Conversations on El Camino

My feet were shackled inside boots for 25 consecutive hours, my rations were sporadic (and at times unidentifiable), and an entire day was stolen from me. I signed up for this. 😊 Greetings from the Southern Hemisphere and the other side of the international dateline! After a brief stay outside Seattle (at what I considered…

Earth flew through a cloud of comet dust this weekend, which is pretty cool. 😎 I lost some sleep over it, waking at 3:00a on Sunday to drive to a high point (but the valley beside the high point is filled with a city and its lights, so stargazing was poor), and waking again this morning…

Preamble: Misadventures are more memorable. 🙂 In my drive from northeastern to northwestern Wisconsin, I happened to pass through north central Wisco, which is Home to the highest natural point in the state: Timms Hill, a whopping 1951.2 feet! (Before my less midwesterly friends scoff, remember where your corn and potatoes come from! ...So there.)…