Beagle swaying in the background. He did spend so much of his life studying barnacles...

Ok, I'm about to pass out, I got a shit ton today in both real life and the life where I'm a SUPERSTAR!!! Good night all!!!



I can add very little value here. Just posting to try and keep up
 
Lol! I'm so very familiar with Charles (the one in the ERB). The HMS Beagle swaying in the background. He did spend so much of his life studying barnacles...

Ok, I'm about to pass out, I got a shit ton today in both real life and the life where I'm a SUPERSTAR!!! Good night all!!!
:kiss: You are already a superstar. ;)

I can add very little value here. Just posting to try and keep up
You always add something. It's all good.


*starts coffee*

Mike brings up a good thought. I want to hear your best Ice Breaker. I want to hear the best way you ease the tension in the room when you enter so people start talking. :)

I always tell corny jokes. The one I heard recently good for Lit is what sucks about sleeping with a weatherman?


He promises 8-12 inches and you're lucky if you get two. *rimshot*
 
Morning everyone! :rose:

Long crazy morning here today. Have to drop a couple cases of water at the cemetery this morning.
Then run to Clearwater for the PT eval & haul butt over a 2nd bridge to Tampa for a meet up with the ortho team.
Probably a good thing my shoulder is acting weirder then normal since the 4 hours on the boat.

Sometimes I miss living on the road when I read about every ones trips. Then I remember walking into walls when the bathroom is in the wrong place to the night /hotel before. Or not being able to find certain food if I had a craving for something homemade.
 
Morning everyone! :rose:

Long crazy morning here today. Have to drop a couple cases of water at the cemetery this morning.
Then run to Clearwater for the PT eval & haul butt over a 2nd bridge to Tampa for a meet up with the ortho team.
Probably a good thing my shoulder is acting weirder then normal since the 4 hours on the boat.

Sometimes I miss living on the road when I read about every ones trips. Then I remember walking into walls when the bathroom is in the wrong place to the night /hotel before. Or not being able to find certain food if I had a craving for something homemade.

I don't travel much. I wish I did sometimes.
:kiss:

Good luck with everything today.
 
Good morning Spacelings

I love life on the road. I've been doing in a long time and I would not of stayed with it if I didn't like it. I've been to some cool places and seen some cool things – and then I usually joke I've also been to New Jersey. :cool:

Nebraska is big flat and mostly empty. That's beautiful in its own right. In the Sandhills you have incredible migratory bird populations and abundance of wildlife of all shapes and sizes. Yesterday I saw Whitetail deer, mule deer, coyote, wild turkeys, grouse, ptarmigans, pheasants and of course cows and horses. All of them just hanging out.

But lol, there is not much there there if you're driving through. Thank heaven for XM radio.

Starry - I can always tell when I've been on the road to long, that's when you were a job and have no idea where you're at. You have to look for the motel stationary or the receipt to remember.

Tiamo - ah, the fragrant scent of cow poop. My dad used to always say "smells like money".
 
Morning all. Ah the fragrance of bovine biological waste. Yep. Organic fertilization on the hoof. Of course horse poop doesn't smell any better...different yes, better no. I've been around pig lots, chicken runs, rabbit hutches and fish farms. The people who do that kind of thing for a living are amazing. Some I've met have the most wicked senses of humor. But I digress.

Tiamo and Paul, Kansas is the flattest and most mind numbing cross country run I've done to date. I immediately knew when I'd crossed into Colorado, Wyoming was a lot like Colorado but both were beautiful drives.

I'm more of a ridge runner then a plains dweller so if there's no hills, valleys, greenery or water within my immediate areas I'm uncomfortable. I've walked a lot of miles up and down some really pretty mountains.
 
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Hello everyone. I am nosy, checking on all the great spacers in the thread.
 
Hi Soul - always good to see you wander through.

TN - yes, I much prefer hiking through hills or mountains. On the plains you can walk for hours and it's still the same!
 
I don't travel much. I wish I did sometimes.
:kiss:

Good luck with everything today.

They shot me!!!! :eek: :eek: :eek:
Right in the shoulder with Toradol to help with the pain.
Another round of PT with the aim of breaking down the scar tissue in the torn bicep area.
I feel like I'm behind recovery wise, my Doc's fellow thinks I'm too hard on myself and I'm doing ok.
 
Haha, well I should clarify. I don't mean the sweet smelling dairy farms that my friends and neighbors lived on in my childhood. They actually smelled wholesome. As for the manure in nearby fields, well, that was almost tolerable.

I'm taking about those huge factory cattle farms, concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs). The ones where just driving by them makes you seal up your car but your eyes tear up anyway. (Mostly from the gases produced, but sometimes from knowing they have to live in it day in and day out.) Four main gases are produced from decomposing manure: hydrogen sulfide, methane, ammonia and carbon dioxide. They are unhealthy!

Look, from Denver to Wisconsin, my drive I do a few times a year - they are concentrated on my route.
http://www.factoryfarmmap.org/#animal:cattle;location:US;year:2012
 
That's one of the reasons I went vegetarian/vegan, but this was not a rant that came from my vegetarian tendencies. I'm no longer a health nut vegan anyway.

I couldn't imagine having just flat lands to walk/hike. I came from Wisconsin, with verdant forests and rolling hills and and pastoral fields and meandering creeks. Growing up there was aight. Then I moved to Minnesota, which seemed a more health-conscious state. Sooo many trails to pick from! It was a walker's delight! Then, the ultimate (for me anyway) in the lower 48, Colorado, with all the hiking trails, mountains, wildlife, yet close to civilization. With just the right weather (again, for me), never too cold, never too hot if I go to the mountains, never too humid, hardly any bugs... I never want to leave.
 
I hate that diabolical gleam that comes into a Doctor or designee before they pop you with a needle. The larger the needles gage the more diabolical the gleam. I hate needles, I tolerate what needs doing but don't like it.
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Btw, I'm going to be a bit busy this week. Tomorrow the next expansion of my game hits, and everybody's going to be busy leveling to 70 from 65. That's why I've been playing my old game again, I can never let myself get too far behind and I had to finish up some unfinished business.

I'm also going to be working at a book sale this week. Looking forward to it!
 
Btw, I'm going to be a bit busy this week. Tomorrow the next expansion of my game hits, and everybody's going to be busy leveling to 70 from 65. That's why I've been playing my old game again, I can never let myself get too far behind and I had to finish up some unfinished business.

I'm also going to be working at a book sale this week. Looking forward to it!

Enjoy your gaming. Exceling to improve is good. The book sale project sounds like a fun endeavor.

I'm gearing up to make some of my own backpacking gear. I've already looked at prices for commercial products vs. materials and a bit of time. So I'll give making a backpack, hammock and tarp. Now to figure out how to use a sewing machine. LOL.
Sleeping bags and clothes are not going to be on my list of things to try to make though.
 
Btw, I'm going to be a bit busy this week. Tomorrow the next expansion of my game hits, and everybody's going to be busy leveling to 70 from 65. That's why I've been playing my old game again, I can never let myself get too far behind and I had to finish up some unfinished business.

I'm also going to be working at a book sale this week. Looking forward to it!

I am looking forward to Friday when Pokemon Sun and Moon come out. :D
 
I always love book sales, though I end up bringing home more than I sell usually. When I was in grad school I worked at an independent bookstore. I joke that for two years I never made any money because whatever I made I spent with the employee discount.

Tiamo - it sure looks like your journey takes you right up that corridor!

TN learning to sew (both with and without a machine) is pretty straightforward - just hand/machine skills and practice! Good luck on the equipment. The huge advantage of bespoke systems for backpacking is you get exactly what you want. That can make a huge difference from subtle changes.

Tiamo - good luck with the expansion! Hope it's hours of fun with good friends.

Starry - slow and steady wins. I found when I was in physical rehabilitation a couple of years ago that I would rise and plateau and rise and plateau. The plateaus were tough spots.
 
just checking in, computer is acting strange....

Azul, I love traveling - have been for work since 2011. Sometimes I am in a place only a few months, some times 6 months to a year. November makes a year in Georgia - though I moved from south of Atlanta to north in August. Looks like I will be here for several more months.
I love to explore when not working.
:rose::kiss:
 
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