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Death Valley days
Oh hi, Internet, guess what? I went to Death Valley. Over a month ago. I didn’t write about it before because I have the attention span of a gnat. Now, I will concentrate. After leaving LA, the first stop along the way was in Lancaster, CA to drive over the musical road. It’s a stretch [...]
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Random Texas road trip
I’m back from two days on the road. Destination: southeasternish from Austin. An inadvertent theme of this trip was Places Where A Lot of People Died. The first stop was mass casualty free. Luling, home of the Watermelon Thump. They’re big into the watermelons. The main event of the Watermelon Thump is the speed-spitting contest, [...]
Galveston, five months after Ike
I’ll start with the good news. A handful of hotels, restaurants & businesses along the seawall have reopened. Gaido’s is still there and open for business. Its giant crab and giant shrimp live on. Bishop’s Palace and Moody Gardens are open. Cruise ships are coming and going. The beach along the seawall is mostly gone, [...]
Oatmeal, Texas (& environs)
It’s December 30th and it was 70 degrees. I have a new car. This equation = road trip! I got out the map to see what direction I haven’t been. In the hour-or-so-away from Austin category, the answer was Oatmeal. Before you get to Oatmeal, you arrive at Bertram. In Bertram, they’re not sure if [...]
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