3G, 4G, Not!

So the 3G, 4G, LTE, etc. is not working so well.  Looks like I'll be blogging in my usual manner upon my return.  You can follow along on my facebook page, here.  Friend me if you would like, if we are not friends yet.

Raining in Phoenix

We woke up this morning a little later than we thought.  With that in mind we still had to pack the car with all of our items which we forgot to pack the night before.

Item after item after item.

Car loaded, minus the cargo holder (which didn't fit on the new car) and the dogs.  Getting the dogs in is always very easy.

"Who wants a car ride?" is all it takes to have the two dogs bolt to the door, wait for someone to open it and run to the car taking a few spins around it.

Tom had asked me to do this blog in the moment, rather than a retrospective which I have done over the past few years.  So here is Day 1.  Driving.  Dogs.  Selfies.  There isn't much to show when you want to get your traveling legs on and a good chunk of roadway under your tires.

If I was going to blog every day, Tom would need to drive a bit more than he has in the past.  It was agreed and thus the picture below.  Dogs were asleep in the back seat, Tom was focused on his driving.  I had an iPhone with a camera.  Click Click.

It was a great sunset, although heading East, one misses the sunset.  The sun was playing with the clouds ahead of us and I kept looking backwards to see what I could.  I was somewhat disappointed that I couldn't watch it, but I figured that there will be plenty more on the return.

As I was looking back and forth, the sky was getting darker ahead of us.  As day turned into night we were closing in to Phoenix and there was a brilliant lightning storm ahead.  It just kept on flashing here, there, here again, behind a mountain, right ahead of us.

This storm continued for the next few hours as we kept on getting closer to our destination.  Just inside the city limits, the rain and wind came.  The first rain of our trip.  I knew it was coming, I just didn't think it would be in Arizona.

We arrived at our hotel for the night.  Too hot for camping.  Dogs are fed.  We are not.  Time for a snack and bed.  Until tomorrow...

BTW, folks.  Would love for comments on this page as we go along.  Come along for the ride!

On the road, again!

Tommy and I and the two dogs are off on our annual road trip tomorrow.  One last day of work and then a night of packing the Ford Escape for what may be our final trip across the country.  I thought I'd show where we have been so far.

This map shows our routes over the past number of years.  In it, we show that we have hit 48 states and 7 provinces of Canada with many National Parks along the way.

This trip, we head towards North Dakota to finish the Continental US, down to the midwest towards Detroit and Toronto, over to Listuguj in NB, down to MA & Provincetown, back to Chicago to follow Route 66 back to CA.  The final stop will be the ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier.

Come along for the drive as Tom insists I blog live rather than the standard recap I often do.

To continue the story, press "newer post" below.

Dog Goldberg Machine

All-American Boy by Steve Grand

Where everyday's the Fourth of July!

All American Boy

VERSE 1
Ripped Jeans, only drinks whiskey
I find him by the fire while his girl was getting friskey, ohh
I say we go this road tonight

He smiles, his arms around her
but his eyes are holdin me, just a captive to his wonder, ohh
I say we go this road tonight

PRE-CHORUS
now I know that that's your girl, I mean no disrespect
The way that shirt hugs you chest boy, I just won't forget
I'll be sittin her, drinking my whiskey
I won't say goodnight unless I think ya might miss me, ohh

CHORUS
Be my All-American boy tonight
where everyday's the 4th of July
and its alright, alright
And we can keep this up till the morning light
and you can hold me deep in your eyes
and its alright, alright
be my, be my
my All-American boy

VERSE 2
Ripped jeans, tight shirt
he lights a cigarette you know I'm glad that she can't stand it, ohh
I drink the moonlight from his eyes

Now hold there, just a moment
I want to take this in now we don't need no photo of it, no
we should go this road tonight

PRECHURS 2
now I know that that's your girl, and I don't give a damn
she's been cusin and cryin, she don't know what she has
so I'll be, sittin here, tryin hold down my whiskey,
you tell your girl good night cause somebody'd like to kiss me, ohh

CHORUS
Be my All-American boy tonight
where everyday's the 4th of July
and its alright, alright
And we can keep this up till the morning light
and you can hold me deep in your eyes
and its alright, alright
be my, be my
my All-American boy

BRIDGE:
Of all the girls and boys to look my way
Ain't no body ever hit me this way
so won't you come back with me
and lay with me a while

I'm gonna wrestle you out of them clothes,
leave that beautiful body exposed,
and you can have my heart and my soul and my body...
just be mine

GUITAR SOLO

DOWN CHORUS
Be my All-American boy tonight
baby you light my fire
its gonna be alright, alright!

CHORUS
Be my All-American boy tonight
where everyday's the 4th of July
and its alright, alright
And we can keep this up till the morning light
and you can hold me deep in your eyes
and its alright, alright
be my, be my...
just, be my, be my...
my All-American boy

And another song by Steve.

credits

Melody Klemin and her Kickstarter Campaign

Join Tom and I and the TravelingDogs in supporting our friend, Melody Klemin and her Kickstarter Campaign for her debut album.  Some may know her from her commercial for SLO Life Magazine, others from her work as Outreach Coordinator for the PAC.  We know her as an amazing woman, living her dream on the Central Coast.  Good Luck, Melody! 

This is Boston!

This is Boston from Bodhi Films on Vimeo.