Category Archives: USA 2008
Sixty-One
Boston, MA I am cursed. It’s just as simple as that. There is no other explanation. Papelbon is as sure a thing as there is in baseball. He goes to the mound and it’s like Rivera in the Yankees salad … Continue reading
Sixty
Boston, MA When I started this adventure I thought six weeks would be more than enough time to see the country. That would have put me back on the east coast by early September rested, refreshed and ready to get … Continue reading
Fifty-Nine
San Antonio, TX Bollocks day. Another one where the plan goes awry and only a few things go right. Culminating with me trying to plan my next set of adventures at 8 PM without any supper in my belly. Damned … Continue reading
Fifty-Eight
San Antonio, TX I reckon I’ve done San Antonio. The whole thing took me about an hour. Maybe two if I’m generous. There just ain’t that much here. In a weirdly typical twist the Alamo has suffered from the attentions … Continue reading
Fifty-Seven
San Antonio, TX As mentioned previously, I am struggling to figure out LBJ. I have learned enough at his Presidential Library, reconstructed birthplace, schoolhouse, childhood home and ranch to have a thin base on which to begin to construct an … Continue reading