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Adventures Of The Seat Of My Pants
No, I didn’t use the wrong preposition in that title. I’m not gonna share some close call that I narrowly avoided, rather I want to follow the tack of “If Only These Pants Could Talk”. I intentionally...
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World’s Largest Visitor Center? I Think Not!
As my regular readers know Z and I love to road trip. To me part of the joy of road trippin’ is finding all the great local spots that the tourists normally miss. After all, isn’t that what travel is...
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Rover’s Been Kidnapped!
Trucknapped? Bronconapped? Whatever! He’s being held for ransom by an unscrupulous mechanic named Mike at Bill’s Custom Transmission here in Morgan Hill. You can read the whole sordid story over...
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Road Trip Essentials – A Working Flashlight
Okay, we weren’t actually on a road trip at the time, but we were in Rover (our car) and we were watching a movie about Africa (Madagascar: Back 2 Africa at the drive-in), so that’s kind of a road...
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Discounts On Auto AC Parts Make Rover That Much Cooler
With gas prices reaching three-year lows and all of Rover’s major operations taken care of (transmission, heater core, electrical system, etc) I’ve got a little extra cash to invest in the optional...
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Golden Gate Fields Really Wants Us Back!
It has been about 9 months since Zaira and I went to the racetrack and played the ponies. After my experience at the Bay Meadows opener this probably isn’t too surprising. Then again, you might not...
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Traffic Deaths Up 21% Despite Cell Phone Ban!
Well, this could be filed in the “no duh” category… As of July 1, 2008 it is now illegal to drive in the state of California while talking on a hand-held cell phone. Like most ridiculous laws this was...
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Mystery Spot Reservations – Who knew?
It’s been a few years since Zaira and I explored one of Santa Cruz’ funkiest tourist traps: The Mystery Spot, so we decided to head up there yesterday. We’re trying to save money for my big 40th...
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While heading out for a morning mail run I tuned in to KGO Radio to see what Ronn Owens was talking about. Turns out Ronn is on vacation, and Brian Copeland was sitting in for him. Brian had the Deputy...
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California Swimming Holes
Part of the Cool Books Series - Previous in series Norman Rockwell's Swimming Hole (1920) One of the great things about being a library book sale addict is that I get to handle about 1,000...
View ArticleMore Road Trip Contemplations
Z and I are still trying to work out the plans for our summer road trip. If gas keeps going up at its current rate we’re probably going to have to limit both the amount of time and the miles logged....
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