October 17th, 2025 – Vacation Rental Issues; When You Travel…


This morning I was perusing the morning news while having coffee and came across an article about vacation rentals - you know the ones...those popular websites that are an alternative to hotels. This article really shows you the lost time, problems you can get into, the extra costs you can incur and large sums of … Continue reading October 17th, 2025 – Vacation Rental Issues; When You Travel…

October 12th, 2025 – Fall has Fell; Recovering Nicely; Road Trips Soon!; Camping Hopefully Soon!


He doesn't look like he took his protein pills but he put his helmet on! Even though it was mid-80s today, I hosed the coils off and put the cover on the air conditioning unit outside. I think we are finally in the last throes of the warm weather for the year; the air just … Continue reading October 12th, 2025 – Fall has Fell; Recovering Nicely; Road Trips Soon!; Camping Hopefully Soon!

September 28th, 2025 – Packing and Travel Security


I just saw an article this morning about packing things for travel security and I just had to shake my head. I really do not understand some of the items being suggested. Unfortunately there are too many of these posts out there in the interwebs. You can usually tell by the self-aggrandizing titles that an … Continue reading September 28th, 2025 – Packing and Travel Security

September 26th, 2025 – Roadside America Travel App; Road Trip to McLouth, Kansas


(Every so often I find apps I think are worth mentioning by name in this blog. I do not get any referral fees or kickbacks from the developers, but I think they are useful & worthy of mentioning to people who read my blog. Perhaps at some point I will look into referrals so I … Continue reading September 26th, 2025 – Roadside America Travel App; Road Trip to McLouth, Kansas

September 24th, 2025 – Nature Bathing and Meditation; Good to Talk With You Again!


'If we change the way we experience the world, then the world change." - Mathieu Ricard - "The happiest man in the world" I have watched a few new (to me) documentaries lately about meditation in nature with the Buddhist monk Mathieu Ricard. In the first one they were in Argentina, and the second one … Continue reading September 24th, 2025 – Nature Bathing and Meditation; Good to Talk With You Again!