You know what they’ve got on the highway between Seattle and Eugene? Dinosaur rock, that’s what, and plenty of it. And if you are of a certain age, you may find yourself singing along with all the Eagles songs in that one rock block and wondering, also, what the hell was Fleetwood Mac on, anyways? I’ve been learning a much more difficult version of this tune, but the chords for the easier version are here.… continued…
Heads up! Our travels to Portland, meals, stays, activities and such, were covered by Travel Portland.
“We like to make fun of you in Seattle,” I told our indulgent guide. We were standing outside one of Portland’s food card pods eating Bosnian burek, a spinach and feta stuffed pastry. “See, you’re cooler than we are. We grew up and got real jobs.”
“We want real jobs too!” the guide responded, and we all laughed.… continued…
“Seasickness: at first you are so sick you are afraid you will die, and then you are so sick you are afraid you won’t die.” — Mark Twain
“It’s the price of admission.” Clemens, the penguin guy, and I were talking about crossing the Drake. He’d told me that his daughter gets seasick something terrible, that’s why he’d not brought his family to the ice with him yet. I was sympathetic — seasickness was my biggest worry, more so than sharing a tiny cabin with strangers, more so than cold and wet, more so than, well, anything I had to tackle to get south.… continued…
The plan was to see the Museum of Precolombian Art, get some lunch downtown, and then, do a bit more museum time elsewhere. I would head back to Eileen‘s place after a good wander, and then, later that afternoon, we would go to the Hilton to meet my friend Andrew, who had serendipitously arrived in Santiago that day.
I had a map, a reasonable idea about where I was going, and it wasn’t too terribly hot.… continued…
Or, how to create a fake business and fake news.
Cost? Two dollars. Time investment? Six hours, but you can do it in less.
- Register your domain. Travelcation.info cost me 1.98. With tax. No joke. I already had hosting.
- Throw up an instant website. I fussed with this over a period of about two days, but the site was live and good to go in about 20 minutes. Hey, I’ve been writing for software companies for over 10 years, I know what software marketing copy looks like.
