Route 96

Given the demise of Jenkin’s air conditioner, and the fact that it was a vinyl-melting 115 F by mid-morning, we decided to skip Death Valley. Instead we drove one hundred miles farther south and crossed the Mojave Desert at high noon! Our last watering hole before the great crossing–of course we’d picked a minor sub-highway [...]

Hey, you kids! Shut up back there! It’s time to play: Here’s how it works: Stop kicking the back of your mother’s seat and sit quietly staring out the window. When you see any of the objects or signs listed on your BINGO card, mark that space with a coin, a counter, a half-chewed Chiclet, [...]

“Did you know that 34 million American adults are obese? Putting together that excess blubber would fill the Grand Canyon two fifths of the way up.  That may not sound impressive, but keep in mind, it is a very big canyon.” –Kent Brockman, “I’m OK, You’re Too Fat” Fortified with another obscenely big truck stop [...]

“You never leave a man behind!” You-Had-To-Be-There Moment #45 “Hey, do you smell kibble?”