No Through Road
The waiter like most in classy restaurants introduces himself to Patti and I; by welcoming us and asking if this is our first visit to Cabo and the restaurant. Why no of course; and don’t you remember me, I respond- I remember you? Without so much as missing a beat he begins by adding that […]
Read More Cabo at Work and Mi CasaMy wife Patti and nephew cancelled out on this 2019 three day Death Valley jeep trip with the San Diego Jeep Club (SDJC) also known as the Rick Henton Memorial Day Run. So here cheerfully submitted is my trip write up to all. Before and after General Store. Maybe one day it will become a […]
Read More SDJC Death Valley Jeep TripThis morning on my drive to obtain a physical I roll over on the road a recent road kill – a raccoon. The poor critter was probably in the prime of life- like me now; when he made just one fatal choice to cross a country road during rush hour. This raccoon road kill brought […]
Read More Maintenance Physical and MoreMost retirees enjoy a good hobby or two. Some become so passionate in their hobbies that it consumes their every waking and possibly even napping moments. I’m not one of them and neither is my new friend Hugo. We both share a love of military vehicles and that is why we joined a club in […]
Read More A Retirement StoryI love old classic things, especially teak lined boats and jeeps. And also I feel a need, at times to focus on near lost cause projects. Yes at times, I am known to have gone to great expenses to resurrect a boat or a Jeep for another twenty year life span. That’s about the working […]
Read More I love old classic boats and JeepsMy generation will likely not grow old thinking, I wish I would’ve taken more pictures in my younger days? Why? Possibly because our brains weren’t wired the way they seem to be now. In today’s world we look-for any excuse to use this highly sophisticated device that we always carry that is still referred to […]
Read More The PhotographerRuss from JeepExpeditions.com got me out on the trail testing my Version 2.0 of my Willys V8 project. Prior to this meeting the last time I saw Russ was in 2011 while hiking the Pacific Crest Trail through the Big Bear area. And the last time we did any Jeep related expedition was also in […]
Read More The Hanging Tree 4×4 RideLast night we celebrated the finish of our camino a day early. Wine, cheese and fresh crackers flowed freely. At around 5:30 in the evening two women showed up to cook for us. Conchita hired them to cook us a meal. Not just any meal but, a coq au vin classic style French stew. This […]
Read More Day 14 – Last day on El Camino de Costa RicaTown emergency. The road somewhere up ahead experienced a landslide and is now impassable. The men folk are all in the fields and not able to assist in human road clearing. The stinky hikers just got enlisted to save the day.
Read More Day 13 – El Camino de Costa RicaIt’s now 3:30 p.m. on a Wednesday and according to my Apple Watch we just walked almost twelve miles, a measly 23,000 steps. We also climbed 62 flights of stairs on a downhill incline. The road towards the Pacific Ocean stage of the camino. The first time we saw the ocean from our vantage point […]
Read More Day 12 of 14 – El Camino de Costa Rica