Tales

Anyone that knows me can vouch for that. They will tell you the combinations of clothes and the colors I wear are not always matching. I blame it on being somewhat color blind. My wife would say I just don’t give a _ _ _ _. Well, she says I don’t care.  I don’t drive […]

The Misadventures of a Prospecting Trip It was definitely worth it. June 2006 Sometimes what starts out crappy, ends up not so bad. I need to remember this. I was recently preparing for my prospecting trip to Alaska.  All the usual stuff.  Get a list, buy all the stuff, lay it out on the floor.

Traveling the Alcan, Alaska Canadian Highway Thursday, June 2012 Some extracts from my Alcan log as sent to my Family – Unedited Subject: Thursday’s Adventure.  Where is my photographer when I need her? Today was a long day, an exciting day, a boring day, and a small world. I was anticipating a long day because

Traveling the Alcan, Alaska Canadian Highway  Friday, June 2012 Some extracts from my Alcan log sent to my family (unedited) Friday’s Adventure.  It could be worse.   What started out as a short day and a short drive turned suddenly into a long drive. I left Whitehorse, Yukon at about 6 AM after having a

The Mean Grandpa Creates a Hill It snowed a bunch last night so the Mean Grandpa went outside to shovel his driveway. The driveway was covered in a blanket of snow. Without thinking the Mean Grandpa started to shovel all the snow to the end of the driveway near the small hill in the back

King Joseph I – The King wrote to ask me about purchasing a ghost town so he could bring his “micronation” to the United States. I gave him directions to Cuba. Mike, what happened to your eyebrows? Let’s just say you should not attempt to lite your gas furnace when there is a gas leak.

No, I don’t hate dogs It is pretty safe to write this story now as my neighbor moved over ten years ago and the last I heard they were living 2,000 miles away. I don’t think they will bother to come back and threaten me with violence.   Some people think I hate dogs. Not

The Nuts in the Nursing Home On a recent visit to a nursing home Kate’s friend Julie got bored. She and her brother were getting tired of all the talking and sitting as they went with their parents to visit a relative in the nursing home.  They spotted a bowl of peanuts across the room

Or Nervous Nellie I swear this story is true. If I am ever asked to prove it, I do have a witness I can produce. Those of you that know me will understand that the names have been changed to protect the guilty. A few years back I was traveling with a good friend whom

What do a 57 Ford, a 58 Rambler and a 61 Chevy have in common? I will share the Ford story first and if you are nice I will share the other two stories. It started out as playful fun. It was a Friday night and I was a teenager.  Several of my buddies and