“Our RV”, by M

While going through some boxes, we found M’s work from the creative writing course he took on The Trip.  Here’s a poem he wrote:

In the start of the year two thousand fourteen,
we saw a new RV with a brand new sheen.

We signed all the papers and we took it from Yuma,
oh how we looked on the road, as sleek as a puma.

We were the envy of all, they gawked as we did pass,
when we drove through the towns the crowds did mass.

Her name was the Avalanche, a monster of brown, black, and red,
she had seven rooms, two bunks and a bed.

The RV was small, yes, but bigger than most,
and with her we traveled from coast to coast.

We passed through the Yukon on the way to Alaska,
then came back to the states and passed by Nebraska.

We got our licenses at a DMV in South Dakota,
we stayed there one night, then away we did mota.

We we’re careful at bridges less than thirteen point six,
because if we hit the the top we’d have a lot to fix.

We passed through Monsey on our way to Maine,
fighting our way through sun, hail and rain.

We headed to Canada along the coast,
while the terrible heat made us slowly roast.

Winter 2020 Trip, Day 33: Las Vegas

We enjoyed Shabbos in Las Vegas’ Henderson suburb, spending time with my parents and our family back together.  It was also nice seeing our friends from the Shul.

This morning I ran the 8ish miles on the Mccullough Trail from Anthem to Henderson:

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After my run, Trish and I and my parents hiked up to the top of the local hill to look down on their neighborhood:

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This afternoon we visited with Tricia’s relatives, then returned to my parents’ house for dinner.

Trish and the kids flew back to New York late this evening.  Tomorrow I start driving back to New York.

Winter 2020 Trip, Day 30: Glamis, Day 3

This morning started with flight 132:

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Visiting the neighbors:

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This video contains some of the flying and motorcycling from this trip:

M and I motorcycled all the way to Tumco, which we visited in 2015:

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We pushed into the Cargo Muchacho Mountains:

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Our last stop was our beloved Ogilby campsite, where we wintered in 2015 and 2016:

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I ran out of gas a few miles from home so I took M’s motorcycle to the RV, filled it up, drove back, siphoned gas into my motorcycle, and then we drove back to the RV.  I launched flight 132:

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The area is really filling up:

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