AmeriPrayer VI☑ November 2 2022 to Sept 10 2024 Wednesday Nov 2: rain. Making progress finishing up AmeriPrayer V at PV Library. Thursday Nov 3: PV Lib, 1st walk since returning. Friday Nov 4 2022, message from Carla at Biomat- she returned my call about confusion re compensation. Sent "remember to vote" text to Jim Lin. Now researching taxes- hoping to get a California rebate. Now starting prayers for Faith Dekam She's not doing well. Thinking about starting a blog called "eric prayer" for my cousin.
Saturday Nov 5 2022: 8am St Columban church GG. 11am donated blood again. Still not getting the compensation on my card "not loading". P108 Talked to Angie afterwards. She tried to issue me a new card but that didn't work either. It took several weeks after this day to figure out the problem. They were actually loading the compensation on my old card from this location - that I received 5 year ago. I was looking for it on my new card that I received at the Upland location. Turns out, unlike most other blood services- Biomat 3Grifols does not synchronize their locations.
Each location issues their own card-could be with a different bank etc. To switch locations they need to "send over" your file. It's really an ancient. After donating blood I went to the Harvest Crusade at Angel stadium - try to come every year if I make it back from my mission trip on time. Greg Laurie's been doing this for decades. I sit way up top and enjoy the music while also praying for the souls of lost sheep- they usually get a fairly good number of people making new commitments to Christ at the end of the evening. Tonight they have music by David Crowder, the Newsboys, and Andy Mineo.
I return for day 2 as well: music by Jeremy Camp, Phil Wickham. Greg talks about his new movie called the 'Jesus Revolution" coming out early next year, based on Greg's life as a teen doing drugs etc and how he became a Christian- lot of it intersecting with the start of Calvary Chapel led by Chuck Smith- also the late Lonnie Frisbee apparently will play a part in it. I read something about him some time ago- and the history of Calvary Chapel etc. He may have hung around Crystal Cathedral a bit as well if I recall correctly. But he was a little controversial. Sunday Nov 6 2022 7am Holy Family Orange, 945 Christ Cathedral. Back to Angels Stadium around 430.
Monday Nov 7 2022: 10 am Tustin library. They removed a lot of computers to make more elbow space. Good ideal. Now noon- stop in to buy a "get well" card for Aunt Faith. 1pm Wheeler library- confluence coffee cup. 4pm University library- kids video games. Rained a lot during the night. Now a gray day. Tuesday Nov 8 2022: 830 am OLQA, OCD returns - now in an Encinitas car. Plus Viet priest. 10am NBPL Art vid #1: bl guy with shades bouncing from one computer to the other- strange behavior. Looks and acts shady. Then the other guy is camping at the same computer location every day.
This used to be such a nice computer room- now it's become kind of ghetto. Same OCD camping guy upstairs too. Loud cough lady sits next to me. P104 Wednesday Nov 9 2022 Election Day! Hope and pray for some good results according to God's will. Thy Will be Done or TWILABD: Father Son Holy Spirit. Movie Review: One Piece Red an animated Japanese film- they're good at this- and often you'll find some religious themes- if not specifically Christian, woven into them.
Meanwhile I look up Proverbs as I review the film: "guard mouth & tongue." "He who follow righteousness..", "deliverance is of the Lord", "good name better than riches", . back to movie: "hope for salvation" hungry, crying, suffering, soul king" new age of happiness, twirly brow, she promises new era, she's a singer. She wants everybody to love her- and thinks she can make them all happy by fulfilling their every desire-mainly food. It's the classic theological conundrum- is a perfect world filled with no problems etc - really perfect? - for our faith?
Or do we need some troubles, 4 problems, grief, etc to grow in faith? As Christians- that's what we believe in general. We cannot create heaven on earth. Not that we shouldn't try to make the world a better place in general (per general revelation), but it's not possible to create a world without problems- simply because not everybody is a Christian- nor will be. And even if everybody were a Christian- there are different levels of faith and maturity. Even Christians sin and do wrong and hurt others at times. Hopefully less than non-Christians but nonetheless, there's no such thing as a perfect Christian world here on earth- because of sin.
But we keep trying to make it better and help each other progress in our faith journey. "Cast out scoffer" "Sow inquiry reap sorrow" p106 UTA famous singer? in the movie. Kidnapped or kidnaper? Luffy? long lost friend? 5th emperor. Brulee big man. Jellyfish pirates. Shank's daughter- one of 4 emperors. "I'll make a song - of you" red wave: non-stop solo show. PTM: UTA equals Jesus? the 5 elders- they view her as a threat to be stopped- send ships to stop her. It's also a musical movie. "This is heaven"? speed eating contest" she left the pirates. Arab brick fish ouchie finger. Devil fruit. Video transport snail.
P108 They have to sing to get set free. Celestial dragon is bad? "I want to go home" "Shut up" Kung Fu Point. Demon King. no sickness, no pain, no work, no study. is that good? Shank abandoned her? Now he returns. UTA hates him. Is UTA actually demon possessed? left message for Carla at biomat. Rained all day and night. 844 dropped off card for Aunt Faith at NBPO. light stuck on red- finally just drove thru it. University Library proverbs audio Bible - good. The UCI Starbucks is gone. P110 took walk before university library opened.
Thursday Nov 10 2022: 8am kids' day at OLQA- security everywhere. Every Thursday the school kids get walked over to the church for mass- and you would think the president is arriving- the amount of security they have. It's crazy. Shows you their actual high opinion of themselves as teachers - and low assessment of everybody else. I avoid going on Thursdays. I don't like being looked down upon. 9am NBPL - Mariners library.
Great view of mountains with snow over the back bay. Updated Aunt Martha website- RIP. also created blog for just for the book of proverbs. Stopped in at OC Library- costa mesa. Used laptop to start "scribble map" to go with AmeriPrayer V book. The security guard here- an black man- always lets his shirt hang out - to act casual- fairly decent fellow- but always there. Doesn't he ever take a day off? Now 12 noon- cottage cheese for lunch. Called biomat again. FS balance $500.
Updated my registration at the DMV kiosk inside Ralphs- got my new tags. Pray TheNews: 2 planes collide in Dallas air show. 5 problems, grief, etc to grow in faith? As Christians- that's what we believe in general. We cannot create heaven on earth. Not that we shouldn't try to make the world a better place in general (per general revelation), but it's not possible to create a world without problems- simply because not everybody is a Christian- nor will be. And even if everybody were a Christian- there are different levels of faith and maturity. Even Christians sin and do wrong and hurt others at times. Hopefully less than non-Christians but nonetheless, there's no such thing as a perfect Christian world here on earth- because of sin.
But we keep trying to make it better and help each other progress in our faith journey. "Cast out scoffer" "Sow inquiry reap sorrow" p106 UTA famous singer? in the movie. Kidnapped or kidnaper? Luffy? long lost friend? 5th emperor. Brulee big man. Jellyfish pirates. Shank's daughter- one of 4 emperors. "I'll make a song - of you" red wave: non-stop solo show. PTM: UTA equals Jesus? the 5 elders- they view her as a threat to be stopped- send ships to stop her. It's also a musical movie. "This is heaven"? speed eating contest" she left the pirates. Arab brick fish ouchie finger. Devil fruit. Video transport snail.
P108 They have to sing to get set free. Celestial dragon is bad? "I want to go home" "Shut up" Kung Fu Point. Demon King. no sickness, no pain, no work, no study. is that good? Shank abandoned her? Now he returns. UTA hates him. Is UTA actually demon possessed? left message for Carla at biomat. Rained all day and night. 844 dropped off card for Aunt Faith at NBPO. light stuck on red- finally just drove thru it. University Library proverbs audio Bible - good. The UCI Starbucks is gone. P110 took walk before university library opened.
Thursday Nov 10 2022: 8am kids' day at OLQA- security everywhere. Every Thursday the school kids get walked over to the church for mass- and you would think the president is arriving- the amount of security they have. It's crazy. Shows you their actual high opinion of themselves as teachers - and low assessment of everybody else. I avoid going on Thursdays. I don't like being looked down upon. 9am NBPL - Mariners library. Great view of mountains with snow over the back bay. Updated Aunt Martha website- RIP. also created blog for just for the book of proverbs.
Stopped in at OC Library- costa mesa. Used laptop to start "scribble map" to go with AmeriPrayer V book. The security guard here- an black man- always lets his shirt hang out - to act casual- fairly decent fellow- but always there. Doesn't he ever take a day off? Now 12 noon- cottage cheese for lunch. Called biomat again. FS balance $500. Updated my registration at the DMV kiosk inside Ralphs- got my new tags. Pray TheNews: 2 planes collide in Dallas air show. 5 for MVG Faith. War with talokan. P122 Pray The Movies: there's only one Savior! Black Panther was their Savior. They feel lost without him. They need to find new courage, confidence. Who will save them?
Now the queen is gone too. Our Savior is Jesus Christ- and we become part of the body of Christ. The people of Wakanda need to find their courage and strength by working together in unity in the name of the black panther. That's a parallel to our strength in courage IN CHRIST. We pray for blacks and Latinos as well. Epic battle. The power of peace but not merely humanism. MVG: Zeal for life- and caring for others. Remembering DJ's cherry red cuda car. That was an awesome vehicle. He didn't keep it very long. After credits: burns white garment-what's the meaning? Aunt & nephew scene.
P124 Wednesday Nov 16th Prayers for Pt Loma library security. Thursday Nov 17 2022 Coronado Library, then Imperial Beach library. St Charles evening mass 5pm. Friday the 18th: St Charles church 8am then to Walmart. Stopped in at the new library in Chula Vista (new to me) and continued work on Audio Bible. Saturday the 19th Cardiff library made audio bible progress (Genesis, Exodus, Numbers). Then went to Del Mar for a day of horse racing- I don't gamble but enjoy filming the races- usually no more than once per year. Fun seeing Kent Desormeaux - a legendary jockey- he recently came back from a suspension due to personal issues- he's made almost $300 million in his career. These guys last forever it seems. Stopped in at St James church afterwards.
Sunday the 20th 2022. Got gas in oceanside- average of $4.07 this time. Not so great. Donate blood again. After x3 catholic mass: oceanside, vista, vista. Then vista library. Then all the way back to Redondo beach. Found Faith DeKam obituary. Didn't see or hear much from her in my lifetime. Only once visited them in Edgerton- when they still had a chicken farm. Remember shooting a shotgun for the first time with my cousins.
Later I had my own shotgun. P126 Monday Nov 21 Now reviewing Rush Hour movie, also Eva, My Bodyguard, and finished "Alone." Also reviewing El Chapo, Stranger Things, Mile 22 (not to be confused with Green Mile), Better Call Saul, Also Ocean 13 (I can't stand George Clooney). Also saw "The Menu" at the regal promenade in PV (another theatre I don't like too much). Wednesday the 23rd of November, Day before Thanksgiving. PV library. Pray TheNews: Mass shooting at Virginia Walmart.
Continue to pray for Faith Dekam- her funeral today. Thursday the 24th 2022 Thanksgiving. P128 For some reason I had an epiphany about s brinks and the bad axis: and their niche trying to control homegrown GR conservatives. That's also why S brinks moved to teaching middle school from college- he couldn't control people in college the way he could in middle school. He's a lefty control creep. All about power & control. And he combined this with his wife from rural WA. That's the 7 only reason they stayed in west MI- they could control the young people around them. Anywhere else and they are nothing. Sad but true. They cannot leave.
Vikings defeat patriots. Take swim at RB. Make cut paste progress. Friday the 25th 2022 -donate blood in Corona 3pm. Walmart. Library not open. Saturday the 26th 2022 U Mich defeats Ohio State ! 2nd consecutive year. I listened and watched the game at Costa mesa library #1 and #2. Then back to Corona for another blood donation. And found new sl spot. Went to JBAP at 8am and 5pm- overbearing deacon incident. Unnecessary and unfortunate. Typical overbearing older OC white guy -still living in the 50's in his mind- still in bully mode.
Linda said that Martha never returned her text message but probably Martha never received it in rural Jackson Wyoming. Sunday the 27th - Neumann at 1230, university library 1 to 430. Jbap evening mass-o-b deacon. Monday the 28th 2022 refill H20 at CM library. Stoned guy next to me on computer-laughing at computer for an hour straight. Now at OCPL seal beach- photo editing. Also working on A Bible: Zephaniah, Romans, Matthew, Jonah, - this helps other and also helps me- re-reading the Bible is always good.
Tuesday the 29th, Malaga & Peninsula Lib. p132 USA defeats Iran 1-0 in world cup match! Wednesday the 30th, overcast. take a walk, condescending dude on mt bike- not supposed to be riding in this section. Have to laugh at such a chump. Probably a PV local- the white locals who grew up here are supercilious- but they haven't proven themselves- if they are still here where they grew up they didn't go on to college - they're just homeboys and homegirls. The robot is back at PV. and the gruff one too. Spent most of the day photo editing for AmeriCamera, and also progress on A Bible.
Thursday Dec 1 2022: New doctor- disappointing. I left quickly and made a complaint and switched back to my old doctor (Wong) -. Driving thru Long Beach- here's Xmas Tree Lane. Now at Signal Hill Library-first time here. Relatively new. Confluence white cop in parking lot. Then met with Jim Lin at Olive Garden in the evening. Used gift card. Linda keeps talking about Eric as if she thinks he's my "peer"- about my same age-but he's not a peer because he's got a handicap. He uses his handicap in a passive-aggressive manner. Turns out they didn't go to the funeral in Edgerton. She keeps saying Warren appreciated my letter. Really?
p134 Talked about Progress on Prayer book and A Bible. Coronado, Alaska (they took a cruise there many years ago), Gary lives in "the villages" in FL now. The Edgerton funeral was live streamed. Will watch later. Mentioned K.O.K. ministries (King of Kings). Decent waiter here. Most of the time the servers are a distraction. Would rather have a robot. I ordered a simple spaghetti dish and it cost $15 bucks. For 2 meatballs it would have been $20. Ridiculous. Also, salad comes with the dish anyways so I should have ordered a soup. 8 Whatever. I don't like dining out.
Friday Dec 2. finally received my new biomat blood donation card. Now in Manhattan Beach library, then El Segundo library, then to Redondo Beach library. Saturday Dec 3: USA loses to Netherlands in World Cup- end of the road. Michigan defeats Purdue to win Big 10 championship. Georgia wins as well. Fresno defeats Boise to win Mt West Championship. Utah defeats USC to win PAC12 championship. Now watching PV Christmas parade.
Sunday 12/4/22 Neighborhood church, then swim, then To UCLA for Xmas concert- also bought ticket on TickPick for UCLA basketball game vs Oregon before the concert-but there was a problem with delivery- didn't get into the game until 5 minutes remaining. Should have gotten a refund but what's the point. P136 UCLA defeats Oregon. The TickPick drama was ridiculous. Over to the concert hall- that was nice. Got 15 gallons gas ($2.09 for E85, $4.59 for regular, for $3.76 average).
Monday 12/5 New doc: Harrison. Young fellow - has done work in various places around the USA including San Francisco, North Carolina, and more. He gives me a referral to see a doctor for my wrists and for my knee. And for blood tests. I was hoping to see my regular doctor (Jaqueline Wong) but she only works afternoons now. Spend the rest of the morning getting my blood test, then over to the Alhambra library.
Also stopped in at the San Marino Library for a little while. Tuesday December 6 2022: Immaculate church Monrovia 8am, then Monrovia Library, Duarte Library (helped homeless lady) (S.A.C.K simple act of care/kindness) - then to Azusa for Xmas concert. Wednesday 12/7 x-ray arcadia. 8am mass at Holy Angels- always like this church. Then noon mass at San Gabriel mission. Thursday 12/8/22 Rams defeat Raiders in the last seconds of the game - with new QB baker Mayfield. Croatia upsets Brazil in World Cup. Donated blood in Corona 12 noon.
P138 now concert at Claremont, plus Claremont library (they need to clean their drinking fountain) & museum. Benton museum was a disappointment- too many observers- watching you like you're in a bank or something. I said to the lady "I promise I won't touch anything". I left quickly. It was not very relaxing. This is a new museum- just opened last year. Stopped in at Immaculate Conception church later.
Friday 12/9/22 now I have a cold- am sneezing a little, 8am Jbap church, also started a new blog" "IF I should die before I wake" - how I want to be remembered. The recent deaths of my 2 aunts made me think more about it. Also added my transcript blog and me blog to it. 10 am university library-finished book of James for A Bible (audio Bible). #ABible - also prayer book progress.
12/10/22 Army defeats Navy in double OT! Norco horse parade & Whittier Xmas parade. Norco Library. Hotel 4G. Sunday 12/11/22 9am St Edward Norco 1st time. Raining! something on the radio about a Book maybe called The Case for Patriarchy 9 by Timothy Gordon? & podcast? also see RealEstateForLife.org. Bought cough medicine at Dollar Tree. 11am donated blood. Haley is a man hater at this location. Debbie is ok, Lucy is great (she talked about her Mexico trip).
Nicole was the supervisor on duty (she's actually "supervisor trainee"). That was December 11 at the Norco BioLife- usually a good place but not this time. P140 I have negative suspicions about the integrity of Haley. I hope I don't ever see her again. Prayers for her. Then over to another Xmas concert at Claremont- this was very shot. From there to Manhattan beach - evening mass at American Martyrs -and fireworks show by the pier. Cool evening. Maybe rain coming. Monday Dec 12 2022 Big waves after rain last night. Made a little video of it as I drove over to El Segundo.
Spent the morning there-progress on projects. Working on YouTube playlists. Prayers for Haley, Lucy, Debbie, and supervisor trainee Nicole who gave me a $50 "comeback card". RunawayPlanet.com, LanesLA.org, Unheard.com, HealthyCell.com, get real get loud. Waxed my car after the free rain wash. Looks better. Took PV walk on the rim- can't go down below- too muddy. Thanks to Jim Lin for recent contributions! And I'm still browsing for a new laptop- would like one with a 17" monitor- no more of the small stuff- been there done that don't like it. Also want it with SSD, and at least 8gb ram, Added ShouldIDie.blogspot - same as the other one- just different title. P142 Wednesday the 14th of December Synchronicity new Netflix Wednesday series.
Called doctor re authorization for knee and wrist x-ray. Thursday December the 15th stopped at Nery's for auto repair but the father said in broken English "we are swamped" - really? I know he doesn't like me- but his son is an ok fellow so I go back there. But his son is not there yet. So I drive down the street- stop in at a place called Hank's.
That was a fiasco. Onward I find a place called Ray's- and he turns out to be a hidden gem for auto repair. Nothing fancy. No power lift- but he knows how to fix cars and gives a fair price. Turns out the car was leaking coolant- that's why it wouldn't blow hot air. I will have to come back again to finalize the repair but at least now I have a good place to return to. Stop in at 99 cents buy some shoe boxes and a new spatula. That's life. Not every day is so glamorous.
Friday December the 16th 2022 to Newport beach library. Scanned storyboards - went snorkeling briefly-tried new wetsuit parts. Glad I kept it. Did some cut and paste. Then I filmed the Xmas boat parade. Another burper walked past me. Why do these sketchy dudes at Newport beach walk around like punks burping aloud? It's not very nice. Saturday December the 17th University library- computer froze up. Regular Gas + E85 average of $3.69. long drive- car heating up again- losing fluid again. Helped lady at gas station. P144 to Redondo- stopped in at 99 for Xmas decoration for the front of my 10 car, then took a cold swim. Love the cold water.
I'm usually the only one without a wetsuit. It doesn't bother me too much. IT's warm here compared to the water I swam in up in northern Cal and Oregon (& Washington too!). After swim went to RB library- interaction with angry lefty patron. Evil lady. Sunday the 18th 8am Margaret Mary church, then 10am Rolling Hills, and 11am SLM- tech guy timed it to come down the balcony just as I passed by. It was kind of obvious. Same ol priest seemingly intends to stay here for life. Swim Redondo. PV library. Finished Tucker movie- not bad with Jeff Bridges (true story).
An oldie but goodie. Posted Peacock Zoo video- and it went viral. Hank the jerk video also. Monday the 19th - back to Ray's - he diagnosed the problem last time- now he fixed it- replacing a heater hose. $90 bucks. I also tried to help a homeless lady nearby the shop - she slept on the sidewalk all night- without a tent-just blankets- and a shopping cart. Talked with her for a while-she said she's originally from North Dakota- been here for decades- said her name is Julie. She was elderly and had no teeth. Felt sorry for her. She's somebody's daughter (or was) or mom or aunt or sister etc. I said I would check back on her later.
Actually, tried to get a "welfare check" for her- but the police didn't even answer the phone -after 40 minutes on hold. So I found a link online where you can request a welfare check by a social worker (I think)- I did it all online- received an email about a week later that they tried twice but couldn't find the person at the same location. She must have moved on. Back to PV library- making progress on YT drafts and playlists- 2006 historic videos including a few Best Xmas Ever movies I made. Did that for a few years with a drive from L.A. to Seattle area around Xmas time.
Tuesday December the 20th 9 am met with Jim Lin at the McDonalds in Manhattan Beach! p146 and it was a disaster. Linda was not feeling well. She said her body felt numb. WE tried a short drive over to Redondo and she said she needed to get back home. It almost seemed like she had a panic attack. And why would she tell me about her health issue way back when we visited Williamsburg? Sister was here a month ago. And of course Julie took Linda's old phone for herself.
She's still manipulative. Then Lin asked me to drive her Prius and it wouldn't start. And she got very upset and said "Let me do it." Then Jim says "have you ever thought about seminary?" seriously? This is sad. I think Jim is acting dumb sometimes. Intentionally. Not sure why. But I don't think he's actually really "out of it" or "losing it". This was simply a disastrous experience. I felt terrible afterwards.
Then the guy crossing the road acted like a jerk. I yelled I'm so effen sorry. But I wasn't because it was actually his fault- but he acted so damn self-righteous about it. It was easier to apologize for nothing than to argue with his self-righteousness. Horrific day. p148 And even after I 11 gave them Xmas gifts. Plus, it is nerve wracking with Linda driving. She's so herky jerky. Any moment you feel like she might hit somebody. It's scary.
Prayers for Lin Mom. Took swim afterwards- that's the only thing that made me feel a little better to get thru the day. Called x-ray place. Fax report to Pak office. Prayers for Kcalbs. Bought USA book for TT12, and several music albums. Jim loved the pic of him with Robert Schuller in Hawaii. Mentioned lefty agenda in Methodist church. Mentioned starting pro-cath-ordox- a new denomination. Also, both "scores for piano & cello" for Linda.
Wednesday December 21 2022: to Alhambra, 830 am to see Dr. Chen about my wrists. He didn't think it was carpal tunnel but tendinitis. P150 After doctor office. Message from Linda - she apologized for "being a jerk". Back to PV lib: there's Robot & "Tic Gruff- like the odd couple: one's an obsessive-compulsive lefty from Berkeley who must sit at the same computer every day. The other is a slob who makes noises, to put it nicely.
He also has a tic. Every now and then he makes sudden gestures with his hands over his face. It's startling when you first observe it. Then you notice he does it on a periodic regular basis- it's a tic. I encountered him at the water fountain. And he's cocky- I don't know why. He has no reason to be. It's most likely W.S. WS gruff. How do you break thru to a person like this? After doctor I bought coolant and distilled water at Walmart. Stopped in at Arcadia Library.
Prayers for another Julie- the homeless lady I encountered near Ray's auto repair. Lady cheered my pro-life window sign. That was nice. I went to a movie theatre for the Tuesday discount but when I got there- I suddenly realized it was Wednesday. Jim * Linda also mentioned meeting with Rich Mouw- I just don't understand their connection to him. He's not from the Calvin community. He didn't even attend Calvin. He did teach there. But why doesn't mouw have his own community back where he went to school on the east coast? He's not teaching anymore.
They said something about him having had a stroke - and now having therapy. He's never been a healthy person- never does anything athletic. He used to smoke a pipe - and was known for playing frisbee golf. That's about it. Jim was an athlete. Mouw calls himself an academic and a thinker- having taught philosophy. Jim went to school and got his bachelors and a masters but is not a "thinker" so to speak. Not dumb either- even though he likes to play dumb for some reason in his elderly life.
But Mouw & Jim have nothing in common- except that they may use their relationship for power & control over others? They seem to derive some sort of status boost from socializing with each other. Rich Mouw himself going all the way back to when we were growing up in grand rapids- we would occasionally socialize with them- he would never talk to me like a fellow human. He's a power & control personality- doesn't seem authoritarian - 12 he's got a chubby little meek & mild persona - but he still has some control mechanisms which never made me feel comfortable being around him. And our family meeting with them never made much sense other than some sort of status boost for Jim & Linda & the Mouws/. It helped them. Not me. Not any of us kids I don't think.
Back to Palos Verdes: the PV locals who don't go to college become the WS kids who have to stay "on top" by obsessive compulsive rituals. They couldn't move on to college- some got jobs at Ralphs (the local grocery store)-- and they cling to that like a little shrine to themselves. I never go to that location on top of PV anymore. The white PV losers are too aggressive. The doctor's assistance at Dr Chen said he didn't believe in God. I said 'That's a scary world to live in" he said "not really". I started to respond and he said "let's not talk about it".
I agreed: no politics or religion in this setting- especially since it's mostly lefties I assume. My turntable was a Denon and my speakers are Karns. And they're still inside the house in bellflower. I paid for those myself from my paper route money- having been a paper boy for the GR Press for several years- delivering the news every day on Hazen & Merrifield. I'm still proud of that accomplishment: And it's not always easy in Grand Rapids Michigan delivering the paper on some winter days. We had more than a few huge winter storms & the occasional extreme cold spells, including the infamous blizzard of '77, if I recall correctly. So I communicated with Linda if my turntable and speakers are still in the house. P152 I missed a few days in my log.
Now it is December 24 2022, Xmas Eve Day: I attend St James Redondo beach in the morning for a regular mass and suddenly there's a cop standing behind me. He's just there for mass but it is still a little un- nerving. Later I notice it's not a local cop from RB- but from Costa mesa. What's he doing over here in uniform? I've never seen an RB cop at mass- at least not in uniform. So I'm working on my annual Xmas Cards: Not even on Xmas Day.
So now I'm sending the Timmer Xmas card, also the Courtney card (RB930), And the Byles and Brab (MB 949). And Kosters and Craig and sister (el seg 1005), now Clarksville Jim Lin Mel Mae (MB2- the parking structure drop box 957), Brian Bosch freeman (LAX usps, 1024) Now Theule kooiker Kool Todd (DTLA ready to send- here's one for Teri & Glenn, & for Todd VG, & Courtney, & the peters Sisters, also Mike & Jill Waalkes in Grandville if they're still there. And one for the Steensma family. Also Jim Lin, and of course Andy.
Now I'm sending: Clarksville, st joseph, also kosters, craig vg, theule's, kooikers auto, Mel hugen & Mae Holwerda, Timmers MB, Byles, Marty freeman at Blodgett hospital, prof Vanden Bosch, Brian & Jen for all the Gary K family- including bob Cindy bill wood Dave etc. g & s apparently live in "the villages' in Florida- not sure the address there. Also a card for the barb & bad axis eric 13 Audrey and prayers for, bob Kool, Scott van Tuinen (accurate regrind), RIP fuensanta Cortina.
To Brab "uoy reven yllaer dekil em uoy did". It was all a scam by brab in concert with yerdua & cire (dishonest). P154 I deposit all but 5 of the Xmas cards on the drive from LA to RB later in the day on 12/24 on way to annual la Xmas eve show - also say the sleepy holly Xmas lights. Some gruff says "scuse me bro" as I'm walking down the path looking at the Xmas lights. His wife is nicer- saying "sorry" after hitting my heels with the baby carriage.
The holiday show is back inside. Last year we had to sit outside and watch it on the screen. So ridiculous. 1 year later they don't even require masks or proof of vax. Feel sorry for all those who risked their lives getting the vax just to appease the bureaucracy for a year. Hope they pull thru it despite the vax. So my car needs a new starter. I might get one more start if lucky. I realize I can't go driving around to different churches given the condition it is in.
12/25/22 Xmas Day (on a Sunday this year!) So I stay in place by the BK parking lot- next to Our Lady of Angels cathedral- across from where the old LAUSD headquarters used to be- where I started out as a sub teacher- after being a regular teacher- I subbed for many years while going thru seminary in Pasadena (Fuller). So I go to two XMAS DAY services at Our Lady of Angels (OLA) the next morning- not sure if my car will start or not. I plan to wait until the afternoon or maybe even the next day to try -so that if it does start I can drive to a place where I can get it repaired the day after Xmas.
If it doesn't start - I can call my tow service the next morning- a business day- the day after Xmas when repair shops will be open again. So I sit and work on various ministry materials - and then I walk over to 711 and buy some things - as I'm coming back I see a tow truck by my car in the BK parking lot. I get there and the guy says the manager called to have my car towed. I didn't believe the tow truck driver at first. But if the BK manager did do so that's a pretty disgusting thing to do on XMAS day when there's very little business (I actually didn't think they would be open on Xmas day but they were- that's also sad). But there were very few customers all day and I was parked in a faraway spot where customers don't normally park unless everything else is full- which it never is.
So the manager was just being a Xmas Jerk. And the tow driver wasn't much better. I tell him I have my own tow service- and want to wait until tomorrow when I can have it towed directly to an auto repair. But he's insistent that it must be off the lot right now on Xmas Day. How disgusting is this? And he's patronizing as well. This is L.A. Supposedly I'm a resident here. But I don't feel like one. I feel like a foreigner in my own city, in my own county, in my own state, in my own country. It's sad. It's sickening. How did this happen? So now the tow driver says it will cost me a lot to get it out of the lot if he tows it there- 14 and says he can tow it to a side street- and demands $50. So now it's about money in his pocket on Xmas Day.
He actually starts putting it up on the tow bars while I'm inside talking to the BK manager- the lady- an assistant manager says she did NOT call for a tow. So is the tow truck driver going rogue or did the actual manager do the dirty deed even while off duty? or the night before? It's pretty heartless stuff. You can't make this up - except in L.A. some of these people are disgusting rodents disguised as humans. No spirit, no humanity, no grace.). So I convince the tow driver to put my car back down on the ground (it was just a scare tactic-not even properly hooked)- and he maneuvers around to properly hook it up.
And I give it the start try I had been waiting for -and it pauses for a moment and then it fires up! What a relief-a Xmas miracle! And the tow driver condescendingly yells at me 'I hope you learned your lesson". Lesson ? The only lesson I learned is that you are a jerk and so is the BK manager. And I tweeted about it later and BK says "Please DM us" - and so I did-and they never responded. The only reason I go to DTLA is once a year on Xmas Eve- to keep my annual tradition going of attending the LA Xmas show- - and that's the only reason I will ever go back there again. It's just a pit of wretchedness.
P156 12/26/22 Monday Final 5 Xmas cards: Steve glen Teri waalkes van Tuinen from Lomita on Xmas Day. so I make it back to Lomita- and call around for a new starter - find one for $115 at O'Relly - go pick it up=-- leaving the car running. Bring it over to Ray's - he will put it on for $95 - my diagnosis was right. I stop in at the Guatemala restaurant-give the lady a $1 tip for a donut- sit for a few moments. Walk around-there's a little skateboard park nearby. Kids trying out their new skateboards. Back to the repair shop- the car is fixed.
Ray snapped at me "You should have left the keys"- In fact I did- they were on the dash. Thought it would be obvious. But now the beeper is on-won't stop. Had this problem before. Have to start pulling fuses and putting them back in to stop it. I still give Ray a $10 tip and say Merry Xmas. From there I go to RB for swim. After swim I make it to St James for noon mass. Then to Walmart- pick up some salad material- including collard greens, as well as new pack of protein shakes. Try to get my health back up there. Then back to PV.
12/27/22 Tuesday I take a short hike at 8am, then a longer hike at noon. Rained a little P157 make progress on YT playlist. There's gruff tic & robot back in their usual spots. Prayers for gruff tic & robot p158 12/28/22 Wednesday nice warm day- the one nice day for the week and we're trying to meet again- Jim Lin me- this time I drive to B flower and pick them up and drive them to PV for "the tour" and show them around- I have to park a ways away from 15 the house because no parking on the street. Street cleaning day.
Walk with my stuff about a mile to the house. There they were waiting for me. We hit the road- clear sailing all the way there- over the new bridge- we talk about the container ships and the 100 of 1000's of containers all over the docks. There's no lineup of containers ships anymore like there was last summer. Jim talks about his national guard days. Linda mentions Jim's recent experience with CPE re Veterans Administration - he drove all the way to phoenix for it and they didn't treat him too nicely.
We drive by the Trump golf course. Past the ice skating in RPV. Terranea. Linda mentions Mike Spee. I didn't even know about Mike. I show them St Peter Chanel on the hill. Linda keeps talking about a CS Lewis book or story - about "Ransom"? I really did not understand her point- but she was trying to make one. We talk about Bosco football at the end. Of the drive. I give them a tour thru PV library and Malaga library- and we see the wild peacocks. And we see the view from the "necklace" as they call it. Also the glass church by Portuguese bend where Doug got married. I told them I attended there for a while.
This was a better gathering than the disaster a week ago. #PrayTheMovies Avatar II (at Pasadena discount theatre- which used to be $2 or $3- now they're showing current films for $5.50): I finally saw the new Avatar ( still haven't seen the original one). It's a combination of real humans plus some CGI animated- lots of undersea - and rain forest. Monkeys, birds, fish, kids growing up, blue skin, Spock ears, sky people returning. P160 "marines can't be defeated. We will regroup in hell" Why so blue? Tram crash. Bridgehead. Something about demon blood. Very cruel whale kill in the movie. The movie is too long.
12/30/22 Friday I don't like my new doctor- He's condescending & a little gross.. Now I have to search for another new one. Now getting ready for bandfest. Drive around Rose Bowl- same ol same ol. Something about an organization called switchaway.com - an alternative shopping experience. P162 updated my Rose Parade channel at top news reporters. lots of messages to Linda. The Karns speakers are still there.
She doesn't use them but wants to keep them in her living room. These Karns speakers were built in Grand rapids by a local guy- who passed away some time ago-you can't but them anymore- they have sentimental value to me. Pasadena central library is still closed for earthquake renovations. Maybe 3 more years. How ridiculous . St Philip noon mass. Not raining yet.
Need to make complaint re 1) BK, 2) Dr Harrison, 3) Hill Street Library Now at movie called Babylon with B Pitt- this one didn't get great reviews- it's a "period piece" but actually is mildly entertaining and interesting- starts out in Bel Air 16 in 1926 when it was an agriculture area- heavy guy - towing a truck with an elephant up the hill. Too many f bombs unfort. P164gross x rated scene at beginning of party in the movie.
Is this a copycat scene from "eyes wide shut."? B. Pitt like to insult Christian audiences. Pray The Movies: Prayers for Brad Pitt to accept Christ and be saved. death at party. Jane Thornton ? angry wife. He falls into pool. Next day at movie set. Camels. More raunchy material. Manuel the Mexican.. Now they are waiting for a camera to arrive - a Bell & Howell. This is around the time they were moving from silent to sound films. Made me think of Beth Boyd for some reason. Pitt may actually be a decent actor but he always comes off as cocky & jeering. Keep reflecting on Jim saying "have you ever thought about seminary". Billie dies.
Too hot in projector room. Macho man Jack Conrad played by B Pitt, Nellie LeRoy is the new star. She hears them talking about her "zero talent" " MGM Irving Thalberg. Nelly and the snake scene. Manny fires Fay. Nellie & Fay are gal pals-scandalous. Fay is the Asian gal. "people care about morals". P170 Jack blows a gasket. Friend suicide. Now 1930 sound film. Re George Elliot-. Jersey gal meltdown & vomits.
She looks like the Flash Dance girl or the Top Gun girl. Jack at party "another chance?" They laugh at Jack's first sound film.. now 1932 Eleanor: The House doesn't need your ...cockroaches survive. There'll be 100 more Jack Conrads" Nelly has gambling debts. Michigan loses to TCU. OSU loses to Georgia. Jim golfed the Trump course with Steve. P172 pays gambling debts with fake money. He eats a live mouse. Jack commits suicide with gun at hotel. December 30 bandfest. December 31 bandfest including Rockford MI, also Pella lowa/.
January 1 is a Sunday- so no rose parade (never on a Sunday), stop in at Science Church - I like the atmosphere here. Then to St Philip. Finally January 2 Monday 2023- the Rose parade- I find a good spot and start making my annual Rose Parade movie. Honda always good. Wild Kingdom nice. Louisiana has a wonderful float- a fan favorite. No rain. Back to PV. Jan 3 Tuesday Malaga 10 am to 1 - putting together Rose Film. Then Peninsula from 2 to 7. Mean PV girl at Target- she was a wicked one. She is the exact epitome of the white failures of PV high that I was describing above.
The good ones make it out- the bad ones become part of the local PV ghetto failure. Heading out of LA! First stop Palm Desert. Wednesday the 4th of January 2023 Hiked Palm Desert. Thursday the 5th Living ZOO! wow - they've made great improvements since I was here almost 30 years ago. Especially the giraffe habitat. Lady docent - struck up a conversation and made sure she added "We have a cabin up in Big Bear"- - I'm happy for you lady.
I don't like it when people try to act rich or privileged. I'm not impressed that you have a cabin in big bear. I made an excuse to stop talking and move onward. 17 I was also disappointed that Linda seemed to like Pete Budge- however you spell it or announce it- the transportation guy. I have a feeling she's saying this intentionally to try to annoy me. She knows I'm a conservative republican Trump supporter. That's not nice of her.
Now at Palm Desert library- computer froze up as I'm typing - lost material. Activate Assist Intercede Transfer. Holy Spirit assistance. 2pm ice cream. And glare from Ydal. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger! WDKMMMS. 3 pm rancho mirage library- WDKMMMS! Back to the trail. Went all the way to the upper level- which is closed later in the spring- there is a final end to it.
1/6/23 Friday. Stopped in at Rancho Mirage library- evil lady in the computer room. Very bad. P 174 So I've been called E & F at 2 different libraries. Bless those who persecute you. Bless, and do not curse. Persecuted for righteousness sake. I persevere onward. Never give up. What doesn't kill me makes me stronger. Then on the hike at PV. I'm minding my own business- and a chubby father with his son comes over- and asks me about whether there's another way up- he tells me he carried his bike up on an unknown trail some time ago but can't find it now. Are bikes allowed up here? Insult list: RM Lib, Target PV, F at BH Lib, Glare at Tramlaw. God bless you. I grow stronger!
Saturday January 7 2023 - Palm Springs Film Fest- thought about going-but then I noticed they still require a proof of vaccination. Are you kiddin me ? I don't even want to go- but if they add that burden as well, all the more I don't want to go. I left a note for the rude driver at Regal Palm Springs. The guy dropped a box of bottled water. p176 I go to the Palm Springs Art Museum instead- paying the full admission price. It's a decent library but nothing exceptional. Nearby three's a giant Marilyn Monroe statue. Drop in at Palm Springs library- nothin's changed here- got a new library card.
- Saturday evening- stopped in at St Theresa for evening mass. Sunday Jan 8 2023: found 4G spot- skipped firebirds hockey, 10 am Palm Desert Presbyterian- communion. Nice gal teaching Sunday School. Bald usher. La Quinta library dictation. Monday the 9th: leaving Coachella- thru Mecca- along the Salton Sea- I'm looking for Salvation Mountain. Gas is $4 per gallon. Here's Bombay Beach-and some interesting eccentric artwork. There's a community called Frink, also Pope.
Pray TheNews for Damar Hamlin recovery. #Prayers4 Salvation Mountain & Slab City-. Also a hot springs here. A canal runs thru here- one has water & looks clean- the other one doesn't have water. 12:50 calipatria & a state prison here? Prayers for prisoners video. Finney Lake ? not really a lake here. Maybe a wetland. But there is a Wiest Lake in Brawley- looks like it used to be a resort area. Not so much anymore. Signs say "no swimming".
Onward. Osborne viewpoint over the Imperial sand dunes is a nice spot. 215pm roller coaster road. Cibola NWR - good site by Colo River 3pm 18 14-day limit. #Prayers4 City of Palo Verde. Oxbow Campground. ENTER AZ 335 pm, gas now $3.49 (10 gallons). 120 miles to Phoenix. P180 take a break at Quartzsite. Added tran fluid. Officer Ransom says I have a burned-out tail light. Gives me a warning to get it fixed. Although he says it's not a warning nor a fix it ticket.
What is it then ? Just a passing moment. Actually that's nice. It's nice to meet a cop once in a while without it being a negative or costly experience. Burnt Well Rest area- funny name. Tuesday Jan 10. 8am St Aquinas mass- always go here when I arrive phoenix. 2) Tramlaw, 3) Fed Ex office, 4) Asian market- butane. 5) new art exhibit at the Angels Spring Training stadium. People seem to like white pickup trucks in AZ. anecdotal observation. Lone ranger complex? Frito Lay factory. Gas now $2.85 nice. #Prayers4 City of Casa Grande. Filled up $54. Tramlaw #2 - No time change in AZ. 570-mile fuel range. 10 east.
Pichaco Peak- still want to hike it someday. There's something called Biosphere II north of Tucson- have to explore that someday. Tucson Speedway 232, Pima County Fairgrounds. Colossal Cave is near here. Took Patagonia exit towards Sonoita, saw 13 deer. Cool area. 243 pm. Greaterville Road. Empire Ranch Historic Site (been there I think). There's a rock here that looks like a mini half-dome. Now near Kartchner Caverns (Benson AZ),
Onward- thru Tombstone AZ (BHDT, been here done that). There's a Trump store here too. 4pm, onward And here's historic Bisbee -I wasn't expecting such a big city down this way near the border. It's an old mining town. Explored a while. Giant copper mine. Big buildings. Agua Priete is a Mexican town. And Douglas is on the American side. I actually got a 4g connection. Slept here by the border. P184 Easy listening 1250 am Wilcox AZ. Wednesday Jan 11 2023 : #Prayers4 City of Apache 816 am, Geronimo surrendered near here, Skeleton Canyon, ending Indian warfare. Apache Museum with Tesla charging ports. Confluence: lady arriving to open the museum. Rattlesnake tail statue. #Prayers4 City of Rodeo 832.
Chiricahua tribe of Apaches. Extreme wide load passing. #Prayers4 City of Hachita 848am Pancho Villa State Park. not much to see. #Prayers4 City of Columbus by the border. Dollar general- buy a can of coffee & whoppers. Big group of illegals busted - I'm driving by- lots of border patrol vehicles & a helicopter overhead- which seemed to follow me a little ways- after I honked. Maybe just coincidence. El Paso 1250 pm. Gas $2.85 p186 Things I want included in my coffin when I die: my storyboards plus a sample of my Christ cards and the !QR code. - all should be on display at my funeral as well.
And I would prefer to be buried in Grand Rapids. Gas now $3.45 - E85 is hard to find and not much cheaper- although here I did find it for $2.80 and combined it with unleaded to make it $3.28 per gallon. The greatest gift you can give a homeless person is a sense of purpose. Once they find 19 their purpose- nothing else matters. END BLACK BOOK. START PURPLE BOOK. El Paso art museum- parked next door. Nice bl gal at entry but security guard was overbearing.
Found library near St Stephen church - stayed there a few hours. Thursday Jan 12 630am mass at St Stephen good. Yes B Track it. Many of the street names around here are first and last names. Stopped in at an O'Reilly's and bought a new brake light bulb- too cold to put it in at the moment. 11am rest area-cleaned out car. Added pow stee (cap had fallen off- fortunately sitting right there on top still) Pray TheNews: classified docs found in Biden garage.
All flights temporarily grounded. Naomi Osaka is pregnant. Jeff Beck dies. CA rain & floods continue. Hamlin Damar will be okay-might not play football again. University student arrested on suspicion of the Moscow murders (Idaho), Russia Ukraine cease fire for Xmas, 769 vaxxed athletes collapsed 2022, Before vax the rate of myocarditis was 4 per million. After vax the rate is 25,000 per million. Border agent shot in El Paso TX, XHPX 98.3 good. ESPN announcer prays on air. Gas now $3.36 near Van Horn 1pm gateway to Carlsbad (n, hwy 54) & Big Bend (s, hwy 90). Can I get to Del Rio Today?
Where did Woody live? Sensitive Compartmental Viewing Setting (SCIF) "A SCIF, or Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility, is a secure place where sensitive information can be viewed and discussed to prevent outside surveillance or spying. SCIFs can be either permanent or temporary when lawmakers or military officials need to be briefed while traveling." S Not allowed to take out of. #Prayers4 City of Marta 230 pm Naboj Icadooh. P6 #Prayers4 City of Valentine & Prada exhibit-on side of road- funny: shoes & purses. Also near her is the Fort Davis historic site. "You are not the vehicle you drive" a nice vehicle MIGHT signify you are a good person, but it MIGHT NOT. Here's a tethered aerostat radar system, Marfa TX. 239 p cool old town,.
PTN: Leslie Stahl is a joke on 60 minutes. She's ridiculous. Marfa lights viewing area- mystery still unsolved? They made a big place for it. Slept near Alpine- got 4G, medium town. Gateway to Big Bend, also a big bend museum here. Friday the 13th low of 30 degrees - cold wakeup. Pray for repose of Lisa Marie Presley. P8 PTN: Selma, #Prayers4 City of Marathon - hotel full, sunrise over big bend "Everything's alright..." On the back I wrote "I do not represent the state of CA" #Prayers4 City of Sanderson black cat crossed, 815 am 120 miles to Del Rio, Pumpville 91m.
Took break at Judge Roy Bean Museum- 4G, now #Prayers4 City of Langtry 10am Pecos River is big- dry at some spots. Amistad Natl Rec Area- not much to see-. Used to be a popular outdoor spot. Seminole Canyon SP closed. #Prayers4 City of Comstock 1049 am. Kelly Wild's boyfriend still in jail for Jan 6 - no bond hearing. See WeAreGoodMen.com, stinchfield talking about it. More Amistad.., now Box 20
Canyon, Del Rio Amistad border crossing, & Laughlin AFB Marina. P10 gas $41.76 at
$2.89 per 14.4 gallon, 1145am #Prayers4 city of Del Rio. To Mission Tx where Woody
lived is another 5 hours south. too far. Inspection state towards Uvalde open.
Tramlaw salad. Cardboard material. Cop stop #2 - Brackettville "where'd you sleep
last night?" rodeo here too. 150 pm. Kinney county- tons of cops-. Really? why
picking on a white guy like me? Uvalde fish hatchery. 252.
Big catfish & deer. Here's
Robb Elementary School where the tragic shooting happened. All closed up - not
being used anymore- cop car in parking lot. Took a few pics. Stopped in at the library.
Beautiful day. #Prayers4 City of Sabinal 451pm, #Prayers4 City of D'hanis TX - towards
San Antonio.
Never seen so many LEO"s as I did from Del Rio to Uvalde. #Prayers4
City of Castroville 534 (4g) , stadium here. Slept in San Antonio p 12 January 14
Saturday: 10am San Ant Art Museum, very nice. Gave $2 tip, also San Ant Botanic
Garden, then to McNay Art Museum- nice docent.
#Prayers4 City of Cibolo 251
pm gas $21 at $2.79 per - "shake handle" #Prayers4 Guadalupe County City of
Marion 255, #Prayers4 City of Sequin & big river 315 What's the Sebastopol House?
" an antebellum Greek Revival house built of concrete, located in Seguin, Texas,
United States. Joshua W. Young built it between 1854 and 1856 for his sister,
Catherine LeGette.2) " Stopped to take a pic of it. Trinity Lutheran Univ. Joint Base
San Antonio AFB. just an airfield ?
#Prayers4 City of Beaumont 348 Field full of long
leg herons or cranes 100's of them. Gonzalez TX tramlaw- the freezer is broken- not
much on display. even birds flying inside the store. Next time say to the clerk "If you
want to watch, come on over here"
You got a few problems here. Actually the
problem isn't that they have a few problems- the problem is that they don't
care. #Prayers4 City of Shiner p14, Pecan Grove 535 apparition site.#Prayers4 City of
Halletsville - big county courthouse 540 ,#Prayers4 City of Sheridan huge waterpark
("splashway"_) 6pm
#Prayers4 City of Altair 613 beautiful high school, Houston
Marathon is today. Slept in Seely (4g) January 15 Sunday 50 miles to Houston, PTN
Chargers lost to Jaguars after leading 27-0. final score 28-27. 49ers defeat Seahawks,
105.7 fm good Christian station. Georgia blew out TCU. River Oaks Baptist, Houston
1st Baptist, gas $2.64 830am Joel Osteen church- Lakewood church, his daughter is a
singer, sits next to mom during sermon.
Now at Holy Ghost church (catholic), p16 -
the 1st Baptist is a super mega church- bigger than Lakewood, also stopped in at St
Joseph mass at noon (Espanol) lots of corporations: royal white cement, Budweiser
brewery right next to Coors, edger & miller ? IOS? Stewarts / Stevenson? leaving
Houston - a car is on fire- causing backup. Here's friendly ford, crawfish supply,
#Prayers4 City of Liberty 210pm, Bills lead dolphins 20-17 half time. #Prayers4 City of
21
Ames 215 #Prayers4 #Prayers4 City of Raywood 222, #Prayers4 City of Beaumont
3pm, Exxon refinery, John Deere, Goldengate Monument, gas $2.43 PrayThePlates: ,
p18 automotive pump, Pinchback road , Lone Star Lube, Martin Motors, Computer
Shak, Arrive Beaumont good 4g, Bills beat dolphins, nape. Giants defeat Vikings. 5pm
St Anne church full.
Yes there are gators here. #Prayers4 Rose City 532,
#Prayers4 Vidar City 535, Cow Bayou 543 , Orange County TX, Triangle Rescue, Delta
Down Race track , #Prayers4 City of Vinton 605, #Prayers4 City of Sulphur 618,
Louisiana ?
Monday Jan 16 7am mass at the Cathedral of Immaculate Assumption ,
Somebody forgot their tripod at Lake Charles, drizzle day, sleepy little town, added
oil, MLK Day. p20 They have Mardi gras events here in St Charles also.
From Lake
Charles to lake Arthur, hwy 14-time loop got gas. #Prayers4 Bell City 838am, Lake
Arthur 905 am, Charles Capps ministry on radio. They grow rice around here ? We can
save others thru our own suffering. Offer it up. #Prayers4 City of Greydan, 1250 am
mother son Christian catholic radio, fr dan, Cajun Corridor ,
#Prayers4 city of Kaplan
949 , Abbeville llam gas $2.85$27.08 balmy weather. Vermillion parish, 2
posterboards, #Prayers4 city of Delambre 1128, #Prayers4 City of Erath 1124 Icadooh,
Quail tools, Atchafalaya area, Larry Norman 1972 "Your money says in God we trust
but it's against the law to pray in school" .
p22 St Martinville historic beautiful dtown.
, controlled burn, bayou tech river ? hail Mary, Longfellow Evangeline historic site
(creole) 1230 Henderson swamp, lake pelba & lake Bigeaux , Whiskey Bay,. gross-tete,
#Prayers4 City of Iberville 124 , #Prayers4 City of Rosedale, antique amusements, Do
you beLieve (sic) in Jesus Christ, or do you BeLive (sic) in Jesus Christ ? important
distinction,
#Prayers4 City of Port Allen across from baton rouge . tall bl fellow tried
to wave me down. Evanescence: "Bring me to Life" . Historic Sweet Olive
cemetery.#Prayers4 City of Baton Rouge 205 . Jesus signs and Delta College, Gordon
McKiernan billboards, Eminem "Love the Way You Lie" Prayers for Street dude. Harry
styles "As it was" , David Guetta & Bebe Rexha "I'm Good" p24 song "l wanna die in a
bar" #Prayers4 City of Livingstone 247 hwy 190 ,
Randomly came across John
Schneider Dukes of Hazzard studio in Holden LA— TickFaw River . Sign says "Take a
ride with J.S. in the General Lee" PTN: Nepal plane crash, Why no visitor logs for
Biden residence ?
#Prayers4 City of Albany 305, upload session at Lowes 345 to 445,
Proverbs prayer, Hammond LA, church prayer break body of Christ, Proverbs Prayer,
MLK was denied a concealed carry permit. Still on 190 - destination Biloxi #Prayers4
City of Covington (LA , not KY) now 1-12 east,
Enter Mississippi at 6pm, cowboys beat
Bucs (Tom Brady's last game ever !) 4g hit and miss, MOnkeyPumps.com, Slept in
Biloxi near 1-10, big wild cats,
January 17 Tuesday: Enter Alabama 720, p26
22 Theodore AL, old pasca road, gas $2.99, Dog River watershed, approved Rilmans
Corner Mobile, rain, 815 am, S quart of cider for .74 cents, north towards
Montgomery, on radio re Last Slave Ship book by Ben Raines, they found the
Quotilda in a swamp.
p27 Aviator movie about Howard Hughes starring Leonardi
DiCaprio- not bad. Over Mobile River, middle river, Little Lizard Drive, Strange Things
" I dump yo " Tensaw River Blakeley Blakeley SP, Spanish Fort AL & Fort Mims, #Prayers4
City of Nymph 950, "who do bad things under the guise of protecting the greater
good" , Wednesday movie: disagree: Mary Shelley "No man chooses evil for evil. He
only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks",#Prayers4 City of Andalucia TX,
#Prayers4 City of Evergreen "Like a monkeys paw" p28 la safari park ? #Prayers4 city
of Greenville, Hank Williams Highway, aka Heroes Highway, Hwashin Corp, movies
I've been reviewing "Wednesday Addams", Age of Adaline, #Prayers4 City of Pintlala
Al. Happy ending to the Burnt Movie about a chev. He eats with his pawns. Maxwell
AFB, pass by 12 noon. Endeavor and Ever,
#Prayers4 City of Montgomery Legacy
Museum 1st Whitehouse, Nat King Cole mural, Montgomery Biscuits baseball, old
Alabama town, Cramton Bowl stadium, Eastmont Baptist big, Faulkner Univ, Frazer
Church big, Choctafaula (Auburn), now they have "virtual weigh stations", Macon
County, victory land casino, #Prayers4 City of Shorter 128 or 228, p30 #Prayers4 City
of Opelika 315 ,
#Prayers4 City of Cusssetta? West Point Lake ? ENTER GA 335,
Callaway Gardens, Wooshin Corp? AJIN corp? KIA 340, Here's the turnoff to
the other "little white house" (FDR's historic home). LaGrange. Woody Harrelson in
"The man from Toronto" is very unlikeable.
Reminds me of Kevin Anderson. I saw a
Herschel walker sign- shoot- I should have stopped and picked it up. So many hills
into Atlanta. Pray for end of crime & violence. Historic Newman, sign
for Chattahoochee Bend State Park,
#Prayers4 City of Fairburn 532, Tyler Perry
studios - Atlanta. Outdoor screen ? xS: Oglethorpe University, thru downtown Atlanta
at night. What a city! Only been here a few times before and not much downtown. I
remember visiting our uncle, a lieutenant colonel in the army, when we were kids- he
was based here. One of his sons- a cousin- worked at 6 Flags Atlanta at the time if I
recall correctly. Here's the college basketball hall -of -fame.
Here's World of Coke- big
attraction- I guess they give tours. There's the famous gator mural. And a Braves
billboard. Glad they haven't changed their name (yet)- seems like a flattering name
for the native-Americans but I wouldn't doubt if some lefties have complained about
it just like they did the Redskins and the Cleveland Indians (seems so ridiculous). Got
gas for $3.09 ($40 +), foggy now. Found hotel. Sleep.
Wednesday Jan 18 2023 now
entering South Carolina p 32 #Prayers4 City of Fair Play ? still foggy. This is a major
23 trucking artery (I-85). Made some apple cider coffee. Savannah River looks pretty big.
And watershed. Here's the Clemson exit. xs Historic Pendleton. On the radio: Michael
Patrick Leahy " the CEO of Star News Media which owns & operates a family of state
focused conservative news sites."
#Prayers4 City of Powdersville 735 music: I'II stare
directly into the sun, but never into the mirror" (this is Taylor Swift ?), kind of creepy.
She is creepy, and also anti-life. Backroads, now on I-85. Sign for Bob Jones
University.
#Prayers4 City of Greenville Spartanburg, BMW headquarters - no not
headquarters but a factory with tours. re Black Information Network- seems to be
everywhere, and they only talk about black people.
Sign for Cowpens battlefield.
Entering North Carolina 922am, gas $2.94 at shell near Charlotte. Crowders Mt State
Park. sx: Kings Mt Military Park "The battle of Kings Mountain, fought October 7th,
1780, was an important American victory during the Revolutionary", Tramlaw
Camerton- 1230, or 1130 ? time change ? bought new cabinet for car.
Sx: Belmont
abbey college "Belmont Abbey College is a private, Catholic liberal arts college in
Belmont, North Carolina. It was founded in 1876 by the Benedictine monks of
Belmont Abbey". p34, Holy Angels School, The Pointe Church, sx Gaston College "is a
public community college in Dallas, North Carolina. Serving Gaston County and
Lincoln County, 2 Gaston College enrolls over 5,000 students each term in curriculum
programs and about 16,000 students in continuing education programs".,
Catawba
River, is this the Goodwill headquarters? TYLER BBBT, Charlotte airport ? 123,
downtown charlotte 1245, Blythe Corp? NASCAR hall -of-fame, Bank of America
Stadium, Clarks Creek Park & Nature Preserve, Rocky River (back by the Pee Dee),
Reynolds Wrap corp,
#Prayers4 City of Kannapolis? Coddle Creek, sx
PathwayTOParadise.org, fire from heaven, North Carolina music hall-of fame,
Rowan- cabarrus community college, sx historic Salisbury "is the oldest continually
populated colonial town in the western region of North Carolina. It is noted for its
historic preservation, with five Local Historic Districts and ten National Register
Historic Districts".
#Prayers4 City of Lexington, sx High rock Lake "High Rock Lake is a
reservoir located on the Yadkin River in central North Carolina in the counties of
Davidson and Rowan.", sx NC zoo "is a zoo in Asheboro, North Carolina, housing 1,800
animals of more than 250 species,", Davidson Davie College, PTN Helicopter crash in
Ukraine:
On 18 January 2023, a Ukrainian Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma carrying ten people,
including Ukrainian Minister of Internal Affairs Denys Monastyrsky, his deputy
Yevhen Yenin, and State Secretary Yurii Lubkovych, crashed into a kindergarten in
Brovary, a suburb of Kyiv, Ukraine. The crash killed fourteen people, including
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Monastyrsky, Yenin, and Lubkovych. Four of the victims were killed on the ground,
including one child. Twenty-five other people were injured on the ground, including
eleven children Ukraine: #Prayers4 City of Thomasville 221, Davidson Davie College, Old Dominion
Freight Line Corp, Phillip's Collection, Furniture land south (huge),
#Prayers4 City of
High Point NC, Cape Fear River Basin (again!), sx McCullough, sx Gold Mill, #Prayers4
City of Greensboro, Civil rights museum, coliseum, who plays here? IT's huge, old
woolsworth building, Historic Jamestown, p36 every station around here is
Christian preaching- the Bible Belt ! sx What is the cornerstone conference? WySong
Corporation, sx Penn House
"On the National Register of Historic Places, the Penn
House is a magnificent 12,500-square-foot home located on three beautifully
landscaped acres. The original home was built by Charles and Stella Penn around
1908. The home burned in 1931 and was rebuilt in 1932 in the Colonial Revival
Style.",
#Prayers4 City of Reidsville 326, Pella Windows, ENTER Virginia 5pm, rest
area & visitors center (has H20 but sign says "not potable"- I think it actually is but
they're just covering themselves, because I remember getting water here before- and
no signs- and no problems), Danville, #BBBP, driving cross country (with intention,
not just random slack-jawed wandering): every trip is like a new year in college- if
you're doing it right- you keep learning and growing with each journey. #Prayers4
City of Lumpkin Forest 626, Tank Museum,
#Prayers4 City of Gretna 652, #Prayers4
City of Altavista 706, #Prayers4 City of Chatham, #Prayers4 City of Tightsqueeze
(funny), What county is Motley Virginia in? Slept in Lynchburg at Comfort Inn- it
rained all night. Thursday Jan 19 xxx awake at 6am, driving, now #Prayers4 city of
Amherst 655, #Prayers4 City of Lovingston 708am, #Prayers4 City of Albemark 723,
#Prayers4 City of Charlottesville 8am, 8am mass at St Aquinas on campus of
University of Virginia,
p38 I came here purposefully to visit Monticello (Thomas
Jefferson estate) which doesn't open until 10am- so I drive around a little-. here's
Michie Tavern established in 1780's - original building? Last night they had the big
rivalry game here UVA defeated VA Tech (they're talking about it on local radio),
apparently Seth or Steph Curry made a surprise appearance - (they are brothers and
both good basketball players, although Steph has had more success) (checking
archives it apparently was Steph).
Now I am at Monticello- taking the tour. Lots of
history here. Interesting. I bought a copy of the Declaration of Independence as a gift
for my parents. These days they talk about Jefferson's sketchy history of owning
slaves, including Sally Clemens, - and apparently he had a child with one of the
slaves. Now it's raining again.
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Also a graveyard here where Jefferson is buried, among others, and just down the
street afterwards I see the James Monroe estate (known as "Highland"),
sx Klockner Pentaplast & Barrier Films ( some sort of pharma corporation, not a
movie studio)
signs for Hallowed Ground tour "The Journey Through Hallowed
Ground is a 180-mile byway corridor stretching from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania to
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia. The route, which runs
through four states, is said to hold more historic sites than any other in the United
States.".
And here's Montpelier!. #Prayers4 City of Orange in Orange County. How
many Orange Counties are there in the USA? quick search says there is eight. Best
known is the one in CA and the other in FL. Fun fact: Coincidentally, Disneyland and
Disneyworld are both in Orange County. P40 Montpelier (home of James Madison)
includes a rustic horse track which they still use - I arrived just as they were closing-
drove thru the estate.
Sx Coffee Wood Corrections "Coffeewood Correctional Center
The Coffeewood Correctional Center is a state prison for men located in Mitchells,
Culpeper County, Virginia, ", #Prayers4 City of Tiny Waddel, lots of iconic church
buildings and a waterfall. $52.07 for gas, 17 gallons at $2.99,
National Cemetery in
Culpepper VA, also Tramlaw, #BBBP, she says "juice & water" - and sweetie" was she
spying on me at Tramlaw? I can't remember the details anymore. PTN: RIP David
Crosby of Crosby, Stills, & Nash. #Prayers4 City of Remington - is this the gun site ?
Apparently there was a triple homicide in Charlottesville at the university in
November 2022 or thereabouts.
They're mentioning it on the radio #Prayers4 City of
Manassas 558. Sx huge indoor water park Massanutten WaterPark, sx Jiffy Lube
Ampitheatre "Jiffy Lube Live (originally known as the Nissan Pavilion) near
Gainesville, Virginia, is an outdoor amphitheater in suburban Prince William County,
about 35 miles west of Washington, D.C. Owned and operated by Live Nation, the
amphitheater can seat 25,262: 10,444 in reserved seats and 14,818 on the lawn."I2)",
I got to get to Wash DC by tomorrow morning for the March of Life (Jan 20)- that's
what this entire journey is ultimately all about. P42. arriving in DC - discovered my
sleep spot - one of the few in all of DC without meters- now has meters. For decades
upon decades they never had meters here. One year after I first find it and use it to
my advantage- they install meters.
What's up with that DC? Are you SO GREEDY that
you can't allow a section of 5 car spaces to remain unmetered? And later I will
discover that DC parking authority is also dishonest. So I find a spot much farther
away- it will be a good hike in the morning. But better than paying $30 for parking all
day. It's by the East Potomac golf course. nice and quiet. Friday January 20 2023 It's
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about a mile from the National Mall. Not too bad of a walk. And I arrive for the rally
at 10am right on time- Tony Dungy an African-American hall-of-fame NFL
player/coach is one of the speakers. "Tony Dungy, former NFL defensive back,
advanced through the coaching ranks following his playing career. He earned his first
head coaching position in 1996 with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and over the next 13
seasons, that included seven years with the Indianapolis Colts, he racked up 148 total
victories.
Dungy's career in coaching began in 1980 with the University of Minnesota
before jumping back to the NFL with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1981 where he rose to
become the team's defensive coordinator. He coached three years for the Kansas City
Chiefs from 1989 to 1991 and then was named the defensive coordinator of the
Minnesota Vikings from 1992 to 1995."
https://www.profootballhof.com/players/tony-dungy/
Good guy. Also speaking is the actor who plays Jesus in The Chosen Jonathan Roumie (not to be
confused with James Caviezel from the Mel Gibson film). 1 strange stare dude at the
rally. Sx the Whittle school in DC "it is a for-profit educational company founded by
Chris Whittle.
It aims to be the "world's first global school" with a network of
campuses around the world." Now walking - the march begins- new route this year.
I always take lots of pics and video clips- that's the main purpose for me-to
encourage others worldwide online to support right-to-life- using multi-media to do
so. Long day.
Saturday Jan 21 - I went to various museums around DC including the
Bible Museum (incredible) and the Spy Museum (also interesting) Now
Sunday January 22 first church - the national Shrine- incredible beautiful. Good
experience. No parking problems. Nearby is the Abraham Lincoln "cottage"-. Took a
few pics- can't get very close - it's in a gated community- tours available by
appointment I think.
Not today. Now at Annunciation Catholic church near the
National Cathedral. Arrived late, walked in with another latecomer who didn't know
where he was going. Now 2 locals sitting in pew in front of me- a married couple-
glance back at me- they left early. Now at National Cathedral.
Rain stopped for a
while. P44 Passed by US Naval Observatory. What was that across from it? There's
some homeless here near Rock Creek. I notice the tents. Here's Nelson Mandela
statue on Massachusetts Ave (apparently new). Here's a famous Islam mosque. And
the Freer Museum Art Gallery.
PTN: Monterey Park- 10 killed plus suicide. On the
news people are still referring to it as the "Monterey shooting" - but it's not the
Monterey most people think about- near Monterey Bay- this is Monterey Park in Los
Angeles County- which I am quite familiar with because I go to a doctor there, and it's
relatively close to Pasadena- which I am also familiar with from attending Fuller
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Seminary. Sports: 49ers defeat Cowboys, Bengals def Bills, #BBBP, now at evening
mass- at the catholic church for Georgetown law: Holy Rosary church. Monday Jan 23
2023 7am mass where Monsignor Charles Pope resides (Holy Comforter St Cyprian)
but he's not in the pulpit this morning.
Now 730am St Peters church Capitol Hill-just
peek in- no parking, 8am almost made it to St JOseph cap hill but also no parking.
Still raining. Now sunny at 930. Call my representative at Cap Hill- he's in the
Longworth Office - talk to his assistant Patrick about getting a congress pass. He tells
me to stop in any time (office of Robert Garcia).
I ask him about the calendar for
congress. He tells me to check majorityLeader.gov and search for calendar.
Undated: Also did the tour of the Ford Theatre - where Abe Lincoln was assassinated-
very fascinating and many details you don't normally learn in junior high-they even
have the actual gun used by Wilkes Booth on display.
Wish I had more time. I was
concerned about getting a parking ticket- even though I paid for 2 hours- and when I
returned under 2 hours - I see a paper under my windshield- I did indeed get a ticket-
what for ?! I paid !
It says "failure to post parking receipt on dash". Say what ? I
routinely thought it was pay by plate- and that the meter maids used handheld
devices to know if you paid. I was on auto pilot- because that's the way it is almost
everywhere now.
And NO WHERE on the parking receipt nor the parking machine
does it say "place receipt on dashboard". I find out later that this is a BIG MONEY-
MAKING scam for DC. (see https://wtop.com/dc/2019/10/dc-is-issuing-more-tickets-
and-making-more-money/).
I notice later that the meter reader wrote my license
plate wrong on the ticket - it's unenforceable. Big break. But later I will experience a
different scam in Wilmington Delaware. More about that later.
Back to current date. Here's the Woodrow Wilson house 118pm, p46 There's the
Renwick Gallery. #BBBP & extra prayer all night.
Here's St Matthew Cathedral- they
have 12-hour meters- but I realize later it's motorcycles. National Geographic
Museum looks interesting- but it's not one of the free ones. Kosciuszko Statue, St
John's Episcopal yellow church (where Abe Lincoln attended- they even show the
pew he usually sat in- at the back).
Tuesday January 24, started at Washington Monument for the tour to the top. I
didn't even realize they had elevator tours to the top until recently. It may not be
known by many people. When we came as a family in the 70's we didn't go to the
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top. Did we know we could ? Maybe not. Getting details back then was not as easy as
now with handheld computers known as smartphones. The flags around the
monument are at half-mast for the Monterey Park tragedy. The monument was built
in 1884 at the time it had a steam elevator that took 12 minutes to get to the top. It
was replaced with an electric elevator in 1901.
Now driving around again-here's the
infamous Watergate building. Sx Cosmos Club "founded in 1878, is a private social
club for men and women distinguished in science, literature and the arts, a learned
profession or public service".
Here's Larz Anderson house/mansion "Anderson
House, also known as Larz Anderson House, is a Gilded Age mansion located at 2118
Massachusetts Avenue, NW, on Embassy Row in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of
Washington, D.C.
It now houses the Society of the Cincinnati's international
headquarters and a research library on 17th- and 18th-century military and naval
history and the art of war. It is also open to the public as a historic house museum
about life in Washington in the early 20th century. " Here's the Philipps Collection.
Noon mass at St Stephen Martyr. Now trying to find as many of the various
embassies around town. An interesting side tour.
P48 - made a video for each one
that I found. Now at Renwick Art Gallery near White House. A few of the "monitors"
are a little overbearing- one in particular. From there I walk thru the park in front of
the white house- there's always some interesting characters here. Also some nice
statues. Then I stop in at the Victims of Communism Museum- a new one- kind of
cool.
I arrived at the same time as another fellow- he didn't know how to get in. I
showed him you have to push the doorbell pager- and ask the lobby to let you in.
How did I know? I read the sign. From there I went over to the DAR museum
(daughters of American Revolution, a hidden gem- lots of cool stuff there- as well as
a research library).
PTN- also a mass shooting at Half Moon Bay CA. good grief. Hear
our prayer Lord. Wednesday Jan 25 Now I am on my way to attend a session of
congress. First stop the Longworth building- I find the office of Robert Garcia -and
step inside- there's 2 visitors waiting- but no staff- they tell me they're inside the
closed door- I call the number and a guy comes out- I tell him "that's me on the
phone" .
He laughs. It's not Patrick but another fellow. He hands me a congressional
pass without further ado and I go on my way, wandering the hallways- take a few
pics-& I see a sign that says "tunnel to capitol" and walk that way. There's actually a
so-called "subway" thru the tunnel as well- it's like a tram- I step on- and get whisked
away- - a 30 second ride- then I go up the stairs- still just kind of wandering-
somehow I arrived at the right place- almost- but then they tell me I went the wrong
way-wasn't supposed to go thru the tunnel- - if that's he case why are there no signs
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saying so? Is it a rule, a law, or a custom? If it's a rule and/or law, there should be
signs. If it's a custom, then it's an individual decision, not an enforceable rule or law.
They just give me a little hassle about it. But it speaks to the lax atmosphere at the
capitol building and reminds me of the lax atmosphere on January 6 that I've read
about- that felt like a trap to those who are now being charged for it- and going to jail
for it. They felt like they had been invited inside.
Nonetheless, I went in to the
congress balcony and sat there for a while- not very interesting session. But I did
hear a few positive things- and clapped at one point- as a lady representative spoke
out against "Big Pharma" and was admonished by a guard- who said "No reaction is
allowed".
Say what ? How sad is that? Although maybe it's good, otherwise lefty
visitors with an agenda would become overbearing. The job of speaker of the house
looks tedious-not fun- you need to be a little O/C to do such a job. Can new speaker
McCarthy fulfill the obligation?
I left and went out the other way thru the visitors
section of the capitol building- they have a museum and multi-media interactive
presentations- as well as a model of the figure on top of the capitol building known
as the Statue of Freedom- which, unfortunately I don't think is big enough for people
to appreciate it, unless you peer at it with binoculars.
This big white version in the
visitors center is more inspiring. I noticed another guard peering closely at me as l
took pics in the visitors center. Ridiculous. PTN: USA is sending 31 Abram Tanks to
Ukraine.
Really? It feels like we ourselves are fighting a war against Russia. Back
outside- it's pouring rain. Back to car. Here's the Hubell Museum - I go inside- not
free but $15- doesn't look so great- decide not. Here's the New York Ave Presbyterian
church -quite striking. Stopped in at the Smithsonian American Art museum. And
here's Calvary Baptist church- a huge red structure. Also the main library nearby.
Also
visited the Planet Word museum- great for kids. Saw something strange as I walked
the sidewalk - I saw a rat come out of the sewer and enter a garbage can just as a
garbage truck came to empty the can- I yelled at them and pointed out that a rat just
crawled in there- they pounded on it to try to scare it out. I kept walking. Is there a
rat problem here too? Quick search seems to indicate yes.
P50 Thursday Jan 26 2023
On the road: I see a huge cross in Bladensburg - it's known as the Peace Cross "The
Peace Cross! is a World War I memorial located in Bladensburg, Maryland. Standing
40 feet (12 m) in height, the large cross, is made of tan concrete with exposed pink
granite aggregate; the arms of the cross are supported by unadorned concrete
arches.
Erected by 1925 in the memory of 49 local servicemen from Prince George's
County who died during World War I, the base of the cross displays the words
"valor," "endurance," " courage," and "devotion" as well as a bronze tablet listing the
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names of those lost in combat." wiki Very nice. Here's Crossover Church in
Hyattsville- looks like an historic building " Built in 1918, the building nicknamed "the
Castle on the Hill" is supposedly patterned after the style of Windsor Castle." unique
place for a church. Now University of Maryland 1025, #Prayers4 City of College Park,
not much else here.
Kind of a 28th street (my reference to any long strip of stores &
commercial buildings- like the one in GR MI) Vanadu House Art is a neat place to
drive by. Sx National Agricultural Library rises up out of nowhere "The (NAL) is one of
five national libraries of the United States. It houses one of the world's largest
collections devoted to agriculture and its related sciences.".
#Prayers4 City of Beltsville MD naboj icadooh, now another Montpelier- this is the mansion - not to be
confused with the James Madison estate which I visited a while ago. Sign for the "The
Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail.... marks the
680 miles of land and water trails that follow the route taken by General Washington
and General Rochambeau to and from the siege of Yorktown...".
Now at National Cryptologic Museum 12 to 1245 - neat little museum - different than
the Spy Museum in DC- this has the actual equipment used by our patriots over the
years to decipher enemy code language- as well as how we created our own code
languages.
Some look like fancy typewriters. The museum is located right next to the
NSA building- (National Security Agency) in Annapolis Junction MD (not the same as
Annapolis), now #Prayers4 City of Elkridge 1pm, here's the Guiness Beer brewery, gas
for $3.45 8 gallons $27- higher here.
Now at Walter Art Museum- nice place.
Baltimore has some rough areas. Let us pray and do what we can for Baltimore. They
also have some nice areas- we ask those who are living comfortably to do what they
can for others not so comfortable. John Hopkins campus- now 120pm, I visit the
Baltimore Art museum as well.
Friday Jan 27 2023, attend 7am mass at the cathedral.
P52. on the road- 3 hours to Philadelphia, but only 100 miles. People always refer to
L.A. traffic problems but l've been to places with much worse traffic, including many
east coast locations. Sx Towson University "TU is a national leader in inclusive
excellence.
We create extraordinary opportunities and outcomes for our". Here's a
Nordstroms and a Macy's. I need a new tire or tires- they're getting worn out-
causing a pull on the wheel. Sign for Hampton Mansion historic site. Pine Ridge golf.
Stella Maris catholic ? Loch Raven Natural area north of Baltimore looks
nice.
#Prayers4 City of Jacksonville MD 818am Sweet Air park, chestnut grove
presbyterian, Youths Benefit Elementary School in City of Fallston 838 am #Prayers4
city of Harford, Bel Air Maryland, free air at Royal Farms (2 of my tires had too much
air at 38 and 41, I need 35 psi, another one was really low at 28), decided to stay and
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do some laundry in Harford, PT cops are being charged for the Tyree Nichols death.
I accidentally tore a dollar almost in half trying to use the coin machine -but it still
gave me change. Owner of the laundromat was talking to an elderly couple- saying he
hit a deer last night- may have totaled his car. P54 another guy saw my CA plate and
said he used to be stationed at Beale AFB in northern Cal- said he didn't like southern
Cal.
Why do people feel so inclined to tell you they don't like you state or area of the
state when they find out you're "from CA" which I rarely tell people because it's not
really where I am from. But if they see my plate they make presumptions. Normally
nonetheless people try to find something nice to say about where people come from-
except for some reason if it's from CA.
Why are they so mean? One lady was nice,
until I was leaving- then she called me "buddy" - which never seems nice. On the
road- here's Susquehanna River & Dam, Conowingo Park. #Prayers4 City of Perryville
1107, gas in Elkton MD $39 total $3.43 per gal, 11 gallons.
#Prayers4 City of
Elkton 1144, stopped in briefly at a place called Zee's Tires- one guy gave his opinion
about why my steering wheel is pulling- didn't think it was the tires. Onward.
Wilmington Airport 1249 (not intl). Wilmington 1pm. Brandywine Zoo 122 along the
river. Hwy 40/13 seems like the longest 28th street in the world. And potholes.
Brandywine Creek state park, drove by the Hagley Museum alongside cascading river
• now on brandy wine scenic byway.
P56 Also Brandywine Art museum & battlefield
215p, Here's Glen Mills school- beautiful rustic campus- pulled thru parking lot- guy
in an old van waved at me- then followed me- said he was security and that this was
a private place-. I asked him what kind of school it is- he said it was a "reform
school"- looked it up later and found out they had closed due to accusations of
abuse.
What are they going to do with the beautiful campus? Why don't they close
the entrance to the parking lot or give the security guard a proper vehicle and
uniform? #Prayers4 Clty of Drexel Hill Darby PA, slept in Haverton PA,
Saturday Jan 28 & Sunday 29 at Lemon Hill playground park, free parking area.
First
stop: the famous Philadelphia Art Museum- incredible place- also famous for the
Rocky Movie scene. And there's a rocky statue outside it. And today a huge
Philadelphia Eagles banner on the museum- big game tomorrow vs 49ers- if they win
they go to Superbowl. After art museum I visit the Eastern Penitentiary historic
prison- self-guided tours- gave the gal a tip at the entrance.
Also over the weekend
visited Independence Hall, US Mint, Liberty Bell museum, several churches including
St Agatha, and the nearby Episcopal, and the big Catholic basilica, as well as another
nearby Catholic. Also Penn Museum- not so great. And the Betsy Ross house. The
university of Penn has nice campus- and near Drexel University. Where I slept
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Saturday night - there was a homeless person sleeping on the sidewalk. - Before I
drove off the next morning I left a little gift for him as he was sleeping. Prayers for
him. And Eagles beat 49ers ! p58
Monday Jan 30 attend 715am chapel mass at Cathedral Basilica of St Peter & Paul.
One more day or morning in Philadelphia- I also see the Benjamin Franklin grave-
right alongside a busy road. Also St. Frances de Sales church- nun asked me where I
was from- said she thought I was a priest- saw the cross around my neck. Penn
• Walking thru the US Mint I was surprised that all the workers are in their street
clothes rather than uniforms.
Apparently there's no dress code- very casual. Some in
t-shirts and jeans, etc. sx Andalusia, woodsy, Pen Ryn Estate, riverside prison prayer
noon, curran-from hold, Jaco Corp, Philly Boat corp, Dept of Corrections, water
treatment plant, Hadco Metal Corp, Penns Yacht Club, YRC Freignt, Penn Jersey,
Columbus Country Club,
sx Neshaminy State Park on Delaware River, "Neshaminy
State Park is a 330-acre Pennsylvania state park in Bensalem Township, Bucks County,
Pennsylvania in the United States. Visitors to the park can catch a glimpse of the
Philadelphia skyline", Northern Corp, Brook Whittle Corp, p60 Silver Lake looks nice,
modern munitions corp.
1223, ENTERING NJ 1245 Thomas Edison State Univ.
Trenton, Capitol Bldg., guy with gal in car- guy honks - asks me to roll my window
down- says " I like your sign on the back" . I laugh and say, "I did that for the
truckers" - I wrote "I do not represent the state of CA" on the back window because
some of these truckers and a few others make broad sweeping generalizations about
people with California plates- no thanks to some of the radio broadcasters who do
the same.
On the radio a sermon re the rich young ruler. Gas at 2515 Brunswick Ave
for $3.25, 10 gallons, $32.78 total, Here's Princeton University- drove thru here once
before. I pray for the students as I drive thru "May they surrender to the divine will
of God" on the radio: "Jesus used parables because he didn't want to speak in
propositional truth language"
• sx Durga temple & giant buddha "Durga Temple of
Virginia is a Hindu Temple located in Lorton, Virginia and serves the Hindu population
within in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area.",, south Brunswick, #Prayers4 City
of Kingston 237, Kingston Quarry, #Prayers4 City of Kendall Park, Franklin Park, 6-mile
run Reformed Church, 1st Reformed Church New Brunswick (makes me think of the
Paul Schrader movie- which I did not find very compelling. ) #Prayers4 City of Edison
NJ 347,
Tuesday Jan 31 #Prayers4 City of Metuchen, Tramlaw - new shirt $7, sticker book,
black hat $10, 8am rain - our lady of peace, #Prayers4 City of Ford's Woodbridge ?
33 wrong turn 3 miles, #Prayers4 City of Sayreville, angry honker, Raritan Bay? new
jersey turnpike highway 9, p63 Woodbridge mall 839, rain stopped, #Prayers4 City of
Rahway, 970 am radio Joe Piscopo (originally known for his SNL appearances, now
has a daily radio show), talking about St. Michael right now.
Prayers for the unborn.
Camden New Jersey is one of the most dangerous cities in the USA, Linden NJ - a little
air strip here. Biden the so-called president is in NYC today- causing traffic problems.
Elizabeth NJ 10 am, Newark 1015, Seton Hall Univ, garden variety industrial area,
Passaic River, p64 Paterson Hawthorne, #Prayers4 City of Fair Lawn, #Prayers4 City of
Glen ROck, Passaic County 1048, river looks high - lots of rain lately? #Prayers4 City
of Ridgewood, Midland Park CRC ! 1057 #Prayers4 City of Waldwick 11am.
Pause #CItyPause
Brian Kilmeade on the radio talking to or about Eric Prince cell phones, says go
to unplugged.com? hearing the name captures my attention of course - it's the
brother of Betsy Devos from Holland MIO and Calvin college etc - any of us who grew
up in west Michigan know the DeVos VanAndel families & a few others such as the
prince family. Betsy was a Prince who married a Devos- sort of a royal marriage in
terms of combination of riches.
But they are also philanthropists- and so most people
appreciate what the Devos VanAndels have done around west Michigan - lots of
contributions- and their names on many buildings including at my high school (GRCH)
and where I worked for a year (Pine Rest Hospital) as well as my dad for several
decades, and of course downtown GR.
However Eric himself- the son of the Prince
Corp founder- is a little more controversial in terms of how he achieved "success".
Maybe I'll talk more about that later. Anyways, now he's selling phones of some sort.
A quick google search leads me to this link
https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/08/19/1058243/erik-prince-wants-to-sell-
you-a-secure-smartphone-thats-too-good-to-be-true/
this link. Here's Nativity Catholic church, and Midland H.S., now city of Allendale,
Crestwood park, Lee Library, Crescent Ave. p65 Franklin Turnpike City of Ramsey
1130, City of MahWah 1135, Ramsey Country club looks nice. Here's Don Bosco Prep-
I see the kids walking- all the boys are required to wear a blue blazer with a tie.
That's a good think. Would like to see more of that around the USA.
ENTERING NY
1140am, Hudson River, Montebello, 202 towards the Peekskills, Pomona, City of
Ramapo, viola elementary school, Wesley Hills, now a rural but upscale area, Camp
Settoga childrens camp is very nice with pool * tennis etc. Rockland County, p66 sx
Stony Battlefield & lighthouse on the Hudson River " a historic site in Rockland
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County, New York; the location of the 1779 Battle of Stony Point during the American
Revolutionary War. It is a National Historic Landmark", Idyllic Creek Wayne & main,
skinner Corner 12 noon, Tomkins Cove, Hudson Bay, Hessian Lake, Bridge toll Bear
Mountain State park, ice rink, merry go round, even a zoo? Bear Mountain bridge
has a $2 toll. What a pain- you have to make sure to remember that to pay online (no
cash pay, no stop), And here's another Orange County. And the famous Peekskills
1230 ( I remember reading stories as a child that talked about the Peekskills, and the
Catskills), Camp Smith National Guard,
p67 City of Peekskill too. City of Cortland
again? Furnace Dock Road, Maple Road intersection 1258, Croton Gorge park - nice
water cascade here. City of Hastings 138, Crotonville 117, St Augustine church, angry
new yorker passer in pickup - 1st redneck- or wannabe redneck- poser in a pickup.
City of Yonkers 140, Consumer Reports headquarters, sign says Yonkers is the 3rd
largest city in NY. measured how ? p68 and here's the Lions Gate movie studio-didn't
know it was here. Next to the public library. Larkin Center. sx Mt St Vincent school
"private Catholic college in New York City. It was founded in 1847 by the Sisters of
Charity of New York."? Now at Tryon Park and the cloisters - part of The Met
museum- along the Hudson River- 5pm, and George Washington Bridge, Columbia
University football field ?
Baker athletic complex, almost 5pm getting dark, found
spot to park for the night. Wednesday Feb 1 2023 Woke up with snow on the
window- fluffy- windshield wiper knocks it off. Its' actually the first measurable
snowfall of the year for NYC- wow! So late for first snow. sx big church at 50th & 5th
-that's the amazing historic 5th Ave Presbyterian, and there's the Marble Collegiate
church at 5th & 29th, and the Flat Iron building. - I wind my way thru the traffic
towards the Bronx - there's Yankee Stadium (been there !) and find a parking spot in
Little Italy- walking distance to the Bronx Zoo- and it's a free day! bonus. It's pretty
cold but not too bad- still above 30.
And this is also a free day for the NY Botanic
Gardens a mile away!. My lucky day. I do them both - a lot of walking but rewarding.
And didn't know that Hofstra University is right here as well. Not a school you hear
much about very often. Here's a Psycho Bunny store. And I make it to 6pm mass at
historic Mt Carmel Church. Slept in same spot-
and the next day Thursday Feb 2
Groundhog Day now driving thru Manhattan- I see the Guggenheim, and The Met,
Marble Collegiate again, Central Park, etc. also near Madison Square, etc. and I think
I'm going to go to a few places in Manhattan but the traffic and parking is SO
ATROCIOUS I decide to go on to Queens- less crowded- - near the zoo area (been
here before) and look for the Queens Museum - a small free venue to enjoy for an
hour or so. Doesn't open for a while so I sit in the parking lot near the famous New
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York State Pavilion at Flushing Meadows which was built for the Worlds Fair in 1962-
and maybe younger people know it better for the scene in Men in Black (just saw it
for the first time a few weeks ago on Netflix, so it's fresh in my mind), and also here
is the famous Unisphere - also a cool monument from World's Fair era- take some
pics- and next to this is where the US Open Tennis tournament is held every year.
There's something named after Arthur Ashe here as well. Take a few more pics. Then
the museum opens and I go in - they have a very cool exhibit called the "Panorama" -
which is a model of the NYC Manhattan area- and every single building represented-
it's incredible- it's like flying over the city in a helicopter or with a drone- you can
stand above and look down upon it.
This too was constructed for the 1960's World
Fair- and it took 3 years to complete. P70 - after the museum I decide I might as well
start heading south- there's some EXTREME COLD coming for the next 2 or 3 days
that is dangerous! I need to flee south! literally. Or find a hotel for 3 days which I
don't want to do. So I deal with the inevitable traffic. It's actually worse here than the
infamous L.A. traffic.
And I finally make it to the Holland Tunnel- about 1.5 miles
long- leaving NYC 3pm, no toll going west, but coming in to NYC it's $17 - that's why I
came in from the north via the Bear Mountain Bridge for only $2 - well-, I also
wanted to take the more scenic route.
Gas in Jersey City for $3.31 - like Oregon - they
must pump the gas for you- gruff guy demands my credit card- just cool cool your jets
bud- I'm getting it. $46.40 total 14 gallons. Menlo Park Mall - makes me think of
Stanford . And here's Rutgers- business school, satellite campus. I drove thru the
main Rutgers campus a few years ago.
No need to do it again. Sx Robert Wood
Johnson Foundation "Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is an American philanthropic organization. It is
the largest one focused solely on health. Based in Princeton, New Jersey,
",
City of Lawrenceville p72 Epicor Corp, sx Holy Family University "Holy Family
University is a private institution that was founded in 1954. It has a total
undergraduate enrollment of 2,138 (fall 2020), its setting is suburban, and the
campus size is 47 acres" 8p, slept in North Philly. 3 hours to DC.
Friday Feb 3 2023
snow flurries, strong wind gusts, sign says ILoveThomasEdison.Com (catchy ad for
electricians) City of Newark DE, Sallie Mae Corp? 642, I see a red fox run across the
road and on to a golf course- and guess where I see it? literally at a place called Fox
Hunter Crossing. You can't make that up. 712 am Coochs Bridge Battlefield,
ENTER
Maryland 713, City of Warwick 724, Queen Anne's County 737, City of Queen's Town
gas $3.37, now Grasonville, Ken narrows, Stevensville, Love Point Bay Bridge Hwy 50
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to Annapolis, Sandy Point State Park, Massey Air Museum, Royal Farms is a nice chain
of gas stations with free air that measures your air as well- lets you know exactly
when to stop, on the radio they're talking about "Taking the Plunge" - some sort of
polar bear dip they do here every year. Crazy.
Although people think I'm crazy for
swimming in the ocean in northern Cal without a wetsuit which is always in the 50's
or lower. But here the water is even colder- in the 20's- although they just splash in
and out- they don't stay in and snorkel like I do. But I would never do so in 20 degree
water. And here's Annapolis and the Naval academy - first time here- p74 and happen
to come upon the Navy -Marines Memorial Stadium- and the entrance is open - so l
walk in on to the field and take a few pics- there's literally nobody else around. Wait-
there's one person running the steps for exercise.
Cool stadium. They must play the
Army Navy game here. Prince George County, sx Bowie State University "Bowie State
University is a public historically black university in Prince George's County,
Maryland, north of Bowie." very cool, City of Bowie, do they have minor league
baseball here? And make it back to DC- just passing thru briefly this time- I want to
visit the National Archives before continuing south to escape the extreme cold
coming this way as well.
Inside National Archives at 1040- saw the original
Declaration of Independence, Constitution, and Bill of Rights, as well as the
Emancipation Proclamation, - all of them somewhat worn out & a bit faded as you
might expect. They are very uptight here about use of cameras- no pics allowed - so
they are watching like hawks- makes it uncomfortable- it is here where they harassed
some pro-Lifers on the day of the march for Life a few weeks ago- and the security
supervisor got removed because of it.
Thanks to ACL and the Sekulow family for
their legal action defending pro life kids. P75 I was planning on leaving right away but
decide to check out the Native American museum since I'm already here- not a far
walk- It's pretty cool and interesting- better than I expected- I was thinking it would
be mostly white lefty propaganda about how bad we treated the native Americans-
and there was some of that but it was NOT all that- some was just very cool old
Indian relics and history. Passing by Air & Space museum- looks like long lines
outside- Near Solicitor General building- strangely a black female guard waved at me
and smiled- or laughed ? not sure.
Seemed inappropriate. Here's the Pentagon.
Beautiful sunny day, but quite cold. Weems Bott Museum, Now in Alexandria VA -
here's the Birchmere Music hall. re lyrics to Jackson Browne "that girl could sing..."
p76 sx Stafford Civil War park "This historic site, situated on 41 acres, allows visitors
to tour eight stops that hosted the Union Army's 11th Corp, 1st and 3rd Divisions,
following the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg. "sx Scotchtown "Scotchtown
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is the only original standing home of Patrick Henry, known as the "orator of the
American Revolution," open to the public. Henry lived here from 1771 to 1778 and
conceived his most influential revolutionary ideas at the home, including his famous
"Liberty or Death" speech.", sx Ginter Botanic Garden "Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
is a 50 acres (200,000 m2), botanical garden in Henrico County, just outside of
Richmond, Virginia.23I4
It features over a dozen themed gardens, a conservatory,
library, and café. ", good song "someone to weep for me" great river here- the James
River, sx Billy's Dodge City and antiques doesn't show up on google maps- it's near
south Taylor Street Park in Ashland VA, gas for $3.29 5pm Richmond VA, WAWA is
another big chain on the east coast.
City of Petersburg 539, Richard Bland College,
gateway to William & Mary. Took a nap at Rocky Mount. Prayers for inmates,
guards, & staff at Neuse Corrections (minimum security state prison NC), University
of Mt Olive 228, City of Greenville, Emporia 642, City of Garysburg 710, City of
Fairfield 736, Seymour Johnson AFB 210am,
City of Goldsboro Icadooh, Bentonville
Battlefield State Historic Site Four Oaks, North Carolina, I Moore's Creek Natl
Battlefield 338, p78 Saturday Feb 4 2023 Cape Fear Museum in the morning, the gal
greets me with "Hi Hon", She had her knees tucked under her shirt as I entered-
giving her a comical effect.
Took me a moment to figure it out. Nice museum
including a Michael Jordan exhibit- says he went to Virgo Middle School so I drove
past it later. Last year I found his childhood home- it was not an exceptionally poor
home. It was a decent middle-class house with a big yard. Something about
Hamilton68 disinformation campaign on the radio.
National Cemetery, City of
Belville 1130am, ENTER SC 1253 , gas $3.09 in Myrtle Beach, So I go to the Walmart
(growl, glare clerk), do some shopping, and as I exit I see people looking up at the
sky, some holding cameras. I look up and see contrails of airplanes- and they are
buzzing in circles around a white dot. I realize it's the white China balloon they've
been talking about.
I took a few vids pics as well. THen I drove down to the beach-by
the time I walked on to the beach- a couple came up to me and excitedly asked "Did
you see them shoot it down?" I hadn't. I missed it. But it was cool to have been in
the area when it all happened. Lots of signs re Calabash. Now near Surfside, south of
Myrtle, still no response from JimLin, #BBBBP,
here's Huntington Beach State Park
again - it caught my eye last time. St Andrews Myrtle Beach church (mass in the
gymnasium because they're refurbishing the church, 430pm, - totally full- I had to
stand in the back, Murrels Inlet 530, Pawleys Island 548, sx True Blue Golf Club "True
Blue Golf Club is one of the mostly consistently awarded, ranked, and rated golf
courses in the Myrtle Beach area.", City of Georgetown 605 Waccamaw River 6pm,
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sunset City of Mt Pleasant, Home Team restaurant looks very popular. Slept outside
Charleston SC- same spot as last time, Sunday Feb 5 2023 now at St Philip, Then St.
Michaels, Now French Huegenot, Then Circle Congregational, finally Scots
Presbyterian. All in very historic buildings. Enjoyed them, especially the Scots
Presbyterian, but also St Philip & St Michaels.
P82 It was raining the entire morning
as well. Sx The Citadel Stadium 1252, bad roads- need some work around here. Gas
130pm #3.12, $16.41 5.2 gallons, sx Caw Caw Park "Caw Caw Interpretive Center is
managed as a low-impact wildlife preserve", are there gators here? City of
Hollywood SC.
Song: "Don't You want me" human league Susan Anne Sulley is the
2nd female voice, Body of Christ break, Holy Spirit, Breath your Breath in Me. Road to
Savannah. Evening mass at Sacred Heart- mean deacon/usher there. Came out and
noticed I have a flat tire. Sleep Savannah Monday Feb 6 fixed flat tire in morning.
Across from Sacred Heart.
Then I called around to find a decent used tire- found a
place called Jacobo Tires- for $60-; sounded better than Shawn at Savannah Tires
who tried to convince me to buy a new one. The Brothers Tire was a second option.
Also a place by Walmart for $65 p84 - pulled into Jacobo- Latino named David
greeted me- interesting place.
He was Latino, another guy was white, and then there
were 2 Latina ladies sitting in chairs- not sure what their role was- found out later.
David the Latino wanted to tell me about all the different places he's lived and
worked around the USA including Traverse City Michigan, Santa Ana CA, various
places in Florida, etc. He picked apples, asparagus, cherries,. He mentioned Paw Paw
MI as well. Funny guy.
Then they wanted $5 tire disposal fee. I only had $4 extra
dollars. He told me to "Ask the boss" and pointed to the 2 ladies-and pay them. Who owns this place? rest
of the day I rested up, looked around a little. Not first time in Savannah- always try to
go to the noon mass at the Cathedral. Made it just in time. Tuesday Feb 7 2023 8am
at Blessed Sacrament for the first time, 10am Telfair Museum $25 admission- a bit
steep but needed to do it.
It has 3 different locations- 2 very near each other- the
third is an old slave house known as the Owens-Thomas, or a house owned by
slaveowners who kept slaves in it- so it's partly nice and comfortable for the owners,
and the other part is barren. So sad. The docent seemed to be a southern lady who
may have had ancestors who were slave owners or fought for the confederates- she
kept saying how sorry she was for being part of it, and seemed to think we should all
be sorry.
Well, I am sorry there was slavery and abuse of human beings, but l am
proud and happy that I had ancestors who fought (and died) to set them free! I also
made it to noon mass. Later I went to old Fort Jackson. And the Savannah History
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museum, as well as the train museum. And I fixed my blinkers (ie put new bulb in for
burned out blinkers- on both sides. One went out a while ago, the other just
yesterday. ). The SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) is everywhere around
Savannah, and I finally walked thru their main campus. Nice. And nice students too.
They even have an artificial beach on campus (but no water ), Here's a colonial
cemetery.
P86 Wednesday Feb 8 2023, before leaving town I Stopped in at the
African Museum- guide named Alton gave me a tour. And a latecomer came in
dressed like an assassin- face all covered-etc. It was an African American gal - I saw
her arrive in a brand-new jeep. Funny gal. onward, Macintosh County 335, smallest
church - been here. I was praying without ceasing inside the cathedral. Twilabd all
around me, & also while inside the Africa Museum. City of Eulonia 311 pm or 341 pm
. Sending postcards now that I bought at the National Archives. Declaration to TT12,
Bill of Rights to Spees, Constitution to Dorcy's, We the People to Steve & Julie, also
one to VG's, Andy, Diek, Timmer,& MacQuarries p88 Tramlaw, home cooked
hamburgers! with tomato slice. Good.
Turtle River, Brunswick River, made last
minute decision to divert from Florida and head towards New Orleans and do the Full
Mardi Gras experience! big decision. Golden Isle Speedway, Waynesville GA, City of
Nahunta 705, sx Okefenokee Swamp Park, sx Swampfest, City of Hoboken 715, City of
Lulatow? Icadooh, City of Waycross GA730, cool old towns., sx Trembling Earth Rec
Ctr.
"Spread across 123 acres (49.78 hectares), Trembling Earth Recreation Complex is
an outdoor sports facility in Waycross big and little Alligator Creek, City of Manor
758, Clinch County, Suwanee Creek (not the river), City of Argyle 802, City of
Homerville, Mauser Packaging, great American Cobbler corp, Lee Container, City of
Dupont 823, Suwanoochee Creek 825,
City of Stockton & Okefenokee Trail, City of
Naylor 848, slept in Valdosta (bigger city than I expected) gas for $3.13 6am, p90
Thursday the 9th of Feb 2023 rap song on radio called "First Class" by Jack Harlow.
Sx Wiregrass Georgia Parkway "The Wiregrass region, also known as the Wiregrass
plains or Wiregrass country, is an area of the Southern United States encompassing
parts of southern Georgia, southeastern Alabama, and the Florida Panhandle. The
region is named for the native Aristida stricta, commonly known as wiregrass due to
its texture.!!",
City of Thomasville 2 pm (all cards sent), oops wrong way. Big Oak, no
4G here, sx Pebble Hill Plantation "Pebble Hill Plantation is a plantation and museum
located near Thomasville, Georgia. The plantation is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.",
ENTER FL 805 AM PTN: earthquake turkey / Syria, China balloon
recovery, state of the union address. Tallahassee has some traffic issues. Sx state
gardens, Tallahassee in general is not a highly exciting town, but has some cool
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attractions, especially down by St Mark's. Sx Lake Talquin State Park "The lake has
outstanding wildlife including deer, turkeys and alligators. It also hosts birds of prey,
wading birds and more than 100 species of birds that nest along the Talquin and
Ochlockonee. Included in the list are Carolina chickadee, the tricolor heron and the
Acadian flycatcher. ",
sx Bellevue home of Princess Murat, the great grandniece of
George Washington married to Prince Achile Murat the eldest son of Joachim Murat,
the brother-in-law of Napoleon who was appointed King of Naples during the First
French Empire.
After his father was deposed and executed by his own subjects,
Achille Murat went into exile in Austria with his siblings and mother. '" Princess
Murat purchased a 520-acre cotton plantation on Jackson Bluff Road near Tallahassee
in 1854.
The Bellevue house was the centerpiece of the farm..."
Tallahassee Museum - kind of like a zoo and obstacle course, - walked around for a
while- the obstacle things look fun- but there was no staff on duty - so you couldn't
do anything on them- looks like it's mostly for kids and school field trips. Cool
boardwalks over the wetland.
City of Fort Braden 11am City of Bloxham 1112, City of
Hosford 1123, prayers for prisoners at the Liberty Correctional Center 1127 p92 city of
Bristol 71 degrees, Liberty County Jail 1136 City of Blounts Town, Apiary Bees, And
here's the good ol Pitt & Sylvan Spring at 1245- mom & daughter had their dog by the
water- who ran up to me as I approached. They apologized. I said no need to. I love
dogs as long as they're friendly.
I've been here once before- nice place to cool off on a
warm day- but it's not that warm-so today it's just a bath to clean off a little bit. Feels
good briefly. It's not a hot spring. Normal temp. Probably around 70. First time here I
snorkeled- saw a few small fish in it. Nice & clear. Onward. City of Bruce 128,
Apalachicola River wide .
City of Clarksville 1219, sign says "Bay County: world's most
beautiful beaches", City of Ebro 122, Dismal Creek, I flashbacked to a moment with
Betsy Bouman when I realized I was a Christian evangelist. #BBBP prayers for S & K, A
& C, City of Freeport 215p (rice cakes for lunch) sx Naval School Explosive ordinance
"United States Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal technicians render safe all types of
ordnance, including improvised, chemical, biological, and nuclear. They perform land
and underwater location, identification, render-safe, and recovery (or disposal) of
foreign and domestic ordnance.
They conduct demolition of hazardous munitions,
pyrotechnics, and retrograde explosives using detonation and burning techniques."
Okaloose County, K Rock 100.3 fm gas $2.99 per gal, 8.9 gal, $26 total near Niceville
FL - what a name for a city! almost as good as Pleasantville. There was a pig with a
sport boat filling up next to me- he looked so freakin piggish. City of Fort Walton, City
of Wright 312, Eglin AFB, now I'm near the snorkel spot I enjoy in Destin FL - when it's
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a nice day, but it's only been nice once of the 3 or 4 times I've passed thru. It's a great
spot when everything is right. P94 City of Mary Esther 325 Thursday the 9th (cont) ...!
was going to go thru Pensacola, but there was a giant traffic jam, so I did a U-turn
and went north towards I-10 on back roads, 3pm, Southern Raceway, Yellow River
And here's the famous Blue Angel Rest Area, 321, didn't know I was coming up on it.
Sign for 5 Flags Speedway. Nap for 4 hours.
Friday Feb 10 2023 Onward. Malbis
Alabama, across from Mobile, 89.5 fm is a great Christian radio station. Dog River, sx
Bellingrath Gardens "Bellingrath Gardens and Home is the 65-acre (26 ha) public
garden and historic home of Walter and Bessie Bellingrath, located on the Fowl River
near Mobile, Alabama.
Walter Bellingrath was one of the first Coca-Cola bottlers in
the Southeast, and with his wealth built the estate garden and home.", Jimmy
Swaggart singing "You Wonder Why I am Smiling thru the Thunder" Enter MS 2am,
p96 another Christian song "He Didn't Give Up On Me" 3am stopped by a Mississippi
Cop! nice guy.
He said he was from Shasta County. I've explored that area- went
hiking there- and enjoyed some of the nice rivers & lakes & waterfalls around there. I
couldn't find my current insurance card. This is the 3rd time I've been stopped on this
trip (for no reason) - and each time they just said hello, or muttered something about
crossing a line or something.
This guy said he couldn't read my license plate. Say
what? it's clear as day. To be honest, they can make up any excuse they want to pull
you over. Haven't been stopped in many years- now x3 on this one trip. But no tickets
or warnings. Just like they wanted to make sure I was ok. That's cool. Can't complain
about that.
I think the cop at the previous stop forgot to return my insurance paper.
Oh well. I will call New York (where my insurance company is based) and have them
email me a new one. Now near the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
& Stennis Space Center. Stopped in here last time but was told it's not open to the
public. There's some cool backroads that are fun to explore.
Saw a big turtle in one
off the waterways. Friday the 10th cont, now arriving in New Orleans, just in time for
8am mass at St Dominics- my go to place when I first arrive. Rest in vehicle-
make some Cut Paste progress. And now it's time for the first big parade of Mardi Gras!
not the 1st, but the 1st big one, & first uptown parade - 6pm the Krewe of Oshun
begins- as does the rain, unfort.
After the Oshun parade is the Cleopatra, and then
Alla (known for their genie lamps) . The uptown parades are mostly on St. Charles
Ave. Saturday Feb the 11th 2023 1st parade is the Legion of Mars- relatively knew -
honoring 1st responders. 2nd is the Krewe of Pontchartrain (Mr. Mudbug crawfish,
supergrouper floats, 3, Krewe of Choctaw (Life is a fairy tale, 16 floats, tomahawks),
Barry Barth is a float builder, 4) Krewe of Freet (18 floats, 3 super floats) p98 Krewe
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of Sparta 17 floats, all male, I'm parked at General Pershin & St Charles, 6) Krewe of
Pygmalion (cypress king who fell in love with a statue, 25 floats). Mars begins with a
few nice floats 1130, cool day & overcast, Susan Hotson float (new sheriff) 1225
Armed Forces, NOLA police, NOLA fire, Army Air Force floats, marines, etc prayers for
military, Super Women float, giant tank float with smoking cannon, 1256, END
MARS. kids playing catch with football in street next to me. Dan Bongino on the
radio says he lived on 64th place in Glendale Queens as a child. Now an Asian
cameraman blocking my view.
They're doing some sort of special photography
project. Monopoly float, Farmers float 156, Love Your Pet float, Ice Cream Day float
2pm, Witch Super Float, now BEGIN Choctaw Parade 245, mostly cars at first, p100
now pouring raid- cop just pulled up in front of me. Lots of African-Americans on
horses. Big band 3pm, begin Freet parade 349, It never rains for very long here.
Starts and stops. The hearty new orleanders stay out in the rain to the very end. That
wouldn't happen in Southern Cal. END Freet at 5pm.
Waiting for Sparta Parade, end
Sparta at 715, Now Pygmalion begins at 750, Sunday the 12th is also Superbowl
Sunday: Chiefs vs Eagles. Not very interesting to me. 11am Femme Fatal parade
beings (17 floats), PTN: Syria Turkey quake death toll keeps rising now at 25000(1
think it capped out at almost 50, 000; horrific). Also excess death count re covid is still
too high- very high. Lefty media won't report it.
Question going around if Biden
ordered the nordstream pipeline to be bombed ? p102 now a guy with a big beard
wearing a skirt blocks my view ? Girlie man? Maybe not. Looks like he's married with
a child, now doing BBQ. It's a Celtic thing. Honestly, as famous as Mardi Gras may be
worldwide, it's still a local yokel event, more or less.
Most of the people sitting and
standing along the parade route, at least in this area, are people who come to the
same spot every year. THey live around here. Maybe downtown by French Quarter
you may see more of the visitors who come from out-of-town for the festivities. 2pm
End of Femme Fatale- took 3 hours (20 floats),
Next up is the Carrolton parade (4th
oldest, est 1924, has 27 floats) lots of blue gold robes all with full face masks ( I think
it's actually a law that all riders on floats must be masked). When they wear the cone
head hats and white robes they eerily resemble the KKK - and when I do a little
research- there may have been some of that associated with Mardi gras at one time.
Jazz bus- 1st one I've seen here surprisingly.
This is more musical in general. More
edifying. Wish they all included more local jazz bands #Glory2God. gold theme -
Oscars, globes, girls, gold rush, etc. p104 end Carrolton parade 330 No delay. Arthur
Parade starts right away. Why is new Orleans called Crescent City ? "King Arthur
welcomes All" triple float, biggest I've seen here. My camera stopped. This is a higher
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quality parade. Here's a flintstones float. And another triple float. 4pm, "Are you
Smarter than a Knight" ., Here's Dumbo, Sesame Street, Wizard of Oz, etc End parade
520, so fast. Monday the 13th 830 am mass at St Dominics, back at vehicle- tire is
low-drive slowly to gas station -put air, spend rest of morning- looking for a tire or
tire repair.
Also stopped in at Target for groceries $63, Walk on lake front by
lighthouse. Sx sign for TKCkindness.org "The Kindness Campaign® is on a mission to
create and provide accessible emotional health curriculum and
programs to both children and adults in homes and classrooms. ".
No parades today.
Tuesday Feb 14 AMC Clearview theatre- in Metairie - promotion for upcoming movie
based on book "Are You There God. It's Me Margaret" I remember that book lying
around our house for many years. I think Julie liked it. Movie called "Missing" notes:
April 2008, gal at home, home video,g grandpa house, daddy kitty, deleting accounts,
mixed race couple, map of los Angeles. Search party, black many, baby older now, a
teen age 18 now, new dad? Asian, mom & new dad (Kevin Lin) going on vacation to
Columbia. Can you pick us up Monday at LAX? ok, • gal (June) misses real dad. Now
waiting for mom at airport who doesn't show up.
SHe calls Hotel Columbus and
makes missing person report. How come suddenly she understands Spanish? The
Asian guy turns out to be an ex-con. Holy Father ministries- tried to help him. He
bought a padlock. Asked her to marry him at the love lock bridge in Columbia
(There's a real love lock bridge in Paris) P108 turns out they staged a kidnapping.
The attorney friend is suspicious. Gal finds her dead at office. Grace Allen? It's her
dad at door. Kevin Lin killed while being arrested. Who's Jimmy church? Dad takes
June forcibly to his house. Mother is locked up there as well. PrayTheMovies: re
victims of abuse & violence.
The dad looks like J Zoetewey (who I pray for regularly,
repose), Siri call 911, 6pm West Bank Parade begins - not uptown- new location
actually starts at 710, adults on bikes, smaller floats, this is more of a black parade,
lots of cops too. P110 messages to Jim Lin unanswered. Marching band staying in
same spot for long time 730p, I'm also watching the Travolta/ Denzel movie re
Pelham 123.
Different character for Travolta- playing a foul-mouthed angry guy
hijacking a subway for ransom, and Denzel is trying to negotiate with him as the
representative for the subway and city. For some reason I thought about Steve &
Winny the bad axis back in GR- Steve came from Argentina & Dominican & a little bit
of northern Michigan as a missionary kid; Winny was a farmer's daughter from Mt
Vernon WA- I actually drove past their farm a few years ago- a dairy farm- cows very
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close to the main road going thru there.
Somehow they met at Calvin College, got
married, and stayed there. And inflicted their lefty ideology on everybody. She even
became a lefty politician for the state of MI. Meanwhile, their dad, the missionary,
now retired and living in Falmouth MI (northern), and mom, apparently most
recently moved to Grand Rapids to be near their beloved Steve & winny and
grandkids. But I didn't think of the father & mother as lefties.
I actually visited their
missionary field and home in the Dominican Republic back in the early 90's on a trip
with Steve, who I thought was a like-minded friend at the time. I didn't know he had
such a radical lefty ideology. And it didn't help that he got mixed up with Rick
Devries while they were both studying economics at Notre Dame. talk about a
"perfect storm" , a perfect disaster.
Rick is a lefty too- his dad was a custodian at our
Christian high school. Rick & Steve both felt poor growing up. They have a bit of
socialist Marxism in their DNA, unfortunately. And Winny felt poor too as a farmer's
kid. Meanwhile, Calvin in general was more of a conservative school. You just
expected fellow students leaned more conservative, and Christian.
Finished
Transformers movie ("Revenge of the Fallen" - How many sequels are there/ END
parade 858 sx Camp Parapet "Camp Parapet was a Civil War fortification at
Shrewsbury, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, a bit more than a mile upriver from the
current city limits of New Orleans.", 8am St Agnes is a better church than St Dominics.
Asian priest ok. Sent final 2 postcards including Spees & sis of St Joe from New
Orleans at 10am.
Wednesday the 15th 8am St Agnes again, 10 am Tulane Art
Museum (lots of racial political art), Skeleton house has no skeletons at the moment
(only Mardi gras material) , Now at the latter memorial library in a historic mansion-
cool place. P112. Now at Felicity & St Charles- near here good for morning parades.
Drove down St. Charles to Canal & Veterans Memorial, Now back at regular spot
waiting for Druids parade- 18 floats, est 1998, Druid starts at 645, mostly cars to start,
no floats or bands yet. Here's the Marine Corp band, pray for new Christians and
future Christian leaders.
Next is the Nyx parade est 2012 has 16 floats, (Greek
goddess of the night), lots of horses at the end, now I lost all 4g contact- restarted
phone several times- nothing. Had to manually navigate back to St Agnes. Thursday
Feb '16 2023 930 am French Quarter, 12 noon at St Joseph mass, voodoo market,
Jackson square, jazz museum, house of blues, st louis cathedral, bourbon street, louis
Armstrong park, st louis cemetery #1 and #2, another small catholic nearby, prayers
for Rachel - she asked for prayer, Finally a text from Linda, now I'm at a historical
cultural event.
P114 people arriving earlier for today's parades, lots of good satire on
these floats but they go to fast- too small print to read easily, today it's the Babylon,
45 Muses, & Chaos parades. Babylon was est in 1939 and has 27 floats, Muses was est in
2000 & has 26 floats, Chaos was est in 2000 and has 16 floats. 647 end of Babylon
parade- they kept a good pace- lots of nice fresh unique floats, ( in my mind the
Arthur parade is still my favorite. Now Chaos parade starting at 650 pm, #3 Muses
parade starts at 745- nice first float. Now a 4 -duck float.
Mother duck & 3 baby
ducks. And "The Little Engine that Could" doing donuts. "Where's the Wild Things"
and "Cloudy with a Chance of Snoballs" ', also llama llama trauma,, James & the
Giant Peach float, "where the sidewalk ends & construction begins, Berenstain
bears, "the places she'll go or has already been"
p116 "Are you my mother", Lyle
Lyle, "if you give the saints a rookie", "Elon & the very terrible no good day"
, parade ends just as the rain starts. Good timing. Friday the 17th of February 2023 very tired-
slept where I watched the parade, rained hard all night, big puddles. Found spot near
yesterday spot. Central City library has no Wi-Fi, Starbucks upload 4g, but no WIFI,
yesterday the food truck surprised me. Pros & cons- brought foot traffic this way.
Unique characters dressed up for Mardi gras.
Now noon - set up lots of people loud
violent gangsta rap music playing way too loud - not expected in this area of new
Orleans- put in headphones- try to drown it out as I do cut paste. It's a cold day, but
sunny, sx Rock for Life "American Life League's Rock for Life, the nation's premiere
pro-life youth organization, ... annual summer tour consists of numerous concerts
and festivals nationwide in which Rock for Life chapters both host and participate.
The concerts feature artists who play varied styles of music, but who are all united in
the same mission.
"Rock for Life concerts are powerful ministry events that combine
popular music with a strong pro-life message," said Whittington. "Young people are
drawn to the truth and these concerts provide that in abundance.""', sx Gloo church
related "Gloo is a new kind of outreach platform designed to help your church reach
your city in a way that saves you time, activates your team, and increases your
impact. ", "He gets Us" (is a Superbowl ad about Jesus) ,
Once you park, it's difficult
to change spots- and so you never know what to expect-to spoil the setting (loud or
visual etc) 1) guy with skirt 2) food truck, 3) loud gangsta rap 4) police set up by me,
p118 long cut paste session noon to 5. overnight from shorts to winter jackets- caps
& gloves 515 - . Now doing movie review for bad Boys - too much raunchy and lewd
material. • As an aside, the "Samsung Whistle notification" has become the MOST UBIQUITOUS
ANNOYING phone alert. Have you heard this somewhere? Listen
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https://youtu.be/E S6QPEgAzM
And those who have it on their phones NEVER turn it down- it's incessant. You have
to demand they turn it down. They are either unaware of it being maddening, or they
like to aggravate people around them. And it's like a security blanket to them. It's
horrible, terrible, annoying, and sickening. I'm asking for an act of congress to stop
this annoying tone everywhere. And apparently I'm not the only one annoyed.
Search annoying Samsung whistle tone and see for yourself.
Back to the present parade here in New Orleans: 3 new parades today including
Morpheus (est in 2000, 24 floats, name based on Greek god of dreams, described as
an "old school" parade); and then ETAT parade (est in 1996 with 24 floats, satirical in
nature) ; and also the Hermes parade (est in 1937, 32 floats, ). Hermes begins 630, 1
hour late, 2 stoppages 751 pm, now starting Etat parade. Now starting Morpheus
parade - looks like a good one.
Saturday Feb 18th people setting up already at 9am for parade (so far my favorite 3
parades are Arthur, Muses, & Morpheus) . I decide I want to see the Endymion super-
krewe parade which is in mid-town so I drive down St. Charles & find a spot on Canal.
As I find a spot to park, an young African-American man, appears at my passenger's
side window.
He says his car ran out of gas. I want to roll my eyes and say "yeah
right" but I play along- have to allow the possibility that it may be true- and treat him
with dignity either way. I pull out a dollar bill and hand it to him. Then he asks if I
have jumper cables because the battery is dead too. I say no.
He also noticed my CA
plate and asked about California - and said maybe he should give me his phone
number - because he's planning on coming to California. Really? And what could I do
for you, my friend? I wish I could help him if he comes to CA, but not much I can do
for him. I give him another dollar bill.
He says thanks and leaves. I see him a few
minutes later walking with a gas can. Then again I see him coming back without a gas
can but eating donuts. Say what? Who cares. But I wish I had taken the opportunity
to talk to him about God. I'm a little worried that I'm a white guy in the wrong area.
But not too worried. The kid's name is Darren. A few minutes later he drives away,
and I see the back of the car- no plate. Stolen ?
Whatever. I can't do anything about
it. I realize later the important thing was treating him with dignity- and not
questioning his story too much. He's just surviving. Help him make it thru another
day. I notice later that New Orleans has a very high carjacking problem. I'm glad I
wasn't another statistic.
I'll keep him in my prayers along with the lady at church who
needed money (Rachel). The big Endymion parade doesn't start until evening. I have
lots of time. Now at 11 am I accidentally hit an automatic door button - for the rear
passenger side - which has issues- and the beeping begins.
This happened once
before-the only way I can figure out how to stop it is to pull out fuses one by one.
This time, however, when I pull the fuse out, the beeping stop, but when I put the
fuse back in, the beeping resumes. So I keep the fuse out for the time being. Not
sure what else this disables but I'm sure I will find out. Turns out it disables the radio
too (more about this later).
Meanwhile, I walk to French Quarter- about a mile away-
and arrive as the 1st uptown parade (Iris) arrives-, I watch for a while- different
atmosphere than up the way where I usually park and watch. Pros *& cons. I see a
black guy playing chess with a white kid- the kid's dad watching- the black guy has a
bottle of whiskey on the table. Open container is legal here apparently (you can drink
openly anywhere, as long as it's not in a glass container).
For lunch I had this little tin
of anchovies from somewhere a while ago- finally opened it and tried it on bread-
actually better than I expected. Now watching a Netflix golf special- this one's about
Spieth & Justin Thomas- they were childhood friends. They show Justin Thomas'
incredible comeback win at the PGA Championship "The seven-shot comeback tied
John Mahaffey's 1978 effort as the biggest in PGA Championship history" (May 2022)
. His 2nd major.
Now an Netflix animal movie- grizzlies consume 100,000 calories per
day before hibernating- the equivalent of 300 cheeseburgers. The Iris Krewe was
established in 1917 - all female-0 white gloves, 35 floats- all tandem. P122 finally the
Endymion parade begins, sort of. Lots of delays- starts & stops, not like the Rose
parade which is usually a pretty good steady flow. But the floats are over-the-top-
unbelievable. 2nd-to-none in terms of all the bells & whistles.
One of the floats says
"Show us your wits" , another something about Darius Rucker? country star is one of
these floats. And the band Foreigner as well! #3 Tulane football float- they had a
good year ending with an upset of USC at the Cotton Bowl. Unfortunately, a last
minute arrival illegally parked directly in front of me partially obstructing my view.
This is surprise #5. Cop didn't tell him to move. Nonetheless, I am able to get a good
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feel for what this super parade is all about. Next time I will find a better spot. Here's a
4-car float, wow. And I'm praying for NOLA -rabb! So many noises and distractions-
the people here are spoiled-they get so many parades in a month- many of them are
not even appreciating the parade right in front of them. Float with zephyr,
Ferris wheel, haunted house, "wild maus" ; float with Indian chief, constant police
sirens from all over the city, cool float with jumbotron & live cam of the people
watching as they drive by- you can see yourself.
Too many to describe. Sunday Feb
19th 2023 back in uptown at 6am- more parades, sunny but still cool today
p124 8am mass St Stephen, listening to podcast mm Reconstruction civil war, Laddy
says to Lincoln after war "We need to destroy our enemy" (not rebuild them). Lincoln
replied "By forgiving, we destroy them". Good conversation also Richard Dreyfus on
Glenn Beck. Making progress on CP Prayerbook. Sx what's this?
WholsNefarious.com (some kind of movie coming in April) .
kids playing catch with
nerf football hit my car. No big deal. Today parades include Okeanos, Mid- City,
Thoth, and Bacchus. Okeanus is a clown parade- police & sirens, horses, loud speaker,
urban cowboys marines band, a little jazz.
Back to the fuse drama in my car- suddenly
I become aware that my battery is draining as I sit here- - so even though I pulled the
fuse which stopped the beeping- the little motor on the automatic door continued to
try to open- despite it being stuck- this was draining the battery little by little all day
yesterday and all day today. Now it's almost dead. I'm stuck without getting a jump.
But I can't expect anybody to give me a jump in the middle of the parade. Hope to
find somebody at end of parade.
New surprise: somebody sets up a canopy in my
viewing window- partly obstructing my view. Almost every time I've had a late arrival
surprise. More floats, here's a marching band, and a king with cougars float, music
car, captain with a seahorse, another float- festivals of the world, p126 okeanos cont-,
march band, plain jane floats so far, Vikings, ocean lovers starfish, Hawaii totem pole
& volcano, hippocampus, bastille day, 1232 (hit my car with nerf ball), French quarter
float, wine of UK float, Cannes film float, lots of UK & France themes, cherry fests of
Japan float, nottinghill England float, native Americans float, p127 plus a Japan float
not ending yet.
Northern lights float, 110pm, Irish luck float, the most exceptional
parades so far have been the krewes of Arthur, muse, Morpheus, and Endymion
(Bacchus will be added to this later), king & queen, mc maids, some spectators use
leaf rakes for catching beads, without the trinkets thrown during each parade Mardi
gras for a whole month would never work. Its genius- they've made the parades
interactive, to placate the masses. Sweet Caroline.. Prayers for priest at St Stephen.
The average floats are paper mache. P128 I like watching up here more than down by
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French quarter- less riff raff. Here's a strawberry float, and an apple, and a crab. And a
pelican, crane, mid-city is a mediocre parade- 148pm some spectators throw toilet
paper at the floats or trees above. teePee! Now the Thoth parade begins. Song
"When the Saints go Marching In", Charlottesville HS? another band, no 4g here,
pray for NF FCL BAW, post, future kcalb sonital man with kid on shoulders blocking
my view, eerie resemblance to kkk here.
All silver with cone hoods, Egyptian king tut
float, odd anxious fellow standing right next to my window- looks out of place here-
like a visitor from new York city- sort of looks like the actor Robert DeNiro. So close
to my window. Now he's actually leaning on my car. Finally his wife comes and gets
him. The Thoth parade is nothing special- just the average paper mache floats. More
quantity than quality. Pray for Eagle-Knights. End Thoth ? no. not yet. Here's a triple
float. P130 .
Every float seems to have about 25 people on it. Tomorrow is Lundi
Gras- the day before Mardi gras. Lundi equals Monday. It's actually exhausting after a
while paying attention to each float passing by- which I do- I actually try to video tape
as much as possible. It's all on YouTube. Age of chivalry. Now a gal is using my
window as a mirror. She doesn't realize l am on the opposite side of the window
looking out. Creepy. At first I thought she was trying to peek in the window. But she's
just checking her hair. Funny. But weird.
P132 Thoth is the "forever parade" seems
like it will never end. Finished watching "The Founder" movie on Netflix while also
watching the parade. Didn't realize so much of the beginning of McDonalds was right
around southern Cal- including Arcadia, Downey, and later San Bernardino. The
McDonalds in Downey is still in operation. The location in San Berdoo is now a
museum, privately owned, not by McDonalds- and although it is at the original
location, it is not the original building.
Ray Kroc took advantage of the McDonalds
brothers. And never paid them the promised 1% of profits in perpetuity. Bacchus
parade begins, patriotic start, 538 pm, horse & buggy, helicopter hovering now (later
I hear there was a shooting during this parade - down the road aways). A 15-yo boy
was killed and injured were a 4-year-old girl, a 22-year-old woman, a 24-year-old
woman, and an 18-year-old male." ... I know there were numerous delays. But they
managed to keep it going to the end.
They are dedicated. horses like the ones at USC
and the Tusk video filmed in Dodgers stadium- 1st float is a goblet of wine-
moveable- the king drinking out of it. Much better production than thoth. Here's a
giant whale float-pretty amazing. And a crew of steel drums from Petoskey Michigan-
haven't seen too many out-of-state participants. Here's a Mr Clean float.
OFWAIHHBT, new favorites: bachus, Morpheus, Arthur, Endymion, and muses.
Here's a Mr October float with Reggie Jackson depicted on it. Cool. and a 4-piece
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giant alligator float, 8pm, p134 pray for NOLA, for good hearts here. Here's a Mr. T
float - says "I pity the fool" on the side. Meanwhile I'm wondering what I am going to
do about my dead battery. Hoping & praying for a good Samaritan so I don't have to
call my roadside service. Lots of stoppages. But great floats. FSHS, pray for young
people -the future of America.
Here's a Mr Coffee float. Finally the parade ends- I ask
a guy if he can give me a jump with his generator that's been chugging by my car the
entire parade- powering his devices. He was not nice, not cordial. I ask another guy-
he's drunk- but his car is in front of mine- he's not very friendly either, but his brother
and wife are nice- and he says he will- but then he gets in an argument with his
brother -because it's his brother's vehicle- finally they work it out- and he pulls it
over. His name is John. Decent fella.
I hook up the cables and it starts on the first
try ! Thank God. I wish I had given the young fella a tip. He deserved it after having
to convince his brother to be a nice guy.
Then I play around with the automatic door for a while and the
fuse- finally realize by just a slight bump on the rear passenger door with my backside
it is enough to re-align it and stop the motor from continuing to try to open. Strange
that I couldn't hear the motor at all at work. And it took 2 full days for it to drain the
battery. That side door is a pain in the ass.
It worked fine when I first bought the
vehicle- but went bad shortly thereafter. The amount of trash on the ground after this
parade is mind boggling- all the stuff that's been thrown- lots of it gets left behind-
even little electronic stuff- brand new stuff - and they have crews ready to go to clean
it all up so everything's gone in a few hours- wonder if they try to keep any of the
new stuff or if it all goes to the landfill.
Monday Feb 20th 1 month since March for
Life Wash DC. 8am now back at St Agnes- and then I drove over to uptown again- still
no 4g here. Stop in at Family Dollar- ridiculous they sell gallons of water for $2 each.
Selling water has become big business- and you never know if it's actually good,
quality water. So much greed in this world.
Back to Prayer Book II, sx new
word: "hypocorism" "A hypocorism is a nickname that shows affection or closeness.
If your dog's name is Buster but you tend to call him "Sweetiecakes," you're using a
hypocorism." Now watching a Netflix documentary about Bernie Madoff- amazing
how calculated he was- and how long he got away with it.
Sad. Something on a
podcast I'm listening to about one of the Jan 6 defendants- named Brandon Straka-
was he unfairly treated, wrongly charged? p136, 320, 000 white union soldiers died.
Brazil had lots of slaves but it's rarely talked about. Portugal began the Atlantic slave
trade. USA played a huge part in ending slavery but it's never talked about. The
liberals keep talking about white guilt. It's ridiculous. Great Britain also had a
significant slave trade. Meanwhile Germany keeps replaying their role in the
holocaust and never allows the young people to break free from history. Similar to
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what USA does re slavery with our young people. I remember sitting thru all the sad
elementary school classes watching films or reading stories about how bad slavery
was .... Apparently even Africans had black slaves in some cases. And in some
instances, some slaves did NOT want to be "free". Gardener just backed into my car-
shaking me. I yell to him "Hey be careful". he says sorry. Re Scottie Scheffler- golfer
says he is "led by the Lord" -reading Bible, says he plays golf to glorify God. Kinney
County, Uvalde 160 illegals per day. - many of these illegals become indentured
slaves.
Pro golfer Brooks Koepka is in this video as well. How many Jan 6 defendants
have commit suicide now ? Several officers have done so already as well. Proteus
parade starts quite early (maybe because of what happd yesterday at Bachus) - 20
floats, est in 1882, still uses the original chassis on one of the entries. Transformers
on Netflix - kind of neat film. One of the characters asks a theological question: "If
God made us in His image, who made Him ?' " .
Auto bots. One character looks like
Kim Kooiker's cousin- who I met while working at the hospital. He was in the military
tool. "What if I leave and you're wrong?" moving into dorm. P138 There's a police
chaplain here at the parade. Kyle: "Miracles do happen". First float Kalevala - love of
Finland ? - this looks like another cookie cutter parade- a warm up for the better
Orpheus parade. Now Orpheus The Train float has 8 cars - pretty amazing. With a
train whistle. It's called the Smokin Mary Train Surprise obstacle- a golf cart with
a canopy parks in front of me by the fire hydrant. Now rain at 744pm, And the
Leviathan is pretty impressive 758.
Here's the Petoskey MI steel drum bus again. 848
long stoppage - 2 musical floats side by side playing contrasting music- a cacophony.
Finally END OF LUNDI GRAS! Tomorrow is the final day- MARDI GRAS!. Apparently
the Transformers is known for Biblical themes in it. 140 Tuesday Feb 21 Mardi Gras I
decided to go to the Metairaie parade- over on the other side of new Orleans- but it's
not a very impressive parade in terms of float quality. This is Jefferson parish, more
white rednecks on this side.
I'm near the Trader Joe's - when I wake from my nap-
there's 2 cops across the road- just doing their job- not interested in me. But it's one
of those strange things I call a "confluence" - they seem to happen so often. Like
driving down a back road- come to an intersection where 95% of the time there are
no other cars- when I am driving you can be certain another car will be there at the
exact same time. It's uncanny.
Or put it another way: 95% of the time you could
probably drive thru the intersection without ever encountering another vehicle. But
in my case it's the opposite. I can be sure there will be another car there. This sort of
"confluence" happens in so many crazy ways- I don't know what to ascribe it
to. Spiritual warfare ? pause. PTN: retired los Angeles bishop was shot & killed - was
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it just random or was he part of something criminal gone bad ? Twitter use "n grams"
that automatically detect & flags conservative key words such as "2000 mules" - .
Unfortunately, when they subpoena big tech leaders to the capitol for a hearing, the
conservative big wigs don't have the tech/geek knowledge & savvy to properly
question these techies. The tech leaders run circles around them using psychobabble
• Dr Mary Neal, a Jackson Hole doctor, had an NDE (near death experience) on a
kayak - and experienced heaven. Thank God there's a breeze here.
Now I'm watching
Nutty Professor with Eddie Murphy- a bit to "earthy" for me - but some funny parts.
Eddie played several different parts in this film. Also Janet Jackson is in this. Here's a
horse & buggy, And Budweiser Clydesdales. Lots of "throw carts" in this parade- but
nothing fancy. Here's the Shriners in their buggies 230pm, lots of floats - quantity
over quality in this parade. There's a ton of people here too. But they're so quiet. This
is more of a hometown parade for the locals and their kids.
Here's one with a big
Indian headdress. Today I was saved by prayers - ie praying for others- spent most of
the time praying rather than watching the parade, p142 Lions club, Batman, Airborne
Ice cream truck, rangers, peanuts Charlie brown snoopy, Bargs rootbeer, winn dixie,
lots of Latinos here too, aloha float, etc blah blah, lots of "truck floats" pulled by 18-
wheeler cabs, and poker floats. Here's luck of the Irish, I ended my Prayer-athon at
440pm, almost exactly as the parade ended. That's a synchronicity.
And that's a wrap
! I did the whole Mardi Gras carnival experience- from the beginning of the uptown
parades to the end of Mardi Gras day ! Hallelujah ! Feb 22 2023 Ash
Wednesday 8am St Agnes, City of Sorrento 935, sx harry savoy (restaurant?), is
school cancelled for all students during Mardi gras week? or is this spring break
too ? grotesque white lady at tramlaw, Denham springs, she was putting one item in
every single plastic bag (because they're free here, and she's trying to get as many
free plastic bags as possible),
Now in St John parish (parish is the word for county in
Louisiana), now St James parish, gas per gallon for $2.74
• so many lawyer billboards here, especially for Gord McKernan & Morris Bart, p144 l
tried to count the Gord McKernan.
And here's the McKernan office - with a big sign
that says 2 Cor 5.17 on it. So I looked up the verse: "Therefore if any man be in Christ,
he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new."
And later I also saw Dudley DeBosier's office. He also has a ton of billboards from
New Orleans to Baton Rouge. Now arriving in Baton Rouge- there's meters here- but
nobody is paying them- is it free today? it's a weekday- the day after Mardi gras. Is
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the whole week a holiday? Never got an answer. Now at the LSU Art museum- or so-
called art museum, it's on the 5th floor of a building in downtown Baton Rouge- not
much to see, but nice view of the Mississippi River. This is literally right alongside the
river. 11:45 Then I realized there's a noon mass at the cathedral a few blocks away.
So I left the museum quickly and made my way there- it was packed- as expected- it's
Ash Wednesday. I stayed thru the homily, then I left.
Went over to the Old State
Capitol building -which is now a free museum- some interesting historical exhibits-
lots about Huey Long. He actually was assassinated. And they have the gun they
believe was used to do it. Leaving there I walk along the river a little ways. There's
some huge mega barges out there. Also the USS Kidd veterans museum. It's very
warm & humid here. Now I'm at an LSU basketball game. There's a Shaquille O'Neal
trophy outside the Pete Maverich basketball venue. The Maverich name is all over
everything around here. Got a ticket for $4 bucks.
And LSU upsets Vanderbilt. I left
early - concerned about my car - parked on a side street- not sure about the safety of
the area off-campus. Turned out everything was ok. Thursday Feb 23rd. Now back
in Atchafalaya area, City of Livonia 7am, PTN : Biden is in Ukraine. They staged an air
raid siren to try to make him seem brave. Krotz Springs bridge. Record high temps.
City of La Beau 735, Loretta Lynn: Mississippi Heart" ? PTN: plane crash 5 die on way
to Palestine Ohio coming out of Little Rock AR. Hwy 71 is a beautiful drive. Not much
traffic. Acadiana Youth Corrections 8am.
On the Bible belt radio, 3 Temptations- self-
satisfaction, self-glorification , self-accomplishment. Here's LSU Alexandria- a satellite
campus. Dead possum. Crawfish farm. Word of God: A maze, in it vs above it.
Fellowship in the Word FBC NOLA .org pastor Bill Gephart. P147 suddenly I saw a lion
and a tiger on the other side of a fence ?
Say what? Am I hallucinating? I double
back- then I realize l am on a side road on the edge of the zoo here in Alexandria.
There's also a minor league baseball field here for the Aces. Not sure if they are a
farm team or is this an independent league. Onward.
City of Montgomery 1021
Mustardseed Day care center caught my eye. Looks like it's out of business now. St
Maurice NI . forestry center - why does the sign say "no photos" . Compti 1045. P148
City of Red River 11:12 dead armadillo, Shreveport Norton Museum is nice. He was
an oil tycoon. Nice circle drive, also a garden. Lots of good art, and incredible gun
collection.
Talked to one lady/volunteer- she said she lived in both so Cal & no cal. I
told her I was from Michigan - so she asked me about Detroit. She remembered going
to Greek town there. #2 Art Museum at the methodist college (Centenary) - they're
just starting a football team here. (like Calvin is doing too). Cross Lake, There's a place
called Gators & Friends in Greenwood. Maybe next time. ENTER TX 340 pm, City of
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Waskom . City of Marshall 4pm, Trinity Industries. Gas for $2.84 16 gallons
$46.20, recap: From Baton Rouge to Longview TX- stopping at several museums in
Shreveport including the Norton. Mostly nice people working there- but one lady
seemed to have an agenda (lived in both so and no)- prayers for her. She was
knowledgeable I have to give her that. And she had been to Detroit- Greek town but
not Grosse Point.
She made the mistake of thinking Grand rapids was close to Detroit
so that I should be familiar with everything Detroit. I'm familiar with it because I later
researched it after growing up there- not because I grew up in GR. GR people would
only go to Detroit occasionally - maybe for a tigers game - that's about it. More often
we would go to Chicago actually.
About the same distance either way but more to do
in Chicago. On the radio they're talking about the Patriot Mail Project
https://www.patriotmailproject.com/to help support Jan 6 defendant/victims. They
mention Kevin Greenan (died of heart attack), Benjamin Phillips (died of stroke),
Roseanne Boyland(died due to beating by police) , Ashli Babbit (died from gunshot by
police), plus 4 who commit suicide, including Matthew Perna.
#Sing4Freedom, Hallsville TX 411, Longview 430. Sign said "Jesus Burger"? Donated
blood. 4g not good here.
2/24/23 Two months after the Xmas Day tow fiasco- I'm in
Longview Texas public library writing this. I had to loudly announce at the counter
"I'm not from here. I'm not from Texas. Just visiting. Was wondering if I could use a
computer". So they provided me a computer card. Better than the library in Jefferson
parish near new Orleans which requires $2 to use a computer. p150 Friday the 24th
(cont) - spent most of the day the Longview library Saturday the 25th donate blood a
second time at 1030. Decent location. Onward to Tyler TX- one of the most dismal
cities in Texas. Stopped in at Tyler Art Museum - not much to see here right next to
the junior college.
Tyler is a sad & depressed city. I stopped in at dollar tree and
bought some stuff- and actually dropped my credit card by my car door as I was
leaving- about a mile down the road 1 realized I didn't have it- was about to just pull
off and call my credit card company and put a block on the card- but decided to drive
back to the store first and see if I could find it- and lo and behold- sure enough - there
it was on the asphalt by where I parked. Nobody noticed it. Naboj Icadooh. City of
Canton 345, giant cross at Lakeside Baptist.
City of Willis Point 4pm. City of Terrell
421, & state hospital - looked old school. Spooky. Slept in Mesquite TX- good 4g here.
Rain drizzle. Finished movie review re "Angels & Demons" about the Vatican- starring
Tom Hanks. Also 2 Guns with Wahlberg & Denzel- ok - so so. Still working on Strange
Things and Better Call Saul. Also watching Survivor episode, and Animals. 2/26
Sunday Now in Dallas. Went to Asian Museum across from Nasher Sculpture Museum
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(found free parking spot. Passed by Texas state fairgrounds (is this for the famous
Texas State Fair ?) p153 Sunday - attended 1st Baptist (again) & 1st Presbyterian (1st
time), Prayers for the elderly, homeless, poverty stricken. Onward. Passing by Rough
Wood Studio. City of Cool 954, Chandler Gardens, Weatherford TX, Clark Gardens,
Mineral Wells, sx Home of Crazy Water "The well is currently located at the Crazy
Water Retirement Hotel. The well-received its name because- the story goes-a
demented elderly lady drank from the Crazy Well twice every day and overcame her
illness."
2/27 Monday Palo Pinto County, Vietnam Museum alongside the
interstate, Hells Gate at high noon- high cliffs- possum kingdom lake- very cool. And
I saw a wild hog there as well. Scared it out of a bush and it went running away.
Wallbuilders on the radio. I went to one of their events in Wash DC. p155 1 to 130
picnic at rest area. Clean out all good.
Now 180 west near Breckenridge. Now city of
Albany 215, City of Abilene. Lowes, #BBBBP, now in Abilene- found a laundromat-
lots of them broken, but the ones that worked- did the job. Brown big mama is
a spirit killer, like the black big mama. Big & obese. THey kill the environment..
destroy the atmosphere.
Always a Mexican hag at places like this. Next day Tuesday
Feb 28- started out at the Abilene Zoo- wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly
surprised. Great giraffes - nice enclosure. Only $10. 9 to 1130, gal from San Jose
working there- Madagascar section- also nice, monkeys. Gas $2.66 14 gallons.
stopped at dollar tree picked up a new c- cable- it charged my phone to 100% for the
last time. It wouldn't recharge again after that.
Just enough to use it for emergencies
on way back to CA - where a new phone is waiting. That had to be some sort of
miracle I think - why would it only charge once more with a new charging wire? And
just enough to survive on? City of Merkel 1238, Bible Hardware, giant skull. Stopped
in at WASP museum (no, not White Anglo Saxon Protestant; nor about the insects,
but Women Air Force Service Pilots) - cool museum- sadly- looks like the women
were never used in action in the war- never in combat. But 38 died in various plane
crashes.
It says they "Died in service to their country" - which is nice. But they appear
to be a wide variety of random accidents. Still a cool museum. P157 City of Colorado
City TX 237, City of Coahoma 309, Slept in Midland TX Wednesday March 1 2023,
mushrooms with soy sauce is pretty tasty. Extreme low humidity 11%, 8.5 gallons for
$2.76. Now near Chris Kyle Memorial.
Also Noel Art Museum, - being renovated.
Might be ready again in 2 years from now. They're using the other building- new
exhibit starts tomorrow. P158 I was wondering what they do with abandoned oil
wells- apparently they are supposed to plug them. But sometimes they get forgotten,
or leak nonetheless. Right next to the art museum is the University of Texas Permian
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Basin campus- and they have a replica of Stonehenge. onward. Passing by White
Sands State park 140p, sx Now the Million Barrel Oil museum "A huge hole in the
ground, lined with cement, built when there was so much oil in West Texas that the
oil companies didn't know where to put it.", & rattlesnake bomber exhibit- "Off
Interstate 20 in Pyote, TX lie two (2) 8,400 foot-long runways used for World War II
training flights of B-17 and B-29 bombers, at the Pyote Air Force Station, formerly
Pyote Army Air Field, and nicknamed "Rattlesnake Bomber Base". The base later
became an aircraft storage depot, holding some 2,000 warbirds.
The museum exhibits
the Rattlesnake Bomber Base and local heritage artifacts. "the actual location is
down the road aways. City of Monahans TX, Pyote, City of Pecos 230 - this is where I
helped "jesus" on Xmas morning- across from a church having a Xmas service as I
arrived in town. The elderly guy looked so needy- and when I looked in his eyes-!
wondered if he was near the end - I'm glad I helped him- actually wished I did more
for him. And leaving there I thought of the Bible verse, "And he will answer, I tell
you the truth, when you refused to help the least of these my brothers and sisters,
you were refusing to help me." Matt 25.45
The inverse of course is that WHEN YOU
HELPED the LEAST of these, you helped me (Jesus) ....So we are required to help
others. P159 Now arriving at Balmorhea- $7 fee - nice pool - I was the only one there
at first- the whole pool to myself. There's big turtles and fish swimming around in it.
Fun to snorkel in- and I used my underwater camera to make a few videos.
Also did a
dive off the high dive. The water was perfect temp- but the outdoor air was cold - and
blowing hard. Slept in Van Horn. Thursday March 2 dream log re Paul Lan in heaven,
Kim K John Scholten Joe Namath, 1 other re lag-- healing my memories. Now
entering mountain time zone. 815
Why aren't there any radio stations that play both
Christian and secular? Why not mix them up? Why does it always have to be one or
the other?
END PURPLE go to START NEW BLACK: City of Sierra Blanca TX 9 or 8 am? PTL. Evigrof em, Jesus Christ
is my Savior. FSHS. High winds day 2, crazy passer black pickup. What's happening to
Giselle Brady? Song: some also evangelize, knee will bow, Jesus Jesus friend of
sinners, friend of mine, Lord reign in me. Better 1 day in your court than 1000's
elsewhere. We wanna see Jesus lifted high.
Lots of Texas troopers along the highway.
City of Socorro 10:08, amnesty week for those with arrest warrants here (says a sign).
Paid Bear Mt Bridge toll online. Got gas for $2.81, 13.26 gallons, average around here
is $3.20- it's worth searching for the best price, saved almost $5, now cold and windy
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high of 47. P3 5jpt034, 195 Wilmington, spiritual warfare alert, naboj icadooh. S:
definitive Cochran review : good for medical research see Cochrane Reviews I
Cochrane Library www.cochranelibrary.com/. Stopped in at the Border Patrol
Museum in El Paso- kind of sad place because there are so-called "migrants" milling
about- even though they crossed illegally themselves.
It feels like a mockery - even a
perversion. Also briefly visited the archeology museum next door. Now entering New
Mexico, 315pm, another sad story: the 1st billboard you see is "Welcome to New
Nex: our rights are safe. Abortion is legal".
How depressing is that? That's the best
you have to promote your state: legal abortion? onward. Now entering Arizona.
Stopped for the night in Deming. Didn't stay the whole night. Continued on at 1am
to 3 am, napping again near Wilcox until 7am. Sunny morning but freezing- frost on
window - it's only in the 30's right now.
P5 Friday March 3 still exchanging emails
with Linda re mysterious $110 citation - turns out I got a red light citation while
passing thru Wilmington Delaware - never saw any flashes or anything. I guess they
don't need those bright flash bulbs anymore- they use some sort of infrared - but I
thought most cities had retired those cameras. Later I saw the pics of it- and yes I did
run a red light- but don't remember it- it turned red a second before I entered the
intersection.
One thing I noticed in researching these cameras is that some
municipalities had been caught shortening the yellow lights and had been forced to
refund the paid citations. Wonder if Wilmington is doing this to? Will research
further. PTN: great job by ACLJ and Sekulow family re the National Archives fiasco -
where security guards kicked out Students for Life on the Day of the March for Life
because they were wearing ProLife shirts & hats. Sickening. But the supervisor got
removed because of it.
Also something similar happened at the Smithsonian Air &
Space museum - ACL is addressing it there as well- not sure about outcome yet.
Here's the picturesque Texas Canyon Rest Area- good place for bouldering too. Also
Davis-Monthan AFB Passed by the Amerind Museum & Pond Trail- looks interesting-
off the freeway a dirt road- wasn't open yet. Lots of boulders. Wonder why a sign
says "no climbing on rocks" ?
Great country station 1250am Willcox, 60 miles to
Tucson. There's a place you can see from the interstate where 100's of airplanes are
parked. But it's not really an airport - apparently they park old planes here. Like a
plane graveyard. Found out later it's called the "boneyard".
"The Tucson plane graveyard, also known as the Boneyard, is a facility at the Davis-
Monthan Air Force Base where over 3,000 aircraft are stored and maintained" p6
here comes Pichaco Peak 1038am- I plan to hike that sometime. But not today. Traffic
jam on 10 west- pulled off - take side roads. Thru Chandler and Sun Lakes-are they
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building a new stadium here? Gas is much higher now than just a few hours east.
Lowest price is $3.50. Pedro Guerrero school - my first thought was of the baseball
player- but it's named after the photographer. Something about AZ lights in the night
•
Passing by cornerstone church- that turned out to be a lucky look- I will return here
later and be pleasantly surprised. Also Compass Church is huge. Prayers for the Indian
Nations. Sx The Pimas nation, . now near Shea 44th & new starshaped
structure behind Bank America- called The Pyramid Sports Complex. Good name for
school: Great Hearts.
Onward, Alma School Road goes forever. Now donating blood in
phoenix- David seemed like a good kid- decent atmosphere. - then all the way south
to Tempe Pollack Theatre - like this discount venue- very creative decorations - lots of
movie figures - kind of like a wax museum lobby.
Found a place that sells E85 but it's
not a discount here in AZ like it is in CA. Here it is $4.29. P8 Slept for the night at
Hilton Garden, Tempe. Saturday March 4 2023 Linda paid the ticket for me. Thanks.
Now watching movie "The Fabelmans" re life of Steven Spielberg (from childhood to
starting his life as a movie producer)
Jan 10 1952 - New Jersey, his first ever movie.
Persistence of vision - Jewish family train robbery movie, kid scared, "the house with
no Xmas lights" p9 That's what I want for Hannukah: Xmas lights" PrayTheMovies re
Jews for Jesus- conversion! Pray for 4J,. He's trying to get control over it so he films
it. sx Something about the Bizmac computer. He starts making movies. 1 year later-
dad promoted. THey move to Phoenix, Uncle Bernie character. arriving in AZ. the
kids collect scorpions for money.
Mom can't play piano with long fingernails. "Gun
Smog". "I will never leave AZ" she says. Somethings going on between mom and
"Uncle Bernie" - (true story), p11 "Escape to Nowhere" the dad looks like Ken Horjus.
Pp12. Steve tells mom he won't tell on her. Dad takes job with IBM in Northern Cal.
Uncle Benny buys Sammy a camera. "Guilt is a wasted emotion". new school- kids
bully him, call him a kike. "Nobody likes jews except jews'. Mom buys a monkey and
names it Benny. She's depressed. Now they call steven "Bagelman" and demand he
apologize to them for killing Christ. He meets Christian gal.
p13 we can pray she says
and "Ask Jesus into your heart" Lord I'm with friend Sam... he's nice and funny, I like
him. Ask Jesus to come into you... Then they kiss. Is this mockery? He films ditch
day. P14 mom dad divorce. "Did you find Jesus". Steve wants to marry her but she
has other plans. He has an epiphany about how he can influence people with film.
P15 Santa clary county - silicon valley. "But in the end you get the girl." . Benny
needs me. One year later. Corvair. Panic attack, greatest film director John Ford. new
show calling it Hogan's Heroes, kind of catchy, eh? . Where's the horizon? demands
Ford. Where is the horizon? Back lot Warner Bros.
Chandler library, sunset branch,
60 computer pass. Young punk with soft drink .starts talking on phone .. trying to show
off — So I left. After movie to Chandler library. Then to Holy SPirit church 430 p - but
too full- left early, passed by Mt Carmel- that’s the 1st church I went to when I first
came to Phoenix area (I remember it by the shape -round) . nice weather today. Back
to theatre- made the mistake of just randomly choosing a movie- big mistake- ugg. All
I saw was that it’s about an English teacher- I don’t even want to talk about it or think
about it. Left Quickly.
P18 all I can say for PrayTheMovies is pray for others, including
those who are obese. p19 Sunday March 5 10 gallons gas $38 $3.79 no receipt, Circle
K chandler wouldn’t take my virtual debit card. 8am St Timothy balcony church, , pb
Tempe Resurrection, pb Sun Valley community, Enter Cornerstone Church, super
mega church- instantly liked it. Felt comfortable. Good sermon too. Leaving. Onward.
P26 angry honkers. Oops , did I just run a red light. Near Chandler H.S. wow ! pulled
off to reduce anger.
Police at Harley Mesa. sx Who is pollak ? the name is all over
everything . Turns out he’s a real estate guy and also very charitable. He runs the
Pollak Theatre at a loss. But keeps it going as a community service. Here’s the Sun
Splash water park- looks fun. Is Chandler the new Scottsdale ? The confluence
situations are uncanny, & sometimes unnerving. There’s so many odd ones. P27
including the one at Ford Theatre - where the lady asks me to take a pic of her with
her husband- so I gladly oblige.
But then later she’s acting haughty towards me. and
says something dismissive about CA. Here’s Central Christian - another super mega
church. Dumb driver as I enter makes an awkward stop when she wasn’t supposed to
stop- just to let me turn- but then I almost get hit by an oncoming car- sometimes
these people so awkwardly try to implement the sermon they just heard- they
actually can be dangerous. I tried to wave thanks but it actually angered me. Her
awkward simple act of kindness was not helpful.
P29 I think back to the guy who
screeched to a halt in Palo Alto as I was waiting to cross the road- awkward, stupid-
just keep going-. This is not a crosswalk. Now I feel like I have to play traffic cop -and
wave people onward so they don’t make stupid awkward stops. P30 sx Gilbert
Riparian Preserve . World Logistics Center. Made it to Palm Desert. Slept near
Bermuda Dunes Monday March 6 2023 8am Albertson- bad idea to go here. I don’t
like this side of town. Obese clerk. No self-checkout.
P31 parked by the pre-school-
that’s another story. Changed places. Walked to tennis venue- It’s time for Tennis !
Indian Wells- for decades has always been free the first two days of qualifying. Now
it’s not. It’s $10 but free parking. But not on their website. YOu find out when you
arrive. And you can’t buy a paper ticket. You can only buy a ticket on a phone app.
And some elderly people don’t know how to use the apps very well or at all.
I saw
one elderly man walk away sad. And angry. He yelled at the ticket lady “I won’t be
back” as if she cared. That’s the irony- back in the day- if you complained to a
business they would try to accommodate you under the motto of “Customer’s always
right”, but that’s been lost a long time ago in most places. I tried to call out to him to
offer to add a ticket on my app but he was too far away. I managed to download the
app and purchase the ticket. Enter.
IT’s always fun here for a while. Get your
overdose of tennis for a year. I try to take as many videos as possible. Novak is not
coming because USA continues to ban anybody without the vax from entering.
Sickening. P32 Anyways. I enjoyed most of the 1st day except for one bad lady
incident. Day 2 Tuesday ok- enjoyed the free parking. Also 8am Sacred Heart
beforehand. Wednesday March 8 after Sacred Heart I did the trail behind Target-
good exercise. Then to PD library -
I don’t think I will keep coming back here- don’t
like the atmosphere. P33 made it to bellflower to pick up phone. Linda was still
watching TV at midnight. I used the key to get in around 2am. Now to Academy
Museum Theatre- the new location - next to LACMA - which is also building a new
section. Paid $25 for the Documentary Shorts presentation.
I’ve been coming to the
Oscars Week events for many years now- they’ve always been at the original theatre
on Wilshire in Beverly Hills for so long- now they are here -still on Wilshire but in
mid-town LA. (pause mid 33, 4/5/23) .
Academy Theatre: Documentary Shorts; #1
Elephant Whisperers (also on Netflix) Tamil Nadu India, Hindu themes. Pray for
Christian acceptance in Hindu dominated areas. Theppakadu Elephant Camp
https://goo.gi/maps/zWuQVnpWX3wPXwDK9 established 140 years ago, wounded
baby elephants, healed him. Names Raghu & Krishna, Kattunayakan ? p34 volume
too loud Raghu was a “gift from god” they say (which god ? I wonder: Brahma,
Vishnu, or Shiva ? ).
They pray to Lord Ganeshi (Ganesh, Ganesha? ). Hinduism is so
complicated. PrayTheMovies: Hindus for Christ ! Dangers of pantheism. Bellie &
Bomman are the two main characters. IT’s a little bit long for a short doc.
#2 Haul Out movie about the Walrus migration Siberian Sea. He observes from a hut. Tries to
count them. So many, almost 100,00 ? #3 How Do You Measure a Year ? Cute movie —
Jewish family- he films his daughter every year on her birthday and asks her
questions. P36 her name is Ella. I think it starts at age 5 thru age 17 or thereabouts.
PrayTheMovies for Ella as she becomes a young adult. Last name Rosenblatt. #4
The
Martha Mitchell Effect was mostly lefty propaganda against Nixon etc - in defense of
Martha, the outspoken wife of one of Nixon’s cabinet members, as she becomes an
outspoken lefty against Nixon and even against her own husband, later her ex-
husband, and she becomes a lefty hero. $5 Stranger at the Gate: young girl - realizes
her dad almost committed mass murder at a Muslim mosque in Muncie Indiana- but
then the dad (former soldier) becomes converted to Islam after realizing the Muslims
were so nice.
Rich McKinney is the father’s name. He had made a plan and had the
materials to bomb the mosque until a last moment visit changed his life.
PrayTheMovies: That’s good the Muslims are nice. I’ve experienced that as well. But
you still need Jesus Christ to be saved !
p40 Also Pray for Muslims for Christ. I prayed
in the theatre while watching. P41 Jenny He or Yee ? moderator. Friday March 10
2023 pathetic smattering of applause re climate change. Nobody really believes it
very much anymore. New films: #1 An Irish Goodbye: barbwire, dead sheep, honk,
dead rabbit, 3 guys , priest named Fr O’Shea, p42 “Is it just me or is it warm” . After
funeral.
Aunt Margaret died ? one of the characters had down syndrome but he’s
smart and strong willed. One character named Lorcan ? “Things I would like to do
before I perish” 1) read a novel, model life drawing, hot air balloon, sling shot, wheel
barrow, sky dive, etc. he takes the urn of ashes with all the experiences. The other
fellow wants to sell the farm.
It turns out to be a fake list created by the downs
character. Funny. #2 Ivalu (Danish) movie: dark theme of abuse. They look like
eskimos. Seaside town. Ivalu is missing. P44 sister fins bracelet of lvalu. Maybe she
died. Maybe commit suicide to be forever with the “mother of the sea”
? PrayTheMovies: for those who are abused. #3 Le Pupile (Cannes award) re orphans
at catholic school and a red cake - funny. Nice break from the heavy themes.
Alex
Jones on radio on my ear phone is talking about “Operation Matador” In March
2018, 24 transnational gang members were arrested under Operation Matador, the
intelligence driven, unified effort to combat the proliferation of MS-13 and other
transnational criminal gang activity in Long Island, the New York City metropolitan
area and Hudson Valley. The arrests brought the total under this initiative to 475.
Combating Gangs I ICE www.ice.gov/features/gangs.
#4 movie: Night Ride : another
lefty propaganda film re transgenders. Uggh. heavy. Depressing. And the just
announced that they're still requiring all Oscars attendees to get a covid test. #5
movie The Red Suitcase (La Valosa Rouge, cynefilms) Luxembourg airport gal with
Muslim veil getting off airplane looks fearful. Doesn’t want to go all the way out to
the lobby. Turns out a man is waiting for her expecting to marry her- an arranged
marriage. She’s hesitant. Then she hides. She escapes .
She gets on a bus. Calls dad
back home. Dad turns out to be more hospitable than she expected- invites her to
return if she doesn’t want to marry him. After Oscars day #2 I went across the street
and toured the Peterson Auto Museum- lots of vehicles on display plus 100’s more
down in the “vault” which a lot of tourists don’t explore. Amazing place if you like
cars.
Looks like they can easily rotate vehicles on display as well so it’s not always the
same thing. Cool cars that caught my eye including some of the Men in Black movie
vehicles, also a Tucker car, and a Tesla prototype pickup truck (more like an el
camino), also some old antique motorcycles and mopeds. Also lots of EV’s on display-
some old ones too. They never really caught on back in the day. Gas was much easier
and cheap- and nobody thought about the alleged “greenhouse” problem. P50
Saturday March 11 : to Glendale , filled up using E85 & regular blend. This is the
cheapest place for E85 at $2 per gallon (amazing). When I blend the two I can average
a price at the low $$3 level- saving about $1.50 per gallon. Then I went to the
Glendale Art Library- used computers -. Sunday March 12 St Andrew church, then
Christ Science, then St Philip, also Annunciation Arcadia. Then south to Cerritos
Library. And Christ Cathedral at 515
Monday March 12 830 am dental . the person I
was expecting wasn’t there. Alex was ok. Then 12 noon blood donation $90, good
experience except Orange spoc . What’s up with that ? Afterwards I went to UCI
library, and then to NBPL and completed scans. Finished ID cards blog. Tuesday
March 13 830 am OLQA, Viet priest as usual. I thought he was leaving ? p52 Then to
UCI lib. Raining. Cancelled dental . Movie Review for Christians #PrayTheMovies re
Jesus Revolution. This film has stayed in theatres much longer than anybody
expected.
Maybe it’s stayed longer here in So Cal especially because it’s based in this
area. Calvary Chapel started right here in Costa Mesa. And it’s also interesting to me
because I attended Calvary Chapel for a little while when Chuck Smith was still alive,
near the end of his career and life. And I also have been attending Greg Laurie’s
annual Harvest Crusade at Angel Stadium. And this film incorporates Greg Laurie’s life
into the beginning of Calvary Chapel.
Starts out in Newport Beach 1968, hippies
everywhere. Greg Laurie starts out as a “square” in the movie at some sort of
military-style academy. Then he meets a gal named Kathy (actually spelled Cathe) he
likes (future wife) and she pulls him into the hippy lifestyle. Also Chuck Smith’s
daughter is a character in the beginning. Greg liked doing cartoon art at the time. But
he got drawn into drugs- and then had a negative experience- maybe heard God
talking to him- and at the same time he met Lonnie Frisbee . “sheep without a
shepherd” “pour out the Spirit”
p54Chuck doesn’t like hippies at first but comes to
enjoy them. This causes controversy at the church. Pirates Cove scene. Interesting
that this is where our mom took us in the summer of 1984 when we first moved to
California. Lonny portrayed as healer at first but then sort of egotistic which causes
him to eventually leave p56 Wednesday March 14 rained all day. I filmed the Santa
Ana River raging waters near the Riverview Golf Course- down the way from Angels
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Stadium. Gas #2 7 gallons $4.29 $30, 5.8 gallons E85 $15.5 $2.65 Total combined 13
gallons $45.50 , $3.50 average. ; gas #15 gallons at $4 per gallon for $20, and E85 8.2
gallons $19 at $2.10 per gallon , total combined 13 gallons $40 averaging $3.07
Double Total is 26 gallons for average $3.28 per gallon- not bad ! saved me $35 to $45
dollars.p58 something on the radio about musicSavesUA.com - for Ukraine. Joslyn at
blood donation is nice. But the Samsung Whistle Alert is highly annoying. San Berdoo
City Library- new library card.
Also visited the original McDonalds location - now a
museum of sorts. Just watched “The Founder” movie on Netflix which portrays Ray
Kroc as a hardball character who took advantage of the original 2 fellows. Then I took
a tour of the Norton AFB museum. IT’s their 10 year anniversary this weekend.
Highlands library. Better than Redlands library. New butane. Extreme rain roof
leaked. Wow ! That’s extreme. Never did that before nor since. Twilabd. 730 am
Redlands catholic. PTN: Biden Budget is 7 trillion; Silicon Valley Bank bailout. Robot
not at NBPL anymore ! There’s hope.
P60 all of this above was Thursday & Friday
March 15-17 2023 Then I returned to Palm Springs- 1st I hiked the Art Museum Trail,
somebody got injured and had to be airlifted out. It’s a tough trail at the beginning.
You can hike it all the way to San Jacinto Peak- but maybe not right now given the
weather up high. I did San Jacinto Peak a few years ago- from a different trailhead -
good challenge. In fact I did the 6 highest peaks in Southern Cal, also known as the 6-
pack challenge The Six-Pack of Peaks Challenge™ (sixpackofpeaks.com) see
sixpackofpeaks.com.
3/18/23 stayed by art museum for the night. Morning explored area around PS
Airport. Also air museum. Then tramlaw. Pray for bl guy persecutor. From there I
went over to Cathedral City Library and completed some work. Then to 1000 Palms
library- relatively new- these libraries don’t carry newspapers anymore. Sacred Heart
at 4p & 530. Almost did 7pm as well (Spanish).
Sunday March 19 8am St Margaret Episcopal- this is the church where Gerald & Betty
Ford attended when they lived here in their retirement (RIP, RIP). I noticed Fred
Swann died in December 2022.
He was the organist at Crystal Cathedral for a while as
well . different lifestyle. 930 Presbyterian church. Got a long 100-yard stare from the
music leader- a little bit discomforting. Then back to Sacred Heart for 11am. 12pm
hike Palm Desert. Saw some big horns ! Nice day for hiking-overcast- not too hot. The
unused golf course I see every time I hike this trail is owned by billionaire Larry
Ellison of Oracle. IT apparently costs $950 to play 18 holes. known as Sensei
Porcupine Creek. What a waste. Back to Sacred Heart, 59m p62 Monday March 20
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730am mass & rosary at SacredHeart. 830 am Hiking PD clockwise , also ran for a
ways all the way down & didn’t feel sore the next day. Tuesday March 21 2023 715
rosary/mass, it rained a bit, but I hiked anyways, using poncho. Movie Review
#PrayTheMovies called “Inside” with Willem Dafoe (saw him once in person at the
Roosevelt Hotel)- a thief gets trapped inside an elite high rise apartment- while the
owner is away for the year- he ends up staying inside for several months- unable to
communicate to the outside- a little farfetched. Kind of interesting for a while.
Nothing to write home about.
Meanwhile USA vs Japan in World Baseball Classic -
tonight. Shohei Ohtani vs teammate Mike Trout. Could be good (flash forward.
Ohtani strikes out Trout to end the game) . “In a storybook ending, Ohtani faced and
struck out his Los Angeles Angels teammate Mike Trout, retiring him for the final out
in what might serve as the most memorable at-bat of the year between the two best
players in the world.
Ohtani had to deal with a couple other batters before he locked
horns with Trout.” updated with sspd. Also tried to call bio life. They never answer.
“Is No man an island, or every man an island ?” he eats the fish in the aquarium. He’s
singing “I’m going to heaven on a hillside” , not sure what that was all about. He falls,
hurts leg.
P68 Wednesday March 22 , Thursday March 23 car problems, got towed
by a female tow truck driver (the 1st ever ?) to Kim’s Auto in Palm Desert, owned by
Efren & Maria, also an elderly lady from Montecito. We conversed for a while. She
said she used to live right next to Westmont College. She’s never been to Washington
DC, unbelievable. I encouraged her to go. She said her nieces works there as an
attorney for the justice dept. I said “One of the good ones, I hope”.
I mentioned being
a teacher at CV High. She didn’t know where it is, despite living here in Indian Wells
for decades now. She said she used to be a teacher too- in Carpinteria. I guess she’s a
widow now. She scoffed at the mention of Novak Djokovic for not getting the vaccine.
I responded, “Well I don’t think it’s a miracle cure, that’s for sure” but refrained from
arguing about it. If she doesn’t know the truth by now she doesn’t want to know.
Meanwhile, Maria behind the desk started chatting- lots of stories she decided to tell
me- not sure why. I listened politely. Finally car fixed. Nothing serious, $60. Friday
March 24 saw numerous bighorns again.
Saturday March 25 attended 3 masses at
Sacred Heart. Also hiked and completed CP. Sunday March 26 Started out at the
Greek Orthodox church. I like orthodox but too often they all know each other and it
feels like you’re sitting in a family’s living room- the stranger. Then I went to the
Christ Science church in Palm Desert for the first time. I know their doctrine is not in
perfect accord with mainstream Christianity, but I enjoy the atmosphere. They don’t
do a “greet your neighbor” time- which is good for me. That’s always an awkward
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moment.
Maybe some people like it but not me- too many people use it for self-
serving purposes. And also it’s very intellectual. Lots of reading. Kind of like being ina
classroom with the teacher reading a story. You can sit quietly and follow along or
day dream etc. And no usher or deacon watching you & micro-managing the
atmosphere. And when it’s over, it’s over. You just leave. Nobody at the door like at
some of the mega churches saying “Thanks for coming” etc. 11 am back to Sacred
Heart. Also 530 later.
Monday March 27 wentup & over highway 74- getting dark-
towards Hemet- used to take this drive to San Diego every weekend for a while back
in the mid 1990’s. Suddenly a small coyote in front of me on the road- hit the brakes.
It froze for a few seconds. Didn’t hit it. Onward.
Thru the dark to Hemet. 830 am
Catholic mass in Hemet. Then to Redlands-, past the scientology castle where we
prayed for them with our class from Fuller Seminary, led by Peter Wagner. “Charles
Peter Wagner (August 15, 1930 — October 21, 2016) was an American missionary,
writer, teacher and founder of several Christian organizations. In his earlier years,
Wagner was known as a key leader of the Church Growth Movement and later for his
writings on spiritual warfare.2” .
also past Skechers outlet. Moreno valley.
P70 movie John Wick- I don’t like Samuel Jackson. , Keanu reeves is ok. Cocky Arab.
Hotel condemned . the harbinger is here “such is life” “2nd chances are for men who
fail” says the character. “We’re not here because of John Wick” Monday 3/27/23
1230 Redlands, smiley library, met with JimLin, corner bakery not so great- our
conversation styles do NOT mesh well.
Linda often interrupts and wants micro
specifics about something I am talking about at a macro level. I’m trying to describe
my trip to them- just the highlights- and suddenly she wants to know specific details
about the Bible Museum in Washington DC.
I want to keep going and just give a
grand overview of the trip. Next time I will specifically tell her to wait - to hold her
questions- let me finish my little narration. Fontana gas 13.4 gallons $4.05 per gallon,
$54.74; E85 for $2.65 per gallon, total $15.67, grand total $70.41 19.3 gallons,
average $3.65 per gallon. Savings of about $16. Then to biolife Moreno Valley. Later,
Del Taco Beaumont- I gave my order at the drive thru but the lady was so overbearing
I
just kept driving thru past the window. P72 explosion in the movie. He shoots guy
point blank, lots of violence. “Bring me Caine” PTN: Nashville shooting. “Open
contract on John Wick” for hitman. Blind man is a hitman. A little bizarre. “I’m going
to kill them all... evacuate discreetly, grave accusation, surrender your guns. .. ; Spees
were recently in Palm Desert & Death Valley. Tuesday the 28th cont hitman #2 is
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named Caine- and he is blind- forced to Try to kill Wick or his own daughter will be
killed by the marquis. But the marquis is not being honorable to Caine. I added “The
Art of Prayer” to the cover of my prayerbook. Now Wick is in a noose- about to be
hanged. Pyotr is dead (John Wick’s uncle) . “I am Klaus”- ogre goon. PrayTheMovies:
For the end of violence. The hitman is ordered to “Bring proof of death” . bighorn
overlook trail rancho mirage.
New movie review re “Lost King” about finding the
bones of King Richard III. Based on true story about a random lady who was curious
about where he was buried leads the search - they have a general idea and they
actually find the bones under a parking lot. “For years, historians and academics had
searched for his final resting place following his death in 1485 in the Battle of
Bosworth Field. Some believed his tomb was lost, while others were convinced he
was tossed into the nearby River Soar.
But Philippa Langley, an amateur historian
living in Edinburgh, followed research and instinct to uncover his long-lost bones.”
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2023-03-22/the-lost-
king-highlights-the-buried-history-of-the-woman-who-found-the-remains-of-richard-
. interesting movie. A little whimsical. Not a documentary. They made a story about
it. Wednesday sacred heart. Disappointed with left leaning priest. Then 930 hike at
Randall Henderson
Thursday March 30 2023 morning mass, then Art Smith Trail-
wow- that’s a hidden gem -like having your own personal botanic garden for 18
miles-. I did 12- not the whole thing. 12 was good enough. Got caught in the rain on
the way back. Wasn’t expecting it. But it felt nice. Had to keep hood on head too
most of the time- pretty cold air coming off the mountains. P76 Friday March 31
Sacred heart morning, CP progress, new glue sticks. PTN re Trump indictment.
Saturday April 1 made it to NBPL - completed scans. Talked to guy name George who
says he lost his house in Steamboat Springs due to him speaking out about something
re USS Liberty in 1967 . We conversed on a wide range of topics. He had a conspiracy
theory about each and every one of them. Some were grounded in fact. Others
seemed a little far-fetched, including the 911 conspiracy . He mentioned being a pilot.
Talked about ranching in Cody WY. Said he grew up in Burbank. About 76 now.
He
gave me a website but I lost the paper I wrote it down on. Hope I’Il find it later .
Leaving NBPL I drove thru Huntington Beach and w heartened to see a rally in
support of Trump ! This is the week he gets arraigned in NYC, a political sham. It may
not be a coincidence that the beginning of this attempt to crucify Trump begins
during holy week 2023. But Jesus rose again, and I believe so will Trump!
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Sunday April 2 2023 Went to the Christ Science church- hadn’t been there in a while- upon
arrival I noticed they’re having a big LPGA event at the golf course across the street-
it’s the LA Open tournament for the ladies. I went to this at the Wilshire Country Club
a few years ago. So after church I drove around -and then parked and walked over to
the golf course- and it was fairly lax in terms of watching- so I just started following a
group and taking pics and vids- and spent the rest of the day watching the top lady
golfers in the world.
First time walking this golf course as well. Been driving by it ona
daily basis for so many years. Nice to know what it’s like . Picturesque for sure.
P78 Great day ! all day at PV golf course watching the lady LPGA golfers . Monday
April 3 2023 cold ! prayed the rosary at St James.
There’s Msgr Mike. He seems to
always want to be seen by me every time I drop in. It’s uncanny. Then to Tramlaw -
picked up power steering fluid and transmission fluid. “It’s a platinum card” . Then to
PV lib. Started new blog for Palos Verdes, and also for January 6 (In defense of the
patriots).
I was there on Jan 6 but didn’t make it to the capitol building. I was there as
well on January 5- the pre-rally. I think I saw that guy named Ray Epps- now
considered to be a provocateur. I sensed something strange about him. On Jan 6 it
was VERY COLD and I stayed mostly near the Washington Monument- until both of
my phone batteries died.
I think it was due, partially, to the cold weather. “cold
weather causes internal resistance, slowing down the conversion process and
resulting in less overall capacity. The kinds of batteries used in most phones are
particularly vulnerable to this effect”.
Therefore, I left a little early and went back to
my car to recharge my phones. It’s a bit of a walk from where I was to the Walmart
where I parked at ist & H streets. About 2 miles I notice now looking at google maps.
And now it says this Walmart is closed. Hmm.
DC residents speak out after H Street
Walmart announces closing I WJLA
wjla.com/news/local/h-street-walmart-closing-northwest-dc-keith-silver-residents-
speak-out-anger-seniors-high-rises-anc-commissioner-kevin-rogers-customers-crime-
performance-protesters
I think I walked up Constitution Avenue and then took a left at First Street. I
remember I had to ask a few people directions because I couldn’t use my phones -
and didn’t know exactly how to get back. I remember it was eerily quiet actually on
Constitution Ave. I didn’t hear any noise or signs of an uprising at the Capitol building
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as I walked past probably on Constitution Ave. Tuesday April 4 2023 walking PV nice
day, cold but sunny Movie Review: “His Only Son” about Abrham being ordered by
God to sacrifice Isaac. Had a budget of only $250,000 but has done surprisingly well
at the box office. Still in theatres. Good film. Speaks for itself. “Before Abraham was, I
am”.
Puts a new light on Abraham’s wife and the potential inner turmoil she
experienced not being able to bear a child for so long. They do a flashback to
Abraham 40 years earlier. He tells Sarah “I saw God” . They travel past Hebron. Sara
says “I am a dry seed in the sun” and tells Abraham to use the maid to have a child.
“Everyone blind will have their eyes opened” The character named Sara (played by
Sara Sayed) did the best acting in the film.
Abraham keeps begging God for mercy for
son Isaac. Son says “Is anything too difficult for God”. He doesn’t know yet that he is
the one to be sacrificed. At the end they do a 2000 years later evangelical clip. I’m
also reviewing a movie called “The Replacements” - an old one with Keanu Reeves,
Gene Hackman, John Madden, Pat Summerall, etc. about a team that used substitute
players and did well against all odds. PrayTheNews: Trump arraigned, media
circus. U Conn blew out SDSU in the championship game. Back at PV lib — all the
regular cast of characters.
I’m still feeling troubled by the meeting with Jim Lin in
Redlands. Her conversation style does not mesh with mine. P84 Wednesday March 5
8am St Margaret Mary, then laundromat, and new ear phones at 99 cents. Thursday
April 6 2023 8am hiking thru the tall grass, dog barking.
10am back at library,
YouTube progress, Friday April 7 I forgot the library is closed until 2pm on Friday. So I
went down the hill & took a swim before going to the 12 noon Lord’s Supper mass at
St. Lawrence RB, also sent Happy Easter postcard to the Spees, including Happy
Birthday. And I’ve started fasting.
Haven’t eaten since Thursday night- hope to keep it
going until Easter morning. After SLM I went to St James for stations of the cross at
130. Then from 2 to 4 made progress at Malaga Library- saw peacock in full splendor
right by the door. amazing.
7pm back at St John Fisher- Lord’s supper mass. The
African priest seems to have a 100-yard stare. It’s a bit unnerving. I tried to not look
at him. Also reviewing movie Born on 4th of July- an old Tom Cruise film- about
Vietnam war. Got a bit too lefty politically near the end.
Also Reviewing Bourne
Identity- I haven’t seen any of the Jason Bourne films (Matt Damon). And I’m
reviewing a film called Kate including Woody Harrelson. Saturday & Easter Sunday
April 9 2023: Easter Vigil at St John fisher . Exhausting. I forgot how extra-long the
catholic easter vigils are because they have the “new catholic” ceremony. It’s a good
thing- new believers formally joining the church- praise the Lord! It’s just such a long
ceremony. I wonder if they could divide it in half- with part of it the next day. Baptize
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half in the evening, and the other half in the morning. Next morning I attended St
Margaret Mary for Easter day service.
Monday April 10 8am St James, 9am El
Segundo Library, 12 noon Good Shepherd BH - same cast of characters still there.
Although the Af Am from Brooklyn isn’t reading aloud up front anymore. Or at least
not today. But he’s there- in a 3-piece suit. I remember when he first arrived. He was
on the same church circuit as me- he would attend St. Timothy, Good Shepherd, & St
Paul Westwood. We kept crossing paths.
I even saw him at BH library once. And then
he started reading aloud up front at some of the services. They loved having him up
there- black Catholics are relatively rare in southern Cal. The only problem is that he’s
not very friendly. He’s stern.
Not easy to converse with. Also seems to have a little bit
of a superiority complex. Almost like he may have come from black panthers or
something like that. I figured he would eventually fade away, but it’s been 4 or 5
years now- and he’s still hanging around. Also Colm O’Ryan is still alive and well. I
remember when he was the lead priest.
Now he’s in a wheelchair but otherwise
seems to be okay. And he’s not the lead priest anymore. He has the friendly Irish
style. I just drop in here now occasionally and observe the changes. Seems like
there’s a lot of turnover in attendance. From there I go to BH library— haven’t been
here since “the incident” - updated my library card. Didn’t see the perpetrator .
Good.
All is clear. I use the computer for a while- not too long. Then I move onward.
Out of the central part of town before rush hour. I go over Coldwater Canyon to
Studio City and eastward towards Burbank. Update my library card at Buena Vista
Burbank Library, down the street from ABC/Disney studios, and the old NBC studio
where jay Leno and Johnny Carson did the tonight show for so many years.
And I was
a part of it for a while. Lots of memories. Use computer at Burbank for a while. Then
stop in for evening mass at Incarnation Church Glendale. Also shopped at Ralphs. This
is where I fill up with E85 gas- the station here has the lowest price in all LA County.
Today it’s $2.49. Not long ago it was as low as $2.00. I mix regular gas for $3.75,
50/50 with E85 . p88 Save some significant money after a while.
Tuesday April 11
8am Holy Family Glendale, I notice the lead priest (James) is no longer here. He’s
moved on to St Bede La Canada. I see a little bio online about him. I didn’t know he
was from Ohio but it explains his midwest style. Says he originally came out here to
work in Hollywood movies- but then he moved on to seminary. 11:15 made it to my
new doctor’s office .
Nora Tee from Myanmar seems nice. 130 pm Discount Tuesday
#PrayTheMovies movie review re Super Mario Bros, notes: Starts l=out exploration,
castle destruction, soldiers spears flying like minions, the king like a dinosaur dragon
with fire breath, open gates or die, blue light -gate opens. Big star. Super Mario
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Brothers plumbing company. They’re trying to get new business. They get a call re
leaky faucet but their car won’t start. So they run to the residence where there’s a
mean dog. They start fixing it but things go awry- and they end up flooding Brooklyn-
and they are underground. Luigi. P90 princess. Are you human ? Bowser ? plays piano
.
Jack black. Mario defeats Donkey Kong . army help? Rainbow road. The super star.
PrayTheMovies: Never quit. They make it back to Brooklyn . They put up a good fight
to get “star power” to win & defeat Bowser “Bowser, sometimes known as King
Koopa or King Bowser, is the main antagonist of the Mario franchise.
He is a large,
powerful, fire-breathing Koopa who leads the Koopa Troop, an evil kingdom of turtle-
like creatures, and has been the arch-nemesis of Mario since his debut in Super Mario
Bros. He has repeatedly kidnapped or attempted to kidnap Princess Peach with the
ultimate goal of defeating Mario and taking over the Mushroom Kingdom.”
https://www.mariowiki.com/Bowser
p91 Wednesday April 12, Donate blood in
morning, Angels game vs Nationals in evening for a win. Ohtani was taking the day
off . And Trout was only batting DH. Angels win ! Last time I was here- a year ago- I
only went to one Angels game the entire year- and it turned out to be a no-hitter !
How special was that ! And by a rookie, Reid Detmers. Almost perfect but there was
one walk and one error. And Angels won 12-0. Detmers also had an “immaculate
inning” later in the season.
But Angels had another disappointing year. When’s the
last time they made the playoffs ? p92 Prayers for Lisa redneck “eww no way” . What
a child. Disappointing. P92 Wednesday after Angels 8am St Columban . Thursday the
13th of April started at St Columban- the UG is still there (usual guy). Then to
Chapman library Garden Grove.
After that to GG main library and use the exercise
stations. Then back to Columban for evening mass (in Vietnamese) Walmart. I
actually enjoy the Vietnamese -language mass. Also used to go to the Vietnamese
service at Holy Spirit Fountain Valley.
Friday the 14th Donated blood again. There’s
Joselyn. She seems to always be here. She pretends to be nice but I don’t think she
really likes me. I don’t really like this place too much but there’s no other option in
this area. Afterward I head to Long Beach and attend “Free Friday” grand prix. It used
to be Toyota Grand Prix. Now it’s Acura grand prix. I used to come every year and
make a few videos- part of being an evangelist- staying in touch with popular culture .
In but NOT of the world.
Saturday April 15 2023 PV library — “the incident” Jaq Hern
& Martha (same last name; related ?) , also Laura. She said talk to Leticia Polizzi (dept
mgr) or Ryan Roy (deputy director) . Later I looked up the staff directory at
https://www.pvid.org/about/staff . Makes me not want to go back there anymore.
Disappointing. Finished church & museum log- printed it- sent to Linda. Stopped in at
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PV PO- mean female employee. P94. it’s not fun being around LA anymore. People
are so unhappy. P94 Stopped in at Jim Lin- and left the giant heart poster— that I
brought back from the March for Life Washington DC . Then I started heading north
thru the night. Made it to Bakersfield
Sunday the 16th of April. Was able to find 3
churches to visit including St Joseph. Onwards north. Picked a few oranges from a
grove as I drove by-— didn’t even have to get out of the car- just reached and pulled-
very juicy. THey are ready to be picked. Past Famoso Drag Strip. Also Bakersfield
Speedway. City of Terra Bella at 1109 . deer.
Now in Tulare & Porterville. Regular gas
for $4.23- total $54, and E85 for $3.39- total $20. Grand Total $74 for almost 19
gallons- brought the average down to $4. Helps a little. P96 City of Caruthers 2pm
Cheese sandwich. Other cities I passed thru include Riverdale, Camden, Hanford, and
a few others. City of San Joaquin at 230, City of Mendota at 3 (plus prison prayer, a
medium security facility ). City of Firebaugh 313. Also City of Dos Palos 330pm. Green
Hills 420pm.
The irony is that women are more likely, or more likely to get away
with, bullying men in liberal areas, rather than vice-versa. Especially small women.
Petite women can get away with almost anything if they are inclined to be that way.
Men can be victims of abusive women and often have little recourse. P98 Henry Coe
State Park. Coyote Lake State Park.
Dowdy entrance. City of Morgan Hill 519pm.
Coyote Creek 538pm public golf course- a Jack Nicklaus course. Drove past it- saw a
deer with a huge bulge in its cheek. Later looked it up- seems to have something to
do with a parasite. Monday the 17th of April . Palo Alto - start out at monastery 8am,
then 12 noon Aquinas church.
4pm attend a lecture at Stanford re Tiananmen Square - speaker’s name Rowena He.
Tuesday the 18th 730 Nativity church, which is
walking distance from Monastery at 8am. I’m noticing a trend. There’s a guy who
comes in late every single time- wears same suit and carries a Bible. Never goes up
for the eucharist. He feels kind of “heavy”.
Not a nice feeling being around him. Does
he just pretend to read his Bible during the mass ? What’s his point for being here ?
He’s so overbearing I don’t want to keep coming to monastery even though
otherwise I like the monastery atmosphere. And over at Nativity there’s another
heavy. They use the church for 100% self-serving purposes.
IT’s strange to say but
their church attendance is selfish in some regards. 9am to Atherton Library-— I finally
decided I should buy a laptop - it’s getting tiring using the public library computers- I
start browsing Craigslist- and find one that looks promising in nearby Campbell- a
suburb of San Jose. I send an email. He responds quickly. We set up a meet time. I
research the specs on the laptop- they look pretty good. And the main thing is it has a
big screen- I don’t like the tiny laptops. This one has a 17” monitor. That’s what I
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want. Only asking $150. I haven’t used a laptop since mine got stolen from my car at
Dodgers Stadium many many years ago. After Atherton Library I go to Rinconada
Library and make some YouTube progress. Still going thru all my videos trying to put
titles on each one.
A lot are meant to be evangelical clips. At 55m I make it to the
presentation at the Stanford archeology building-, David Wengrow speaking on “The
Origins of Inequality”. They always serve some nice snacks at archeology before the
event. And the presentations are not overbearing or too long. But I have to leave
early to get to Campbell to buy the laptop. I also need to find an ATM to get the cash.
I
find one at a 711 not far from our meeting place. I get the cash but the clerk is a
jerk. He wouldn’t break one of my 20’s into smaller bills. He seemed racist. Then I
meet the fellow named Robert about the laptop- seems like an honest fellow. He
puts the laptop on the roof of his car and turns it on. There’s not much I can actually
do to test it out. I decide to just trust - I had actually been praying that this would be
a good experience. I offer him $125. He says sure.I give him $130 and we bump fists.
And that’s it. (I found out later that this was a $5000 laptop originally!)
From there I go get gas near the San Jose Zoo- one of the few places
with cheap E85 around the bay area. Got regular for $4.70 x 10 gallons, and E85 for
$3 x 5 gallons for $4.13 average. Saved about $12 . p100 After gas & new laptop I
went to the AMC Mercado near Lady of Peace to do a discount Tuesday movie review
re film called “Nefarious”- which is a faith-based production- Steve Deace was
involved in producing it- I listen to him on a podcast periodically. He’s a conservative
Christian based in lowa.
It’s about a prisoner on death row apparently demon-
infested. Some priests who do exorcisms say this was a very realistic movie- more so
than the usual “Hollywood versions”. Movie Notes: a Believe Film. psychiatrist called
to the prison on the schedule evening of execution.
The psychiatrist must certify that
the prisoner is not insane in order for the execution to be approved. Prisoner named
Edward Wayne Brady. Nice seats here- they are heated. Warden hates the prisoner-
warns the psychiatrist that he’ll “play you too”. The previous psychiatrist commit
suicide ?
p102 “Death don’t scare me James. I can’t die” . Apparently this is the
demon talking. Occasionally the real human speaks- and sounds terrified of the
demons inside him- he stutters and cries. But then the demon(s) resumes command.
Tells the psych to call him ‘Lord hi prince”.
And says “I make him do things he doesn’t
want to do” . gradual temptations, incremental, subjugation, infestation. “We own
him now” “I want to be executed” “we no longer need Edward. It’s his time to go to
hell”. The psychiatrist is an atheist which makes the demon laugh. The demon tells
him “Before you leave you will kill 3 people” . Apparently he’s already told his
girlfriend to get an abortion- and it’s supposedly happening as they speak (that’s
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death #1) .
Somehow the demon knows this about him. Then a priest arrives and he
doesn’t believe in demons- making the demon scoff even more. The psych says
“Prove to me you’re a demon” . The demon says “let me inhabit you” and the psych
agrees. P104 NABOJ ICADOOH Loose & bind. Jesus is Lord. Jesus is Lord. The demon
also knows about the psych’s mother and her euthanasia (That’s death #2).
Something about the “ do not cast your Pearls before the swine “
I look it up later
and find this: We are not to expose the gospel of Jesus Christ to those who have no
other purpose than to trample it and return to their own evil ways. Repeatedly
sharing the gospel with someone who continually scoffs and ridicules Christ is like
casting pearls before swine.
We can identify such people through discernment, which
is given in some measure to all Christians (1 Corinthians 2:15—16). We are to share
the gospel, but, when it becomes apparent that the gospel is not welcome, we are to
move on. We are responsible to share the good news; we are not responsible for
people’s response to the good news.” https://www.gotquestions.org/pearls-before-
swine.html
Nefarious says “we make man disobey. We are done here” . The demon wants to be
executed but the human wants to be declared “unfit for execution” . The demon asks
the psychiatrist “What’s Melanie up to ?” - his girlfriend. She happens to be actually
getting an abortion that particular day- even that moment- . the demon has the
ability to know these things ? p106 The psych responds “1am not ready to be a
father. It’s her body.
She can do what she wants. Who are you to judge me”.
Nefarious responds “And hell rejoices, James. That’s 2” (2 deaths that day that he is
responsible for: his mother’s euthanasia, and his girlfriend’s abortion” ). But he is
disturbed nonetheless so he calls the abortion clinic thinking maybe he could stop
the abortion — but it’s too late:
The “elective termination” has already transpired. I’m
actually disturbed while watching the movie and say under my breath “Get behind
me Satan. You have no legal rights here” p108 Boslwspegg. Naboj Icadooh. Gos. The
psych eventually agrees to sign off that the prisoner IS “fit for execution” - at which
point nefarious says “That’s three, James” . wow.
Wednesday the 19th of April : 730
am nativity church, 8am monastery church, 9 am Safeway, 1pm pop culture
conference at Stanford aka “Hallyu” - interesting. 3pm prayerbook. Prayers for
Korean culture. Thursday the 20th 2023 : “Three Minutes a Lengthening” was an
interesting event- (17th) ; also Town Destroyer movie (20th), missed the “Existential
Risk” meeting (21), Saw Sami Wurm at CCRMA (22)- she needs a stage name. And
archeology on 18th - also good-
Dave Wengrow presenting re “Origins of Inequality” ;
enjoyed “Future of Museums” (21); and women’s lacrosse vs Oregon (23), ; also
watched women’s tennis vs Berkeley (briefly). Continue Nativity and monastery
attendance. Also the church up the street in Menlo- tiny chapel- intimate setting.
P112 and recital for ancient Korean instruments (a little lengthy but interesting).
Monday the 24th of April, 730 nativity, (less monastery lately because of the regular
stiff in the back). , now at Design contest at Brest Hall (bottle mistake ) PTN: tucker
just got fired by Fox news. Also don lemon fired by CNN, same day. Coincidence or
something else ? ; then I went to Encina Hall - happened upon an event I wasn’t
intending to attend- a Jewish thing - with a yag. I actually intended to go to Encina
Commons - around the corner.
Didn’t realize I was in a different event. Left
early. Later, Robot Diver event- “Ocean One” very cool. Presentation by Oussama
Khatib - a new underwater robot able to delicately retrieve archeology objects. .
Stopped in at the Hip Hop event- but it was too full. Now re “Fusion breakthrough”
event - April 25 Dr Chris Young from National Ignition Facility in Livermore -
interesting presentation.
Also saw Hyunchael Kim recital playing the kayageum (21),
also speech by John Mather re Big Bang (ap 26) ( he’s a Nobel prize recipient- sadly
doesn’t really believe in God). Dropped in at “Current Trends for Entrepreneurs in SE
Asia” with Peng Ong the special guest speaker. He was a co-founder of Match.com
among other startups such as Didi Chuxing, Interwoven, Encentuate, etc. p114
Wednesday the 27th : Los Altos library— trying new laptop for 2nd t time- pretty good
speed - worked thru some of the new unknowns- I’m a little rusty on my own laptop-
it’s been over 10 years- but I’m happy with it ! Thank you God. No mail from
Assurance at bellflower- even though informed delivery says it was delivered. What’s
going on ? What’s going on I repeat ! First time I actually called Linda in a while-
spoke with her on the phone- sister Julie was visiting at the time “weeding” in the
backyard- spending a lot of time conversing with Jim. Not Linda ? Prayers for sister ,
and also Jim, and Linda of course.
All family prayer. Warm weather-— 80’s . Thursday
27th April 2023 10 am watched beach volleyball at Stanford - vs USC - I. Friday the
28th - recitals (Annete Gnod (b), and karuna taesopapong - . p116 Sunday the 30th :
Kristie Park flute recital, also saw Adam Smith (from Cornell) presentation at the
archeology building (27) re Armenian historic structure demolition by country
of Azerbaijan .
Also saw Japanese Dance demonstration known as “Noh” at
Dinkelspiel auditorium (25), cancelled Aquinas Sunday morning, instead to Stanford
at 9am for memorial church worship. Briefly stopped in at Christian Science at 10am
Menlo Park. Over to Episcopal Palo Alto, then to Methodist 1045 am (Doug Norris is
the new preacher there; but they also have a watcher); did Dish walk later . good
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exercise. P117 finished photo editing: Bronx zoo, Walter art museum, bible museum,
salvation mountain, living desert zoo, palm springs art, march for life DC.
Monday May 1 2023 (Is TT1 lying to me re mail ? but I didn’t know retsis has been
there the whole time as well- hmm.. The plot thickens) Atherton library. My ignition
is getting worse. Might need service on it soon before I need a tow. Thanks to the
Holy Spirit for giving me the foresight about this matter.
Now at green library event
2 yugs go to the same event every time at drofnats. Green
library events are always nice. English professor from Ghana (Quayson ?) re suffering & tragedy to Toni
Morrison. P118 Tuesday 5/2/23 now shopping for auto repair around palo alto. Also
using yelp=- unfort there’s always some sleazy operators on yelp=- giving quotes of
$500 to even $800 to change a freakin simple ignition switch. I’d do it myself if I had
tools - but I’m not a “tool guy”. A reasonable price for parts & labor should be NO
MORE THAN $200.
If I buy the part a reasonable price should be no more than
$150.after a sketchy recommendation from blank, I went to a place called “mountain
view radiator” on old el camino , and a chubby Latino came out- he acted friendly at
first— and said he could do it tomorrow- when I persisted and asked “how much” he
said “about $800” without ever looking anything up etc. I scoffed. And he started
getting blustery- and said “then do it yourself”. True colors.
It’s maddening but also
revelatory when you uncover a person’s true colors under pressure. My car starts up
again- barely. I don’t want to keep starting and stopping- one of these times may be
the last time. Down the street there’s another place but they can’t do it today- or he
says maybe but needs me to turn off the engine- I balk and say I don’t want to take
the chance. Nicer place, but too busy. I keep looking & calling. Finally find a place
called simple Mountain View auto repair- owned by an Asian- maybe Chinese =
fellow- he sounded friendly and told me to get the part - then he would be able to
make an assessment.
The part is only $30 bucks at O’Reilly’s so I spend an hour
waiting for it to get delivered there. Nice African American working at this place, but
the Latino guy is an A-hole. Latinos are really trying to assert themselves around
California. They have a sense of entitlement for some reason. Didn’t we win the
Mexican-American war ? I’m pretty sure we did. “The United States Army won a
grand victory. Although suffering 13,000 killed, the military won every engagement of
the war. Mexico was stripped of half of its territory and was not consoled by the
monetary settlement.” yup. I was right.
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So I got the ignition done for $150 total (not counting the fiasco in palm desert where
I paid the mechanic $60 bucks for nothing- just to get out of there). That happens
sometimes too. From there I go back over to Stanford and attend a US - China event
(re Taiwan, Japan, China, etc). Later in the evening I attend a “feeding the hungry in
Russia in the 1920’s event” accompanied by live music (cheap refreshments, not so
great afterwardsO. (cottage library as well) Wednesday May 3 2023 730 am nativity
church, 8 am redwood church, 830 laundry redwood city (this place charges too
much) also 9am Lucky groceries (h20),
Thursday May 4 downtown palo library 10 to
noon. , Aquinas noon mass, back to Stanford at memorial auditorium re “joyful
teaching” - not so great but good food. 6pm Cantor lecture. Friday May 5 2023 8am St
Albert (this church seems to have student mass every day for different grades- so
they do not predictably start on time ) 10 am Mitchell library - first time back in a
while. Also r re “impeach Biden” & the crime family. Funny. Back at Stanford “global
dialogue re Ukraine” etc t and 730 Chinese music presentation.
P120 Saturday May 6
2023 10am May fete parade - African American undercover cop ? black guy (the only
black guy) kept pacing back and forth on the sidewalk behind me. It became so
annoying I finally crossed over to the other side. 1pm Women’s tennis vs Ok State. Oh
you need a ticket for this event ? it’s also raining off and on. 230 Danny Ritz recital-
good ! from Philadelphia -he’s got some gumption .
He ended with song “Jesus Christ
Superstar” . sent him an encouragement email later. Suddenly during the grace night
of intermittent sleep had an immense moment of clarity re mijnil. Re
superciliousness,. Evil snobbery. Not he’s got a tarnished diminished view of me also
causing tt2 to distance self. As well. Suddenly clear as day- tt1 is cagey. And all the
subtle micro management .. tt1 is evil ? no. God forbid ? I don’t know . I ask God for
clarity, discernment, wisdom. Also re Ynot Keid ? A superiority issue ? could it be a
superiority issue ?
p122 how do you broach this ? or is it a generational thing ?
maybe not as much a case-by-case thing. But it’s certainly a matter of sp warfare to
keep in mind. Also Cal Van Reken, and the bad axis. It’s a thing to keep in mind. BT BT
BT. only with God in Christ- I have no human power to change it but only with God
thru Christ. Am I able. P123 Sunday 5/7/23 9am Stanford church- the peace pause is
always awkward. Some people use it for self-serving purposes. Even dishonestly at
times.
YOu find out a lot about people in such cases. True colors. After Stanford
memorial church service, I dropped in at the Lutheran (the other one) at 10am
(pastor was talking about being a former army chaplain). Then 1045 am methodist-
having communion. - I realized the larger Lutheran is down the street a few blocks
away- but even this is not so large I will find out later. Roam around. Over to the dish-
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1230 to 2 take a hike. Then 2 to 6 photo editing. P124 cottage cheese Safeway made
$6.50 from Ibotta- that’s a nice little bonus- now I can make a little pocket money
every time I go shopping. Now a movie review: re Flight with Denzel Washington-
that was a disappointing film. I thought something exciting was going to happen at
the even- a reversal of fortune of some sort- but it ended with Denzel admitting he
was an alcoholic.
Maybe good for alcoholics and addicts . Also Heat movie has a lot of
big names but too crude and crass- a gangster film- Al Pacino and DeNiro are not very
fun to watch in this. Especially not DeNiro- knowing what he’s like in real life as well.
Cliffhanger movie- not too bad. Stallone. Rock climbing. Lots of action etc.
PrayTheMovies:. PrayTheNews- 2 big casualty events in Texas. 1 with a car. The other
with a gun. Send Lin a message re mail from assurance. This is very puzzling.
5/8/23 Started day at Nativity MP. Then to the Artificial Intelligence conference at
Stanford. And older generation fellow comes in late and sits near me. He drops his
single-sheet program on the floor without realizing it. A few minutes later he grabs
my program that’s on the chair between us.
He doesn’t realize it’s my paper and that
his paper and napkin is on the floor by his feet. There’s a speaker doing his
presentation so it’s not the time to say something about it. SO I pick up his paper off
the floor and use it for myself- trying to gesture to him about his mistake. Not sure he
realized it.
Later he picks up the napkin off the floor and puts it on my chair thinking
it was my napkin when it was his. What an idiot. I’m getting uncomfortable being
next to him. I leave early. Skip the free lunch. Something else happened there as well
that was a little strange. Walk the mile back to my car. Then to MP library. Now the
Dude at Menlo Park Library with Samsung alert- and acting like a moron. I thought he
was retarded but he’s just a creep. He looks weird. And every few minutes he makes
a sound like a howling monkey. Attention-seeking. But nobody’s giving him any
attention. Too bad dude.
Tuesday May 9 2023 from PA to Livermore- st Michaels 830 - nice church- live music
for daily mass is nice. Then to Stockton - pretty much a blue-collar town . One of my
Calvin roommates Joel Bylsma came from this town. He enjoyed winter surfing on
Lake Michigan. So after blood donation - I go to the Tuesday discount movie the new
Guardians of the Galaxy - can’t keep track of them all. I sit down- and a few minutes
later in the dark a large over-size lady comes in and practically sits on my lap- actually
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right next to me- where I had placed my hat. I say “Whoa whoa” -she stops just in
time from squashing my hat on the chair. And says “This is my seat. I paid for it”. I say
“Fine. You’ve never heard of saying excuse me ?” Or looking before you sit down ?
You really want to sit with arms touching the whole time in an almost empty theatre
?
I didn’t say all that but a lot of these thoughts were going thru my head. It was so
bizarre. I would gladly move to another seat-all she had to do was show some
manners. Weird and weirder. Startled and upset me as I was looking forward to
relaxing for a few hours. P126 and the review : PrayTheMovies: I don’t like Samuel
Jackson much at all ( he seems to enjoy playing an A-hole too much. Or is he just
playing himself? ) .
This is a James Gunn movie . Here’s the raccoon. Chris Pratt. Zoe
Saldano , I don’t like the Pom Klementieff character either , Vin Diesel etc. all the
same characters. Stallone too ? a little bit of Stallone. ....effin ruin my experience
already ... blah blah. Who is Kevin freg ? and Chris Pratt of course - who says he’s a
Christian.
So this is Galaxy volume 3, also written by James Gunn. ... Iam doing more
of #PrayTheActor lately than the movie issues. I try to find out more about the
human being behind the actor- their full story- where they grew up, education, family
life, world view, etc, and pray for their personal issues and that they will come to
know Christ. Hear our prayer Lord. We pray for Pratt to Keep the Faith, and grow in
faith ! they resuscitated the raccoon ? PTN: the #1 story is about Scott Baio leaving CA
.
He’s a conservative, decent good good guy. I exchanged a message with him on
twitter one time. He played Cha Chi on Happy Days many decades ago. I don’t know
what, if anything, he did after that. ? Nothing memorable anyways. But he’s done
well apparently investing his money. Or well enough.
What’s the orgoscope s: ? p130
who is the blue man lady ? nebula ? character named Gomorrah ? “the hedge hog” -
the raccoon can’t get no respect. Evil ruler is trying to turn innocent animals into
what ? now named p13 ? experimenting on rocko ? and a yag prank ? what was that
all about ? the crazy confluences keep happening. VG’s w. Supr ? Patrick Swayze
reference ? “don’t look at me like a lost puppy” “my best friend. 2nd best” FBI has
evidence of a quid pro quo re Biden ? counter - earth ?
p132 replica of .. stat of liberty , giant monkey ? say what ? Pleasantville. “Counter earth will be all good,
none of the bad” Lefties are controlled by their emotions. Did Rocko get a glimpse of
heaven ? “I’m not a raccoon” but later he sees a sign telling him he is a racoon. Magic
arrow weapon. Irish setter. “There is no god, that’s why I stepped in” says the evil
ruler. He thinks he’s doing good. Every animal is a means to an end (for his purpose).
Obelisk. “They eat batteries, not people” p134 for some people “Hollywood” is the
only “book” they read. Irony: the raccoon is the most “fully human” of all the
characters. Interesting: they made a black guy the bad guy in this movie. Not woke in
that regard. Noah’s ark ? Pratt dies? Turns into ice ? will he return ? End Tuesday-
strange lady at Holiday Regal.
Prayers for the “my seat” lady. Now at Tramlaw #2. Hey “big fella” checking receipts. Prayers
for big fella. Haggin museum- requires you to beep them at the door-— then they
come and escort you inside. Wow. Wednesday the 10th of May 2023 - first thing
after churches Mick Grove Zoo. nice little place. $5 admission, plus $5 parking
(admission to park). . There’s a Sikh Temple here as well. Very nice. My experiences
with Sikhs have always been positive. They’re different. Also stopped in briefly at
Lodi library. Then Lodi lake. Lots of ducks and ducklings. A few fishermen. Water
temp is almost 70 already.
after Haggin library I filmed the duck pond and a very
negative Latino lady was nearby. Prayers for Latinos : sonitals and their issues. They
have such a high sense of entitlement in CA - . Didn’t we win the Mexican- American
war ? p136 also there was the Latino at the cathedral- who sat in my seat (obviously
intentionally as a micro aggression) PrayTheNews: are you kidding me ? LAUSD
teachers get 21% raise . That’s huge. The average teacher salary is now $106,000.
Also Fox News settles with Dominion for $787 million. . Thursday the 11th of May
2023 St Michael’s Cathedral day 2, they do prayer requests so I included my usual
request “Prayers for the Protection of the Unborn, we pray to the Lord” . afterwards
blood donation. Decent environment here. Nice workers in general. One from India.
My check engine light went off— been using enough regular gas lately. Gas is a little
cheaper in Stockton than palo area. Mixed a blend to fill up for $84.78 for $3.54
average, saving about $22. End Thursday with a Dish hike and Schuman concert.
Friday the 12th 8am back at St Albert- once again they have a student mass- so
nothing starts on time. 20 minutes late. Disappointing this church has become so
delinquent but I guess it’s good for the kids. They don’t get many adults at daily
mass. Usually I go to Nativity in Menlo for a regular daily mass experience. P138 ,
annual pow wow begins. Half dish hike 4pm, baritone recital Isaac schaider ? noon re
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“The Great Convergence I guy from Singapore (lew chuen hang ?) . Falafels without
utensils. Made $15 on Ibotta. 1pm re holodmor so depressing. 730 baritone recital
Isaac schaider ? Lakers win series vs Warriors. Also see FoundationForFreedom.com .
mike Benz?
Saturday the 13th of May 2023 out of Palo Alto- begin mapping trip to
San Francisco. 5pm at St Ignatius my regular place. Sunday the 14th of May 2023
Happy Mother’s Day , 8am and 10am at St Ignatius. Foggy morning. Sunny later. Took
map evangelism drive. Another micro aggression after eucharist ? somebody in my
seat ?
Monday the 15th, various drofnat events. Lakota nation film too anti- Trump ?
left early. Tuesday the 16th re internal security threats to America - guy who looks
like tom Cruise sitting across the table from me. YouTube viewers interested. Later
jaq novograt acumen ? trumpet recital. Aparc event? Day 2 skipped lunch. Too long.
Wednesday the 17th .
Thursday the 18th. Art gallery event 5pm. Also reviewing
“died suddenly” by Stu peter. P140 Here’s an attempt to review drofnat week,
synopsis: M15 Lakota nation film T16 re Japanese entrepreneurs and internal security
threats and Jaq Novogratz (acumen, seemed like lefty propaganda) ,
note: oriana
skylar mastro is a live wire- from wash dc she speaks at a lot of local drofnat events
now. W17 - trumpet recital APARC day 2- re Asia, Encina Hall, TH18 mathematics of
doodling was interesting, Ravi Vakil, also art exhibit premier: “Life is Ridiculously
Awesome” (always good food at these events).
Kant Lecture by Jay Wallace from
Berkely (Oshmann with shades up for the 1st time), Friday the 19th Arts event=
honors at Anderson, left early. Law conference begins (2 days), also Music Awards
Concert 430, 730, nice. $20: grief recovery from covid was interesting. At the medical
school (took a while to find it).
Also Renee Letow Lerner re 2nd amendment guns in
Chicago— she was good at the law conference. $21 Trinity Lutheran, Pastor Crown- a
little strange experience. Left early. Tramlaw $38 on Ibotta . later recital by Gu Zheng
ensemble 730 nice. M22 starting new PrayTheNews podcast. Atherton library willie
mays room. Turns out Willie Mays (still alive) lives a few blocks from the new library.
Drove by his house later. Didn’t see him.
Nividia lecture re capital malleability
(Thomas Rutherford), T23 back at Atherton library - continue podcast re
PrayTheNews. Posting on Spotify. Also “Exquisite Corpse’ by akhtaruzzaman Ilyas
Khwabnamca- encina commons. I had no idea what she was talking about. W24 8 am
attempt at St Albert again-. Another student mass. Starting late. TH25 onward- to
Sacramento p142
Thursday the 25th of May 2023 donated blood , Ryan with a hand tattoo was okay,
but so timid. I had to ask to see the manager. Took a long time to complete. They
asked me if I wanted to do my annual physical but I declined. Didn’t want to wait.
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When the machine beeped the gal said there’s a bubble in your line. No big deal.
Later it beeped again and I said “it’s a bubble” and a different worker looked at me
sternly and said “No it’s not” . I said “hmm ? the previous gal said that’s a bubble ? ?
Apparently it’s the same beep for different problems. But they fixed it and I finished
and made a little gas money for my blood . Blood for gas.
Onward: picked up some
butane for $10 . used to be four cans for $6 . now it’s 10. Memorial Day weekend
begins. Hwy 50 burn area recovery-. I came thru here shortly after the fires had been
extinguished a few years ago- still smoke in some places. Lots of cabins burned down-
only chimneys still standing- now they are recovering. Some maybe abandoned. Not
much snow now despite historic snowfall this year. Near Echo lake still some snow -
made it to S Lake Tahoe - there’s Heavenly Ski resort. Found a place for the night. SO
QUIET- slept well.
Next day
Friday the 26th 2023 passing by Zephyr Cove where I
swam last time. This is a pay area- - for some reason when I was here last time they
were not taking money- I parked and enjoyed the beach for free. Maybe because
highway 50 had just reopened. Also passed bridal veil falls along hwy 50- one of the
many bridal veil falls across America. This one is literally right alongside the highway.
No trail. Just look.
Now in Reno getting gas for $3.55 , no E85 here. Called Integon for
finally auto insurance payment. Nice to have that finished for the year. P144 tramlaw
salad , cucumber, mushroom, tomato, creepy customer - skin head with skull tattoo.
Loud. now at Lahontan Dam Reservoir , low water. S: Rattlesnake Raceway, S: Grimes
archeology are, Nevada gaming control board small building. Asked for email of proof
of insurance. Don’t have paper copy.
Now City of Fallon - Nevada. 1150 free movies at
theatre. Small town with big heart. P 145 here’s the big sand dune with all the ATV’s
and dune buggies etc. kind of like Silver Lake in Michigan 1230 pm. S: B17 Naval range
turnoff- it’s a long ways. Can’t see it 1245, s: navy centroid facility 1254, big raindrops
briefly, Fairview park 1226, s: sign for earthquake fault. S: buy a lighthouse, City of
Middlegate turnoff to 95 p146 how many Nugget Casinos are there? Wild horses
112pm, Cold Springs 116, Pony Express Station, ,
s: Grace Curly show. 137, Sign for
City of Antelope ? new pass summit, enter Louden County ? rain, Reese river 158,
2pm west of Austin , a corvette show. Austin Nevada. And sudden downpour as I
drive by the corvette show. Hail too. P147 s: stokes castle. City of Austin has a gas
station, cold front. Bob Scott campground 230, Hickson Summit & petroglyphs—
stopped here last time-
some nice artifacts preserved here. Zoe Girl -”you get me ?”
Reliant K. “getting into “ ...Toby Mac “phenomenon” , “breathe your name” by Six
pence “none the richer.” Antelope Peak, Summit Mt. Eureka County 258, “The Way I
feel” 12 stones. “I still believe” Jeremy Camp. p148 “Run” by Kutless” “Why do I do”
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by Jump5 “Pierced” by Audio Adrenaline, “All my People” by Lil Iroc Williams” 107 to
Ely City of Eureka 342 , beautiful opera house, Pinto Summit 4300. Little Antelope
Summit ‘7300 feet 419pm, Illipah reservoir where I slept last time & snorkeled here. .
S: Illipah ,
City of McGill 530, S: ruby lake 67 miles, City of Ely 520, p149 McGill Warm
Springs pool, s: cherry creek museum, PTN: county of Niagara $2000 fine for
hotels to contract with NYC to house migrants ss onward. S: Demolition man White
Horse Pass ‘6025 feet “God me” When I’m empty just “God me” . still on Pony
Express trail.
Slept in Wendover NV. p150 Saturday the 27th sunny gas for $3.99
historic Wendover air base- where they stored the Enola Gay s: the hangar is here.
And old barracks. Took frontage road but got too sandy. Turned around. Near the
Bonneville salt flats. Some water looks tropical. Potash cultivation. Nervous moment
trapped by train. Text from Linda.
The great tree of Utah 1025, Song” “old hippy” ,
the knolls 1051, atv area. SLC- . ! p151 Saturday the 27th , Leonardo museum,
downtown library, 59m mass Madeline cathedral, been here before- big hill. Then to
Red Butte Botanic .
Sunday the 28th back at Madeline cathedral 830 am, then 10am
presbyterian. A bit of a fiasco. Passed by Capital building. Donated blood, Shayla was
nice. Also Elise. Layton UT. she was from Nampa /Boise. City of Morgan 115 pm.
Here’s bountiful, Francis Thurston s: Pk s: Bolly Knob Peak , Monte Cristo Peak p152
Redrock peak, weber river, to 80 to Evanston Wy, s: devil’s slide. Echo canyon rock
climbers, Echo reservoir red rocks near 84/90 interstate split. Always like Evanston
WY stay for hour.
Tramlaw $3.57 gas, I plugged in my ears 2 Latinos jabbing in Espanol
as I entered. Disappointing. P 153 s: fossil butte monument, Fort Bridge 415, Little
America 6pm slept here once. 22 miles to Rock Springs. Black Fork River 617 , nice
wetland area. Seedskadee NWR, s: City of Jamestown, City of green River , City of
Purple Sage, — incredible cliffs.
P154 slept in Rock Springs, MONDAY MEMORIAL DAY !
8am ceremony at American Legion - powerful tiny cannon. Gas $3.31, nice. 10 am
back to Green River- ceremony at the cemetery with gun salute. 1030 passed by
Expedition Island- tried fishing here last time. S: Red Desert, Fort Fred Steele- 2nd
time here- this time I walked farther— incredible old teeter totter from the 1800’s. (ie
seesaw, 1886),Rawlins Frontier prison tour $12 bucks, cool, plus a $5 tip for Rebecca -
feeling generous.
It started to rain and then hail at the precise moment we stepped
thru the door for the outside portion. Crazy confluence. City of Elk Mountain 320pm,
to Laramie (sl), Tuesday the 30th of May 2023 8am mass at the only catholic church
in town- the priest is celebrating his 88th birthday and yesterday his 50th anniversary
as a priest. What a life. Must feel fulfilled. He seemed happy. I always drive around
the University of Wyoming when I’m in Laramie- it’s got that “cowboy cool” vibe —
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with so many buckin bronco statues everywhere you look- and the coolest one right
in front of War Stadium. Now driving by the mansion museum. And up to the
Abraham Lincoln rest area. This is quite the monument to Honest Abe. I remember
the first time I came across it- was going westward only a few years ago- and it was a
blizzard so I didn’t get a good look at it. Then I explored the Pole Loop- didn’t see any
wildlife, but nice geography.
11am back to University of Wyoming- nice art museum
and heritage center has some Hollywood artifacts— from films made in the state of
WY- more than people realize. Lots of cowboys and Indians movies made here. Stop
in at Walmart- pick up some of Dave’s bread and some cracker barrel cheese- made a
few dollars from Ibotta. S: Merrit Hill Observation Bunker 1245 p156 Medicine Bow
Natl Forest.
N Crow Indian Reservoir, Sand Creek Massacre Trail, Gowdy State Park-
why so pricey for out-of-staters ? $12 just for a day pass ? Arriving in Cheyenne,
botanic gardens, Sloan Lake, State museum, lots of taxidermy, at Tramlaw upload ,
cemetery, Cinema 16 is packed some sort of family special for the new version of
Little Mermaid.
But I’m here to see Fast X- the next episode of F & F. One nice thing
about this franchise film is that they keep it clean- and even mention a little about
faith now and then. And they use a cross as a motif . I think at the end of the last one
they even said “grace” at the celebratory meal. SO here’s the review: 10 years ago,
sinister voice, stacks of dollars. - .. police, shootout. They pull a truck size safe (vault)
out of the wall and drive down the interstate with it bouncing behind them - crushing
anything in its path (a great moment in crash & burn cinema) . Now in LA - his bl son,
Vin Diesel is Torretto again. Nobody listens anymore . Each generation battles the last
thing fatherhood. Mixed race .
He wore a big cross . bloody lady at the door. Rome
stop plot to bomb Vatican, huge fire ball : Pray the Movies: AmeriPrayer 100 , p158
Vin Diesel. Still huge explosion. Diesel falsely blamed. .. The coliseum. When blank
falls, so does the world.
Diesel is “most wanted” now. Ameri Care, Ameri Prayer,
Ameri Share, Ameri Dare, Amri Fight, Ameri Spirit, The container place in San Pedro.
Agency black site, 4 car race , The tranny creep is bidden , Yuma with kid. Prayers for
MVG, VG’s A Prayer, the fly .. Antarctica, the cross with blood now. Portugal , the
son, “I have gas in my “
Uncle Jacob sacrifices himself. Hell’s gate ? Dave have faith
over the blank. Which dam is that ? S: cameo by Gal Gadot- she shows up ina
submarine crashing thru the ice at the end of the film. Wednesday May 31 2023 645
cathedral , 9 am St Joseph, 10 am Bio Life, nice library p161 YT progress, Tramlaw gas
$3.19, $2.50, average $2.54 awesome. Super computer not very interesting, Capitol
building cool experience— was expecting security at the door but you just walk in and
wander around- very chill. No tension. No stare downs. Thursday June 1 2023 645
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cathedral, 730 McDonalds coffee, $1.37 , 9am St Joseph- same cocky Latino in the
back. He doesn’t fit here. 10am - they told me I could have my physical here but then
they told me not. Robert failed me (was he jerking me around ? ). He mentioned
being in the marines at Pendleton.
When I asked to speak to the manager he
suddenly looked concerned- that I might get him in trouble. Something suspicious
going on here (Fortunately I was able to do my physical later in Cedar Rapids), At the
Walmart I had an Ibotta fail.
Eastward rain, called Jim & Julie and told that about the
photo album online. P162 Any prayer requests ? no response. Pouring rain as I talked
to them on the road east of Cheyenne. Then I lost the connection. Just as I
accidentally came across the giant Lady of Peace shrine. That was nice. A chance to
pray and feel at peace for a moment.
This was near Pine Bluffs. - near the state
border. Now City of Bushnell 230, Oliver Reservoir Recreation area , City of Kimball
255, City of Dix, City of Snyder 344, found black book after cleanout. Thanks to the
Holy Spirit for help. Prayers for Marines Robert. Another Pony Express monument.
Fort Sidney museum. 5pm.
Prayers for the Gezon family. Also Van Oen Kooyer bad
axis. City of Sunol 520, OG AG (Our God is an Awesome God), City of Lodgepole 527
being followed by somebody. Later . pulled over by s: Officer Lascherl near Lodgepole
Chappel , after I took a few backroads - because of some Kreg about an hour ago. I
explained it and he was satisfied.
Onward. Praise God for good police who know how
to do their job with discernment. Pronghorn, now Ogallala at 7pm - getting dark. Lake
McConaughey , looking for the beach where my dad saved a guy from drowning. Sign
for “World famous combined church” (catholic/protestant) . City of Keystone PTN:
Biden tripped again.
This time at a military commencement. Now central time. At
Ogallala I drove thru the campground- nothing looked familiar. Horses monument -
graham cracker p164 slept in North Platte, Friday June 2 7am mass St Patrick -foreign
priest. Still feeling exhausted. 10am Cody train park is pretty cool . and the park with
an island in the middle of the pond- and a moose & deer on it. At first I thought the
moose was a Statue - it took a while before it moved its head- and I realized it’s alive.
Does that moose stay permanently on the tiny island ? That’s not much room to
roam. City of Cozad- nice water slide here. 1254 .
City of Lexington 120 gas $3.15 City
of Overton 143 pm, Bigger multi-cultural, City of Elm Creek NE 155, Kearney NE 3 to 4
pm, McDonalds Kearney nap. , University of Nebraska Kearney, Pouring rain, Kearney.
City of Shelton 424 Tornado warning. Hamilton County - interrupted Hannity show -
national weather service- a tornado has touched down in Grand Island or Aurora ?
not clear . Keep driving. City of Chapman 515 - no sign of tornado damage. City of
Central City 530 no damage here either, City of Silver Creek 554 . p166 Jesse Kelly on
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the raid re Abe Lincoln, slept Columbus NE, Fremont Lakes -nice . beautiful morning.
Elkhorn River, world famous Maple Rock- car show 809, There are hills here.
Genealogy library. S$] Columbus .
Saturday June 3 2023 Omaha Zoo Sunday - very
busy, and very hot. $29 entry- or $50 if you include the aquarium ( which I didn’t),
great gorilla habitat ! , also the Lemurs were fun,. Vigil mass at Sophia Cathedral.
Sunday June4 2023 730 catholic mass, 9 am catholic mass, 11 am catholic mass, 12
noon biolife- Joselyn was nice. Genealogy library.
Las Vista Library. 5pm $10
stormchasers baseball game (royals farm team),. Monday June 5 2023 Next morning
heading out of Omaha - passed by President Ford’s birthplace memorial (2nd time
here), p168 Joyce Meyer on the radio.
“More time with God, more power” ...
onward, council bluffs, black angel statue, Bayliss park, Nishnabotna, city of Oakland
? 1050, Hitchcock house, underground railroad station, 1115, Nishnabotna ferry
house. S: Grand Army Highway, plumbline radio , new show 1560 am, City of Atlantic
Udderly Delicious, tramlaw cut paste, muscle milk ?
cottage cheese, troublesome
creek, tree in the road 130, Lake Anita State park - took a swim. Saw somebody catch
a fish. 2 deer- plus a tiny Bambi. City of Anita “A whale of a town” says the sign.
What’s that about ? s: loose dog. Good Samaritan. Jessie James- 1st train robbery
location 252 pm. 1873 .
City of Adair 254 . City of Casey 306, City of Guthrie &
Raccoon River, historic village . City of Grimes 430, p170 To Des Moines. Slept .
Urbandale Library. Forgot cord. Went back Slept .Tuesday June 6 2023 Planet Fitness.
Mass at St Theresa, Sacred Heart, 845 Grays Lake Park.
s: great west trail. Cops
training. Huge water works park across from Grays Lake Park, water murky though.
Terrace hill, Salisbury Mansion, like EGR, miles mills, , p171 terrace hill, pond by Art
Center, Miles Mills, Ashworth Park, swim pool closed, splash pad nice, Bergman
Academy ? outdoor amphitheater nice.
Cathedral at noon, Library 1 to 3, 330
spiderman movie, bizarre .. recap movie review: miles , p172 angry drummer, gal
bored, argument, she leaves angry, subway, praying, peter dies ? spider woman is
wanted. Her dad is the cop, hug dad. Guggenheim museun,, it’s all animated, new
spider man Miguel ? Spiderman 2, black pregnant, she reveals herself to cop dad.
“I’m a good guy. You don’t look like a good guy. Shut up and trust me” . They’re cops,
Japan’s anime.
P173 “you have the right to remain silent” flash forward. ATM
robbery. Spider 42 - ( Jackie Robinson allusion symbol ?) , “I am your nemesis” u
gotta let him spread his wings” The multi-verse. You’re grounded for 2 months. “God
me” Hobie brown punk spidey. India spidey-. There’s a spidey for every occasion.
P174 Does Larkin still love spidey ? Nueva York earth 928 trying too hard to be multi-
cultural ? prayers for CRC, insane spidey, spider byte, Ameri Prayer. Can Jesus be
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combined with Americana to unite us? Scooby doo me. Snoop Dogg. Jimmy Hendrix, .
Here’s peter parker. Arachno- - poly multi -verse. P175 Miguel O’Hara ? They lock him
up. You’re not supposed to be spidey miles punks Miguel. Miguel a jerk. “All he has to
do is listen” Gwen failed. . new thing lock up Gwen. were supposed to be the good
guys. We are. Training agenda.
Plugged in. lowa Prayer. Earth 42, earth 1610, Uncle
Aaron good or bad ? the prowler. The red miles ? little less hot . Slept Des Moines
Wednesday June 7 2023 day 2 630 St Theresa p 176 tried St Augustine at 8am - must
be tiny daily mass— mid eastern lady harassed me. 8am- and the obsessive-
compulsive lawn mowers.
Intended to leave Des Moines but then I heard the location
of the Pence announcement- at noon- decided to go see it- I like Pence in general but
sometimes he may be a little too inclined to compromise or acquiesce to the other
side- but he is strong on life and Christian faith- more so than Trump- that’s a
positive. He’s just not a fighter like Trump.
But maybe he can be. According to God’s
will. I prayed hard at St Theresa. Arrived at the building for the Pence announcement.
Principal Park (junior cubs play here) The Pence event went well in Ankeny (one of
the fastest growing areas in the USA for some reason), Pence arrived on time unlike
my last trump experience . With wife. She spoke first. Then Pence- a little long - but
pretty good- nice supportive crowd. Onward City of Bondurant, City of Valeria
“railroad romance” Linda just saw my tornado message. Bongino thinks the lefty
media and politicians are covering for Obama.
City of Newton 2pm, Ulenhopp
Arboretum . 3-mile hike. 7 ponds named for 7 days of week . City of Grinnell 456 pm-
green grass lake & college where I saw the wind damage last time. City of Brooklyn
520. Still on Grand Army highway. Windmills like palm springs here too. City of ladora
549. Amana community. P178 Hawkeye Wildlife area, shooting range. Now road
closed- detour. City of Swisher 7pm, S; radio host. Who was Johnson Muscatine ?
Slept Cedar Rapids
6/7/23 Ankeny library des Moines suburb opened in feb 2020- still feels brand new .
so they were opening just as America was shutting down for covid in march 2020.
Now I’m waiting for the Mike Pence event at 12 noon.
6/8/23 now at cedar rapids library. Lots of homeless here. Didn’t realize they had
such a problem. Nice library.
Attended 8am mass at St Patrick’s. Prayers for lowa.
later I’ll be in lowa City. There’s flies in here- in the library.
Thursday June 8 2023 830 st Patrick “welcome visitors” S; Hawkeye downs, Cedar
Rapids library - flies buzzing around in here. Nice architecture but not very clean. 12
noon. Immaculate church is nice. 1pm. Art Museum $10- security guard a little
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strange.
Grant Wood exhibit- He’s from here. His most famous painting is American
Gothic ( which I got to see in Chicago a few days later0,. Ceech Museum- nice. 3 to
530 blood physical and donation. Went well. Brenda the nurse tried to be nice but
she wasn’t naturally congenial. The physical is a joke. Alyson was nice.
Jake took over
after the first gal did a bad jab- gave me right arm a hematoma. Friday June 9 2023
IOWA CITY reply from TT1 re pic of lowa City house. 830 St Patrick , 10 am art
museum, 12 noon catholic nearby- fire alarm. 1230 old capitol museum, 1pm, natural
history museum, wow- synch- exposition adoration- the evening before at st Patrick-
arrived just in time. Nice adoration chapel too.
Drove by mercy hospital,. Great
taxidermy at natural history museum. And Catholic #3 . 1250 historic plum estate- not
much to see, Exit 1.A. lpm, PTN: Trump Indictment. City of Durant, dirt road hwy 6,
City of Davenport 308, St Ambrose University, nap time. By dam. Kids fishing. $3.15
gas. Mississippi River. 67 north p180 Eagles Landing, Mississippi river, s: Quad Cities,
Bettendorf, Le Clair (birthplace of Buffalo Bill), Princeton, Buffalo Bill house 530p,
McCausland IA 542,there’s wetlands here by the river- like a swamp , Camanche 554,
slept in Clinton IA
Saturday the 10th of June 2023 , there’s Billion Chevy (1 think I’ve
passed thru here before, unless there’s another Billion auto dealer somewhere) .
back on Lincoln Highway- there’ smoke in the air- is this from that Canada wildfire ?
Heard it was hitting parts of the east coast. City of Morrison 730, and covered bridge.
City of Rock Falls 748, lots of windmills- do all the parts come from China ?
s: City of Kenneville 923, 3, p181 Fox River 940, Settler Hills golf course 942, City of Winfield
952, City of Wheaton 10am explored the Wheaton college campus - there’s a Billy
Graham hall here. He was a 1943 graduate with an anthropology degree. S: Philip
Rock Center (school for deaf and blind) .
And there’s Elmhurst CRC. big !. Mt Carmel
Cemetery- also big. Across from Queen of Heaven cemetery. City of Westchester
1036, Broadview MBC church - big. Hildebrand Sporting goods. Brookfield Zoo , City
of Riverside, nice des Plaines river, City of Berwyn 1054, #PrayThePlates, this is old
Route 66. I did this once before— tried to take it most of the way across USA -where
able.
Gas is high again- in this area above $4 City of Cero 11am, support paralyzed
Veterans PVA.org , p182 rolled into downtown Chicago at peak time- busy
everywhere- paid meter $10 for 2 hours- walked to Art Institute- great experience.
Then to Science & Industry museum- also fun.
There’s a full-size submarine inside-
wow. I didn’t see the hair static thing they used to have. Then over to Tramlaw-
hummus. NASCAR is coming here in July for their first ever street race in Chicago. And
the air show is in August. That’s always fun. Kids doing motorcycle wheelies all over
Chicago. Some on quad runners. Cops don’t seem to care as they blow thru red lights
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too. Found a Holiday Inn by Planet Fitness . security all night. Nice lady. Sunday the
11th - next morning 10 miles back to Old St Mary’s for 8am mass, Archer Street,
Archer Heights, Brighton Park, The Boulevards, rainy day- windy too.
P183 walked
from Old St Mary’s to Shedd Aquarium, - past Rush Hospital- this was where St Luke’s
used to be ? That’s where my mom was born. So windy- very very windy and high
waves-— heard later they were over 10 feet- very rare for this time of year on Lake
Michigan. Shedd Aquarium is very nice.
Lots of cool exhibits including piranha,
sharks, beluga, dolphins, octopus, — kind of like a SeaWorld but their big
amphitheater is indoors- with windows facing Lake Michigan. . Afterwards I went to
Adler Planetarium. And then to the Field Museum. I found a map of Indian
Reservations online see
https://www.doi.gov/sites/doi.gov/files/uploads/12 bia regions.pdf
Left field Museum and made a blood donation in a Chicago suburb. Quick in/ out .
good. Continue CRC prayer. Horse Shoe casino? East Chicago is in Indiana. 430
Whiting, East Chicago, Gary Indiana 530, do they have minor league team here ? I
think so. Sign for Indiana Dunes. City of Portage Indiana. Us Steel , slept Michigan City
Monday the 12th of June 2023 Queen of Heaven mass full house- wow. 730 am.
Chapel. Gray cold, feels like winter in mid-June. s: friendship botanic garden, steam
museum, (on radio: how did Ham take advantage of his father ?) p184 Enter MI, New
Buffalo , Union Pier 924, red arrow highway, City of Harbert 930 , Chikaming
Township, Julies Market 935, Warren Dunes,
Turkey crossing with about 10 little
babies— wow , geo-cached at Mizpah park 1124, behind garage under log pile (772 on
the building), Mizpah, Riverside, MI 49022 , City of Covert Township , Blue Star
highway, City of Conklin, City of Fennville 1215, Kalamazoo River, most delicious
asparagus ever, Huizenga Park 1245, confluence at the park, City of Holland, Zeeland,
Hudsonville ,
I’m reminded of Hudsonville ice cream, gas for $3.52 and $2.52
combination $57.55 , Here’s Tarry Hall by Russ’ restaurant, Lamar Park, little lakes- no
names s: we did it- b-ball, m-wheel, 750 Plymouth, EGR, Synod, Peters Collection ! Cal
Library, Cal Lab theatre below chapel, slept GR. Tuesday the 13th, 2023 , 730 am
Calvin, all cafeterias are closed, Cal Lab theatre is below the chapel.
YT update Cal
Lib, listen to Synod, Memory lane: Breton Village, Griswold, Alger heights, GRCH,
movie review: New Transformers, new theatre, optimus prime, Rise of the blank,
1994 NYC, Rap music, poverty p186 archeology, hieroglyphics, security job cancelled,
Doug vandergriend, pray for bad axis, smart bl lady - not hieroglypics, maybe Aztec,
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Mex crime decision. She opens the amulet, magic stealing car- it starts itself- it’s a
transformer. The trans warp key, who’s mirage ? Air raise maximals ? unicrom eats
planets to survive . now to Cusco Machu Picchu ! been there done that. Optimus
primal (king kong) , scourge has the key, warp activated, close portal before unicron
ends, mex guy is Noah, Noah Diaz and Elena Wallace,
End black book, start red book
6/14 Wednesday recap: made new Christ cards at Fed Ex Office, also attended
Catholic mass in Ada- nice big church- lots of people there- feels good to be able to
attend daily mass in Grand Rapids area- never did that growing up nor in college. But
started exploring Catholicism while teaching in Los Angeles when I needed the
spiritual encouragement.
Too bad protestant churches only meet on Sundays in
general. Including my beloved CRC- if they gathered more often I may still be more
closely involved with them. Drove by Ada CRC- smaller than I expected. Also Ada
Christian School. Here’s one of the Forest Hills school building ( 1 did my practice
teaching at Collins Elementary - which is part of Forest Hills Schools).
Back over to
Calvin- keeping an eye on Synod- walk by the AV (audio visual ) dept- still in the same
place- they have their big screens on doing the live stream for Synod. Walk thru the
Fine Arts building- probably my favorite place on campus— where I spent two years
getting my second bachelor’s degree (in English/teaching). On the wall by the English
Dept I notice a thing about Professor Schmidt retiring.
I had him for a Shakespeare
class back in the day. He was not from the Dutch tradition but has published a lot.
Fairly congenial person in general. Not too bossy or overbearing. 6/14/23 Calvin
seminary synod prayer continues. Also Eastern Ave laundro mat- no longer rocket
football ? it’s jet football now ? Sonya Boersma talks a lot at synod (from Canada)
(6/15/23 Thursday) 8am Kentwood catholic ,
Steensma insurance, donate blood
(nice Emma), more synod, also science building, spoelhof tunnel, how long has the
spoelhof tunnel been here? Lesser known are the tunnels connecting dorms etc- not
really open to pedestrian traffic - but one student did do some research about them
(see https://calvinchimes.org/2019/03/08/the-tunnels-less-traveled/ )
And the Psych Dept is now in the science building- no longer in the same space as the
education dept and the registrar and presidents office etc. They renovated all of that
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area- it doesn’t look the same anymore although they kept the same building as best
as I can tell. Walking thru the PE building- wow ! they really knocked it out of the
park with the renovations including a rock-climbing wall (being used by kids at the
moment I walked thru) as well as several basketball courts- the racquetball court is
still there- the pool looks nicer- with windows and seems better lit than it used to be.
I
walk by a PE office with the name of Mike Wierenga on it- wow- he was a year older
than me in high school- and married Jane Timmer one of my classmates- who is the
sister of Jim Timmer (Jr) who inherited the top PE position at Calvin- that his dad
used to do. Jim was a year younger than me - and a coaches favorite but not really a
great athlete. He was our quarterback my senior year- but he was only average. He
tried hard. And he had a sense of entitlement. This has carried him all the way to
being the “big boss” of the PE dept.
Something feels a little bit off about it- not the
American way. And I noticed that the walls highlighting Calvin athletes definitely has
a GR favoritism- ie athletes from West Michigan seem to get more “wall space” than
those from other parts of the USA. My dad’s picture used to be on the wall for so
many years when I was a student here- along with his basketball teammates.
They
did very well as a team- and my dad also individually, but the only one now getting
any recognition for the 50’s is Newhof- from west Michigan. My dad was a
combination of California/Michigan- actually starred at Holland Christian but did his
elementary and part of middle school in Bellflower, CA. I wonder how many know
that Wierenga is Timmer’s brother-in-law ?
All in the family at the PE dept. Bill Sall,
on the other hand, was a great basketball player at Calvin- around the same time I
was there. He was from the westside. I remember playing against him in junior high.
He responded to a tweet I made a few years ago after a Hope Calvin game. And there
he is -in the office watching basketball clips as I pass by. Back at Synod- there’s Mike
VD- he was a member at 1st CRC when our family was there. He never liked me.
And
now he’s a deacon at Neland CRC and defending gay rights. Sad. Synod ruled against
Neland - but has not yet taken punitive action against them. Is that on hold until next
year ? Also the new Calvin University president (calls himself a “missionary kid”) gave
an update on the school . Walked thru Johnny’s Cafe- - and flashed back on memories
from my undergrad years here— studied here- they’ve changed it a bit- even added
video games in the lower level
6/16/23 Friday _ Now driving around- looking up “reformed churches” over on the
west side- ie RCA and CRC. Funny thing I rarely came over to the west side in all the
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years I lived in GR. I’m still finding parts of this side of GR that I never knew was here.
Or didn’t know what it looked like. Creston CRC , for example, is a tiny church
building-looks like the original historic building. Also Creston High School- now closed
(since 2008?) - but the historic building remains- and right next to Kent Country Club
which I went to periodically when I was a caretaker for Bob Evenson, the elderly
gentleman with Alzheimer’s, and the founder of Michigan Wheel- which makes
propellors- not tires. And happens to be right next to Butterball Farms. Small world.
I
didn’t make all these geographical connections back in the day. Here’s Blandford
Nature center- came here as kids. And here’s 7th RCA. Also West Leonard CRC. p3
Now Beckwith Hills CRC . Also drove by two Netherland Reformed churches. And
Westend CRC, or west view ? nest to Westside school (still there- that’s one of our
Christian schools) .
There’s Varnum Riddering building- where my brother still works,
as far as I know. Being over here on the westside gives me a glimpse of how my west
side classmates grew up- their neighborhood. Van Portfliet street . There’s a Steelcase
truck- beautiful. And here’s Blandford farm. Now in City of Walker & Standale, and
Standale RCA. Now in Grandville. Here’s the new “Grand Castle”- humongous -
apparently an upper scale apartment project.
Never would expect such in Grandville-
which seemed to never change in the years I was there. P4 Here’s 1st RCA Grandville.
Now Jenison - more Protestant Reformed churches out here - are they growing ? in
contrast to CRC ? Here’s Georgetown public library. And Providence PRC- Jenison,
Also Messiah CRC - Hudsonville. Now Fairway CRC . Here’s Faith PRC. and 1st CRC -
Hudsonville. Now Trinity PRC. And Immanuel CRC- Hudsonville. Also Hilcrest CRC.
Now Fellowship RC in Hudsonville, 333pm,
Now Georgetown CRC 327, And the City of Borculo 339, Olive Township, City of Crisp
343, Harlem RCA, W Olive CRC, Hemlock Park 4pm, from this park you can kayak
Pigeon Creek to Lake Michigan. Here’s Pine Bend Park and a historical house. Now
Pigeon Lake. Sloan pond 424, As I pass “Grandpa’s Cottage” I see a person looking
down the long driveway from next door (used to be the Bos Cottage) - wondering
who I am. I don’t drive up . Maybe later.
Keep going to Holland beach- park and walk
out on the pier- there’s big red. Not too busy today- not the greatest weather. I take
time to read the signs about the history of Ottawa development around black lake
(Lake Macatawa). There used to be a railroad all the way out here for passengers -
like Amtrak. And a giant resort hotel. Also the pier looked more like the one in Grand
Haven back then.
Saturday the 17th of June 2023 there’s a new park & lake here where what we
called “the gravel pit” when we were kids- we used to swim in it. They developed it
into a nice lake for fishing, swimming, even scuba diving— there’s a dive shop on one
end- and they must do PADI training there- and looks like their going out right now . I
took a brief swim to cool off- the water looks fairly clean.
A few people fishing. I
came out here to see the LPGA Meijer’s classic golf tournament at Blythefield
Country Club which is at the road where we would turn to Cannonsburg Ski Hill. Also
not far from Camp Roger where we went as kids- a CRC affiliated camp for kids on
little lake Bostwick. Fun watching the lady golfers for a few hours - nice golf course -
never golfed here when I was a kid. Didn’t even know it was here.
Here’s Christie
Kim. I’ve seen her at various other LPGA events, including Palm Desert, San Francisco,
and Los Angeles. Then I go over to Rockford Library and work on my laptop for a
while- small building- not very busy. Rockford still has a small town feel to it.
Afterwards I go over to the Catholic church for vigil mass.
Then I drive by Camp
Roger- actually thru the dirt road that goes thru the middle- there’s my old cabin
Pottawatomi . I remember hiking, swimming and canoeing here. And playing Capture
the Flag. Also seeing “Injun Joe” - and old native American- who would sit out on his
porch and talk to us when we hiked by. And would show us his long hair that he
never cut. He died several years ago. Myers Lake has a nice park- never seen this
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before.
Here’s small Silver lake. P6 And Pickerel Lake- nice boardwalk - I think funded
by Meijers. Hank & Doug Meijer are the heirs of the Meijer stores founder- and
billionaires (about 10 to 15 years older than me) Here’s Griffs Ice House - is that
relatively new ? I don’t remember it. Belnap Park. Back downtown- here’s the
“Sweet House” - a wedding venue-.
Sunday the 18th of June there’s a crazy lady walking around downtown at 7am- I
will avoid all the adjectives- but now she’s knocking over a potted plant. Is she hurt ?
no. Is she on some sort of drugs ? She looks like she might be a danger to herself or
others. I call GR Police and make an anonymous report. And decide not to confront
here. I tried confronting somebody like this in Los Angeles about ten years ago- and
they pulled a glass bottle out of their grocery cart and whipped it at my windshield-
literally smashing it - I had to get a new windshield.
If they are on meth-they can be
extremely danger- not even aware of their own craziness . I watch her for a few
minutes until she disappears around the corners. I wait for cops to drive by but they
don’t . It wasn’t until about 15 minutes later that a police cruiser drove by - I could
still see her acting strange— and the police didn’t even slow down or do anything
about it.
Now at St Mark Episcopal is a beautiful downtown church- start there at 8am- nice
friendly people. Then I go to Fountain Street church at 10 am- just to see what it
looks like inside. I don’t necessarily agree with their doctrine (or lack of) or whatever
they claim their religion to be. It’s got a lot of history though- so I need to know what
it’s like . 1 do a quick in and out.
Then over to Park Congregational church- likewise-
quick in /out that’s what a hamburger’s all about. Right ? Too much “pride month”
propaganda in these downtown churches. Onward- leaving GR again- here’s Roberto
Clemente Park . Here’s Holy Name of Jesus Catholic church in Wyoming - the service
is in progress - I want to step inside but there is literally no parking - the place is
packed. Here’s Roosevelt Park- a CRC used to be here— now it’s the Potter’s House
Chapel - not sure if it’s being used for anything- used to be Grandville CRC. There’s a
story about it at https://tphgr.org/chapel/ Next to it is the old southwestern
Christian school .
Here’s Baatjes Park. And Lamar Park. Now donating blood in
Grandville- unusual unexpected experience , considering this is Grandville. And I ate
too much ice cream before donating. Don’t do that again. Here’s Beaverdam , and
Beaverdam CRC, as well as a Christian k-12 school. There’s a sign for the Berlin Fair- is
that the one I dropped in at a few years ago ?
My T fluid is low again- filled it up.
Here’s Bowerman Blueberries. And Happy Father’s Day to Jim. Now back at Lake
96 Michigan- walking from James Street park towards Grandpa’s Cottage. The beach is
back ! And looks like Mark (my uncle) has renovated the beachfront at the cottage-
didn’t recognize it at first.
Monday the 19th of June 2023. also made $5 from Ibotta
at Tramlaw - this is working nicely. Now at the Holland Museum - unexpectedly it’s a
Latino working behind the desk. I was expecting a Dutch or Dutch-ish person. They do
have the Dutch history on display here- including Dutch Reformed history but seems
like they have an intent to highlight other cultures as well. Whatever.
Onward-—I also
walk around Hope College campus for a while- and sit in their library as I research
“Find a Grave” to locate my Grandma Kathryn’s burial place- my dad Jim doesn’t
seem to be able to give me precise directions to the spot. The Find a Grave website is
excellent- with good pictures of the memorial stone and some history etc. IT provides
the general area of the burial location- so I drive over there— it’s the Pilgrim
Cemetery- and find the general area— then I just start walking back and forth until I
find it ! There it is ! Grandma Kathryn.
This may actually be my 2nd time here . I have
a vague memory of visiting here with my dad when I was a child in the 70’s but no
specific memories of where it was. My Uncle Sherwood is also buried here, as well as
his late wife Ruth. Also my cousins Gary & Kathy - 2 of their children who died young.
Kind of a tragic family. Sherwood was a military man- rose up to the rank of Lieut
Colonel and served in The Big Red One in Vietnam, among other places. He was also
stationed in Germany for a while.
It was hard on the MK’s in the family (military kids)
being moved around so much. Rest in Peace, and Repose. After the moving moments
at the cemetery, it’s so warm I cross the street and pay $1 to use the public pool to
cool off. It’s full of mostly kids. I dive in from the diving board- nice and graceful- like
a pro. Then I swim back and forth for a while. Feel out of place with all these kids.
But they don’t seem to notice.
Next to the pool is the Hope College football field. This
year, Calvin will have a football team for the first time ever and play Hope for the
first time ever in football (le American Football, not futbol soccer) . Not sure if it will
be played here or at the newly built Calvin football field (will it be ready in a few
months ?) . Onward back towards Grand Rapids I drive thru the Pine Rest campus- it’s
changed again- they also have a regular hospital on the corner of the campus. And
they’ve built high walls around the Van Andel Center where I worked most of the
time (the adolescent unit).
The outdoor tennis courts are gone. Last time I came thru
here they were grown over with weeds. The duck pond is still here. And some of the
other old buildings, The MTC building where my dad’s office used to be when he was
chaplain has been renovated- and renamed I think. And most notably, sadly, the good
old chapel is gone. At least I can’t find it where it used to be. We used to go here once
a month when my dad had chaplain duties for a service for the patients. He often
showed a Christian cartoon for his sermon illustration. And here’s the rustic market.
Leaving the PRCH campus- I drive down Division Ave.
One summer I worked for
Leep’s Parking Lot Maintenance- they had a building near here. Seems like they’re
gone now. There’s the veterinarian we used to go to for shots for our dog Friendly.
Kelloggsville public high school looks like a brand-new building. There’s the Beltline
Bar- famous for their wet burritos- used to go there now and then. Also sometimes
after work at PRCH we would meet there.
There’s a dead deer at 28th & Division.
Fresh kill. Not moved off the road yet. And here’s Paragon bowling alley where I
learned to bowl. On google maps it says they are “temporarily closed” . Here’s the
Heynen house, and the vandersloot house, and the Holwerda house. Also Garfield
Park- the pool is gone. We used to come here to swim in the summer- they had a high
dive.
IT was inner city- a mix of people. And now I am at Woodlawn Cemetery-
having researched Find a Grave- I finally know where my Grandma Helen is buried.
All these years living here and I never knew where she was buried- it turns out she’s
right across from the Little League Field where I played. Literally- only a few 100 yards
away across Kalamazoo Street.
It’s a touching moment to find it. Also buried here is
my grandpa Leo, and his 2nd wife Nancy, and Brenda- their special needs daughter.
But it’s the Helen grave that chokes me up. She died before I was born in a tragic way.
I
can’t blame my mom for not wanting to take me here, not that I ever asked. But
clearly she preferred not to think about it. I stayed here for a while and then drove
over to the Garfield Park cemetery where my friend Doug Kosters is buried. I
attended the funeral and burial- but I can’t remember where it is anymore and Find a
Grave doesn’t help me this time.
And there’s no office or anything to help. They may
have an office at another location- but nobody answered when I called. Maybe I will
try again later. Then I drive thru the Little League complex - flashing back on my
“glory days” (not so glorious). And then I sit in my car and watch a senior league
game for a while. These kids are pretty bad. Were we that bad too ? I played for
Trane AC in Little League and American Legion in Senior League. Coach DeJong and
Davies respectively.
All the fields have a game going at the moment. And the snack
bar is in business. I remember the little 25 cent cups of Coke for some reason- also
the drinks we called “Graveyard” I think - a mix of everything. “Some call it swamp
water. Some call it a graveyard. Some call it the suicide. It's the stuff of playground
legend: a liter cup filled to the brim with every single soft drink available at a
restaurant's soda machine. For some reason, it's just something that appeals to kids
— even today”
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p10 They’ve added a driving range at Indian Hills golf course . This is where I learned
to golf. It’s just up the road from the Little League fields and adjacent to the cemetery
where my grandma Helen is buried. By the way, as I was leaving the cemetery I saw a
mama deer with a baby on the edge of the woods. Amazing a deer family manages to
keep alive in this tiny slice of woods. I remember seeing them driving up Alger
Extension going to school.
Nobody hunts there so they have no predators except cars
if they wander into the road. The little league- is now called James Henwood Field.
Jim apparently was a president of southern little league for a while. RIP. I stop in at
the Meijers - is this the original mega store ? We didn’t realize it at the time- now it’s
considered a historic location - even a plague in front about it. Why are notepads so
expensive here ? I can get them at Walmart or dollar stores for $1 buck. But here the
cheapest notebook is $5 bucks. Then I go back to the Little League. The score of one
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game is 14-4 a blowout. , the 2nd game 22-6 last time I checked. Poor kids on the
losing teams are having a terrible time. Longest inning ever ? GR Police are watching
too. What an amazing day to find Grandma Helen and Grandma Kathryn on the same
day! Both died before I was born.
Tuesday the 20th of June 2023 started at Catholic mass at St Thomas church in the
Eastown area. Nice old church. Then I parked over by east town for a while and did
some cut and paste-. I lived in a house here for a year when I was at Calvin Seminary.
The only time I lived in the Eastown area. House was owned by Gary DeWitt- who’s
dad was a Calvin Alum and later a professor at Wisconsin University in Madison. Gary
dropped out of Calvin to become a landlord.
Is he still doing it ? Kind of slumming.
After an hour of cut and paste I step out of my car to add a little oil- and as Iam doing
so a tall African American fellow rides up on a bike and starts a conversation-. He
speaks loudly - at first nicely- telling me about his situation. He seems well-dressed
on a brand-new bike. But his tone changes a bit as he tells me about having a hernia
and losing his job.
Then he starts cussing - every word Effin this and that. I finally stop
him and tell him I’m a Christian evangelist and don’t like the profanity . He apologizes
and tells me he goes to Calvary church on east beltline. He asks me if he could do any
work for me- I point at my CA plate and say “You’re asking the wrong person. I’m just
passing thru”.
But I offer him a few dollars. He says he needs to pay his phone bill.
Whatever. I tell him I will also pray for him. I say “What’s your name? “ He says
Robert Dukes. Then he emphasizes Robert Louis Dukes. I wish him well and he rides
off. Later I just happen to google his name and I don’t know if he’s the same person
but there’s a Robert Louis Dukes- same skin color etc. who was convicted of murder
at the age of 17 and did 37 years in prison before being paroled in August of 2021. Is
this the same guy ? I can’t confirm it from the one photo shown in the article. But it
does seem to be possible, if not probable.
I remember he also mentioned his age
which was a few years older than me. And that is confirmed by this article as well.
See https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2021/08/after-14932-days-juvenile-
lifer-to-be-released-from-muskegon-prison.html Maybe he wanted me to know his
notoriety when he emphasized his name. Because I wrote it down. Crazy. Leaving GR
I
go back to Holland again- it’s time for a Discount Tuesday movie: this one is called
“Flash”- my first time at the Holland AMC- and I do a PrayTheMovies review: it was
better than I expected. More entertaining and whimsical than I expected. 12 pm.
Coffee Volcano Guatemala, my sandwich, Flash ! teen gals. Barry ? Gotham, Affleck
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only brief appearance, thankfully. Nice bl kid at the ticket desk. Pray for BA, joke
about “baby shower” - as babies rain down from above. Batman still chasing bad
guys. And wonder woman arrives- with the lasso of truth (gal Gadot). Nice recliners
here. Barry Allen & female friend from college. His dad is accused of killing his
mother. Dad’s in prison. Multi-cultural pc . flash goes back to murder scene. Dad is
innocent. Video proves it, almost.
BA had jowls. Says you can’t go back in time
“These scars make us who we are” . He’s playing the father figure now. But flash is
determined to reverse history and bring his mom back. Will he be opening pandora’s
box ? he meets his younger self. Now there are 2 of him .this is actually kind of funny.
Gen zod is the bad guy. eric Stoltz was not Marty McFly , it was Michael j fox, . what
was that about Kevin bacon ? brief appearance by Michael Keaton. The multi- verse
like a bowl of spaghetti.
Now super girl. Nick cage . double reverse. Needs to go back
and make sure she forgets the can of tomato sauce. END REVIEW . back to Lake
Michigan- take a brief swim in the cold water. A few people on beach. Onward,
northward. Brief drive up grandpa cottage driveway. Confirmed changes . Here’s
Camp Blodgett.
I always thought this was a Christian place but when I research it
now- it seems like it’s just a charitable organization- no religious affiliation. And
here’s the CRC conference grounds- packed - what’s going on in the middle of the
week. Last time I was here I happened upon a musical event. 411 pm. I drive in and
out and wave to a few people.
Gas for $3.26 in Grand Haven. Now Muskegon- a dog n
suds ! holy cow. Haven’t seen a dog n suds since I was a kid. Suddenly I have a
flashback ! Now Muskegon heights. Here’s the Getty drive-in theatre. I’ve seen
several drive-in theatres on this journey across America. It’s heartwarming. Now in
Whitehall, and Montague, and here’s White lake - fished here last time, And
Cobmoosa shores- miniwanca - never saw many kids there— I guess they are always
on the big lake side. But they do have a pedestrian bridge to Stony Lake. Don’t they
ever come over to this side ?
Drive by the cottage. Last time I was here I thought I
saw Kris Engelhard. Onward. Here’s Silver Lake and Mac Dunes. Golden Sands golf
course, Au sable, Verona shores golf, waded in Silver Lake. I never really liked this
area that much- too commercial- and they make parking too difficult. Now Pentwater
!
Cedar Point county park- I remember this. Synch re finding Helen’s stone. P16
Stayed at Days Inn in Pentwater. Lots of mosquitos. Wednesday June 21, 2023
Ludington, I went to mass at St Simon 830 - they actually had live music at 830 am
daily mass- lady playing guitar. It was lovely. Lots of elderly here. I felt like the kid.
PTN: titanic submersible exploded underwater, or imploded. Probably there was no
pain- it happened so fast.
Took walk on beautiful Ludington beach- fellow waved
intentionally at me. Cast my line a few times. Just wading in the water was numbing-
colder here than in Holland. Brief drive thru Ludington State Park- some kids
practicing archery. Then I pulled into a parking lot at Hamlin Lake - and there were
lawnmowers - I decided to cast my line by the boat launch- which caused on lakefront
owner to walk out and ask “What ya doing? “ I said just fishin- is this private ? she
said “yes” - I said “in the water?” she corrected herself and seemed to feel
embarrassed of her behavior .
She tried to say she was concerned about the rocks
tumbling by her front yard which was on the lakefront near where I was standing.
Then a kayaker came by- right after I snagged my lure- I asked him to see if he could
pull it up- and he tried once- then ignored me and started paddling away. People
around here with attitudes. But the lure was loose. This was not a nice environment.
Outta here. Onward. These people who have this supercilious attitudes. Shame on
them. 12 to 3 Nordhouse dunes hike & lake swim. I hiked the trail to lake Michigan-
but it’s way too cold to swim there no matter how hot you might be. But there’s an
inland lake near the trailhead which is nice for a swim. Also saw a bald eagle there.
And some noisy frogs. And deer.
Water was refreshing. Feel better. 3pm leaving
nordhouse. Now at Manistee library- and late night drama. Can’t make it up.
Michigan people. Too predictable. Thursday June 22 Meijers and $12 Ibotta. Nice
clerk. Portage lake Bible Camp 9am City of Onekama, & Portage Lake, Observation:
most people who own boat & cottage don’t have time to use their boat & cottage.
Why not share ? Why not more boat sharing too ? Because having their “own” lake
house and boat is prestige factor.
But for Christians, is it ok ? Or is it ok to have and
not share ? p20 cast my line at portage lake - nice clear H2) , peaceful. And Langland
Park . Historic portage Point Inn. Text exchange with TT2 re becomers party. They’re
still involved with this at Shepherd grove church (formerly Crystal Cathedral), . now
1030 at Arcadia marsh- this looks new- a boardwalk- see birds, lots of turtles etc.
PTN: Hunter Biden pleads guilty. But it’s just a show of justice. Not real justice. Now
lower Henry Lake- clear water 1120 am, but weeds, snagged my lure. Took a swim
instead.
Green Point dunes looks similar to Nordhouse - also trail to lake Michigan 2
miles- no fee ? maybe next time do this. P21 “can’t get enough of your love” on the
radio. Who sings ? Elberta, lifesaving station, cast line , went down kiddie slide. Mark
Levin says China now controls Panama Canal- which we built. Seriously ? City of
Frankfort ? And Crystal Lake scenic drive. City of Beulah 111pm.
City of Honor 115,
the old cherry bow! drive-in. Platte River fish hatchery 142. Heading to Interlochen.
P22 arrive Interlochen 2pm. - phoenix theatre acting intensive- that was fun to watch.
Then 4pm another musical theatre intensive— this one in the gym for some reason-
had to take shoes off to enter. Now 630 mock audition intensive Harvey theatre. Slept
in Traverse City- night drama outside my car.
2 guys fighting. Crazy. I had to listen to
their yelling and arguing. Friday the 23rd of June 2023 St Patrick church 9am by Silver
Lake Traverse City. I bought cherries at the Meijers in Ludington- didn’t bother
checking the label- just figured they were Michigan cherries. Later noticed they are
‘California cherries” ha ha- Michigan cherries aren’t ripe yet. Good grief. Took a little
swim and cast line in grand traverse bay by downtown lake- water not so cold here.
We’re too early for cherry festival.
A few more weeks. Northern Michigan museum-
at the community college- some cool exhibits- gave $3 donation. Here’s Sayler Park in
Yuba . Looking at map I remember Dollar Lake is where I enjoyed a swim and catching
fish last time.
Now I’m at Elk Rapids Dam- love this place- caught a nice one here last
time-— this time -the fish aren’t so active. Nobody’s catching anything, including me.
Onward, Here’s Birch Lake rest area 245 pm- on the lake - cast my line- too shallow.
No signs of fish. Now Torch Lake 318- nice park, And City of Eastport 324, Now at
Antrim - % mile walk to bay- & Dunes ?
City of Norwood. Charlevoix ! so nice here.
There’s a ferry here to Beaver Island- where the Mormons lived for a while - one
chapter of their history. Now it’s a resort island and some residences. I walk thru the
library, also nice. P24. now 530 Ferry Park ? and 6 Depot park- swim and cast Lake
Charlevoix- something to do. Zen casting.
Across the lake is Boyne City. I remember
Nubs Nob, and Boyne skiing. Or Highlands. ? We rented a cabin one time. Saturday
the 24th Charlevoix is nice but has mosquito problem. And now we are arriving at
the Great Lakes Art Center— which has a special meaning to me. And there’s a car
show here today.
Compose the letter and send it from Petoskey Post office 940 am.
Hear my prayer Lord. onward. Paused by Round Lake in Petoskey- near the state park.
Do they still find Petoskey stones around here ? I remember looking for them ona
family trip in the 70’s . Spring Lake Swamp — I see a big crane. A bee fell on me as I
was driving.
Prayers for Odawa nation - native American tribe from this area. Crooked
cake ? Oden fish hotel ? p25 here’s Camp Petosega. And Cheboygan City 11am And
here’s Camp Al-Gon-Quian aka Camp AgQ. South Burt Lake drive. Sturgeon & Indian
River. Nice rivers. Roberts Lake & Cochran Lake, sandy trail. 1126, Pigeon River
Preserve ? City of Afton ?
song: What is Love by Haddaway . City of Tower, 12 noon.
Madonna on the radio made me think of cousin Audra. She loved Madonna back in
the 80’s. Forest Township. City of Onaway, plus speedway- it was open- so I did a lap
around the speedway ! And walked thru the Awakon sculpture park - very cool- they
used to make wooden steering wheels here, as well as wood bicycle rims . I think
they moved American Rim Co to Albion or Alma later on (said the sign). They have
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giant sculptures of George Washington, Gerald Ford, Statue of Liberty, Abe Lincoln,
and a few others. Signs for Northeast State trail- apparently goes about 70 miles. See
https://www.trailscouncil.org/north-eastern-state-trail-michigan/
P 26 here’s the Rainy River. Song “If you leave...” by who ?
Carmeuse large calcite
quarry, not just large but the world’s largest limestone quarry. There’s a place to view
it— kind of like Michigan’s version of the Grand Canyon- man made. Here in Rogers
City MI, there’s also a sign about scuba diving for shipwrecks near her. Mama & 2
baby deer. Gas $3.39, Here’s Long Lake, - mostly private- no public access. City of
Alpena- swim & cast, except it is next to the wastewater plant- nobody seems to
mind. This is Lake Huron ?
now off-road near Devil’s lake- almost became a fiasco-
soft sand in a few spots- got lost- finally made outback to the road- never really got a
good view of the lake. Thought I’d never get out of hell. E85 gas here. Alpena.
Hubbard lake. White river golf, Faith : God let me graduate from constant engine
problems (or so I thought- until I arrived a few weeks later in Colby Kansas- but then
a double reverse, thank God !) Van Etten lake & airplane junkyard & Wurtsmith Air
Museum 7pm, Cast & wade Van Etten Lake but too mucky. 1 water skier- state
campground fee required. People parked facing me as I was trying to enjoy a zen
moment. So I left.
City of Scoda , Au Sable River, City of Tawas 749 (I pier fished here
last time) . City of Alabaster 8pm, S: The Singing Bridge . City of Sims Township, City
of Au Gres, Tonky Road, City of Pinconning. S: Deer Acres, abandoned ? S:
MudJacking.com , Slept in Bay City MI- may have gotten an automatic toll at the
bridge.
Sunday the
25th of June here’s delta college, and planetarium, Saginaw lots of history here, 830
am mass - great sermon re the “power in us” (or power of God in us) at a beautiful
historic catholic church but only half full, first angry honker this trip (no reason), nice
usher turned on the fan for me. Saginaw River, Island park, City of Frankevost , Gera
MI & Frankenmuth ! 940 am- I have an embedded memory of having been here- as a
child.
THey have a famous all-year Christmas village called Bronner’s Christmas
Wonderland indoor/outdoor. Also here in Frankenmuth are plenty of boutique shops
including Bavarian cheese, fudge, a river ride and much more. Here’s New Covenant
mega church. S: 7 Lakes State Park, S: Webasto, McLaren around here is a medical
center, not a car. City of Fenton, LDM prayers, Rain! Tyrone Hills p 30 S: Atlas Copco,
crash course flash back to Michigan interstate, sharp image corp hdq, Farmington
Hills, S: Venus controls, City of Redford Township 11:18, 12 noon greenfield village !
and Ford Museum.
It’s been a while . lots of history here. I took a lot of pics , and
even got to see an old-time baseball game (no gloves). And also did some good
parking lot evangelism. Then I left earlier than I thought it was- so I pulled into a
McDonalds on a hot day for an hour, then found an evening vigil mass at a nearby
Detroit-area church- St Barbaras. Left a little early and it just started pouring cats &
dogs- a very strong downpour & high winds. I started driving south- destination
Toledo. I’m seeing more mosques than I remember in the past. Sure enough, a google
search says that mosques are growing in America. Hopefully not faster than the
Christian church.
Slept in Toledo Monday the 26th of June 2023 gas is $3.19 here.
Nice. no receipt. Seems like lots of gas stations are getting lazy and not putting paper
in the gas machines anymore- so you have to walk inside if you want a receipt. Here’s
Jeep - which has its home here in Toledo. More rain pouring. S: glass city, here’s Great
lakes Museum- I decide to go in and see what it’s all about.
The real attraction is the
big cargo ship parked there - which you get to walk thru with paid admission. It’s cool
to be inside one of these- sort of like what the Edmund Fitzgerald was like. And
there’s an “old salt” on board checking people’s wristbands and sharing information.
He used to work as an “able bodied seaman” for many years. Colorful fella. Kept
changing his speech patterns.
Sometimes cussing. Other times subdued. He liked to
talk. He even gave me a special tour down below. I wish I had the money on me to
give him a tip. He pointed to his new BMW parked next to my vehicle. He said it was
a retirement gift . Onward: here’s Oregon Ohio 1218. Maumee Bay State Park. no fee.
Including swim lake. And Cedar Point NWR. deserted out here. Just farms. Occasional
car. Now Lake Erie.
p32 City of Bono, and Ottawa NWR (pulled into the empty parking
lot here and waxed my rain-cleaned car_), then took a short hike on the boardwalk
trail- saw a snake . This apparently is an “elite” NWR- according to some- one of the
best. “Birder's World magazine named Magee the seventh best birdwatching place in
North America. “ Magee Marsh & Great Black Swamp, City of Sandusky 346pm & of
course Cedar Point Amusement Park (came here at least 3 or 4 times, including once
on a class trip for junior high graduation). Also a few times with friends. City of Huron
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Old Woman Creek . S: Ohio Islands S: Beulah Christian Camp, City of Vermillion
435, City of Lorain 5pm, real light house , City of CHarlesten aka Lorain ? pray for Ohio
nice arch. Gas $2.99 , lots of churches here. City of Sheffield Lake. S: Avient Corp, City
of Avon Lake 530, the other H.B. or is this the #3 HB ? Prayers for . City of Lakewood,
Slept in Cleveland by the Firestone.
Tuesday June 27 8am mass at Immaculate Conception- only 1 other person there.
Apparently they have a Latin mass at 7 am which is more popular. Still raining as I
leave. Our Father Who art in Heaven. Now at St Leo 830 am mass in the suburbs.
Then to the Cleveland Zoo- which is nice but a little clunky in terms of layout- lots of
walking-and some parking lot confusion, no thanks to one of the jerk employees.
They were getting ready for the Chinese lantern fest- so lots of extra decorations -
made it nice. The grizzly was cool- big. Also Orangutans. S: Rockefeller Park 206 , kind
of like a Central Park for Cleveland. Here’s Arrow Intl - maker of gaming products.
And now the Botanic Gardens. Experienced cell phone drama here. Now at nearby
library. p 34 potholes 7pm, mass Stanislaus slept.
Wednesday the 28th of June 2023 mass at 815 in the suburbs, Mercedes Cotner park
nice pool but empty. There’s a dark underbelly in Cleveland. Now hazy. Prayers for
Cleveland. Detroit Ave is a major street in Cleveland. None of the traffic signals are
timed. Total stop n go. Edgewater park and pier. Stopped by the Burke Airport- some
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sort of special event happening here - a military plane of some sort had just landed
and people were taking pics of it.
Also walked past the submarine docked
permanently as a tourist attraction. A bit pricey though. Not far from Rock n Roll
museum. I was here a few years ago for the MLB all-star game festivities. On google
maps it says the natural history museum is free, but upon arrival they tell you it’s a
mistake they can’t seem to get google to change. Back at the Art museum. It’s a
wonderful place. Beautiful facility & great art. But one of the guards didn’t like me
having my water bottle with me.
I didn’t stay too long. Now going thru City of East
Cleveland- a different environment here. Cheaper gas at $2.95 Like the wild west.
City of Euclid 1238, City of Wickliffe, This is the 28th street of Cleveland. Made it to
the plasma place- made donation 2 to 3pm. then went to the Andrew Garfield
presidential house- where he actually lived- and was given a nice free tour of the
house. Just happened to notice the house as I was driving by earlier - so! made a
note of it to return. Glad I did. Interesting. Lots of people don’t realize that Garfield
was assassinated. Beautiful summer evening. finally. STILL COOL but not raining
anymore. Only 3 hours to Buffalo.
That’s where I’m heading.
Now. nice river, Painesville OH. Funny: hell’s angels biker bar. These still exist ? City of
Geneva 607, City of Saybrook Hwy 20, City of Ashtabula 626, covered bridge pizza
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confluence. Erie PA is bigger than I thought 649, prayers for Mss-V as I travel. PTL.
City of Conneaut, lighthouse Lake Erie, ENTER PA 715, PTL. City of Springfield scenic
“seaway trail” , City of Girard Township, City of Millcreek Township 747, T Fluid, Erie
Intl Airport, Slept in Erie, 8am St George church mass, confluence re . In sports,
Yankees pitcher pitched a perfect game.
Here’s Erie prison- prayers for prisoners. NCL
(nice long light), Ash & 12th, And maritime museum, Erie lighthouse ? GE transpo
labor strike ? monastery 928 am Hwy 5, 83m to Buffalo, cast line on Lake Erie- briefly.
Water not very nice. Freeport Beach park, water warmer here. This is a nice bicycle
route. ENTER NY : 10:11 City of Barcelones. There’s a sign that says “Asses and
Angels” at the entrance to farm. I look it up = it’s apparently the title of a book about
overcoming addiction. . City of Portland NY. here’s the Lakeview “shock jail” What is
the meaning of shock incarceration?
The Shock Incarceration Program is a 90-day program designed as an alternative to
traditional incarceration, providing a therapeutic environment where young,
nonviolent offenders receive substance abuse treatment, academic education, and
other help to promote their reintegration into the community.
Van Buren Point, City of Dunkirk NY, & lighthouse. 61st anniversary of the lighthouse
? Now Sheridan NY 1118, City of Silver Creek, Seneca nation Indians ? City of Brant
NY, City of Evans and N. Evans, S: gray cliff by Frank Lloyd Wright. City of Wanakah,
Armory castle, Juarez didn’t know who are the Uyghurs. Assumption of the blessed
church- wow ! City of Tonowanda NY.
There’s a carousel museum here. City of
Wheatfield, And finally, last but not least: The City of Niagara Falls ! Made it !. And
even found free parking. Did the Cave of the Wind tour- elevator to the bottom - &
felt the power of the falls- and got soaked- but had raincoat on (provided by them).
This is Goat Island: American Falls & Bridal Veil. You can see the Maid of the Mist
boat(s) down below. Fun to see the falls again- was here as a child back in the early
70’s.
Then I got some stuff at Tramlaw - they charge .78 cents per plastic bag here.
And then over to Devil’s Hole and took a nice swim in the Niagara river. Apparently
it’s good fishin here. But I didn’t take my pole this time. I did see one jump. Went
back over to the falls around 10pm for the fireworks only to find out they have been
cancelled due to the smoke from Canadian wildfires.
Slept at the Hampton Inn. Friday
the 30th of June 2023 nice catholic mass at 8am at holy family. Looked around at
Whirpool State park. Raining again. I was blessed with one perfect day at Niagara
Falls- between the rain the day before and after. Now heading towards Gowanda to
see where my dad worked back in the late 60’s. It was a psychiatric hospital then-—
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and he was a chaplain intern- and now it’s a prison- or is it a closed prison ? We'll find
out when we get there. Here’s Buffalo Bills stadium 1153. And a Kazoo company.
Prayers for souls by name as I drive thru cemetery. Also fill a water bottle here.
Cemeteries are often good possibilities for open tap water to refill a bottle. Gotten
lucky several times. Nicer than having to buy water. Hamburg Village NY. Eden NY.
City of North Collins 1227.
And now Gowanda- wow- Collins Prison is a huge old
facility. And lots of cars here. Seems to still be open. But some parts obviously not
being used. Drove thru the prison campus. Then thru the town. Some guy eyed me
suspiciously as I added transmission fluid . I waved to him but this seemed to make
him more suspicious. Small town busy body. Didn’t feel like this was a very warm
town. And feels like half-breed territory. Onward: next up I am going to try to find my
great grandma’s burial spot in Wellsville NY : her name was Martha Beazly Rogers
Mills- and is in K62 of the Woodlawn Cemetery.
How many Woodlawn Cemeteries
are there across America ? Ironically, Martha’s daughter Helen (my grandma) is
buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in Grand Rapids MI. Now passing thru New Albion
202, Cattaraugus County & city ? S: Pat McGee Trail , City of Little Valley. City of
Salamanca . Alleghany River. $40 gas at $3.19 decent price. Prayers for Seneca Nation
Indians. Better prices at the Salamanca Indian reservation gas station. City of
Alleghany 243 Is this Alleghany county too ? and bona Territory ? St Bonaventure.
City of Olean NY 251, City of Hinsdale 252, City of Cuba, City of Friendship 317,
prayers for Gnojed- what a sad story.
City of Scio 334, And Wellsville 415- 515 - here
we are ! It didn’t take long to find Harry & Martha’s burial place- nice big stone but a
little disheveled by moss & grass. So I took 30 minutes to clean it off- make it look
better- say some prayers , and give thanks. Without them, there’s no me. Gotta
remember these things. And also I pray for the repose of souls and simultaneously
ask them to pray (or intercede ) for me- if they are already up there in heaven. One
other person in the cemetery- a lady walking around- not sure what she’s up to.
Onward. Great moment.
I didn’t realize until later that my great great grandfather is
buried down the road at another Wellsville area cemetery. Next time I drive all the
way across the USA from CA to NY I will try to find it. Here’s Allentown and Bolivia-
nice golf course. And N Genesee at 536. ENTER PA 550, Now City of Eldred 555,
Ellicotville rodeo.
And Coryville PA, here’s Intl Wax Corp. 605, And City of Smethport
615 (nice, idyllic), Hamlin Township, huge permanent yard sale- whole family on
porch stare me down as I drive by. Now Mt Jewett PA & Kinzua Bridge SP. City of
Wetmore Township 641. Drive-in theatre showing Indiana Jones near Kane Country
Club. see https://goo.gl/maps/kKBQwLvSQLmici3JA 647 Here’s Seneca Springs.
And Tionesta area. Alleghany Natl Forest 707, Russel ? Pigs Ear Trail. Close call with deer.
Rocket John Trail. City of Pigeon. Tons of ATV trails. Prison “forest” division near
Marienville 745, North country trail https://northcountrytrail.org/the-
trail/pennsylvania/ , City of Knox Township, City of Lucinda 812, 84 miles to
Pittsburgh. Now City of Sligo 843, slept in Pittsburgh suburb .
Saturday July 1 2023 Mechanicsville, Monroe Township, Piney, Sligo again, E. Brady
(sign says “home of Jim Kelly”), aka “Brady’s Bend”., City of Chicora 813, City of
Oakland PA 821, City of Butler PA, near Laurel Caverns s: Mars Schools, Valencia 9am ,
gas 8.7 gallons of E85 for $2.18, total$19.04, 6.7 regular gas $2.78 $18.81, p46 right
after getting gas I got stopped by Officer Costanza and given a $157 ticket for brake
light out.
This is a bulb I changed in May of this year. Why is it burned out again ?
Anyways, seems excessive amount . Why not a fix-it ticket instead ? I got Boss
Hogged. He tried to act as if he was being nice - saying “I’m supposed to take you to
see the magistrate...” blah blah “ but I won’t do that...” Supposed to take me to see
the magistrate for a burned-out brake light ? Really ?
What kind of hick town is this ?
Or is he making it up ? Prayers for Officer Costanza and other officers I’ve come across
over the years. Costanza actually is one of the better ones despite this B.S. And I told
him I was traveling across the country- that should be a clue to him that I am
spending TONS of MONEY, and $157 more is not helpful to my budget. Somehow I
will make it . With Christ all things are possible ! onward . made it to the Pittsburgh
zoo- good primates & aquarium. Next up: Carnegie Art & Natural history museum -
excellent. Botanic gardens also good. Then I donated blood- best blood place I’ve
experienced so far.
Now at St Paul Cathedral non-formal compared to the Latin mass I
will experience tomorrow . Warm muggy day- still raining, now pouring. I text to
Linda: “God has not made His mind up what season it is yet” Slept at Hampton in
Pittsburg, 7am mass Full at St Philip, 8am low mass semi-Latino like , St James more
formal, 9am Christ Savior church , and then St Boniface, 1030 St Peter Mexican war
district “we are the goodness of God” , angry man said “go” !, Pirates fans walking to
PNC park, Will they play today despite the rain ? now at St Anthony Chapel - nice
interior- exquisite, prayers for police and persecutors, .
Chatham University here too
“Chatham University is a private university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Originally
founded as a women's college, it began enrolling men in undergraduate programs in
2015. It enrolls about 2,110 students, including 1,002 undergraduate students and
1,108 graduate students.“ The university grants certificates and degrees including
bachelor, master, first-professional, and doctorate degrees in the School of Arts,
Science & Business, the School of Health Sciences, and the Falk School of
Sustainability & Environment.” 7 sand castle building. Mattress factory unique.
I
joked “I'll take a king size” at the front desk — and she didn’t realize I was joking. A
little slow. Now at the Frick Art Museum- a little drama here . Why is there a
“California University of PA” here ? How did California PA get its name?
It is named after the state of California because the town's founding coincided with
the California Gold Rush of 1849. Naming the town after the state was meant to
symbolize our town's future growth and prosperity. The current Borough of California
is actually made up of two separate communities.”
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onward. Here’s Washington PA. They have a minor league or independent baseball
team called the “Washington Wild Things” p49 now there’s a tornado warning.
ENTER WEST VIRGINIA: here’s wheeling city 712, Ohio River, now Enter OHIO 715, on
the radio they’re covering the 1st-time -ever Nascar race on the streets of Chicago.
ARE THOSE wuiio
mown, FOR THEY
WILL BE comforted
Monday July 3, 2023 prayers for let go of,
City of Somerset hwy 22, Prayers for Colfax 854, Prayers for city of Lancaster & Ohio
Christian University 930am , sheetz code : Change it Up. regular gas $3.09 total
$20.14, E85 $2.49 total $23.00 , they also have “unleaded 88” around here for $2.79,
which has 5% more ethanol than regular unleaded. Bad drama at self-checkout at
Circleville Tramlaw - left review. P50 now Concord Ohio 1155, PTN: Presidential
candidate Mayor Juarez didn’t know who are the Uyghurs . Prayers for Lechar. NC
Union 1208, PTL for persecution ! Prayers for City of Wilmington Ohio . Here’s
another Sligo in Adams Township, Clinton County.
What kind of synchronicity is this ?
“Sligo is the anglicisation of the Irish name Sligeach, meaning “abounding in shells"
or "shelly place".” Fort Ancient near City of Roachville (prayers for) “Fort Ancient is a
name for a Native American culture that flourished from c. 1000-1750 CE"! and
predominantly inhabited land near the Ohio River valley in the areas of modern-day
southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, southeastern Indiana and western West
Virginia.2!
Although a contemporary of the Mississippian culture, they are often
considered a "sister culture" and distinguished from the Mississippian culture.2!
While far from agreed upon, there is evidence to suggest that the Fort Ancient
Culture were not the direct descendants of the Hopewellian Culture.24! It is
suspected that the Fort Ancient Culture introduced maize agriculture to Ohio.”2!
The
Fort Ancient Culture were most likely the builders of the Great Serpent Mound./!
Recent archeological
” took nap by “Little Miami Canoe Trips” location 1230 to 130 Prayers for City of
Morrow Salem Township, Prayers for Hamilton Township, Prayers for City of Foster
112
OH, Prayers for City of Montgomery OH 213, graeters Ice Cream .
Now Prayers for City
of Cincinnati - visit the science & history center 3 to 430. Fernbank Park lunch by the
Ohio River. P51 #Prayers4 North Bend Ohio. #Prayers4 Cleves OH 537, ENTER
INDIANA 545 pm, this is near where Kentucky-Indiana-Ohio converge.
#Prayers4 Lawrenceburg & Aurora IN 5555, AmeriPrayer ! #Prayers4 Butlerville IN,
here’s Muscatatuck NWR https://www.fws.gov/refuge/muscatatuck Slept in Bedord
now Tuesday 4th
of July 2023 !
247th anniversary of Independence Day . I’m taking back roads which
usually works ok with google maps. Here’s the Huron Williams covered bridge
9am see https://limestonecountry.com/covered-bridge/ but now there’s a road
closure not shown on g maps, Loogotee Indiana . wasted about 30 miles - now
backtracking. No signs said “road closure 10 miles ahead” No other way around it.
Indiana springs ? half-breed territory. #Prayers4 Laurence County. #Prayers4 Martin
County. Listening to Krieg, and Beethoven and Schubert as I drive. Here’s Shoals
Indiana- and a 4th of July parade.
I realized later that the road closure led me to this.
Otherwise I would have missed it. I parked and walked to the good ol small town
hometown 4th of July parade & catfish festival. Great stuff ! Love these kind of
random happenstances. P 52 #Prayers4 city of Loogootee Indiana 1103 - getting close
to my destination. And here it is !
Oak Grove Cemetery - where some of my ancestors are laid to rest- I have the section- now I walk one row after another- And there they are ! yes ! Hugh R. Berry 1903-1986, Helen R Berry 1874-1958, Hugh Berry Jr was a WW2 veteran 1927-2011, Mary S Berry 1905-1988 . closest bigger town is Terre Haute where my Aunt Teri lives (my age). These grave stones are well kept. Didn’t need to clean them off. There were some workers mowing the lawn on 4th of July. I also r3 found some car keys and brought them over to them- one guy on a tractor said “I’ve been looking all over for them”. I handed the keys to him. Sloppy worker. ENTER Illinois: 1234. Here’s Red Hills State Park & Lake- pulled in - not a great swimming lake. A Few people fishing. I cast my line a few times. By the way, last night I slept part of the night in Seymour Indiana. I noticed later that this is the hometown of John Cougar Mellencamp- the rocker. #Prayers4 City of Salem IL, and Okawville 540 , good EV in Flora IL, #Prayers4 Lebanon IL, time changed somewhere- back in central zone. Made it to AMC in Edwardsville (suburb of St Louis) for Indiana Jones movie - a Lucas film #PrayTheMovies: Apparently they used some CGI to make some flashbacks to a young Indian Jones. Now present tense- real age. Something about the Holy Lance that drew Christ’s blood. And about Hitler and blue-eyed boys, bomb hits roof. He escapes, pretends to be chauffeur. He gets to the train. The lance is a fake. Antikythera flashforward. “The Antikythera mechanism (/ zentrkr'O1ara/ AN-tih-kih-THEER-a) is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest known example of an analogue computerIlI[3] used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. 4I51I6 jt could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games which was similar to an Olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games. ZI This artefact was among wreckage retrieved from a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in 1901.24] On 17 May 1902, it was identified by archaeologist Valerios Stais"?! as containing a gear. “ ”He’s an old man napping- waked up by loud party. It’s “moon day” . now he’s a professor teaching a class. The students are bored. Side note: the real Harrison Ford was expelled from Ripon College a few days before graduation for alleged plagiarism . “ detect fissures in time” moon day parade, god daughter, he escapes on a horse “give em hell” says Indy Jones. “Proving it is what makes it science” AHA ! . Tangiers. Pandoras box, Prof Schmitt Alabama university” to Athens. Wombat nickname. Indy’s son died in war. Scuba diving. Eels. Syracuse, Sicily, Catholic rosary parade, Cave of Dionysius , beetles, methane, Archimedes Tomb “we will conquer time” . “to go back in time to reverse WW2 “ to kill Hitler ? to undo the war ? Leaving movie I make it just in time for the fireworks show by the st louis arch . good show. Wednesday July 5 2023 gas for $3.19 and $2.79 total $64.27 $3.03 average . so many suburbs of st louis- many have saint names. St Peter, St Ann, St Andrew, St Charles, etc. donated blood at St Peter location. Prayers for Hannah. #Prayers4 City of Truxton 1105 , wow- there’s a Bellflower here ! in Missouri. Tiny. plus squirrel . #Prayers4 City of Boonville 114 MO , cast line 205, Lamine River - fish jumping- feeding on top. A bit murky. Arrow Rock Historic Site px57 . #Prayers4 City of Waverly MO, big muddy wildlife refuge, #Prayers4 Dover MO, #Prayers4 Lexington MO, near battle site the 1st Battle of Lexington . #Prayers4 City of Wellington MO, V City of Levasy 419pm, #Prayers4 City of Buckner MO 425, slept in Kansas City Thursday the 6th of July 2023 815 St Peters church - only a few there. 930 now the KC Zoo. I love experiencing new zoos. My goal is to see all the big city zoos across America. Getting there. And now the Nelson Atkins Art museum- wow . Kansas City is much more culture than people realize- if they don’t search for it. Next I went to the Toys & miniatures museum- also neat. Then over to the “Money Museum” - a part of the federal reserve. Very cool. THey have these pallets of $1 dollar bills scheduled for destruction. If I recall correctly Each Pallet is worth $640, 000 dollars. And if it’s a pallet of $100 bills - well - you do the math. I remember a random guy saying one of the pallets is worth 64 million dollars. And they have cameras everywhere. One small room had about 30 camera ports on the ceiling. (no pics allowed). A few people inside- about finished for the day. Then over to the KC Museum- also nice. A history museum - in a house originally owned by Mr Long- a businessman who did well here in KC. Nice house with a pool table in the basement that you’re allowed to use. Nice little theatre inside too. After that I visited the small botanic garden 5pm, and then briefly walked thru the contemporary art museum. Onward. ENTERING KANSAS , 7pm, towards Topeka - slept in Lawrence KS near University of Kansas Jayhawks. Lancelot study says 74% of covid deaths were caused by the vax. Here’s the historic “Brown vs Board of Education” site- in Topeka- now a national park. 8am 115 attended catholic mass at Pure Heart of Jesus. - quite full - is this a special day ? px59 happened to pass by the Evel Knievel Museum- which is combined with Harley Davidson motorcycle shop. Here’s a historic “row house” . And here’s the Topeka Zoo. Decided to check it out— it’s a small one. Orangutans are fun to watch with 1 -yo baby. Also nice lion habitat. I had it all to myself for a little while . I walked around the zoo 3 times - it’s small enough. Topeka gas $3.05, $2.59 , $2.82 average. Refilled water at cemetery. Here’s Milford Lake & dam- took a nap. Cast line - a few fish hopping-, not biting. 2 to 3pm. 8 hours to Denver. Fort Riley. 330 #Prayers4 Junction City HS.. #Prayers4 City of Lincoln Kansas 446 pm, #Prayers4 Lucas KS 521. Here’s an attraction called “Garden of Eden”. Px60 the engine noise seems to be increasing. #Prayers4 City of Natoma 549 (“birthplace of Ted Allen” _—‘Ted Allen, world class horseshoe pitcher, horseshoe manufacturer, performer at rodeos, theaters, sports and horse shows, exhibition and trick shot pitcher, was inducted into the National Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1966. #Prayers4 City of Zurich KS 615, #Prayers4 city of Palco 622 , hwy 18/24 thru Kansas very nice. Enjoyed it. #Prayers4 City of Antelope & Sheridan state fishing lake (cast line) 714, #Prayers4 City of Hoxe KS 717, What is “rock chalk jay hawk” Why does KU say rock chalk jayhawk? At first, their version was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times. Later, in place of the rahs, an English professor suggested "Rock Chalk," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus. made it to Colby KS- where the transmission problems really started heating up- literally and figuratively. Slept here. Got gas $3.23, $2.63, Saturday the 8th of July 2023 #Prayers4 mission vehicle (or “mss-v”), new noises. Dave at Western Tire- used a stethoscope- saying he thought it was transmission- handed them to me to listen- but I have nothing to compare it to. What would a normal transmission sound like ? All the auto repair places are closed half or all day on Saturday. The MC store is closed. P & D is closed. The Lube place was closing. Px61 went up the highway and cleaned out my car for an hour. Onward- went back briefly to Colby- then onward- praying as I go... and I may have experienced my first transmission miracle. Seems to be fine on the highway. #Prayers4 city of Kanorado (near Kansas/Colorado border), ENTER COLORADO 2PM , now 3 hours to Denver. Mijnil, yrag, USA, bad axe, eng dept. Eagle knights, colby dave, epoch, anig, nohrok, , desi, stevie, ukra, rain ? nope. Mss-v, tyler, PTL, MUG, #Prayers4 City of Burlington CO, 226, they have a historic Kit Carson 116 Carousel here ;. Now a thunderstorm. AmeriSave. Trans-fixed . calvary cemetery repose 252, JC please Jesus Pleasus. Or Plesus. Found a place for laundry at an RV park. Have to walk thru the gas station entrance to the back. Gal doing laundry from New Mex. She thinks she’s superior to me because she has a big shiny pickup truck. Funny what the new chariot pickup trucks do to people’s egos. I told her I do “Christian ministry” but then she saw me sitting in my vehicle and I guess that diminished her trust. It’s amazing how externals and superficials make such an impression on people. You could put Satan in a nice new car and people would think he’s a great guy. That’s how shallow some people are these days. This is Stratton CO- down the street is a “prayer park” next to the catholic church. Nice. onward. #Prayers4 City of Vona. #Prayers4 City of Flagler 438pm Free land. #Prayers4 City of Arriba 448, So that was the Miracle in Stratton- home of the prayer park. Made it to Limon- 10 minutes late for 5pm mass- guy glared at me as I walked in presumably because I’m a few minutes late - which is not too bad I would say considering my circumstances. And then the priest preached an epic homily. Wow. Slept in Limon. Google maps looped me. PTL. 500. HMPL, Denver, evangelism, I had to pray to get up the hill. My transmission is so weak. Or is it ? Is it really the transmission? Or just the fluid ? or something else. 1 hour break. Ok again onward prayers 400. ICDIA. ICDat. / can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me. Better: I WILL do all things thru Christ who strengthens me. Can Do. Will Do. Can Do Will Do. Thought: If you take no risks, you need no God. Or you don’t know your need for God, until the very end when it’s too late, or over. Risks are a part of the Christian life. Px64 OFWAIHHBTN.TKC.TWBD.OEAIIIH.GUTDODB.FUOTAWFTWTAU.LUNITT.BDUFE. > GG oC... the 9th of July 2023 : passing a mega church in Aurora CO at 834. It’s a JW church- wow- that Jehovah Witness. I think they may be growing. I see them at a lot of public places standing passively with their pamphlets. 117 Most of the time they don’t even say anything. Only if you approach them with questions. That’s the way it is for all evangelists in America now. Even saying hello - people might complain of “harassment” . That’s why I do mostly windshield wiper evangelism - they find the piece of reading material under their windshield wiper or near their door handle- and we can only hope and pray it has a positive effect. I find this online “During the past 75 years the Jehovah's Witnesses have sustained an extraordinary rate of growth—currently more than 5% per year—and have done so ona global scale.” JW ‘s are an enigma- kind of like Mormons- because in both cases their doctrine(s) miss the mark. On the other hand they are usually very nice people. Now I am arriving at Our Lady of Loreto church 9am, I’m amazed at how many latecomers there are- lots in pickup trucks here. A lot of them back in to their parking spots. Onward 938, Now at St Michael at 1030- more multi-cultural here. Over to Bio- Life at 1230 make a blood donation. This has been good for gas revenue as well as it helping others who have certain types of health issues that require a regular blood plasma refusion. Now in downtown Denver- I stop in at the contemporary art museum - usually my LEAST favorite type of art- and this one fits the bill. I}do a quick walk thru and leave. Not very edifying. Lots of lefty propaganda. ACT OF KINDNESS From there I go over to the “History Colorado” museum- very well done-nice. Cool interactive ski jump exhibit as well, among other things. Near there is the new Denver library ( still in progress, only partially open), and an event next to it- with sculptures- and a few specialized motorcycles. And this is all in the shadow of the state capitol. Never really walked around down here before too much. Only a few times going to a Rockies game. I walk thru the partially open Denver library- looks like it will be pretty nice when it’s finished (2024 sometime) . Also made it to evening mass at the downtown Denver Cathedral Basilica. Interesting cast of characters inside (and out). Prayed like crazy x1,000,000 re mission vehicle. Monday the 10th of July 2023 Rubens Transmission (275 Federal) did some good diagnostic work for me- they believed it was not the transmission, but the serpentine belt. I gave the guy a $20 tip for his work. Down the road I pulled in to Los Jefes auto repair (3146 W Alameda). They changed the belt for $55 (the belt itself was under warranty which O’Reilly honored). Also gave the guy at 118 Jefes a $5 tip. Px65 Called the Pittsburg -area court- Butler County- They say I have until July 25 to pay the $157 fine for brake light. How ridiculous is that ? How excessive ? Why not a fix-it ticket ? Why not just a warning? I don’t know what to do about this light- because I replaced the bulb in May - and it’s burned out again- telling me there’s something else going on - maybe a short of some sort- which can be difficult (and therefore time-consuming &costly) to detect or fix. I gave a gal by the freeway exit a $1 and promised to pray for her (Rochelle)- she was too skinny and had missing teeth. I asked her if she knew Jesus Christ as Savior and she said she did. Stopped in at the Castlewood Library- they have a nice “maker space “ here- a new trend- the 3d printers- you can make little trinkets with them. Prior to that I went to the Douglas County library by parker- also nice- spent a few hours doing dictation. Bought a new mini-fan for $12. Made $4 on Ibotta. That’s a nice deal. Slept near Top Gold range Tramlaw in Arapahoe- Hampton Inn. Add re Denver miracle ! I begged and pleaded and prayed & fasted to God all night- then I found Ruben’s transmission- Latino owned and operated with an actual Ruben - and they said I did NOT have a transmission problem- but a serpentine belt causing a noise that was radiating over to the transmission area-. He disconnected the serpentine and the noise stopped. I was not totally convinced yet but went and got the belt replaced elsewhere (Ruben only does transmissions). And it ran better for sure. Also I had the serpentine belt under warranty so I only had to pay for the labor. I was so happy with Ruben’s work- they didn’t ask for money- but I gave them a $20 tip. Then I praised and thanked God profusely, over and over. I believe this was a true miracle. God shifted the problem to something much less serious — and I made a promise to Him if he would do this miracle for me- meaning I need to increase my efforts as an evangelist. Then I continued to pre-evangelism- going to the science & nature museum by the Denver Zoo. It was ok. But on my way there suddenly the car did it again- a moment where it wouldn’t go forward without stuttering. Uh oh. Maybe it’s still a problem. I’m not sure again. After the museum I call a transmission shop I saw on craigslist- and asked him about a fluid change. He asked how many miles . I said 193,000 and he said “I would recommend not changing the fluid with that many miles”. He wasn’t the first one. People keep saying it could make things worse. But I’m thinking: “Damned if I do, damned if I don’t” . He offered to take a look at it so I decided to drive there- to Parker- a suburb south of Denver- but along the way everything went so well- no more problems even with stop and start hot weather traffic— so I’m thinking once again it’s ok ! Praise the Lord! 119 Tuesday the 11th of July 2023 supposed to be 98 degrees today- another hot one. But it’s starting out cool. Attended two catholic churches near the Denver zoo - to start the day. Now at Denver Zoo $24 admission. Px66 lots of empty exhibits in the beginning- but the orangutan exhibit is excellent- they’re playing, having fun. Little baby entertaining everybody. Also a good lion exhibit. And aquarium. After the zoo, I went to the nearby library to cool off . Got E85 for $2.79. - then took back roads- but got stuck in road work stoppage- slow down to a crawl for 5 miles- now 97 degrees, Good ‘thing i is car seems to be running well. Blessed are the pure in he art, for they shall see God. ; Matthew 5:8 (WEB) ee Ss Se <== Pray-the-Plates: 97kpp FL. This is something I’ve started to do as an alternative to cussing the red light or slow people in front of me. Instead I pray for the people in front of me- usually using the last 2 digits of their license plate as reference. Thy will be Done. I hope my reward will be in heaven. Px67 The elephants at Denver Zoo were good too- nice spacious habitats. Also the grizzly bear. Text to Lin- . Prayers for Jim Lin. Hear my prayer Lord. Made it to Brighton AMC for Mission Impossible movie . No response from Lin yet. Don’t they believe I really mean simply pray for me when I ask for prayers ? I really do. It’s not a pretext for “send money”. I wish they wouldn’t be so cynical. Can I convert them to true belief in the power of prayer ? May be impossible for me but not for God. I will never give up trying. And Kcaj too. There’s a yllub here at Miss Imposs movie. So I move to a different seat. Preview: Meg 2 is coming soon. About the giant shark. The 1st one was pretty good - kind of like a Jaws on steroids. Preview for a movie with De Niro & Di Caprio- looks boring and dumb and self-serving. Also a Bob Marley movie coming soon. So here we go with Mission Impossible: Dead 120 Reckoning. PrayTheMovies: new state-of-art Russian sub is undetectable- or so they think, “most fearsome killing machine” . phantom torpedo & enemy sub just vanished. But their own torpedoes came back to them and destroyed them. Wow- perfect deceptive trap for self-annihilation. Now in Amsterdam - food delivery. TC & fellow agent. Welcome to IMF. IF TC didn’t joining IMP he’d be in prison. Al infecting computer system. “We’re powerless to stop it” . Ilsa Faust. TC refuses to come in. But now at DC with top bigwig meeting. Now UAE- they’re pursuing TC. Nuclear bomb. “U.R.Dunn” clue.riddle: “ I speak without a math. And fly without wings” trying to stop the nuclear bomb- by answering the riddles. “Are you afraid of death ?” Another: “It’s always approaching but never arrives” A: Tomorrow. Crooked lady steals the secret key. Now in Rome: actress LL Kathy Lawrence. Grace deceives TC again. WHy is he so enamored with her? She says “I’m a teacher from Brighton” (synchronicity: I’m watching this movie in Brighton CO), now by the Coliseum. Character calls himself Gabriel, a dark messiah “ who “sees death as a gift he wants to share with the rest of the world.” now in Venice in gondolas. Gabriel kills Ilsa, or does he ? Grace survives. Is it possible to make realistic lifelike masks to mimic a person’s identity, that actually fool others ? A: see https://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655619/ . now in the Austrian alps- the Al rebelled on its own. Now the train - here’s the motorcycle scene they’ve been hyping. TC goes off a cliff with motorcycle- lets go - pulls parachute- crashes thru train window. “If you choose to accept this mission...” Slept near Longmont at the Hilton right next to blood donation. Can see the snow on the mountains from here. Wednesday the 12th of July 2023 . donate blood at 630am. PTN: Leslie Van Houten has been released from prison after 53 years. She was part of the Charles Manson group. Originally from Monrovia. A cheerleader. Mij nil rabb. Went to Walmart and got money order for $157.50 to send to Pittsburgh area court for brake light- I also write a letter expressing my feelings re “excessive amount” and “highway robbery” etc. Also an invitation to accept Jesus Christ as Savior. Send it certified from the Post office- an extra $5 dollars. Did they ever think that for some people the actual fine of such a high amount for a simple brake light might have the opposite effect of actually getting the brake light fixed- which is all about public safety. Right ? It is about public safety ? Or is this punitive for not complying ? Northward. Here’s the barefoot lakes. #Prayers4 Windsor Co, & lake- closed to swim. Algae bloom ? Timnath nice reservoir beach but permit required to park. 1135 Now at Fort Collins Art Museum, or should I say barely an art museum. Senator John Hickenloop also has an office here. I explore the building on the elevator- up to the top floor- and it literally opens up to a person 121 getting a tattoo- a tattoo studio- seems a little too intimate to see from an open elevator. I say “sorry” and go back down. Leaving my parking place a Taf Onital deliberately walks slow in front of me despite me having a green light and him “no walk”. Onward towards Laramie. ENTER WYO 150PM. Back in Laramie nice to be here. I like this town and university of WY. Find the geology museum- nice little place with lots of dinosaur exhibits. And also the anthropology museum- nobody there. THen I do a cemi-prayer. I drive thru cemeteries occasionally and pray for the repose of people who have died and simultaneously ask them to pray for me if they are already in heaven. Kill 2 birds with one stone- so to speak. I truly believe in this form of prayer. I may be the first to ever do this. Cemi-Prayer, or Ceme-Prayer. Also a deer laying in the shade of a bush as I drive thru- it suddenly jumped up- but not because of me- there was a trio of joggers approaching that alerted the deer more than me in my car. Onward north- the work stoppage is ended for the day- after taking an aborted shortcut (where I saw more deer- and got a great pic) . Passing thru Rock Springs River WY- tried to get some well water from a pump but it didn’t flow. A few walkers eyed me warily. Sign says “Laydown yard” . That’s a new term: “A laydown yard (also called a laydown area) is an area on a construction site where tools, materials, equipment, and vehicles are stored temporarily when they are not in use. Laydown areas are most common on construction sites, but other industries like manufacturing or oil field operations use them as well.” Here’s the Fossil Cabin 515. Not much to see really. They’ve let it deteriorate. #Prayers4 Medicine Bow WY - and the historic Virginian Hotel. Drove out to E Allen lake- a few miles- but it’s a mucky lake- not very inviting. 145 miles later my car is starting to spin- transmission again ? I wanted to rest at the Shirley Rest Area but there was a guy there without a car- wasn’t sure it was safe. So I go onward for a few miles & then I stop for an hour to let it cool down. But the heat and time I’d been driving had overwhelmed it. I made it another 15 miles to a river spot- where I did another cool down. And then 30 miles to Casper- only able to drive 30 mph - I find out later that the car computer does this intentionally to prevent serious damage- it’s called “limp home mode”. Problems and challenges are actually a gift from God. When you have too much money to solve every problem- God becomes secondary. Money is first in such cases. I don’t have money to solve every problem. If I did I would simply buy a new vehicle. And Move on. But I can’t. Actually I could buy a new used vehicle but the problem is if I buy a car out-of-state (out of CA) it might not pass their stricter smog restrictions- (required for registration). On the radio- the pilgrim 90.3. FM . long lonely road out here from Laramie to Casper. Car problems on these long lonely roads are compounded by knowing you have limited cell phone service, if any. And passers-by are not so helpful anymore- these days. Many will pass by without asking if you need help, even if you are trying to flag them down. Or in some cases especially if you are trying to flag them down. Prayers for wisdom. I’m not at the point of needing help by the side of the road, yet. Hopefully I won’t get to that point. Prayers for sonital, ukra, desi, b Clark, pmurt, nedib, rabb, 1st resp, brown mosman, rochelle, ytseb, eagle knights, niviac, relluf, drofnats, mij nil, tate, rochelle, cade , jodi, new hope, 19 miles to Casper. Another cool-down break. Fishing spot- but tones of moths everywhere-. North platte river, Found hotel in Casper for the night. Barely coasted into a parking spot. Gears barely engaging. Thursday the 13th of July 2023 630 am mass #1, then mass #2 - and I stop in at Dayton Transmissions- maybe a mistake. They did a code check and a test drive - and then a big guy came out and said “it’s the transmission” and gave me a price of $3600 blah blah blah all the while sternly ordering me to pay a $50 fee. Say what ? You mentioned no diagnostic fee when I came in. That’s wrong and unethical if not illegal to try to get a diagnostic fee afterwards- without saying it up front. It’s just wrong. YOu need to mention it upfront. But they have so many people in their front office- including ladies- the pressure is on- If I object I could imagine the scene they might make. Greedy little pikers . I keep my cool- and pull out the credit card. Suddenly their nice hospitable disposition has changed drastically. They sound different and look different. Unbelievable. I just want out of here. Here are the codes they say are flashing: PO621- generator lamp control circuit (symptoms electrical, shifting, etc) PO741- TCC stuck off (torque converter), PO742 - TCC Circuit stuck off (won’t shift out of highest gear at freeway speed. That’s not happening). PO757 shift solenoid stuck on (harsh shifting, limp home mode) P1811 max adapter & long shift (check MAF sensor). Onward- I can still move . So I go to the Tate Geology Museum at Casper College. Nice exhibits here. Then I spend a few hours at the library. Start calling places including U- Haul- I’ve done this before many years ago with a Ford Taurus that broke down by the Grand Canyon- head gasket- had to tow it back to CA. That was an adventure too- especially going thru Zion. U-Haul Casper says they don’t have the equipment I need (truck & dolly) in Casper- but they do have it in Thermopolis about 130 miles away (been there once). I actually check the elevation change - is it uphill or downhill. Fortunately it looks like mostly downhill. Not a lot of hills to climb. Maybe I can make it. The guy at Dayton said he doubted I could even make it to Shoshone (99 miles). Given the demand for a diagnostic fee of $50 (after the fact) I find myself distrusting anything they said at Dayton Transmission. It’s a bad sign. They’re thinking of money. And there’s lots of smaller things or alternative things to consider before the entire transmission costing more than buying a new used vehicle. They’re thinking money, not what could help this guy ? If you’re demanding $50 at the same time you’re telling a person their car is finished, you’re a little bit of a sicko. You’re not a decent person. Who does that ? After Casper College library I go to the museum on the hill- a national park museum- about the historic trails that passed thru this area, as well as pony express, etc. see https://www.nps.gov/poex/index.htm Then I stop in at the Casper Fair . Not much happening here. I do see a magic act. And a guy on stilts. That’s about it. I guess they don’t really get going until the evening. Across from there I pass by the Casper Fort. Then over to the county library in downtown Casper. They have a make space area here too (ie 3d printers etc). Spend a few hours cooling off and exploring options for getting to Thermopolis. I don’t know how far my car will go- can I make it to Thermopolis or not ? I check the possibility of public transportation- they do have a bus but only on Mondays and Wednesdays. I don’t want to wait here for a few days to catch a bus. I inquire about rental cars. That’s a possibility. Although summer rates are ridiculous. The best price I can get right now is $125. What about hitch hiking ? Even riding in the back of a pickup truck (legal in Wyoming). That’s possible. Also paying somebody to drive me might be worth it. I leave the library without any resolution to the problem. Driving along the road I see some pro-Lifers holding their signs. Nice to see. I honk and give a thumbs up. Circling around- by the time I got back they were packing up to leave. 124 Oh well. I’m starting to think I should at least try to get to Thermopolis in my own vehicle. If I break down and can’t go any further , then I will hitch it. And I will drive at night when it’s cool. And can go slow without hindering others. And I begin to pray with a fervor. And pray. And pray some more. HMPL. And Mij did a voice mail prayer. Saelp droL. #Prayers4 City of Mills 850 WY. God granted cool weather for the night in the midst of this extreme heat wave. Thank you Lord. #Prayers4 City of Powder River 945pm, so far so good. Traveling at 30 to 35 mph- not many cars on road. At 10pm I £25) pull off for a 2-hour break near Hells Half Acre. midnight driving again. And Praying 10,000. Gas hill road 12009. Rest area. A few hills. NABOJ. #Prayers4 Hiland (pop 10) 1222, I renew a vow to God to do my utmost for Him if I make it to Thermopolis. Also asking souls in heaven to pray for me. I’m thinking 30mph may be a more natural speed. My gas mileage range is much much better at 30 mph (although they say online that the most efficient speed is between 50 and 60) #Prayers4 City of Moneta 103am, #Prayers4 Shoshone (nap from 2 to 4 am) - I made it here and onward (despite the warning of Dayton Transmission), Friday July 14 2023 And I made it to Thermopolis. PTL. PTL. The U-Haul here in this lazy little town doesn’t open until 10 am . SO 1 go to the Hot Springs State park and do a free hot soak at the one place that is “free forever” thanks to the native Americans who sold their land to the national park with the requirement that they keep a hot springs open to the public for free. Meanwhile, there are two pay-to-play locations nearby: the Star Plunge and Hellie’s TeePee . Both cost $15 and include a variety of pools and slides. Maybe I'll do one of those later. Also walked around the outdoor natural pools and the river- and the swinging bridge over the river. Looks like a nice jumping spot. Wonder if anybody has. Don’ t know how deep below. Then I went over to U-Haul and got the equipment. Lady named Jodi did the paperwork but she knew very little about hooking up the dolly and ratcheting the tires properly. She helped a little but the tires were still too loose. But she walked away giving a feeble “good luck” without sincerity. I ended up driving to a few nearby shops for help- specialty towing & Petro/Tires were both good about helping me out. Shame on U-Haul for their apathy. Thanks to Cade at the towing shop and the guys at Petro Tires. Very helpful and not demanding money - even though I gave tips in both cases. I decide I may as well stay in town for a while rather than head out in the extreme heat. I go back to the hot springs and pay $15 to have some fun at Star Plunge. And the slides are pretty incredible. Funny thing is you don’t hear a lot of noise you might expect - like at an amusement park where kids are always screaming on the roller coasters. I’m the only one making noise- yipping and yapping. The workers look bored. They need to have some fun. I do the slides over and over again and again. Also the hi dive, the vapor cave, the lobster pool. Rest for a while. Pray for a while. I love this place. And it’s open all year- must be very cool in the winter (very warm & steamy) . Up the hill there are bison grazing. I drive with the U- Haul up the hill hoping to not get in a tight spot where I need to reverse (which is a pain with this hookup no matter how good a drive you may be). Now I’m getting ready to hit the road . heading out back towards Shoshone- then to Jackson- . Along the road are signs saying what kind of rock formations they are- one says 126 “Pennsylvania Amsden FM “. Shoshone gas $3.50 $56.87 , Ocean Lake 710, s: Chief Washakie Trail, military vehicle museum - big place, near Dubois. Slept in DuBois (almost lost parts to inverter). Saturday July 15 2023 Now the U-Haul is making a strange noise. Good grief. Tie hack monument see https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/49838 850am . now by Triangle C ranch. Togwotee Pass elev 9655. 1st view of Tetons. #Prayers4 Moran Junction 40 miles to Jackson. Arrive Jackson 1043 am. Now Jackson Hole Library for a few hours (am I the only one who remembers the old library ?_). THen over to the cemetery by Snow King- hoping to find the Martha VG memorial, but no luck. Can’t spend too much time here. The ratchet is loose again. Tried Sheridan Auto but they couldn’t help. Over to Big O- used to bring my car here back in the 90’s -. Guy named Juan helped me out- gave him a $5 spot . Also dropped a letter to the VG’s “just passing thru, hope all is well” 215. Here we go- can I make it over Teton Pass - it’s not so high at 8432 feet but quite steep. And at this point I haven’t learned about turning off “tow mode” in certain circumstances. If I had known it would have helped going UP. But I made it ! #Prayers4 City of Victor Idaho, 308pm, And Idaho Falls - attend Catholic mass at 5pm. -then I find the falls and a place to sleep by the river with a view of the Mormon temple. Nice. The falls of Idaho Falls are more impressive than I expected. Pretty cool. Not big and high but long and extensive. Sunday the 16th of July 2023 decide to go to Idaho Falls Zoo before leaving town. They have some fun Grey Gibbons- watched them for a while. Also a wild duck being chased by a peacock was Ie ity comical. I noticed later that the duck had laid some eggs behind a bush -that I don’t think anybody else had noticed. This is a nice small zoo for only $8 bucks. Stayed until 11. Onward . #Prayers for city of Blackfoot & the Shoshone Bannock tribes. #Prayers for City of Chubbock , there’s a big FBI location here 1236. It’s basically Pocatello. I like the feel of Pocatello. Nice casual town. And the Portneuf River. A lot of these drivers in their shiny new pickup trucks are a bunch of babies. Wannabe cowboys. Entering Power County 114pm. I wanted to see American Falls but too many road closures to navigate. S: massacre rock state park & register rock . Also City of Rocks National Reserve looks nice. Also near here is Pomerelle Ski Area. stopped in at Tramlaw: cott cheese, kombucha tea, smoked salmon clearance sale, etc. #Prayers4 City of Burley ID . Big McCain foods building. Recreation boats on the Snake River. So hot. Caldron linn looks like a neat area to explore. There’s a Magic Mt ski resort near here too. Made it to Twin Falls - gas $65. One sign says 112 degrees. It is hot but I think that’s a bit high. Here’s the Twin Falls Bridge near where Evel Knievel did his historic attempt to jump over snake canyon in a motorcycle missile , or motor-missile 127 , as I call it. What was that thing ? Anyways, he failed miserably. They called it a “sky cycle” . some say Knievel pulled the parachute immediately after launch. That was Sept 1974. And he made $6 million for the attempt. I walked halfway across the bridge. From there I went over to Shoshone Falls- the actual Twin Falls area- but it’s not twin falls anymore The waterfall actually used to be two separate (twin) waterfalls. Unfortunately, the second waterfall doesn't flow anymore because of the dam.“ ss They’re having a special event tonight. Also cooled off in the stream. Then I went up the road to Dierks Lake. Kids cliff jumping here. Not very high. Some were scared. First timers. I did a lot of cliff jumping over the years- some of the best are in northern Cal. I just cool off in the river. Watching the kids jump. Suddenly an ambulance appeared overhead. And it lands nearby. Some sort of emergency. Also ambulances. Not sure what happened. My can of kombucha spilled while I was driving. Fortunately none of the electronics got wet. Onward. 2.5 hours to Elko NV. #Prayers4 Jackpot NV, and Mij Nil, ydna, yluj, nevets, VG’s, AmeriPrayer, Hear Our Prayer Lord. Monday the 17th of July 2023 $60 gas in Wells, PTL, couldn’t defeat the GR local, but then if I did, what would I win ? It would be a pyrrhic victory as they say .s: mustang monument . Ruby Lake NWR. Prayers for mss-v, mss-v, mss-v, mMss-v miracle, hail Mary, repose prayers, Great Basin Highway, s: Cherry Creek Museum. I took this road in May - 2 months ago - going the opposite direction. Here’s the Pony Express Schell station. #Prayers4 City of McGill NV - here’s the warm springs pool again. Wasn’t open yet for the summer when I came thru in May. Now open. But not open today. More gas in Ely $53.58 . Ward Mt already 80 degrees . Humboldt National Forest. “ Humboldt-Toiyabe's spectacular 6.3 million acres makes it the largest Forest in the lower 48 states. The Forest spreads from the eastern Sierra Nevada's in California to the borders of Idaho, and Utah.” it seems like the gas is costing me about 50 cents a mile. Imagine throwing 2 quarters out the window every mile. Prayers for mij nil. AAA. Twilabd. I submit 100%. Total surrender. Prayers for the Uyghurs. Repose alpha omega. Who were the Liberty City Seven ? “The Liberty City Seven were seven construction workers and members of a small Miami, Florida-based religious group who called themselves the Universal Divine Saviors.“! Described as a "bizarre cult," the seven were arrested and charged with terrorism-related offenses in 2006 by a Federal Bureau of Investigation sting investigation although their actual operational capability was extremely low and their intentions were unclear.2! The members of the group operated out of a small warehouse in the Miami neighborhood of Liberty 128 They’re talking about it on the radio. Something about entrapment. And the FBI creating wannabe terrorists, rather than stopping credible terrorists, with intent and ability. PTL 1000, MVG 1000. Now in Nye County NV. 10am. RAG 100, repose and grow. S: maws . BAW-ee 1000, blackrock summit 1054, turned off. This is nerve wracking. Here’s a sign for the lunar crater- I explored this one time many years ago- not much to see actually. 11am Also black rock lava flow. On the podcast, Ali Siadatton, with the Canadian guy from coast-to-coast, Richard Syrett (strange planet). High wind gusts too. Here’s ET highway- extraterrestrial sign. 1141 This area is known UFO’s (allegedly), known as area 51. “Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport The intense secrecy surrounding the base has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component of unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore.= Warm Springs cafe , 49 miles to Tonopah. Warm Springs summit 1148, “golden arrow silver bow” . Here’s Saulsbury Summit - tough hill to get up with a U-Haul pulling a van full of stuff 1207. McKinney Tank Summit 6400 feet. 1218, Here’s a sign for Tonopah Test Range witha little missile . 1228 (+ confl), And here’s Tonopah Speedway. They actually have races out here? #Prayers4 Tonopah - an old mining town. More gas $68. Sign says “Home of the Muckers” A mucker is a miner who loads ore or waste rock into a hopper or trolley “ Drove thru the mining museum area. Now up Tonopah Summit. Here’s the International Car Forest - the sign actually says “Of the Last Church” whatever that means. 209pm. I’m the only one driving thru. I just don’t want to get stuck in an area 129 where I have to back up- difficult with this U-Haul set up. I walk around a bit and make a little video of it. It’s like a car cemetery. But artistic. Not a junkyard. Kind of like Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas but bigger- spread out. #Prayers4 City of Goldfield - my presence in Christ passing thru diminishes satan and his demons. It’s like an exorcism. Now ENTER CA 313 pm- good to be back this time. Tough climb to Gilbert Pass. , and now Westgard Pass 358 . Nice cooldown before Big Pine by the muddy river. #Prayers4 Big Pine city. Here’s the Ancient Bristlecone pine forest. More gas $76.87 - a little better price because this is Independence CA and an Indian reservation gas station (#Prayers4 Paiute Indians) px46 . And here’s the Manzanar site. “Manzanar is the site of one of ten American concentration camps, where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II from March 1942 to November 1945. Although it had over 10,000 inmates at its peak, it was one of the smaller internment camps. It is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California's Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, approximately 230 miles (370 km) north of Los Angeles. Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish. The Manzanar National Historic Site, which preserves and interprets the legacy of Japanese American incarceration in the United States, was identified by the United States National Park Service as the best-preserved of the ten former camp sites.” And here’s Lone Pine- gateway to the Mount Whitney- the highest peak in the continental USA- at 14,505- which I hiked in 2007, or was it 2006 ? Somewhere around that time. And Lola did it with me ! (my golden retriever). And here’s Diaz Lake where I camped the night before hiking Whitney. Further south I’m surprised to see water to my left (eastward). This is Owens lake which has been dry for a long time- but now full- because of the high amount of rain/snow this year. #Prayers4 City of Cartago 642. Still blazin hot. #Prayers4 Olancha & Death Valley. #Prayers4 California City . Willow Springs Raceway Cali-Prayer .Cem G & G, clean store. Stare man. Wash car. & more. Power steer fluid. More Sound of Freedom- free. Outback Restaurant. Memories of Manistee MI - strange. #PrayTHeMovies: re Sound of Freedom- based on true story. Gal drumming in house- using shoes as drumsticks. Lady. “I hear singing”. Rocio talented. Honduras - no parents allowed. Come back at 7pm. When the father returns his kids are gone. Now Calexico. Man uploading illegal material- . police invade. The main actor is the Jesus guy from Passion of Christ.Jim Cavaziel- looks a bit like Kirk Cousins. Prayers for victims of trafficking. Bk Apollodorus . Now new movie: “Psycho Pass” -animation. They make reference to Tim 1.18, I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with “the prophecies previously made about you, that by them 130 you may “wage the good warfare,” and something about the sybil system- the new standard, stronskaya papers, the peace breakers, something about st Paul and his conversion. “We are the Lord’s sword & shield”, re “voice of God”, . also talked to Ted at AAMCO in Torrance. Leaving the theatre I forgot my phone. Had to run back inside to get it- in the process I pulled my calf muscle. Badly. Real badly. Ouch. Now I can barely walk. I’m limping like crazy. Wednesday the 19th of July 2023 donated blood with $50 bonus. Dictation. After O Library. Yankees vs Angels. Angels win. No trout. Ohtani 4 walks, 1 strikeout. Slept NB. OLQA no 830, only 630 for summer. Thursday the 20th of July 2023 morning at NBL - dictation. Then a brief swim- feels cold. THen work on Peters Papers from 3-7 pm. The same dude is in the same chair as he was when I was last here in April . He comes every day-doesn’t move- just sits and plays on the computer from 10am to closing time. Friday the 21’st of July 2023 . Terminated blood donation. So I went to PV- stopping at Sunset Beach for a short break. car having trouble again. Now engine light on again. Weak again. Stop in at Ray’s - too late- He’s going home for the day. Go over to O’Reillys do a code check- says it’s the torque converter clutch. Skip beach. No sun. Saturday the 22nd of July 2023 8am mass & rosary at St James- then to Malaga Library- angry honker- can’t go faster- barely made it up the hill. Completed Peters Papers . Now adding to blogs. Also started Jesus Freak Christian ministries blog. 3pm swim at RB - felt nice- warm. Not much waves though. Then I begin to inch my way towards B-Flower - but first I stop at O’Reillys and buy some Sea Foam Trans Tune. And almost instantly the check engine light went off. Wow! A Miracle cure ? But I overfilled it. Onward Sunday July 23 2023 8am St Pancratius Church Lakewood, then St Cyprian around 930, then to Home Depot to buy material to remove transmission fluid. Decided to try it for myself. THen St Bernard at 11am. So I have a tube for the dipstick- and a pump- time to give it a try. And it works ! I pull over to Caruthers Park in Bellflower- nice exercise area- first time I’ve tried it. Unfort, wild kids nearby. Can I make it back to NBPL ? I start driving. Some mean kids cut me off at Beach & 405 - very close call- I had to pull back even though I had right of way. Very foolish & dangerous of them. I tried to get their license plate but they were scared- running away fast. They knew they just did something very stupid. Probably high too. So I make several stops to withdraw transmission fluid on my way to NBPL: 1st at Vons in Lakewood. Then at 22/405, then at Ikea south coast plaza, .. then I pull into JBAP parking lot . And Pray. Then I made it to NBPL- Sully plays old pop hits with a twist. Monday the 25th of July 2023 630 am OLQA, 9-12 dictation, 1230-2 swim at NB- better ! felt warmer. 230-430 photo edits, 530 Christ cards, 7p movie theatre 131 terminate- made me feel sick- all the barbie fans in pink- felt so shallow, I left. Check engine light back on “torque converter Clutch solenoid electrical circuit is stock on for predetermined time” Tuesday July 25 2023 PrayTheMovies: AMC Tustin it’s now $7 on discount Tuesday- barely a discount anymore. I also cancelled Netflix for a while- not enough fresh new content- actually more new content on YouTube (watch for free with ads) . Tried a 2nd dose of seafoam trans tune- this time check engine did not go off immediately. Angry honker behind me. Prayers for him. Begin movie: Oppenheimer -watching in the Dolby theatre- where you feel the seats rumble with the blast of the bomb “chained to rock, tortured for eternity” -he’s dreaming. Lecture. He can’t sleep. He runs back to lab to stop professor from eating the apple he poisoned. Why wasn’t einstein involved in Manhattan project ? “Einstein played no role in the Manhattan Project, having been denied a security clearance in July 1940 due to his pacifist tendencies.” - went to Cambridge . Nels Bohr lecture, his associates didn’t concern you ? did you meet Russians? Speaks Dutch in 6 weeks. Has a ranch in new Mexico. Cal Tech, Berkeley, machine to accelerate electron. Quantum mechanics . says he’s not a commie. I like his wiggle room. N scenes unnecessary. Encounter Heisenberg ? PTM: can we reverse WWII a- bomb ? Hear my prayer. P54 his brother was a communist for a while. “My people Jewish” . baby crying, wife angry, not helping baby. Horseback camping trip. Drama with mistress girlfriend. Matt Damon plays chubby old military guy. They begin construction at Los Alamitos. “Bomb falls on the just and the unjust” “the god bomb” “could ignite the atmosphere” - “near zero chance”. “Zero would be nice” uranium ore, womanizer. Nobel invented dynamite. Dilettante, no trust. Reverse the raw #ReverseTheRaw b29 detected radiation - atom test. Russia has a bomb. P56 compartmentalization” Casey Affleck also has small role. The mistress commits suicide. AEC Los Alamos (atomic energy commission) . BOSLWSPEGG. Mss-v, mss-v, mss-v, It’s test time but there’s a storm delay. Was there any fallout from the test ? “Bring in the sheets” . Test is a success. Two bombs ready: Fat Man (Nagasaki) & Little Boy (Hiroshima). They cheer when they hear of Hiroshima bomb. “I bet the japs didn’t like it” Klaus Fuchs Soviet spy “Klaus Fuchs, a German-born physicist and part of the British Mission at Los Alamos, was a spy for the Soviet Union, passing on critical information on the atomic bomb.” Truman starts H -bomb program. I didn’t realize that Strauss was played by Downey: “Robert Downey Jr. that came closest to matching Murphy's captivating performance. Downey played Lewis Strauss and had a key role in how events unfolded throughout the film. The story was told through Strauss and Oppenheimer and through different timelines “ “Oppenheimer tells Einstein that he fears that the 132 creation of the bomb will start a chain reaction where other nations attempt to outdo the atomic bomb, creating endless amounts of nuclear weapons, and as a result, destroying the world.” Wednesday the 26th of July 2023 photos, miws, lobster, transmission. Thursday 27th July photos, miws, tran Friday 28th July , low protein- can’t donate blood. Added quart #5 transmission, photo edit, new hose concern harbor auto closed on Saturdays (happy ending, Midas guy said that somebody disconnected this hose and made an alternate- but left the old hose dangling , and the noise is from power steering- recommended trying fluid called “power steering quiet” I guess it’s actually called “severe instant quiet” ). Engine light off ! yes ! 659pm, after movie- right about the time Linda confirmed Jim prayed for me on phone. Back to NB photos and miws. Saturday 29th of July 2023 prayed and prayed and God answered again. Met the trump guy on Orchid street Newport Beach- I guess that’s 304 Orchid. El Shaddai . Sunday July 30 2023 - made contact with TT12 PTN: CRC pastor confesses to murder in the 70’s (LATER FOUND NOT GUILTY, confession coerced or something due to dementia). Sunday 830 am Neumann , 930 Ralphs, 11 other Irvine catholic: Seton. Double body day. Mis at 12 to 130 more photos editing. Monday the 31st of July 2023 new tire $40 feels better already (better than Mexicali tires). Gas 9.8 gallons $4.49 $43.96, and E85 $3.09 $29.70 9.6gallons. $3.79 average. PPP : patience, perseverance, and prayer. PTL> twilabd. PrayThePlates ! a 8/1/23 Tuesday met with TT12 at McDonalds - good . Watching a little bit of Barbie PrayTheMovies: will Ferrell is “Mr Mattel (note: “Mattel Inc. is an American multinational toy manufacturer and entertainment company founded in January, 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The name is a combination of founders Harold Matson's nickname, Matt and Elliot Handler's first two letters of his first name, El.”) “get into box.. Barbie land. Treat me as an object, patriarchal, “I’m a man with no power..” “get in the box u jezebel” margo Robbie, Rita Moreno, real world not what I thought it would be, car chase , cellulite, “are you shining?” (reference to Shining movie) “it’s impossible to be a woman” “white savior barbie” feminist uprising,the kens miss the vote. Ken cries out” I’m sorry I took you for granted” “Ken is me” p65 “lam Kenough” - he’s okay by himself. Doesn’t need a wife to live a full life. “I am Kenough”- . You can argue both for a single Biblical life as well as a married Biblical life. Both are valid. 8/2/23 Wednesday 8am SLM -Redondo, 9am RB miws- good warm, 10am Malaga photos, 3 pm Malaga miws. 430 rest before Beatles at Malaga- wow packed house. 8/3/23 Thursday 8am SLM, 9am miws good warm, 10am added quart #8 at Malaga location, 8/4/23 Friday 8am St James (mike is back, new rosary guy) 9am swim , waves, 10am cut paste, p66 130-5 RB lib- new hours- open on Friday (robot there too). Saturday 8/5/23 miws, photo organizing, : new blogs for Kathryn & Helen, 8/6/23 Sunday neighborhood church 10am, DeYoung is gone ?! 9am driving thru PV- made it up the hill ! entered PV lib for 1st time since yrgna sonital. 8/7/23 Monday 8am St Bernard 134 Bellflower, 9am driving with TT12 shake shack, NBPL, laguna beach, corona del mar, Kobe mural, the wedge, balboa, the villages , Wayne Huizinga , rich DeVos, Gary Shirley, $10,000 horse, crystal cove cottages, warren wants to by johnny Pete’s “Father, forgive them, for they do @ I they are doing.” © cottage for the peters sisters. 8/8/23 Tuesday - exhaustion, couldn’t get to 630 at olqda, 9am Rams camp: matt Stafford #9, & Stenson Bennet . now miws at NB Wednesday 8/9/23 text with TT!2, 2 weeks slideshow. 630 mass JBAP now Chargers training camp- and NFL prayer #NFLFC, . There’s the 3 QB’s: Justin Herbert, & Max Duggan, & Easton Stick . 1130 am added a half quart - that’s Sand a half . E85 gas . $21.15 7 gallons for $2.99 , and regular 9 gallons at $4.65 for $43.02 $4 average , saved $16 , torque converter light back on. Trans still struggling a bit. Snorkeled at NB again. 2 other snorkelers there. One with spear gun. Edit photos downstairs. Regular robots there. So I left quickly and did another tran Q that’s 9.5 now. NBPL 430pm, compared to new fluid , old is still dark. So hopefully a few more will be enough. Keep doing it ! don’t give up. Thursday 8/10/23 630 OLQA, 830 Seton, 730 ralphs- new ralphs app. Used it. 9am added another Quart makes it 10.5 - old still dark. 10am university library UCI, NAPA abort- terrible place. Went to O’Reilly’s- bought “shudder stop- didn’t help. Stopped in at Balboa library (“bye”) another snorkel miws at CDM - yellow boat again Friday August 11 2023 630 OLQA, bl yug again- seems nice. 830 Seton, Ben Tran is a new priest for UCI (previously at Columban, St Anne, likes to say “God is good..” p69 now at ralphs at 730, 2 consec days here using app. Didn’t like Jim saying “What’s the red drink” nor the “we don’t talk about it” . Andy no longer at Varnum ? but his son is interning there ? son at Notre Dame law school. 9am university library - computer froze up. THey still haven’t explained why they bought a cemetery plot for me. I find it strange and disturbing. 8/12/23 Saturday: 830 Seton, 3rd different priest, Ben Tran was there but in the back. Who is this priest. ? Prayers for tall white guy NBPL, & skinny at Balboa. 9am university library. Snorkel miws. Starting to wear KSAM at NBPL, 2 neurotics 135 downstairs. - now a 3rd starts knocking -leave quickly. Add another Quart - that makes 11.5 , later do big cleanout in back. 8/13/23 Sunday 8am JBAP, 9am Hour of Power Shepherds Grove (sleeping mouse), 1030 Neumann, 12 noon miws snorkel (neuro lady by child as I exit water) , and another big cleanout (far back_) picked up rack & pinion $250 (get $50 back for core), end Sunday at St Columban (x2) felt nice being there . had fever last night but better in morning. . Monday 8/14/23. diamond collision- nice Italian family business- Giovanni, good coffee, $450 for rack pinion installation- cash only- caused a little drama. Remember “never Bison” . stopped in at blood donation- protein test not ready yet. Back at NB - snorkel miws- gigantic wave- as I’m coming out of the water caused me to lose grip of one fin- and it disappeared. Never found it. Fortunately I found a fin a few months ago- kept it just in case- it’s a longer one- made for snorkeling- so now I’m using mismatched fins- one long, the other short (made for body surfing)-= actually works perfect. 1 hour at NBPL, - new af am lady bumped me. Px71 Tuesday 8/15/23 obligatory day at church- as I pull into parking lot turning right- loud noise coming from wheel area- did it again after mass - so I drove all the way back to Fullerton- and pull back into the mechanic parking lot- and now the noise has stopped- I actually had prayed the entire way- it sounded so bad- I had started thinking - oh no, now I need a new axle too ? or something ? Al the mechanic drove it around- and the noise was gone. A Miracle ? But he said I should still get an alignment - so I drove over to Allen’s Tire- got it done for $85, Lou the manager not so nice. Called blood- I passed my protein test- but not updated by nurse yet. Stopped in at laundromat by Disneyland. Wednesday the 16th of August 2023 830am St Norbert, 915 am blood donation, extreme heat day, 1pm swim NB, photo edit NBPL, Thursday the 17th of August 2023 OLQA, Ralphs, Seton, UCI library “Do you work at UCI” she asked, because I have a lanyard around my neck that says UCI Brain from a conference I attended a few years ago. I use it to “carry my cross” . Later, snorkel miws. Then to NBPL, “I didn’t want to sit by you either” - miscommunication. Awkward. Friday the 18th of August 2023 830 st Norbert mass, 915 blood donation, nice lady, 12 noon pro-life at PP good ! lots of encouragement from drivers. Then to NB snorkel miws -short one- too tired. Exhausted actually. Back to NBPL finished photo edit. Then fell asleep in car - and dissed by scrawny greasy long- haired parking dude . If not supposed to park here, why no signs ? 136 8/19/23 Saturday: . also added another half quart transmission. Making it 12Q total. so far weather still okay. More photo editing, didn’t realize laptop was not charging. 530 mariners church . 8/20/23 Sunday 8am JBAP chapel. 1030 Neumann church, now raining. Rained all night and now all day. ocpl uci closed early 1pm, NBPL closed at 230 pm due to hurricane Hillary. A few trees fell down. Early to sleep. Survived Hilary. 8/21/23 Monday 630 olga , 830 seton, 10 at UCI library, Monday after UCI, walk at Newport- now a hot day- seems like the hurricane rain never happened. Like a dream. Photo edit and re-blog. Here comes Christian Colin - that was strange . Pray for Christian Colin. Tuesday August 22 2023: olqa, seton, uci, ralphs, made $8 Ibotta, NBPL progress, Wednesday August 23 : Norbert, blood, firestone had nice Christian music ( but did Gary misdiagnose axle ?), their inspection suggestions added up to $9000 in parts & labor- so freakin ridiculous, 2pm miws, hot again, Ray wants $140 for labor to do front brake pads & turn rotors. 8/24/23 9am Savant auto, new axle $89 part plus $180 labor- about $300. But was it even necessary ? the noise may be less but still there. It may be just the bearings. And they’re getting worse. Nice thing about Savant was they gave me a courtesy uber ride to the library in Cypress. And they did a quick job. The gal was nice and conversational about my travels. Seemed genuinely interested. After axle stopped by Seal Beach briefly, & Then Seal beach library. Told the obsessive- compulsive dude I’m not interested in what he’s selling. Added review & blog. Also added positive review of Savant. After SB Lib stopped in at Los Altos. There’s a hippy working there- and he’s bossy and mean. P75 after Los Altos stopped in at 99 cents and bout $57 groceries for Jim Lin. Had difficult time finding parking in bellflower. Friday 8/25/23 : 8am St Bernard, 9am TT12 delivered groceries for them. Met with 137 them briefly. Both recovering from covid. From there bounced around bellflower and Artesia looking for a diagnosis of the noise still coming from my axle area. Drove thru the parking lots of various repair shops - hoping for a mechanic to do an “eyeball diagnosis” - Ray-a-Motive used to be a good place- been there before but now there’s a jerk working there. He chased me down as I drove thru the lot- before he caught up with me I had already decided it looked too busy. He wasn’t friendly anyways. Told him I had been there before and he didn’t seem to care. Didn’t make any offers of wanting to help. A few other places not too promising. One place wanted a “diagnosis fee” of $65. If they want a diagnosis fee- you need to run, not walk, but run, out of such shady establishments. Finally found Star Auto - and a mechanic walked over and told me exactly what it was. Awesome. That’s the American way. And then I found a place to do the work at a fair price- bought the bearings for $100, and got the work done for $125. Ahh. so sweet and quiet afterwards. Nice. Interesting place too- in Long Beach- edge of downtown- a guy who speaks very little English- only Ukrainian- met me as I drove up. He was all alone. I got the offer for the job on Yelp- very good way of saving money- having mechanics bid on the job. His name was Alex. And to speak to me in English he called somebody on the phone named Dmitry- who translated . And he did the job so fast it was unbelievable. And for a third of the price that most big box places would charge. Made $1000 capitol one payment leaving FCU balance at $2600 . Still believing in the power of prayer. Barely staying on top. Things I bought for Jim Lin included Gatorade, dragon fruit, cashews, pistachios, wine, peanuts, shrimp, oysters, Saturday 8/24/23 : 730 blood donation, 830 life rally, some old fella took my spot . Is he copying me ? 1030 swim, 1230-330 photos, 430 ralphs, early sleep. Sunday 8/25/23 :830 Neumann, was that guy talking to me re “holy toledo” ? Never seen him before. Why was he acting familiar ? posturing ? 930 UCI library- computer froze again. P77 after UCI- swim- found harpoon spear (aka sling harpoon) underwater while snorkeling- nice- looks brand new- not rusted or anything- somebody must have recently lost it . online these are not cheap items. Nonetheless I’Il probably rarely use it. Save it for a rainy day. Back to NBPL 2 to 430 photo editing. Exchanged text with Linda re Leo. interesting. Oops. Accidentally took 73 toll road for one stretch- less than a mile - and it cost me $4 dollars. #PrayTheMovies : Blue Beetle at Newport Big- national cinema day- all movies for the day are only about $5 dollars. Movie notes: - snow storm. Hotel cleaners. Palmyra City airport. Mexican family losing house. Kid just grad from college. Now back at home- doesn’t know what to do with degree. I don’t like Susan Sarandon - but even less so as the bad guy in this movie. She plays a good bad guy. Or 138 is she just playing herself ? she looks like Hillary, which makes it even worse. P78 jenny kord steels blue beetle. Jaime becomes blue beetle. Truck called Taco. Get behind me satan NABOJ. Becoming symbiotic. AmeriPrayer. Michelangelo “Touch of Creation” . transfer failed ? Jennifer captured ? p79 9/15/23 recap meeting with Linda. She snapped at me. Prayers for Lin. God be with her and bless her. Heal her Lord. Let her come to understand me and believe in me, and like me. And mellow out her sharp ends. Be with her as she also has to take care of Jim. I showed them most of the 2023 photos up to Niagara falls. Hopefully I can continue the photo ministry with them. Also helped her set up her computer and Microsoft account. Is nil really Xian ? I wonder sometimes. Started new blog BackToPrayerHour.blogspot.com Monday 8/28/23 OLQA, Seton, UCI, swim. El Segundo wins the LLWS! (little league world series). PTN: Maui fires, Trump mugshot is the money shot, or the maga shot. Ha ha. Tuesday the 29th of August 2023 : OLQA 630 & 830, NBPL, miws, photo editing 2016 . so many. P80 Wednesday the 30th 830 Norbert, 915 blood, life at from 11 to 12, gas $44.87 at $4.95/gal, 9 gallons and E85 9.9 gallons at $3 per, total $29.88 , grand total $74.75 for a $3.93 average, saved 139 connected to mobile auto repair Danny in Westminster- decent fellow - was a cradle catholic but now non-Catholic Christian- followed Chuck Smith for a while. Used to help out at Greg Laurie’s harvest for a while- but doesn’t like him anymore. Etc. Had a lot of strong opinions. And he knew how to do brake pads by muscle memory. Clearly he knew brakes. Said I did NOT need new rotors despite the recommendations by 2 big box stores. Thanks for his honesty. He also did the rear pads. We talked about our faith convictions as he worked. It seemed like a miracle to meet him. Returned the new rotors for refund. Paid him cash plus tip. Made it to St Columban garden grove for 530 Vietnamese mass. Saturday Sept 2 2023 : 730 blood donation, 930 life rally (briefly, also rained), 140 =a; a Weis 815 SMM church, prayers to the saints. 830 am now at Hillside Auto in Lomita to have the motor mount changed. Even after the bearings and rack and pinion and axle- there remained the heavy vibrations at every light while idling. Very annoying. And they showed me the old motor mount- it was in very poor condition- that explains it and solved it. This car is almost feeling like brand new again. Praise God Thank You. Although the steering wheel still shakes when braking at high speeds. Needs new pads. Maybe rotors too. That’s next. 10 am at Malaga- photo editing all day. Ordered new brake pads - a special brand- that Scotty the YouTube mechanic recommends. Called Akebono pads ( altho the guy who did the labor says he doesn’t think it matters at all. Who to believe ? Danny LP 2ebc952 Toyota 4-runner 1987) . Friday the 1st of September : found a place for oil change finally for decent price at $34. Most places want over $50 now. Also picked up the Akebono brake pads at Advanced Auto. night -groovy. Youtubers liked it. about $25 ! Thursday the 31st : over LB Bridge at 1am- neon lights change colors at 1030 NBPL photo editing, overcast most of the day. 5p Ice C. p82 9/3/23 Sunday : 830 Neuman, same guy there too interested in my presence. He’s like the guy who opens the doors in the morning- always there. Over entitled. I want to avoid him. Left early due to leg pain. UCI library from 9 to 12, overcast again. NBPL to 4, Miws at 430 bigger waves . 9/4/23 Monday, Labor Day: - what a day including a close call . 1st swim of the day no problem, but 2nd swim- huge waves about 4 to 7 feet- lost a fin coming in on a wave at little CDM - took a few extra moments to find the fin- and already had one hand full with snorkel & mask. By the time I found the fin, the next huge wave was coming over head- and I’m trying to swim out beyond the break using one fin and one arm. The wave pushes me back and under. I come up for air and the next wave is coming over. I’m still thinking I can get out beyond the break and swim back to big CDM. I’m still thinking the set of big waves can’t be too many more. But they keep coming so I realize I need to go back in to shore- and start kicking with one fin and using one arm to go the opposite way- and more waves are crashing over "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE, FOR THEIRS 1S THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.” head- no let up. And I’m losing strength and my ability to get a good breath of air. I’m getting concerned. But I refuse to let go of my snorkel, mask, and fin in the one hand- which would have helped. Finally a wave kicked me on to shore. If I had gone under one more time I don’t think I would have come back up. It was truly that close. The lifeguard on shore had called for the yellow boat- which was just arriving but they would have had to swim in to help. The shore lifeguard did come down from the lifeguard stand but hadn’t even gotten his feet wet. He just said “Are you ok” as I fell down on to the sand gasping for air. I nodded. Barely ok. And I had an audience just standing and watching. None of them showed any “natural affection”- like they were watching me on YouTube or something. An interesting phenomenon. Wow. Needless to say, I didn’t swim back. But walked back to my towel . Back in the mission vehicle I prayed and thanked God and continued watching a few terminator movies I hadn’t yet seen. Including Genisys (no Arnold) and Rise of the Machines (good). 2 . Tuesday 9/5/23 : there’s the stare yug at OLQA. also Seton & tennis at UCI, and computer freeze at library. Then gas for$4.59, 8 141 gallons $36.05 due to Chevron dollar discount (nice of them). And E85 for $2.99 5.5 gallons $16 Grand Total $52.55 for average of $3.90 , savings of about $22. I’ve been mixing E85 and regular for a while now to save about $25 per fill up. Thank you Lord. It works! More photo editing at NBPL. 9/6/23 Wednesday :830 Norbert, 915 blood donation, plus life. There’s the old fella in my spot again. Tramlaw Irvine made $11 dollars Ibotta . TYL. on $70 bill. New bal $24. Miws at NB - still a few big waves rolling in from one of the hurricanes . not that we normally get actual hurricanes in So Cal, but we do get big waves from those down south occasionally. Saw a huge old anchor chain underwater - like one of those from a huge container ship - each link about the size of a tire. It’s been there a while— all rusted out. Also saw a fish with about 3 feet of fish line coming out of its mouth. Somebody caught it but the line broke as they were reeling it in. Now the fish has a permanent hook and line in mouth. No cold spots for the past few weeks. Sometimes there are ice cold spots here and there even in the middle of summer. I’ve heard there’s an extra deep trench nearby that’s called the “submarine canyon” that occasionally gets roused up sending the deep cold water to the top- as deep as 100 feet not far from the pier they say, and clear. Good scuba spot. p84 added new blog RightToBeBorn.blogspot.com Prager show talking about crossroads school in Santa Monica- says it’s prestigious but not necessarily good. Synch: just wrath, just war, saw just church billboard- an event at Honda center on sept 8. Friday Sept 8 2023: olqa 830, 9 to 12 NBPL, swim- very clear and calm Saturday Sept 9: donated blood. They keep asking me searching questions while trying to act as if it’s just casual. 142 SGetting tired of it. I try to talk about Christian faith in a casual but determined way. Linda talked about her trip to pismo beach. I told her about the lighthouse at Avila- which she hadn’t noticed. She found a sugar sand hidden beach near Vandenberg AFB. She also talked about Catalina island. Also did an hour of life rally . then swim- big waves again. Sunday the 10th of September 2023: strange at Llberty Baptist at 1030, also 1230 Neumann, finally finished Mission16 photos briefcase, p86 continue to pray at NBPL and for NBPL various patrons including hoody #1 & #2, continue NABOJ,. and final miws at NB. Monday Sept 11 - remembering 911 - posted a few thoughts on X . so sad. still. SLM 8am, Malaga 10-4 photo editing Mission17 briefcase. Klaw Redondo. Tuesday the 12th , 8am SLM, Malaga 10 to 5 (they close at 6 now). Another klaw. PTN: Morocco almost 3000 dead from earthquake. And over 5000 dead in Libya from flooding. Still thinking of Maui as well (almost 100 dead). Also “impeachment inquiry” commenced re joe Biden. Another klaw ( bird oop ). Wednesday the 13th Vons & laundry. Thursday the 14th of 2023 : sim B&B, also Vons $1.50, and Malaga 10 to 4, prayers for the kid with mom. And then up the hill to peninsula library for a few hours due to traffic. Then I saw the “firefly” rocket smoke coming down from the hill “VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, today announced the company successfully launched its Alpha rocket and deployed the VICTUS NOX spacecraft following a 24-hour notice to complete final payload operations and mission preparations. Led by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) Space Safari Program Office and in close partnership with the Rocket Systems Launch Program, the mission advances the nation's capability to rapidly respond to on-orbit needs during a conflict or in 143 response to a national security threat” https://www.prnewswire.com/news- releases/firefly-aerospace-successfully-launches-us-space-force-victus-nox- responsive-space-mission-with-24-hour-notice-301928878.html 9/15/23 8am Bernard bellflower b&b, also photo ministry with Jim Lin, and supplied them with food and drink including cheese, sw, cold brew coffee, hummus, etc. she was a bit uptight about me opening the windows. Seemed to have rehearsed the “you’re a guest” line - says she doesn’t have covid but then says she may have “long haul covid” , but said I didn’t need to wear a mask. Hmm. Jim keeps offering me a bed to sleep on. But Linda doesn’t reciprocate. Jim didn’t seem to have any noticeable feelings or thoughts when I showed a picture of his mother’s burial location. He was there when they buried her. But didn’t have any memories to share. Helped Linda with computer- she needed to activate Microsoft. They have the license and key but she doesn’t know where it is. I might have it in my old email box. They shared it with me once upon a time. PrayThePlates: CL5r88, 1ver771, 8lvf496, 9/16/23 Saturday NB, miws, new laptop from Rich $140 HB, problem with shift key , luckily he was a trustworthy fellow, he swapped it for another one. 9/18/23 Monday SDR, oceanside st Mary 8am, can’t find c-type cable, library near San Marcos issue re feet up , 10 am, arthritis pain, 1234 bio life -nice the 1st time, not so nice later. 2p Escondido library not so nice, 4 p Rancho Bernardo library better. PrayThePlates 6xas520, 7cwd615, 9hoc598, bz10f26, 866k525, 9gtu586, prayers for Charlene Zuil, to Encinitas 9/19/23 Tuesday cut paste 9-12 community center, billiards, enci lib 10-2, fun miws, 9/20/23 Wednesday 7am st Patrick Carlsbad, PrayThePlates 9dcp522 Carlsbad, 7cjp130, 2p NBPL prayers for new potpal, #MetaCog meta cog: forgot colored paper. (later forgot cheese, Sacramento), Thursday 9/21/23 830 olga exterior mass prayer, kids day, 9-11 NBPL, 1-12 HB pl, noon waiting for new potpal, here’s Rich, esaelp Yeshua, TYL. worked out well. FSHS, full page scratch prayer p13 , TYL TYL, Friday Sept 22 2023 8am Bernard church new young fella showing up. Looks like a future priest, 9am Linda looks very ill and weak, not good, prayers for. Showed Jim some of my pics from pictured rocks, etc. he wasn’t very interested. Gas G total $72.11 last Chevron save $4.59 + $3.50 16 gallon ... etc average $4.45 , save $24, called dpss now getting $290/month, my max inc allowed is 0851(b), on way back SD spirit = breath. Left food for Jim Lin including chocolate almond milk, & stomach fluid, also coco water & protein bars, . , arrived at Miramar around noon, haven’t been to the great air show for several years. Nice to be back. Email to loved ones re Linda’s 144 health. Px6 but it’s raining a little bit here. Nonetheless the blue angels still flew ! picked up some hamburg at Vons- good. Saturday the 23rd of Sept 930 good shep church, too many people looking at phones during service. Disrespectful. 930 now at library, also made $6 on Ibotta. And did I find $20 ? blue angels starting 45 minutes later today, scratch prayer, watching from across the street. Sunday the 24th 7am good shepherd, mira mesa, Vikings vs chargers, cvs protein bars, also got coupon for instant coffee that made it cost only $1, made $2 Ibotta, 99 only terminate, 12 p good shepherd repeat, nice piano plater too : good YT,. now back at Miramar, sunny blue sky, waiting for the Blue... Angels. P8 end Miramar , missed PIFA this year. Monday the 25th 2023 ss 8a good shepherd, then to 99 - fiasco 9a, left review accordingly, 10 a Escondido library, 1215 blood , mex review , 130 Bernard lib, 5p x lib, 6p penasquitos lib is nice, Tuesday 26th of Sept 2023 , 8am Mary church La Jolla, 1130 LJ library, 2pm cove miws, nice lag, but bad on trail. 4p back to LJ library, security not so good- just sits at door, never does anything. Now to Enci.. Wednesday 9/27/23 7am St Patrick Carlsbad, 8am St Francis vista, 915 blood , then back to NB, all day edit, great miws- very clear, plus sheep crab wow. Thursday 9/28/23 630 olqa, 8 ralph h dogs, bread $18, 9a nb lib, 1230 miws even more clear than yesterday, to end of pier & back, great miws, 230-6 library maps, leave early for tt12, px10 Friday 9/29/23 8am Bernard bellflower, gas total $71.04, now at TT12 beginning office cleanout, brought harbinger speakers & digital mixer to thrift shop. That was not very stewardly. We could have sold those ourselves and given a better profit to Valley Christian. So much CC stuff in here. And tarps. And I found my Karns speakers ! cleaned them off, including my receiver, cleaned out office both upper levels, got a lot of the boxes out of there. Saturday the 30th of Sept 2023 rainy day - too bad for HB air show . spent most of day scanning. Sunday October 1 2023 , x3 at OLQA - figured it out ! then 12 to 4 at NB- more scan- great stuff including my file, Julie file, Andy file, but not Steve file ? great Rachel pics and letters— 1 don’t think I ever read these letters . Did Linda stash them without me seeing them ? Monday Oct 2, prayer chapel progress all day. , there’s Joe- he was kind of a jerk now. Next door neighbor Church works at a church. Helio just walks in whenever he feels like it. I don’t like him doing that. It’s a little too entitled. Ate lunch and talked about the Biden scandal. Then at dinner she mentioned mouw & dirk’s wife worked at the Clinton 145 library. Seriously ? That’s all I need to know. Tuesday Oct 3 2023 7am blood in Pomona, p 12 9am tramlaw, bought a big frozen pizza for Jim Lin, also ketchup, pulled pork, back at bellflower worked on office chapel, forgot my water spray bottle, Helio again. They sold those $149 speakers at the thrift shop for $12 bucks. Ridiculous. Wasteful, Linda listening not arguing this time ? sincere ? Ip 8hx059 , stuff by curb, pf TT12, PTN: McCarthy removed as speaker ? wow - that was fast. It happened. He’s out. Helio can walk in to the bellflower house any time but Linda wants me to let them know I’m coming ? seriously ? reg $50 5.49, e85 12.86 5.14 $249, saved $21 oct 5 Thursday 2023 blood 855 quick office 146 lam, leaving LA hot 100 Bakersfield 4pm, reply from ydna, xp 14 Ip 7gms957, ydna texting, I tell him he’s a stranger to me. I don’t know him anymore. Was that a real YDNA ? or poser ? Pleaz Jeez, 5pm- uh oh, breakdown near Shafter CA- suddenly my RPM’s were spinning high. I immediately pulled off- called Better World for towing- another fiasco- remind me to switch to a different roadside service after this. Finally got a tow out-of-pocket for $125, should get a full or partial refund from better world. If they are honorable as promised. Krystal at MJY towing. 18007 Rosedale hwy Bakersfield 93314 Found a mechanic — they moved here from Long Beach.- sounded ok on phone. Prayed long and hard all night long— didn’t sleep well. Next morning. ICDIA ICDAT, G is great ! TYL, on raef, xp 18 Friday Oct 6 $150 to replace a transmission line. It just broke while I was driving. Sprayed all the fluid out in a matter of seconds. Fernando Jr at Fernando’s repair service . answer to prayer. After fix, onward north. Bought some red white blue ice cream and made an ice cream salad with broccoli. Still hot. Also a caffeine anhydrous drink. Also some 5w30 oil, 11 am Kern NWR, tall white cranes everywhere ! wow. Like FL. $5 gas Yokut nation near slater’s surf ranch. Lemoore. TYL x1000 , now city of Kerman, and Ripperdan 215, city of Dos Palos 245, and down the road from there is “Dos Palos Y”. 1-hour homemade rest area. Lots of cotton growing around here, like down south. City of Los Banos 421, .. Xp 20 Saturday 10/7/23 6am at East Chrissy- it’s air show time ! there’s a new beach configuration here now. Was that intentional or just a force of nature ? 1245 navy parachutes , matt gaetz podcast. He’s the one who got McCarthy removed. Here’s the Ace Maker, and patriot jets, warm blue sunny sky- perfect air show weather- actually hot here in SF ! , pf Lechar, Lechar. She’s so good. WiFI not so good here. Are they blocking it for the air show ? strange. Usually it’s good here. I took a swim after Blue angels and a seal popped up very close to me. Funny. Sunday Oct 8 2023 PTN Hamas attacks Israel, 5000 missiles, 600 dead, Israel declares war. It actually happened on the 7th- not sure what time there vs here. Prayers for Israel. Xp22 who was Lincoln Beachey famous SF aviator who died in a plane crash- there’s a plaque for him here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Beachey#Death Vikings lose again to Chiefs. All traffic red after air show. I’m not going anywhere. Monday 10/9/23 Columbus Day St Ignatius 9am, same priest- he’s a good one. The ubiquitous lady there too- she used to be nicer. Now she seems so grim. Submitted reimbursement to Better World via email. Turns out even though it says “sent” - when I called a few days later, Barbara O’Hare said they didn’t get it. So I re-sent it and she confirmed it went through (but as of 10/30/23 I still don’t see a reimbursement on my credit card) . also got a check engine scan at OReilly’s : lean bank code (expected), plus po107 map sensor, plus po442 evap leak , $50 gas- my 2nd $1 discount. $4.59 gal, arrive at Menlo lib- . Tuesday the 10th of October 2023 very humid night. Back at my 2 regular Catholics and it’s same ol same ol unfort. Can’t break thru at either with the 2 robots . sad. These types ruin the atmosphere. Won’t go back for a while. TWILABD. 10am Palo Library DT. , then 1215 AQ - little better. Then 1pm rinconada, 330 p Hewlett drofnats. Xp 24 laptop YLUJ file 2 hours, cafe drofnats, FB the Y-lag at MP Lib, Pf FCL, Wednesday the 11th 8am Drofnats cut paste, 12 noon Kenya Zambia China speech bad s-wich. College terrace lib new phone has gone bad already. Ordered new phone. Drofnats, Margaret jacks re Jewish editors - packed. Pulled chair from patio. Thursday 10/12/23 to Livermore , St Michael 645 , st Bernard 8a, Tracy CA, 1205 blood Stockton, TYL, Modesto Lib, they need new . Manteca Library, PTM: Total Recall how’d I miss this one back in the day. All the way back to PA, 5p, Friday the 13th 9am tennis, 12 noon energy meeting, egg rolls, 130 tennis & swim meet vs Pitt. PTN: Israel 8p back to Livermore, added oil and tran fluid, xp 26 somebody on radio talking about John Calvin. Saturday the 14th of October 2023 onward from Livermore - took the rural route thru Morgan Territory, arriving at blood- bad experience, then all the way back to Drofnats- more tennis, ITA regionals. Sunday 10/15/23 drofnats catholic 9am, grace presb - arrived late. More tennis & swimming/diving . Monday 10/16/23 & Tuesday, Hannah Viller Moeller from Cal won singles and doubles. Wow. She’s from Denmark. Very impressive. PF her. Wednesday the 18th of October 2023 parked at shopping center and walked to Holyoke presentation at architecture building - good pizza. My Grandma Helen attended Holyoke. I didn’t know it was famous for being such a beautiful campus. Will have to try to visit there next time I’m on the east coast. Over to DT Lib- glare man. Now at Maps conference at 5p- it’s such a beautiful part of the Green Library. Hot:- windows open all night . back to Maps day 2, gal spoke to me. I grabbed a coffee and Danish at the break , and then onward: leaving PA over Dumbarton bridge. You can walk across this bridge as well. I see a few pedestrians. It’s homecoming weekend at Stanford- they’re playing UCLA. expect a loss. Thursday 10/19/23 pf rabb at maps. , all the way to Sac. xp 28 prayThePlates 8dqu441, 76082u3, Sac Lib #1 3pm, 5p good blood, Slept at Holiday Inn. Friday the 20th 8a church #1, 830 church #2, $50 gas 10am Library #1, ok kcalb watching, 12 p Library #2 the McClatchey house, unique. 3p Library #3 inner city noisy- s guard doesn’t do anything. Laundromat ok. 99 only experience. Prayers for 99 gal. PTP: 148 7erb016 , Saturday 10/21/23 915 blood, back to PA — % gas used. Nice river drive, sac river wrong turn, scenic tour. City of Hayward, survived the heat wave, now it’s going back down. 7hfh255, 7jrt616, 7dtu094, 9hyx147, 7amw950, 9dok378, 7rbm493, 8env255, Vikings vs 49ers @ MN - Vikings win ! Can they turn their losing start around ? Sunday Oct 22 2023 grace presb 11am, tennis again - now Quinn vande casteele from Oregon wins match. Xp 30 Monday the 23rd several drofnats gatherings. Tuesday the 24th Russia Ukraine air superiority, also re American billionaires, also psychiatry Helen Mayberg- very good - and great bacon wow. Hike the dish. Also George Gascon & Kim Foxx & Larry Krasner at law school - all lefty progressives who I vehemently disagree with - but had to go see them in person to see what kind of disposition they have - and Gascon immediately showed his cantankerous colors. People in LA despise his lack of prosecution against serious criminals. Also later in the evening a Christian speaker- interesting. Some lefty in the audience tried to trip her up and she sidestepped the trap. Good for her. Wednesday 10/25/23 more drofnats including DT Lib - Asian lady fine dining wow . Thursday Oct 26 2023 - onward back to Sac.bridge toll $7. SI Cordelia Friday 10/27/23 stopped at tramlaw in Fairfield ,, transferred $55 from Ibotta to my FCU, stopped in at Dixon Library, also Vacaville library. Looking for windshield repair- little chip has turned into a crack. There’s a way to stop it. Problem is most of these window places refuse to do that kind of job because they want the big payoff. Onward, City of Davis. Onward near Cal State Sacramento gave a banana to a homeless fellow with a hungry sign.xp 32 made it to blood in the evening- first time here - long line. Too long. Next day 2 libraries-incl Rancho Cordova. feeling ill. Fever. 4p st peter’s all hallow, not full. Disruptive sonital kids. With mom. Then to St Mary’s koi pond and infant Mary chapel nice. Then to sacred heart - past Halloween block party. Good game: Cal vs USC- final score 50-49 wow . passing thru Little Italy, heading to Fair Oaks for the cheapest gas in the area. With .25 discount I get it for $4.09- that’s pretty good for CA right now. Xp 34, the sacred heart area is a nice neighborhood- remind me of grand rapids - leaf piles in the street- that’s like midwest I grew up in. and I also did my first #DD delivery ! making $13 bucks. Sunday 10/29/23 blood 814 much better. Same gal there. Oreilly’s check engine- same codes; po171 (lean bank), po442 (evap, fuel filter ?, po107 (manifold air pressure), but no performance problems (yet), here’s sac city airport - small planes , bing Maloney golf course, Juliette winery, xp 36 real McCoy Ferry #2, 1140,Vikings are winning vs Green Bay but Kirk Cousins goes down with ankle injury — turns out to be Achilles heel- he’s done for the season. Sad. Vikings seemed to be turning their season around. Can they keep it going without Cousins ? 149 I’m rooting for Cousins because he came from Holland Christian HS- our “cousin” high school (another Dutch CRC school, and where my dad attended). Also ICOD at blood- good. Here’s Calaveras Reservoir - and now the engine is acting up. It’s something to do with the MAPS sensor . engine herky jerky. Levin County park. At 237 & Zanker there’s a h-less haven. Back in PA - no #DD calls. Monday 10/30/23 pulled map sensor out and wiped it off , ordered new one on eBay for $10 (compared to $80 at o Reillys), also purchased new blu tracfone for $32- . Atherton library. THey never sent the map sensor (fortunately, I guess. Since I didn’t actually need it). Cancelled order on time. It was only $10 for that matter. And I also ordered a new blu phone for $32 - and it arrived quickly. At drofnats, watched the star show at 7- (sushant mahajan) , Tuesday October 31 (Halloween)- still recovering from illness. Attended seminar at NVidia re EV vehicles (karim farhat) , and later a lecture re Isis (ramzy mardini, perry room) . Wednesday November 1, 2023 back at nvidia later in the day packed lecture room to hear Andy Dunn of Bonobos (he also talked about being bipolar) . later back at Encina a lecture about racism in the big room (Tommie Shelby). Thursday Nov 2: Amos Gitai in the green library (always nice to be in the maps room). I think I left my water bottle behind. Leaving town to Sacramento stopped in at O’Reilly’s and purchased a MAP & a MAF - but the MAF they gave me didn’t work when I tried installing it later (fortunately again). And I didn’t try the MAP sensor- didn’t need it. Bought it just in case . I’m learning. Arrived Sacramento around midnight. Friday Nov 3 Donated blood the next morning at Marconi (940) . Returned the MAP & MAF in Sacramento- made sure it was refunded on my credit card ($200) . Carmichael library not so nice. Apparently trying to be “woke” here: they have a tampon machine in the men’s restroom. Go figure. Security guard a jerk too. Did several #DD D Dash around Carmichael & Arcadia. One really easy one from Carl’s Jr to an apartment a block away. Topped off coolant “& oil. P40 did a pizza delivery “thanks boss” said the lady - I think she was talking to the fed ex driver who was delivering at the same exact moment I walked up. Another delivery was too far and long- 13 miles, $13, but nice lady made it worth it. Another delivery - delish pizza. Nice staff. Saturday the 4th of November: bought new air filter at advanced auto and installed it. And lo and behold, the check engine light turned off. Might not need a new MAF after all ? or so I thought. Also pulled the PCF fuse- found out later- that this will cause the CEL to turn off for a while. Forgot to plug the MAF back in. did some laundry at a place called rainbow. Also threw my loafers and tennis shoes in as well- came out nice and clean. Attended mass at All Hallow and 2 others. Did more DD, including one to Lake Washington . also Luigi’s pizza. Prayers for lady dragging tent. 11/5/23 Sunday: . 150 Donated blood then took the delta river drive back to the bay area . It’s longer this way but relaxing and scenic. Lot of people don’t know about the delta between Sacramento and San Francisco. Sometimes you even see seals way up here away from the ocean. They also had a whale incident a few years ago. Took a rest at Clarksbury boat launch. Listening to Vikings vs Falcons game. Josh Dobbs is the new replacement QB for Vikings after Kirk Cousins tore his Achilles & 2nd string QB got inured as well. Dobbs did a good job for just arriving in town a few days prior: got the W, 31-28 ! I’ve been keeping an eye on Vikings ever since Kirk Cousins came on board - (because he’s from Holland Christian). So I was planning on taking the Delta ferry but it turned out to be closed. So I took the route towards Rio Vista - saw a rainbow along the way. Cast my line briefly in the Sacramento River. Now trying to take 680 but it’s closed as well - surprise no surprise. Situation normal. The only thing is that I’m still a little concerned about my engine and the CEL. Nonetheless, I have no alternative but to take a remote back road- little did I know how much up and down hilly almost mountainous it would be- . Came thru here once before - as it goes past the Lick Observatory- which is kind of cool to see, but now it’s dark- and nothing is cool when you’re worried about the engine. IF you break down out here, there’s no internet, no phone. YOu just have to wait for a passer-by to be a good Samaritan and help you out - or make a call for you when they’re able to connect. Listening to Eagles vs Cowboys on the radio. Here’s the Livermore Lab. Lots of deer along the way- not totally dark yet. THen suddenly I see a bear in the middle of the road ! Stopped just in time. 151 Oops. Not a bear, but a black calf . Mother cow on the side. Funny moment. Made it ! Car passed the hill test for sure. But after all of that- believe it or not as I came down into San Jose- the car simply stops as I round a curve. But fortunately, it starts right back up again. Got gas : still mixing E85 ($3.49) and regular ($4.32) , Saved $25 this time. That’s about the average saving every time. Which adds up after a while if you’re driving a lot. PrayThePlates: 9hna711 white Lexus. Monday Nov 6th: great breakfast at the celiac conference including bacon & eggs. Yum. a nice luxury. Later a good lunch as well at Encina east . Later at the law school listened to Stephen Bright speak (turned out to have a lefty agenda) (not to be confused with Bill Bright) . More about EV’s at Nvidia (430). Checked CEL again: now it’s just the MAF code. But I can get a MAF online from eBay for about $30 rather than the $100 they sell it for at AAP. So I drove to Sunnyvale to return the MAF which I bought in Sacramento. Normally, these national auto parts store are good about this. I’ve never had a problem. But now they tell me that the computers are not communicating at the moment. So they can’t issue an credit card refund. I’m pretty sure this wouldn’t happen at Auto Zone or O’Reillys. Saul the manager says they can send me a paper check from corporate headquarters. I ask him where corporate headquarters is and he says he doesn’t even know. Really? Seriously ? Is he playing me for a fool, or is he a fool ? Anyways, I’m not too happy about having to wait for a check, but seems to be no choice at the moment. So we do a bit of paper work. I hand the MAF to him. A person from corporate says I should receive a check in 2 or 3 weeks (but I never do. More about this later). At the moment I am doing this I get a DD call- pick up at Albertsons , deliver to Palo Alto. long drive with lots of red lights. Then when I arrive the lady doesn’t show up at the door, so I ring a few more times, and then she angrily opens the door and says “stop that. Baby sleeping”. But the instructions were to “hand to customer” as opposed to leave on doorstep. Tuesday Nov 7th I ordered a MAF for $30 on eBay- with arrangements to pick it up at the Walgreens (checked in advance, and the young fellow who answered said “sure no problem”). Wednesday Nov 8th : noticed the MAF seller switched from Fed Ex to UPS, and now UPS has handed off to USPS. What the ?! Call back to Walgreens this time a lady answers (turns out to be Madeline the manager. Who I have dubbed “the screecher”) and I ask her if I can still pick it up. She sounds Asian & angry- screeching, “You sent it to my address?!” as if it was her home address, as if she lived there or something. I don’t think so. What an angry entitled overbearing lady. She continued to blah blah blah with a high pitch shrill voice and I finally hung up. I tried to cancel the order with the eBay seller but they said it was too late. What a fiasco. The outcome eventually was positive about a 152 month later thanks to Ebay, but I will leave you in suspense to find out below. Thursday November 9 2023 : bus fiasco at drofnats - made complaint about it. Attended presentation re groundwater at Mitchell Earth Sciences . thought about Linda’s comment re “you should publish it” . Actually, I have. She doesn’t know anything about e-publishing. Friday Nov 10: Leah at Biolife in Sacramento is nice. Now at McClatchy library- moved some furniture around- had the room to myself- this is an old house turned into a library. Kind of rustic. THen a homeless fellow showed up and tried to take over the room. Rather than fight, I was happy to leave. Stopped in at McKinley library- kcalb SG - made complaint re attire of a patron. They took care of it. Browsed a Pete Rose book for a little while- while intermittently napping. Saturday Nov 11: Next morning they had a Veterans Day parade by the California state capitol- a beautiful building. But not much support in this community for veterans. I stayed an watched, and filmed. How come gruesome newsome doesn’t come out for this ? still praying x1000 and thousands ... still concerned about mission vehicle (MV , my car) - my starter is starting to have issues- a grinding noise periodically. Not good. I’m worried again. Actually I replaced this starter a day after Christmas 2022. It shouldn’t go bad so quick again. Gas for $4.24 . I decide to head back to So Cal because of the starter. I don’t want to risk turning the engine off . Now in Ripon at 530, PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ (pleaz Jeez, not taking the Lord’s name in vain— it’s literally pleading with God Jesus ) shortened to PJ PJ . ... Meanwhile on the radio Michigan beats Penn State (coach Harbaugh is suspended for remainder of regular season for alleged sign stealing scandal) . Now passing thru Modesto 537. Cali-Prayer . HHHHHHHHH , pull into auto zone - they check my alternator and say it’s still good (should be. Also replaced less than 2 years ago). But to check the battery I need to turn off the vehicle and I don’t want to take the chance. Prayers for Mss-V (mission vehicle). Onward. City of Fresno 8pm, also searching for auto repair open on sunday or open 24 hours. Some say they are but actually are not. City of Kingsburg 826, City of Visalia 841, City of Pixley 908, City of Earlimart, City of Delano 920, McFarland, px52 Sunday Nov 12 2023: made it to Bakersfield- want to keep going but too sleepy. Must take the chance at turning off the engine at the risk of not re-starting in the morning. Slept by Wood & Son auto repair just in case. Fortunately, praise the Lord, the car started fine, sounded good. So I took another chance and went to Catholic mass at St Francis also in Bakersfield- at 645 am, and the car re-started again after mass- BUT — it made the grinding noise again- and I had to try twice. Uh-oh. Keep going. Don’t stop again. Kept motor running while getting gas south of B-field: $3.94 regular - not bad for CA. called around about the warranty on my starter- turns out it has a 1-year warranty- which is about to expire at the end of December- maybe this is actually a gift from God- I can get a free replacement - (altho I will still have to pay for labor again). So I pull into the O’Reilly’s in Santa Clarita and buy the replacement. will return the old one later. Started doing Yelp inquiries about who will give me the best labor offer. It’s a relatively easy job for a person with a little bit of experience and the right tools, neither of which I have myself. But it shouldn’t be much more than $100 labor. Although you can be sure there will be those who try to get a lot more. Made it to L.A. - listening to Vikings defeat the Saints- they’re doing good even without Kirk Cousins. Monday Nov 13th : made it to my regular mechanic in Lomita . but wouldn’t you know I couldn’t “replicate the problem” . With Ray the mechanic standing by, I turned off and on the engine numerous times and it never made the grinding sound. He laughed. I laughed. I said “I will probably have to get towed back.” drove to Bellflower- and BIG SURPRISE- my sister is there. Haven’t seen her since 2005. Literally. Jim *& Linda are there too. She never tells me by text when sister is there. And she stops texting when sister is there as well. Or much more infrequently. She looks old and worn out (turns out she actually has covid, but keeps saying “it’s just a cold”. Good grief. Really. And I spend a few hours in a confined room showing her photo albums . Jim & Linda join in as well. It was a good few hours - like a slide show as we reminisced etc. But later I did feel a bit sick- I probably caught something- no surprise. Fortunately it didn’t drag me down for too long. WE looked at photos after photos- lots of historic material. I was taken aback one moment when we were looking at a photo of when Doug & Jack visited and we went out on the boat- suddenly Linda mom remembers something from that trip- even though she was NOT with us- and she blurts it out. Strange that she would think of that and even stranger to blurt it out the way she did. Almost childlike. And this is about Doug who died so young. They were not very sensitive about that. That still sticks in my craw several weeks later. I ask the Holy Spirit to allow me to address that in a proper way later. And I do - (read more below) . So sister arrived by Amtrak- was it a surprise ? Did Linda know she was coming ? And she’s staying all the way thru December ? SHe has a house back in Michigan. And 2 children, albeit both are young adults now. And her ex-husband (who she says she “hates”) is staying at her house ? I don’t get it. It doesn’t make sense. She says she wants to get married again too. P54 Nonetheless, I try to be polite and exchange small talk with her. She also says she can’t stand our brother, Andrew. I’m in agreement with that- not a big fan. After visiting I stop in at Artesia FCU- and make a deposit- and car conks - but still starts. I am reflecting on sister conversation- she mistakenly thinks I am “food insecure” because I mentioned a perk of enjoying free food at the university. I need to be very careful of the words I choose. Later I clarify to her that I attend events at the university NOT for free food but that the free food is a nice perk. Doing a little research on starters- sometimes that sound may indicate a problem with the fly wheel. Hopefully not. If so, it requires dropping the transmission to replace a small inexpensive part. It’s the labor cost to drop the tranny that is expensive. PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ. Need a mini-miracle. Please God. I am getting offers on Yelp for labor cost to replace starter - from $100 to $300. I finally settle on one for $90. Tuesday Nov 14th DFS (didn’t finish sentence) re Ford Museum Detroit, re Kennedy limousine, re price of Holland museum, re Mike Schaap, re plumbers vs oilers, re bursitis, re d brink & k anderson (dog), re Hanford, re Amtrak , , Andy calls. More DFS re turkeys crossing road near st joseph, re Megan called, re Larkin at Kalamazoo college, re girl on side of freeway, re almost drowned, re snorkeling for exercise, AmeriPrayer, re tt2 flossing, re sister snarky a few times (including a strange “dude” moment). And of course Linda re boat. Auto Zone says starter is good. But when I tell that to Leo’s auto next door they scoff. THey heard the noise. But they want $500 to replace. I don’t think so. I go to Pro Performance in Long Beach (Cherry Ave) where I sit around all day waiting. Walk twice to nearby supermarket. Louie is the guy behind the counter at auto repair. And it’s done ! praise God. seems to solve the problem. Although later I clean one of the battery terminals which seems to make it even sound better, and stronger. Maybe I should have done that earlier, as well. Why won’t Jim call me john ? re Jim giving me a black eye. Jim mentions national guard to avoid draft. Hmm. the truth comes out. I’m not judging. It was a good idea. Vietnam was a waste of American lives. Meanwhile sister tried to buy some things on Amazon to assist Jim hearing better. They arrived while I was there, but too complicated to make them work. So she will return them to amazon but they won’t pick up returns so she will need to drive there. She didn’t seem to do much research . 217 pm gas for $4.29 and $3.39 saved $19. Back on eBay , purchased a MAF again-— this one from Chino for about $30. 11/15/23 Wednesday, scanned all day at NBPL, downstairs briefly the creepy Asian female still there. I left abruptly as she entered. Also homeless creep still there with hoody and grotesque fingernails. He’s not trying to improve. Also Colorado man still there- he seems like a good guy, with dog he cares for. Talked to him once. He has a complicated story about his property in Colorado (near where I drove that one time and saw the deer in the yard). Mm “my brain is fried” sister sounded like a hippy. Thursday the 16th of November : olqa morning, sunny actually hot. Good swim. Sister went with Jim Lin to Freed event. They do a lot of activities and socializing with Evelyn freed. Linda seems to be impressed by wealth. Or maybe they just enjoy her company. Mouw socializes with this circle as well. He turned out to be far left liberal, unbeknownst to me until later in life. I just don’t understand sister’s mindset: she mentions her “hate” for Sanchez but now he’s staying at her house in Michigan while she’s gone. She also mentioned brink shock therapy- but shouldn’t that be confidential. Other peoples mental health is not something you should just casually converse about. It becomes gossip , even if not intended as such. 11/17/23 Friday starting out sunny. Spent most of the day at tt12 . Jim Lin left around noon for Escondido. Sister finds out she has covid. All the while she had been hacking and coughing and telling us it was just a “common cold”. Weather forecast wrong again. Not rainy but a nice sunny day. I cleared the roof on the prayer chapel. P60 sister peppered me with subtle casual questions, probing me about my socio-economics. Be wary. Nice that she actually went with me to the catholic church. There’s hope. Then she made a strange statement ‘I am taking over here’ . say what ?! later as we’re driving she asked about “lifeline” phones- ie the Obama phones. She seems to know so much about that. Strange. She says she’s a Christian, but was silent about pro-life. Sad. her daughter Megan works for child protection services ? What a family. The other daughter is at Kalamazoo college . apparently musically inclined. After catholic mass we stopped in at the dollar tree— I was looking for ear buds, but they didn’t have them (got them later at NBPL). I told her about MVG’s strange “I count my tools” comment. My thought is that if she has such low trust of me why did she invite me to stay there. Was that the last good family gathering- looking at the old photo albums together ? I hope sister doesn’t go back to MI and mock CA. 11/19/23 Sunday: Joachim mass, then OLQA. px62 still no response from TT12 text message. #DD S15 Irvine, ramen restaurant. The MAF from Chino arrives ! also #DD to Balboa Island, and an ice cream delivery. Later a Mexican restaurant in Costa Mesas. Also sent text re discussing “net worth” (good). Now #DD papa john’s pizza Irvine to Sanghyeon, . Lions defeat Bears in comeback game. Vikings lose to Broncos. Monday the 20th of November 2023: blood donation plus physical. The African gal is a nurse ? she was acting cheerful for once. Afterwards NB miws exercise. Also laundry and new registration - put new tags on vehicle ! good thru December 2024. Tuesday 11/21/23 Cerritos library, kcalb at 99 , compression socks, #cap1 balance already at $800 again. and 830 to the Getty with the family ! 11/22/23 8am Bernard Passed by USC, also UCLA, Wilshire , Tar Pits, LACMA, Oscars museum, Peterson Museum, sag/AFTRA, Compton airport, Wiltern theatre, Mulholland highway, st basil, Disney concert hall, broad museum, Dorothy chandler, city hall, universal city /studios, Kimmel , Oscars red carpet, mosaic church, - various viewing locations of Hollywood sign, prayers for family - as they go off to Redlands for thanksgiving. 11/23/23 Thanksgiving Day. I spent the morning doing pro-Life ministry, praise the Lord !, Lions lose to Packers on Turkey day. As usual. Same ol same ol. Prayers for 3BU. Sister texts me and says Linda told her I remind her of Evelyn Freed’s chauffeur. Not funny.. Px66 all day thanksgiving, cut paste after pro-Life, 11/24/23 Friday no mass at OLQA today. Tod Brown recently passed away- former OC catholic bishop. And I finally successfully installed the MAF- after so much drama. Will it fix the problem ? Time will tell. Rest of day cut paste. MH370 flight- Richard syrett show. Final text to sister “have fun” - after doing my best to be hospitable and give her ideas of things to do. Gas $4.29, $5.79 $66.22 saved $22. Left note for TT12 “be kind & caring... God is faithful..” px68 11/25/23 Saturday slept northern San Fernando valley, onward, reflecting on Getty- we saw the deer there ! that was cool. And re the special art— Linda seemed to be looking too intently. Onward - thru the grapevine - today is “The Game”: Michigan vs Ohio State. And Michigan will win ! yes . CEL is still on- . pj pj pj pj , twilabd. Remember also to pray for Frank Pastore. Also Cali prayer and Ameri Prayer. 1000 hash marks. mij nil, HMPL, RIP Rosalyn Carter (repose), here’s Bear Mt Blvd 857, FSHS , Kern County raceway 908, Here’s Shafter again, and nice wetlands. P 70 Michigan leads 7-0. Repose of Frank Freed also. City of kettleman at 1005 am, , prayers for Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Matt Gaetz, Israel, Mike Johnson, Ukra, Desi, OFWAIH, now Fresno county 10:16am, now Michigan 14, OSU 10, prayers for prisoners pleasant valley prison 1025, hash mark prayer x 500, at rest area enjoyed chicken sandwich. Excellent thank you Lord #hash x200 , This is also known as “rivalry Saturday” - lots of big games . Here’s Harris Ranch & Coalinga Canal 1037. 180 miles to San Francisco- staying on the 5 freeway. 150m to PA. now Michigan 17, OSU 10 3rd Q. px72 entering Merced County, AmeriPrayer continues now Michigan 17, OSU 17. Close game. Good game, Now Mich 24, OSU 17. Now 27-17, now 27-24, now 30-24 Michigan WINS big 10 east championship. 1241. Now in San Jose. gas $3.29 & $4.12 »saved $15 gave $1 dollar to beggar kid- & asked him if he knows about Jesus Christ. He looked embarrassed and said “I’m Muslim” . I told him “Jesus Saves” and smiled .. the best I could do at the moment. He’s already been brainwashed by dad & mom. Used % tank of gas from LA to PA (palo alto), now #DD tagliarini verdo con gamberetti, tortellini alla pana, spaghetti carbonara, osteria toscana, picked up in PA and delivered to San Carlos, car conked twice. But restarted no problem. Px74 11/26/23 Sunday 9am drofnats catholic , stare down x2, 11 am grace presb- this church felt so promising a few months ago-— but it’s quickly changing towards PC unfort. During greet time an Asian guy was friendly. I told him I just returned from LA - “ever been there/” he said “once to Disneyland”. Ha ha. Now 1pm at drofnats watching women’s basketball vs U Albany. 6’4” Cameron brinks is pretty impressive, also Hannah jump hits her 300th 3-pointer. Chiefs defeat Raiders, Eagles defeat Bills in OT. finally pulled the FI fuse at 423 pm. — used biomat BAM card for ticket to game $2 left on it. Now Chargers playing #dd Jeffrey’s burgers delivered to nearby menlo college- handoff to Robert. Prayers for mij nil, 11/27/23 Monday back at drofnats at 430 after 10-12 at Atherton lib, and 2—4 at Menlo lib. By the way, I also stopped in at Menlo hardware thinking I would remove battery cable, but needed specific size wrench. -the sonital was not very accommodating unfort. But I pulled the other fuse- and it finally turned off the CEL ! - so we'll see if it comes back on. I almost decided to accept the loss re Madeline Walgreens fiasco ( but got a happy ending from eBay later !) . px76 now reviewing “emails from Jim” - I hadn’t read most of these- a few of them contained micro aggressions. During photo hour we also saw the photo of me after the incident with Mij. hmm. Also dave Huizenga, also good on Getty trip re “are you one of those/” now Lin says she’s very busy- too busy to respond to text. Maybe she will give me a thumbs up once a week. How rude is that ? is sister coaching her? Is sister trying to break us up and cause fights ? added #newBlog re emails from Jim also #newBlog re Helen Mills final will & testament. And lots of new pages for “college papers” 11/28/23 Tuesday took shuttle to drofnats. 12 noon symposium re frontal temporal at ling shi - started so promptly- re storytelling , also the architect from Denmark (that was fun. Funny guy, and very smart too). Also at the gates a very high IQ person - she also is a runner- completed numerous marathons- she’s British. 11/29/23 Wednesday px78 at archaeology lunch - the usual suspects- this is getting old. Same dude. All the rice gone already. Shuttle back to mss-v. Cold weather now. PA Library- 2 hours. Also did negative review re Menlo hardware, now 4p - Milton Friedman “the last conservative” book - too many suits here- trying to act impressive,. Left early despite nice buffet. So Nil doesn’t like de Santis either ? is she just trying to be contrary ? great movie at Oshmann re CPE “still silent voice” . Big eater at Drofnats got huge 2nd plate. Now at hoover event with Condoleezza rice and governor Sununu (new Hampshire) also Wes Moore ? some say Condi rice is moving the conservative hoover to the left. She seemed to stare me down a few times. Px80 CEL is back on again. 12/1/23 Friday blood donation disaster in Roseville. Bad jab ,. Intentional ? this location is sickening. Don’t want to come back. Tranny Ryan - gross. Looks like he used a magic marker to draw a line above his lip - to be his mustache. Sickening. Gas $3.60 with dollar discount. Withdrew $350 from biomat account. Ice cream reward for hassle and work . pjpjpjpj .. #dd Stockton — Starbucks to Roni who gave $1.50 tip. Now Tracy CA - a double dash #dd from the mall. is sister dezinomed ? Pray no. pray for. Did she ever recant the ouji board ? so total income today was $57 px82 (called O’Reilly’s re fuel pump- lifetime warranty- was purchased on April 24 2022 for $218, because CEL says it’s a problem. But is it really ? pulled fuse again to shut off CEL. see if it comes on again). 160 12/2/23 Saturday still no text response from tt12 , took dish hike . synch: saw rainbow again-— saw it last time I was here a few months ago as well. #dd pizzeria to east palo $16. dish hike x2 , 7.2 miles “almost an angel” movie good with the actor from crocodile Dundee. Alabama defeats #1 Georgia ! 12/3/23 Sunday sunny morning, 9am drofnats worship, 11 am grace prez- becoming too pc ? artificial population. Stanford loss to Clemson in soccer elite 8. 12/4/23 Monday 10-1230 Atherton library - reserved room E, worked out well this time p 84 after Atherton - #dd app glitched on me. Now at drofnats - 1pm nvidia, nice. 430 music lecture re bond lady. Tiny room in the Braun. No #dd in pm. Resolved eBay refund ! PG !, IT WAS returned after all, but without the proper stickers etc refund more difficult so eBay paying refund out of their own pocket due to confusing seller website. 12/5/23 Tuesday Still working on refund from advanced auto parts -spoke with Saul about it. This guy is the manager of the store and doesn’t even know where the corporate headquarters is ? why doesn’t he step up and call corporate himself to make sure I get the refund promptly? Finally got a more confident assurance from Samantha at corporate about getting a refund check. She saw no notes re original promise of refund check on 11/6/23 Wednesday unbelievable . apparently Dudley N lied to me as well. Can Saul be trusted ? 12/6/23 Wednesday mostly drofnats. Also started credit card blog— for all my statements dating back to 2011 . 12/7/23 Thursday started transmission letter - re Dayton’s Transmission in Casper WY. pause 85 . noon, lran & great falafel lunch. Thank you. Along with the usual suspects. Started raining. 161 Took shuttle back 2pm, hip pain is high today. Been high for the last week or so. Karen Levy did a good presentation re “tracking truckers”. 12/8/23 Friday 38 degrees - cold morning-see my breath. Continue working on Dayton Transmission complaint. #DD to children’s hospital $12.50. 12/9/23 Saturday px86 #dd to the griffin dorm drofnats barely worth it, no tip. High school hazz fest all day at dinkerspiel auditorium Stanford, also saw the gymnastics showcase- that was fun. Making progress on Casper letter, plus narration update, 445pm #dd Asian box at town & country, only a block away $8. Army defeats Navy- the only college football today. The bowl games have been announced including Michigan vs Alabama at the Rose Bowl ! awesome . After Asian Box #dd I did a dash from the Teaspoon to Michelle at Medical Center- and a little fiasco happened. Fixed it. Thanks. Also missed a #dd to Palmetto superfood due to #dd glitch. 12/10/23 Sunday 9am drofnats catholic, the good priest, -unfort, also same supercilious guy there in the same spot- pretending to be concerned about the stuff he brought with him - like a lady with purse- don’t bring it if you’re a worry wart about it. and first time 11am “university worship” which is very afro-centric. Vikings defeat Raiders, 3-0 . pause px88 Monday December 11 2023 evening music, also 4pm Clark, DDx2, incl to Sunnyvale after gas fill (CEL & stall, police blockade, why me all the way to Sunnyvale ? strange. Then Tuesday Dec 12 started out with DD at 8am posh bagels, and noon x2 Peets to 2nd floor apartment palo alto, then a cancel by Poke House to Varun Badhwar - great food- never tried this before. Incredible $23 meal I would 162 never order. CEL code 107 which is map sensor again. Pulled it and cleaned it a little with alcohol. But DD app glitched again. 1pm encina re China progress in R&D - they are starting to do their own=-- getting more tech savvy. Now at PA lib, 2-gallon refill, CEL now off. I PWOC’d all night *prayed without ceasing. PWOC PWOC PWOC. & added new prayer page. #PP 5pm, Wednesday the 13th December 10am breakfast burrito, bag of bones, 1st real down to earth drofnats event- progress with blueprint. p 90 4pm re earth genome at Mitchell. The reg guy turned out to be accented,. 5p lika shing disappointing, really rude Asian lady, red light inverter on uh oh ?! but returned to green- started ok. Charged phones all night. Thursday 12/14/23 car won’t start in morning. Just a click. I call Better World. Took a long time for them arrive to give a jump. the guy at dispatch named Rick is a jerk . I made complaint. Left review re. Finally jump man arrived at 10:15 After jump went to NAPA redwood city- good guy- owner Kurt - charged my battery up. I PWOC’d all night again re forgive bad Asian lady. Also, - finally confirmed the AAP check is IN THE MAIL. WOW. what a soap opera that was re Mass Air Flow sensor. Also purchased new Good Sam roadside membership for the year for $49. Good deal. They tow as far as you need to go, no extra charges like better world. 12/15/23 Friday no DD, a few late hours at Old Union, also DTPA lib. p 92 12/16/23 Saturday, Xmas Prayer time, & X cards : Jimlin, VG, peter sis, siblings . dish hike, watched “4th Angel” movie- good. Leaving Drofnats, car almost stalled again- then roared to life. No code. Cleaned maps again. Just as I pull it out to clean it and it is drying I get DD x2 call. Plus special circumstances. Good grief. Managed to complete two deliveries in Los Altos- kept car running whole time. Now back at Mt View repair. Vikings lose to Bengals in OT 27-24 - they blew it. Now I am seriously considering a return to LA, but will stay to go to CH. tomorrow. It is so nerve-wracking all the time but I just keep PWOC! . thank you God. power of gratitude. 12/17/23 Sunday 7am % dish hike, plus new knowledge re drofnats. Px94 9am catholic, plus rain now. Car ok ? maybe ? still no reply from TT12, X cards progress siblings, timmers, p-sis, knights, eagles, VG, and DD abort- no answer at the delivery location, return to Safeway (hand back to Eddy), reflection on sis re he mention of ardua- seemed to have intention. X several. Be aware. That’s the power of confession- some people will try to use it against you wrongly so, nefariously so. What put a red flag up was when sister suddenly blurted “dude” to me but then quickly tried to correct herself. Later at Getty, she used a blank commanding tone towards me. She’s hot and cold. And a live wire. And she has tried to get me in trouble before when she comes to CA. including Disneyland. She’s a troublemaker and has a mean streak too. Tuesday the 19th of December 2023 mss-V 163 good. Rainy morning . but it paused during my dish hike . thankfully. 6-mile total. Thank God. end of Monday DD clever to Zach with dog in Portola. Nice guy. Wednesday 12/20/23 rained all night, still raining at 10am, strong rain, now at rinconada library. Yesterday when I was at Atherton library in room B a lady came in.. apparently there’s a 15-minute rule and she was too late. Hear my prayer Lord. 1pm basketball game Stanford vs Davis blowout of course (women). $20 delivery to Stanford hospital nice Chinese fellow (doctor ?0 , but why did gal at DD have to confirm ? that annoyed me. Also did UPS delivery for local PA lady- had to text the receipts myself. DD app glitches too often. 10-12 at rinconada library. Didn’t my phone bank charge ? Thursday 12/21/23 start at Atherton lib from 10-12 , now dish hike 1230 to 230, and downtown library 4-6, progress on WA state beautiful blog for the P sis. PTN: Colorado trying to take Trump off the ballot. Will SCOTUS pick it up ? Friday 12/22/23 more pics at DT lib (PA), mss-V seems to be okay. TYL. partial dish hike from El Camino 1230-230 - campus empty. Nice. DT lib again 4-530, and rinconada 6-8, also completed WA state beautiful blog. 12/23/23 Saturday sent out 3 of 5 X cards (vg, p sis, & j-Lin) from PA usps around 215 (not yet sis & Timms),. Had to add extra postage (school bus), funny lady px98 also got last dollar discount at chevron- $3.46 . added sticker to Big 5, sunny day. Another dish hike at 230- finished the 2 Kill Bill movies free on Tubi- pretty good, somehow I missed those when they came out years ago. Also sent final 2 x cards (sis & Timms) 458 pm- just before final pickup at DT USPS PA. also the cookie handoff was memorable. Now leaving PA to LA. Sunday December 24 2023 Xmas eve: on the road, made it to Pasadena for Christ Science service. Door man in regular place. Then 1030 to 99 cents. And 12 noon Chinatown library cleanout. Vivid dream re tiny barb peters on couch- what was that all about ? 2pm arrived for annual holiday show- got in line- unfortunate synchronicity with blankety-blank. Good show. Left a little early as usual. 6pm St Brendan balcony. 7pm Good Shep BH. 9pm St victor W Hollywood. Monday December 25 2023 Merry Christmas ! 930 St Paul Westwood- why security here ? nice lag with dad. Left early px100 sunny blue day, now at St martin Brentwood 1030, also security here. And 12 noon American Martyrs-surprised it is so full at noon. Chiefs vs Raiders on radio,. Redondo beach exercise. Stop in at office- brief cleanout, then get stuck in police barricade on 91 east at 605 at 140am, good grief. Now 156 still waiting to go. I’m the only one who turns off my engine despite we’ve been waiting for more than 15 minutes now. How come nobody turns their engine off if we’re waiting for over 15 minutes ? a car turned over on the 605 at 2 am ? nothing suspicious, eh ? situation normal. E85 gas for $2.89 $18.17, regular for $3.95, $57.14, grand total $75.84, saved about $25 dollars. Tuesday the 26th of December 2023 , & Wednesday, most of the day scanning, mostly Xmas cards from years gone by. Incl. VG’s, sister, bro2, TT12, B&A, even 1 from waalkes, also many from LDM, even 1 from Mel hugen, also took miws x3 px102 Friday 12/29/23 7am at St Philip- Pasadena, arrived for bandfest, then 10-1 at Hill St Library, 2-5 bandfest round1, no rain, several karens by my car so I moved- turned out to be positive- as I went up a level and realized this is so much better ! flash back to the greenway letter- wow so blatant harassment by him. That’s the way these guys rolled back in the day. And they could get away with it. Plus the waalkes, Bob K, and S Brink material. TYL: the karens are proof of 1 thing, the greenway is proof of another thing. The waalkes is sad. And the Bob K is dismal. And the S. Brink was a disappointment. Moving on. 12/30/23 Saturday 8am St Philip again, it rained all night. I saw a coyote as I arrived 2 nights ago digging thru some garbage across from St Philip. I tried to get a video but he started running away too quickly. Still raining at 9am, less so at 10am as bandfest round 2 begins. And now it’s 2pm time for bandfest round 3: Niceville FL, and here’s Toho Japan Green Band- they’re always so dynamic. Then the bagpipers, and LAUSD honors band always gets a spot at bandfest. Now it’s sunny and I’m on the very top level- another new experience. Prayers for PCL and FCL. naboj icadooh. . Attended vigil mass at St Andrews- and discovered they have free Wi-Fi here. That’s a nice bonus. I always wonder why most catholic churches keep their WiFi locked to parishioners even though it’s the parishioners who are paying for it. Next day, 12/31/23 Sunday back to St Andrews for 8am, then to Christian Science for 10am - there’s nothing “entertaining” about Christian science worship- but it feels peaceful. And the setting is nice. They simply read their booklets which include scripture. But also have some commentary by their founder, Mary Baker Eddy. Px104 afterwards I drove to Tramlaw Monrovia to charge up my battery- and bought a few things. made $10 on Ibotta. Upon return to Pasadena I decided to go to the discount theatre for a screening of the new Wonka movie- a whole different version of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Actually entertaining. Here are my PrayTheMovie notes: Hey Dey films, starring Timothee Chalamet as Charlie, and Hugh Grant makes an appearance as an “orange man” midget. Funny. Starts with Charlie arriving in the city with a few lucky coins that quickly get used up (lost, given away, etc) , he sleeps on bench and some guy invites him to stay for what seems to be a fair price at a nearby hotel- but it turns out to be a scam and not a fair price. So he finds himself an indentured servant working for the hotel to pay off his one-night stay, along with another unlucky victim (also watched “hardcore” for the first time ever last night- now free on Tubi- this is a Paul Schrader film and starts out in Grand Rapids during what looks like the blizzard of ‘78 (I was there, 11 years old at the time). Looks like they literally filmed the opening scene in 1978- which would time well with the release in 1979. The opening scene is all Grand Rapids including downtown, Leonard Street CRC, sledding at Richmond Park, and the elderly folk talking Calvinist theology after dinner while the kids play. I won’t review the entire story here- but I also found it interesting that the bus the kids are taking to California for the young Calvinist convention says “bellflower” on it. Funny. Finished watching Wonka- totally different twist to the original story. Not bad. It’s Monday 1/2/24 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Or is it ? Well it started out happy. I got out of the car just in time to see the stealth bomber fly over- got some footage of it.. Then I made it over to my “usual spot” on Colorado Blvd - and the weather looked good - not raining, not too cold. Sun coming up. However, then 2 ladies who looked like Satanists arrived - both wearing face masks outdoors - and for some reason they felt they needed to set up right next to me. I quickly moved away- but it detracted from the good vibes I like to feel on New Years Day. Get behind me Satan I repeated several times. I actually like to silently pray during the parade while I am also filming. The parade went well - very few pauses in the flow. And after the parade with both phones low on battery I drove around trying to find a WiFi location- and ended up back over by the Pasadena Central Library -and that became a fiasco on what should have been a wind down happy ending to another great Rose Day - including Michigan defeating Alabama in OT ! (and they will win again vs Washington to claim the National Championship a few weeks later ! Go Blue !). I will save the Pasadena narration for later. Moving on. Went over to St. Andrew church for evening mass. Then I stopped in at my office to pick up some material for scanning. I spent the rest of the week scanning material from 9am to closing time at NBPL - mariners, balboa, main , and CDM - great progress ! p 110 also received the usual X cards from Peters sisters etc. Nice. thanks. I hope they received mine and look at the Washington blog I created - photos based on my various trips there. On Thursday the 4th of January I took a break from scanning to take a swim. Felt good. A guy named Tom started talking loudly at the computer lab at NBPL. Prayers for him and his life. He seemed like a decent fellow but avoided responding to any religious talk. Prayers for him to accept Christ. PTN: mass shooting in Perry lowa - student shot 8 people, killing 2 including the principal; and then killed himself. So sad and tragic. Also an earthquake in Japan killed maybe more than 200. I continue scanning: here’s a card from Mel Hugen, and Mike Waalkes, also Dave Engelhard, and even a mean one from mean Bob Ko. also Shirley Zink nice. The Ko family was never part of our community growing up. THey were an army family and grew up in various parts of the USA as well as overseas in Germany. Like missionary kids they come back as young adults but don’t fit in very well. IT’s awkward. It destroys the flow of the community and everything people worked for growing up. IT’s like they come in on a helicopter without any respect to the context of the community issues. Px112 now heading north out of So Cal to resume my life in northern Cal. Here’s the beautiful wetlands of Kern County. Passing by the Tule Elk preserve- not much to see here ; here’s slick rock ranch; ; I periodically reflect on the behavior of sister - it’s so unpredictable - she blurts things out at times - like she is trying to be shocking. All 1 can do is pray for her; and hope she works thru her issues. Please God. Help her. I really want her to pull thru. Dog in road at 935am Listening to Jessie Kelly. City of Kilowatt at 942. Yeshua prayer. City of Button Willow at 945 . Hear my prayer Lord. Here’s the Sunny Gem Juice plant - is this Wasco ? PTN: Biden has spent over 30% of his time in office on vacation. Belridge -lots of oil wells . px114 something about MilitaryAccountability.com on the radio or podcast. I listen mostly to podcasts now. It’s great- most of the time you can fast forward past the ads which is the worst part of listening to radio talk shows. Here’s the James Dean road - down the way - there’s a monument in memory of him - where he died in a car crash. Saw it on a previous trip. Not going that way. Now 1030. Now entering Kings County 1043. Here’s Avenal prison - making prayer video. And now Pleasant Valley prison- nice name - wonder what it’s like inside -making another prayer video. 1124. New Ho 8 =, NEW HOVE IT’s probably good that sissy went back into my office and read the 30 days of prayer letter. City of Coalinga- auto zone - got a read of the CEL - as expected - it’s because I combine E85 with regular - causes low trip - but no real problems. This is almost all Latino area. Even the engine scanner was in Spanish. Ray Appleton on the radio - never heard him before.- there’s the turn off to Coalinga Mineral Springs- I think I explored that once before- there’s not much there 1215 p 116 Long drive on hwy 198 from Coalinga to Hwy 25 towards Pinnacles - did a hike on East Pinnacles a few years ago. I’ve done both sides now. 51 miles . Cool day but sunny. City of Bitter Water 1pm, S: new Idria Mine sign ( apparently an abandoned mine - now a ghost town. Too far. Reviews say 167 the road is pretty bad too. City of San Benito . City of Tres Pinos (3 Pines) . City of Gilroy. 15 gallons gas $60, 315pm San Jose. slept in PA. Saturday Jan 6 most of morning cut paste, also Atherton library 10-12. Menlo Park lib 1-6. Tesla actor . cold night 38 degrees. Sunday the 7th of January 2024 sunny blue and cold. Frosty oval. 8am PTN more about the mass shooting in Perry IA. Researched 4 Monday the 8th PA CP lib, etc. Rinconada, Atherton, printing Dayton complaint (Casper WY), nice color prints. A few Stanford events, including MLK best friend and attorney Clarence Jones - interesting to see and hear him talk about his experiences with MLK - including letters from Birmingham Jail. Jan 14, 15, 16 - walked the dish three consec days, got perfect coyote pic with Hoover Tower in background. Px118 also visited College Terrace library- strange fellow there - but I got the review R (RR) . also mss- V seems to be good !. Even the CEL went off by itself. Experienced Lamb of God synch at Stanford Catholic at 9am. TYL ! Jan 16 preparing birthday card for Linda. Spending a lot of time on it. Hope she likes it. She won’t talk anymore by text message. Sad. I’m praying for a break thru. Please J. PJPJPJ. PTN: Houthis are blocking the Red Sea passage - could cause rise in prices as some ships are going the long way around. Will we take military action against them ? PTN: Lions defeat the Rams wow ! great for Goff who was mistreated by Rams coach . And Bucs defeat Eagles. So Rams will play 49ers next week - winner goes to S Bowl ! Also Chiefs win. Ice cold back east- everywhere. here it’s raining but not too cold. Jan 8-16 : men’s volleyball, first wrestling match I’ve ever watched. Also swimming versus Pacific. J17 sent the Bday card. Archeology re Belize at 12 noon on Wednesday - decided this will be my last time here for a while. 1/18/24 Thursday : Sean Penn is in the house. He’s such a strange fella. Even though he’s a radical lefty- he’s so goofy you can’t help but be amused by his non-sequiturs. We watched his film called “SuperPower “ about the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war- then he came out and talked about it- conversation style with a few moderators. He’s in the movie- it’s basically about him trying to get an interview with Zelensky - and a few scenes of him in Ukraine - as the war begins .. lot of scenes of him drinking booze and smoking cigarettes. How long will he live ? Prayers for him to accept Christ. P120 1/19/24 Friday $30 gas , 1/20/24 HB to me. And I am in San Fran for the Walk for Life West Coast in the rain. I’ve gone all the way to Wash DC the last 3 years so this is my first time back since 2020 I guess . Same routine. Fun to see life lovers out and about. I wish they were more sociable in general. St Ignatius for evening mass and the next day 1/21/24 8am mass - and from there over to Golden Gate Park to visit the Academy of Sciences museum for the first time. I tried coming a few years ago but they required proof of vax. Now they’ve dropped the ridiculous requirement, thank God. It’s a pretty impressive museum - with lots packed into such as small space - you wouldn’t have expected so much based on the exterior, including an aquarium, a taxidermy animal display, and a full-sphere movie theatre. THen it starts raining at night and I decide to head out back to PA - almost a fatal (not really) decision- as the car suddenly stalled. Oh God. I was devastated for a few seconds . Then it restarted and drove fine again. This has been happening periodically for a while now- and it always restarts - but it hadn’t done so in a while- so I thought it was fixed. I’m just glad it restarted = made it back to PA. But it did stall again the next day and the next. Always restarting. I’m wondering if it’s rain-related in some way. 1/22/24 Monday shopping at Tramlaw. More rain. Stopped in at Los Altos library. 1/23/24 Tuesday 10 am PA library DT. Dayton complaint almost ready. Add CC to Wyoming attorney general and BBB. also working on Pas Legal. Attended 1130 at Stanford re Japan-USA alliance re Taiwan. Larry Diamond speaking , along with Skylar. 1/24/24 Wednesday Sent Dayton complaint to Casper WY $6 dollars for proof of delivery. 930 am. 1/24/24 Wednesday 10-12 color copies Atherton, pas legal; 1-3 re Parkinson disease (every case is different) , 330 BBB Wyoming, sent; 230-3 DT lib stapler (now have my own); verified QR’s; bl man big smile; prayer-athon for miss- v- acting up again. TYL prayer works. See online version 1/26/24 Friday encina 123 too many people; bl guy again. He rides his bike from rinconada; ; Sent another Dayton Casper legal to WY attorney general; did I forget to sign it ? also added large text link to Pas legal; 1/27/24 Saturday paid $259 capitol one CC; also sent Tim McDonald Pas Legal certified $6.51 (but it still hasn’t arrived as of 2/9/24) p 124 now watching water ballet (or “artistic swimming” ) at Stanford vs Incarnate Word & UCLA (I remember the Incarnate campus in San Antonio near the zoo). Also tennis in action vs UNLV, Colorado, & Maryland; later men’s gymnastics sold out versus Cal; new SI spot; 1/28/24 Sunday 9am Stan Catholic; 11am more artistic swimming or mermaids or human dolphins- it’s incredible what they do above and below water in synchronicity with each other; PTN: Lions now playing versus 49ers - big lead at halftime 24-7; but then they finally revert to their old Lions ways - and blow the lead to lose. Meanwhile, Chiefs defeat Ravens to go to Superbowl vs 49ers in Las Vegas. Well I wanted Lions to beat 49ers but now I want 49ers to beat Chiefs so I can go to a Superbowl parade here in SF afterwards (assuming they will have one); also I cheer for Brock Purdy the underdog QB who is also an outspoken Christian. Now at wrestling match at Maples(3p) - my first ever ! The artistic swimming was my first ever also. Now doing laundry 1/29/24 Monday sent Darin Williams Select Patrol ; also to Bureau of Investigation & Security Sacramento ( they investigate private security agencies ); almost forgot phone at Walmart San Jose; 1/30/24 Tuesday 8- mile dish hike enjoyed Brewsters Millions movie; 1/31/24 Wednesday rain begins ! and it doesn’t seem like it stopped until 10 days later. Unbelievable . attended event at Oshmann McMcurtry; PTN re Houthis; 2/1/24 Thursday rain pause; forgot laptop cord at Rincon, got it back . NABOJ Icadooh; now at Atherton lib; printed mission maps on back of SF life pics (also Jesus & Paul mission maps); now at V- ball versus CSUN, 2/2/24 Friday prayers for sis; dark sleep, plea Drol !2 more pas legal sent ; 2/3/24 Saturday water polo vs Santa Clara in the pouring rain; time to start building an ark. Px128 2/4/24 Sunday 9am Stan Cat; then H2O polo, also wrestling at Burnham ; dish hike in pouring rain with strong wind! wow 2/5/24 Monday Atherton so busy, color prints; then target shopping (their dairy section was closed due to flooding from the rain) made $10 on Ibotta also NVidia at 430 (bus)paid for ticket to women’s gymnastics vs WA (my first ever gymnastics competition!) - Stanford edges WA. amazing what they can do with their bodies. If I tried it I would break a lot of bones. 2/6/24 Tuesday blue sky ! sunny. Still doing cut paste on church B. - it’s taken a whole week every morning from 7 or 8 to 10. Unbelievable. Storyboards making progress. But it is painstaking at times. Also did % dish hike after long drive to charge batter - O’Reilly battery check says I have 94% and mid 600’s in CCA (cold crank amps). Good enough but could be better. Strange synchronicity at Encina. 2/7/24 Wednesday , 2/8/24 Thursday 6p Encinal re Heroes Hostage, Iran; 2/9/24 Friday Apes in Green Library (Hohbach Hall Presentation Palace) , bizarre. Also re Korean Village Encina. Also 2p tennis sunny ! 2/10 Saturday dish hike, sunny grape fruit c&p 2/11 sunny at wrestling re feet up, hike, stan prayer stan v Cal, Superbowl: chiefs defeat 49ers in OT 25-22 wow best Superbowl ever ? ! but who cares. I was hoping for a 49ers parade back here 2/12 Mon 1st-ever campus 4 Christ posters posted ! x4 around campus good ! prayers for revival . negative security stare down. Px129 2/13 Tuesday sent pas legal to Dennis Prager, also downtown library, Brian k new job at IDK security; are Brian & Jen totally secular ? she started “cupcakes by design” in Grandville; their daughter Hannah got married last summer (2023) (she seems ___) 2/14/24 Wednesday rain in pm, Eddie in DTL from Detroit prayers for him., nice enough fellow but reeked of mj, says they used to have a cottage in Idlewild MI; told him I need some fresh air. 2/15/24 Thursday left my sunglasses somewhere; excellent shredded beef sandwich at event; PTN Bobolinsky testifies; Navalny dead; Tucker interviews Putin; change sister text to partial ...; re-sent Pas legal to Tim McDonald. PTN : Biden Hur report mental acuity . It is really grave what’s happ with Biden 171 America. 2/16 to 2/19 (Friday to Monday) hiking, sister missive, cut paste, wrestling at maples; m volleyball, w tennis; , pacific UCI, presidents day; rain rain rain more rain and rainbows px132 PTN Fani Willis fiasco; Nathan wade, judge ergeron; constant prayer mij nil, repose BV’s BTBTBT synchs, nod from drofnats poc; stanPrayer, posted more Jesus posters, it’s begun ! Christian guitarist playing by old union; good. AmeriPrayer, feb19-20 drofnats faculty club- excellent music and more; & IPA Lagunitas, great shredded beef at immigrants meeting- with sweet potato bread; left cantor early re cowboys per usual, stanPrayer-AmeriPrayer; PGFWABF, sb prayer repose prayer ”% dish hike in rain garbage bag rain coat grapefruit, horse helmet; sticker on windshield Jesus superglue; Wednesday Feb 21 Atherton lib; black pickup smirker - he’s breaking down; Navalny meeting (his daughter is a student here), north Korea meeting; paid $45 parking ticket; at least not exorbitant price like L.A where it would be $100 or more, like grotesque bellflower; miracle of NAOL ssenevigrof ! wow, just found out. Px134 2-21 to 2-25 (Wed to Sunday) , cut paste prayer, Atherton, DT, rinco private spot nice; but now it’s locked; Ukraine conference incl Larry Diamond & NBC guy - what’s his name ? Feb 20 Mariopal movie much better than the Sean Penn ; Am I wrong about Russia Ukraine assumptions ? numerous dish hikes this week; woke up thinking it was Saturday but it was Sunday ! wow, never did that before; communication from Linda finally ; now she’s switched to email; PTN : James Biden testifies (all lies); tripped getting on bus with new shoes; Bob Ko prayer site; $10 money order refund Shirley elzinga; cowboy cantor walked out; shiza shamot ? PTN : FBI agent robbed a J6er; Alabama supreme court re Imago Deo ! Mary Zwaanstra dies; ridiculous fine imposed on Trump by demon-possessed Judge Ergeron. Prayers for Trump. TYL TYL 39 degrees cold morning P blue sky “Blessed are the POOR IN SPIRIT, for theirs is the KINGBOM OF HEAVEN” ™ )px136 Monday 26 of feb: last night people with cams & post; blankety in awkward ways, Atherton , printing sister almost ready. Cont posting for Christ on board also at Menlo Park “let’s start a Holy Spirit revival!” Tuesday 27th of Feb CP, Atherton print, Calvin letter, chimes email; blog prayer recovery accept Christ & 3geep beach volleyball in the rain- ; rain all sat & Friday; big snow storm in Tahoe PTN Laken Riley, not Lincoln Riley; DD customer micro-managing my progress with tracking ; ridiculous and abusive. March 3 Sunday Stan Catholic 9am, dish hike 10, no rain yet; more rain thru the 6th of March; left Stan meeting because they wanted me to sit up front when I’m a visitor knowing nothing about the topic; it should be the paying customers (ie the students) who are up front; I’m just hoping to learn something. Sometimes it’s just a few words that stick with me. The rest is usually over-my-head; above my pay grade. 3/5/Tuesday historic rainfall; prepared google letter; golden gate lecture ; my 3geep blogs are back, but not yet Accept Christ. That’s politics, politica; Trump blog; Hillary blog; movie reviews etc 3/6/24 Wednesday caught in rain on dish hike - not in forecast - 2 hours sitting under trees trying to stay dry with my electronics, no plastic bags , no umbrella, no poncho. Turkey wanders by gobbling. Managed to watch a movie while sitting there. 3/7/24 Thursday dry day finally DTPL , drofnats walkout 7p 138px 3/8/24 Friday at Berkeley conference, prayers 4 Olga ytisebo x1000, 1230 recital , 2p tennis vs UNLV, 4p li ka shing beach day ! sunny they also took down love100 blogs but now they’re’ back too . I still have access to Accept Christ drives, more broken glass on roadside by TC; PTN: Biden SOTU same nonsense 3/9/24 Saturday dish hike specialized , liked it. M v-ball vs BYU, split . 3/10/24 9am catholic, 1pm tennis vs USC; mss-v ok; good , huge turnout for Pierre Agostini - wow ., Prayer- Athon continues; StanPrayer souls; recovering blogs , starting new ones 3/14/24 Thursday anti-Christian speaker at encina re Muslims vs Hindus in India but then he starts bashing mother Theresa too; left in evening to Sacramento 3/15/24 Friday donated blood at BioLife south; one regular still there; 3/16/24 Saturday St Patrick’s Day Sacramento; old town 1pm, added oil , tran good; sunny blue; PTN: Oscars last Sunday winner Oppenheimer; 140px 3/17/24 found colleen phone- she finally called, came to church for it; [prayers for Colleen; sacred heart ; her son too; st pat parade in old sac was fun. Couldn’t donate blood a 2nd time because my iron was 1 digit too high. Heading out to Tahoe- Hwy 50, ETA 315; pollock pines 222; snow on road at PP, very sunny & blue City of Fresh Pond 226; Bridal Veil falls full ! took a pic; Crystal Basin rec area 234 , Folsom prison prayers for prisoners, white water American River (south fork). #Prayers4Prisoners rock formation known as Sugarloaf by silver fork & kyburz; City of Strawberry 310; twin bridges camp Sacramento 314; 142px Sierra at Tahoe is a local favorite for skiing; Echo lake turnoff- went up a little ways but road still difficult from snow & ice; turned back; Here’s famous Heavenly ski i773 resort, maybe the best ski resort in America; half in CA, half in NV; parking lot dude seemed to be on a mind-altering substance. Adventure park has tubing- even kids on the roof of the lodge. No postcards at CVS; Emerald Bay 551; Cascade Lake, back thru downtown Tahoe; to Carson City ; Monday 3/18/24 spooner summit 842 & trail; maybe ice fishing here ? sand harbor has a $15 fee in summer ; drove thru, Monkey Rock trail walked 100 yards - looks nice but no parking , Incline Village 915 ; Burnt Cedar park nice view of Lake Tahoe; and here’s Diamond peak $130 per day for skiing, less than Heavenly; very cool atmosphere 144px Chickadee Ridge 1030 ; Mt Rose 11am; wow ! highest altitude of all the ski resorts around here; $165 per day here; funny skier in costume; there’s a UNLV campus here too. Hwy 267 to Truckee; Brockway Summit, City of Brockway 1150 ; here’s NorthStar ski resort $173 per day, hidden by trees, near the Truckee -Tahoe airport, 1245; City of Colfax 445, City of Penryn 505, City of Loomis, 2-hour rest by SugarBowl, high snowbanks here, right alongside I-80, 146px City of Riverside, Vernon 515, train terminal near Vernon Riverside Tuesday the 19th of March 2024, Arden library 10-12, same security guard; dysfunctional setting; donated blood successful 1pm, Sacramento roads are bad; library #2 230 530, same people; st Ignatius 530, bell street, st Philomena whatever ? 3/20/24 Wednesday warm 10-2 south Natomas library ; then north (2 rude boys; should I have interrupted them at this lefty library), started Ski Tahoe blog, also added Sacramento Zoo pics; that’s a nice little zoo but over-priced. Finally got it out of the way . Nice dinosaur animations. 3/21/24 Thursday blood cancel; their glitch; train stopped blocking traffic for more than 10 minutes, 1149 Manteca 100 yards to gas; had to u-turn and go around. 148px do they get fined for blocking traffic ? 9.3 gallons $4.29 plus E85 at $3.29 saved $6 must preach “Word of the Kingdom” righteousness; City of Ceres 1239 City of Keyes 1244, City of Turlock ; Parable of the Soils (another name for Parable of the Sower); Gospel not man’s righteousness, Merced County 1252 City of Delhi 1254 City of Livingstone 1258 , eventualism Search : Theo, Calvin lost to Trinity in elite 8 this year in Division III march madness; City of Merced; City of Chowchilla 142; Who do you say that I am ? You are the Christ, “the great confession” . searching for wildflower bloom but not much yet; back road rural Fresno a few; Watt road; 150px “ I saw men like trees walking” (is this like Plato’s cave?) ; Swedish coffee pot water tower near Sun Maid raisins . all USA raisins come from this part of central CA; 4pm, 3/22/24 Friday PTN : Shohei Ohtani gambling cover-up ? City of Wasco 530, nice . giant steer & Frito lay factory; white transit van 81869uz 250; office pickup midnight; nice arco at Westminster & Euclid; $4.39 gas, $53 total 12g; $20 to tighten loose bolt- causing rattling. Nothing serious. Cancelled blood Lakewood- still got paid. 8am St Bernard, custodian during mass annoying. NB miws, felt good. PTN: Moscow terror attack kills 40; sent $25 to B Timmer 3/27/24 Wednesday NBPL sound lab fiasco, the guy’s name is Chris Henninger or something like that. 3/26/24 Tuesday PTN: Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, also attended UCI Beckman event, great lunch even though I dropped part of it. Took % miws , water suddenly felt colder than yesterday. Week review Friday to Friday 3/29/24 leaving again, dropped off scanned material at office, & an easter Lily , arrived Friday left on Friday, Good Friday, slept north end 5 near Dennys, rain coming, not yet. Don’t use brakes. It’s graded. Hate it when somebody is unnecessarily braking going down a hill and you’re behind them. PTN: Alabama defeats NC, will play Clemson; sister prayer; Ohtana, Key Bridge, etc. water at rest area in Lebec, 930 TYL, Ft Tejon, Elohim sabachtani, p154 good Friday, self-care, prayers, modsiw, tramlaw 4p, now dashing, Morgan Hill pouring rain, drofnat ladies playing now. Saturday, women’s tennis vs USC, tomorrow vs UCLA; Purdue in final4 for first time in 44 years; Easter vigil monster - usual guy still there. On time candles . exhausted morning. High energy for dish hike though. No problem. Monday sunny, scanned at Mitchell, tried to connect to their tv with my laptop but it failed. Px156 Tues April 2 2024, April 3 drofnats, black halo with brit lady, good, PTN: huge earthquake Taiwan. Now at Clark Center, good architecture presentation re San Francisco, found car keys; notified lost & found; now at Atherton for Tahoe ev print; 4/4/24 Tahoe send #1 to Brian & Jen; rain, pc stamp $10; 4/5/25 , now June 6 Saturday women’s tennis vs Pepperdine 4/7/24 more women’s tennis, % catholic drofnat; old union, dish hike, good energy, voice recital; px157 PTN: lowa women lose, Caitlyn Clark’s final college game; 4/8/24 Monday solar eclipse ; also on phone all day with DPSS; heard VDH speak (victor Davis Hanson); UConn defeats Purdue; Olga & Luiga are back. 4/9/24 Tuesday LiKaShing longevity conference 9-12; crazy synch on phone this morning; 330 at chemistry; edit cv legal all day; also new YouTube blog, lot of work; p 158 warm record high ? ev: care capsules 1st time ever (2013 edition) ; sent Tahoe to DJ , TT12, Brian/Jen; replace 14; Forest lawn PC to P - sis with happy birthday (minus spee, big one a few days later) 4/11/24 Thursday ss full dish hike PTN : van der veer retires as basketball coach; no hands prayer; willow glen community nice; $10 Ibotta muscle milk,. Max out ? I gotta bunch of those too eh ? hmm ? what a creep. Gas for $4.97 & $3.29 saved $12.50 ; 4/12/24 Friday less heat but still warm; Sat 4/13/24 Atherton print Tahoe back sides, guy looks like vijay singh with pebble beach hat; he knew my jacket; big construction company; 2pm recital 7pm conductor recital, 69m skipped vb vs usc no gotts? SI: 1st time drofnats; men’s VB defeats USC; w- lacrosse defeats USC April 14 Sunday 2024: rain all night, full dish hike, water polo vs Indiana; PTN: Iran attacks Israel with 300 drones mostly fail; 1st time ever direct attack by Iran vs Israel; evening cello recital; 4/15/25 Monday woke up , re-read the epic osmolinsky letter- wow truly epic . cont posting re Pas legal, Block Warner, Fuller Legal, reconciliation icons; sent epic spee card with resurrection painting from Glendale’s forest lawn. Px162 4/15/24 park EC El Camino real; klaw to cafe; 11am encina disappointing; left each drofnats with supine slob; 1 to 6 al #2 eric Schmidt from google, Reid Hoffman from linked in; ( forgot mouse- this brought me back; HS ?) slob #2 foot up, spoke ESL; Olga left early, last week VDH. px163 4/17/24 Wed woke up to tree trimming; SPW , wow the pal types micro aggression Thursday April 18 2024 chaplain congress briefing , cv legal cert mail; Friday 4/19/24 water polo vs Cal, red man eagle eye water bottle; 4.20.24 busy campus, football spring showcase (ruined by red man feet police); beach vb win vs Cal; full dish hike 4/21/24 Sunday - sister letter progress lots of C& P; px164 Monday 4/22/24 to 4/27 drofnats every day; Atherton lucky mart, Safeway ok, sister letter, Christ card receipts ready, good delivery re-routed to Bayshore,. Hip brace. Sad drofnats law school, propaganda rally, 26 full dish, li ka shing study area, prayers for bus stop lady; now they took away the benches. Where’d she go ? Mon the 29th gas $5.19 & $3.60 total $77.59 avg $4.67, saved $10, also $3 Ibotta, better tramlaw, 4/30/24 Tuesday all day energy conference, excellent. Wednesday May 1 2024: pa library closed for staff development; now at Stanford hospital nice lounge to do my work; B-ev, history of Stanford presidents; fiddle guy at Atherton, not fiddle guy, px166 Dabin at Frost sat/sun; May 2, re gambling addicts , 130 re ev battery chargers; 530 McMurtry oshmann; 5.3.24 round face, Olga gets up early pushes way out to get to the food. Moo. the food duds. Do they learn anything at all ? 5/4/24 May Fete parade rain all morning. The parade goes on. Found a place to stay dry by the church. Now at Atherton , 230 recital drofnats, DD mountain view 4p; brake lights $3 Ibotta 5.5.24 Sunday Stanford catholic ; dish hike; 230 recital;7p another recital Monday the 6th of May 2024: great Brown vs Board of Ed conference until odd comment. Tuesday the 7th & 8th of May 2024 Atherton guitar man acting strange; survey; disappointing Jewish presentation that applauds George Soros- shows she knows very little about her own topic; 5.8.24 Wednesday back at hospital, praying for patients, cont sister Xmas letter, and Christ cards coming along nicely p 168 the 9th of May accept Christ pages for sister; Speed went to Namibia, S Africa, Zeeland, Y-stone, Anneke worked at butterball; 5.10.24 pow wow begins! Iranian musician illness, can’t play. New George Schultz building ready , lady from the Guardian; ev battery recycling lecture; hi lQ kids; x10,000 prayer; 5/11/24 Palo LL baseball 5/12/24 hi-level pain at the moment; eucharist Stanford catholic pow wow. Israel supporters viral YT; fixed superspeed & lausd blog issues; 5.13.25 to 5.20.24 Asia anniversary conference ; AIM conference like zing also good fruit ok sandwich, happy mother’s day ! green room maps; amazing cookies; but disappointing attendees; esp white females. It looks like sister is moving in to bellflower (they’re delivering mail for her in b-flower; & she got a warning notice re turning off her water in st J) Left the drofnats event because of Olga grossing me out (she’s become like a welfare queen). 2 or 3 dish hikes (fri, sat, sun) . also DD niche discovered. TYL. px170 email to tt1 re billionaires in PA. I add Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy “I’m a better billionaire” . more tori Monday 5/20/24 new hope angels sleep angels helping me. TYL. PTN: Iran president killed in helicopter crash; Trump trial continues; 5/21/24 Tuesday drofnats events, emergency send to tt1 at Atherton; speed visiting b-flower; sis back in St Joe; music FCL prayer; Sami Wurm FCL ; and a few DD’s px171 re Slovakia - first time at international house; knight brain seminary- my 2nd time attending, same format; security a bit overbearing at LiKaShing; Sofi Oksanen unique event at humanities 530; also cores conference re machine learning at rotunda Friday May 24, 2024 Atherton 2nd copy sis for st joe; green building chipotle good. Dish x3, Sunday the 26th of May, catholic Stanford; progress YT my tube #MyTube; adding narrative; px171 Monday 5/27/24 Memorial Day, San Jose 90% good but one bad ecilop as leaving; PF kcalb party; those who gave all; Ameri Prayer, mijNil, need new tire; gas avg $4.50, tramlaw twitch fiasco; also sent Little League pic to G. Bouwer; Det Osmolinksi enhancement, good !, PF kcalb, Atherton lib, & tesla fellow; mijnil prayer , kcalb, now they’re starting profanity rap ? (not good at drofnats); px173 Tuesday the 28th of May 2024 more drofnats, including architecture, physics, quantum dude from Cal Tech (full house), Wednesday 29th drofnats big day, women in data, hospital, NVidia, Tijuana gal, sleep8, Thursday the 30th 2024 tramlaw, Mitchell, polarization event disappointing (dame Louise Richards, & prof Robb willer ) - about same time as pmurt verdict; added dom & Belize , also scanned my registrations & insurance for blog ; completed 2-sided print for sis px174 , print Atherton; kcalb Atherton, energy event at skilling 430; 12 noon: SUMMER MISSION 2024 BEGINS 6/4/24 b- blood, s: black chasm cavern; Sutter creek 11a nice; new tire $55 _, Kennedy gold mine looks cool 1130; City of Jackson CA ? systematic evangelism; px175 city of Pine Grove 1151; City of Volcano (mined over $100 million in gold here ); also Civil War here. City of Lockwood 1230; washed car $2.50 (Sacramento); Bear River reservoir 1pm; up ahead Silver Lake 126 s: Mormon immigrant trail; s: kit Carson lodge; s: trails here; Thunder Mt trailhead; El Dorado National Forest; Kirkwood Ski Resort 145 S: Lake Margaret Trailhead ; Caples Lake picturesque 151; px176 S: Devil’s Ladder by red lake Carson pass - historic pioneer crossing area. ENTER NV 221s: historic genoa oldest settlement; made it to Carson City NV. nap at tramlaw and B-ev; God would not give us an impossible command to fulfil- the Great Commission is do-able. $3.86 $72.81 gas; pulled pork & potato salad; now Lovelock- went to the cave once ; Coal Canyon Prison (Lovelock) Prayer 729p; Rye Patch ; slept at Model T Hotel Winnemucca; Chuck Smith: “Ill pull the switch myself” (he was an alpha in the beginning; mellowed out later ); 6.5.24 finally removed Dove Hits 2003 ; CD case honors convocation make blog for my cd case; wow - Mormon crickets on the road on everything. Creepy. They’re like silent cicadas. Zombies. Battle Mt NV 9am, perfect timing, Bosco, wow hits 2003, If the crickets were aggressive, they could overwhelm a person, .. plus they are cannibals. They eat each other. Here’s a green one, a mutant. 2nd rest area more Mormon crickets, Wells Wendover ? C 1023 Carlin school, are the Mormon crickets a Biblical plague ? Carlin historic byway road closed by the tunnels . Mormon trail interpretive center, City of Elko 1130, s: Deeth Star Valley 12p, $50 14 gallons $3.49 s: Angel Lake px179. Pilot Peak ? 2-hour break. Montego Bay casino. TYL , see prayer book resumed. Bonneville Salt Flats, SLC, 8am blood, terrible experience in Layton Utah. 6.6.24 Thursday, D-Day , s: Devil’s Slide, entering WY 12 noon, Evanston tramlaw, Biden EV’s ! gas $3.18. Evanston WY, Bear River City of Woodruff 240 s: Wyoming Downs, here it is. Car carrier truck passed me, Fossil Butte actually was kind of neat. Thought it would be boring. There used to be an oasis here in Wyoming including palm trees. And crocodiles. But evolution propaganda concerns me. Px182 nice town Kemmerer, and town square, kids selling lemonade, City of Diamondville, City of Opal 5p, Granger near Little America , 2-hour break, until sprinklers came on. Did they do that on purpose ? Check engine light is off. Left review re Layton B-Life, casting ABC, next up green River & wild horses loop - didn’t see any horses, but nice views. Px183 slept in Green River near Wild Horse Loop- at the beautiful hotel. 6.7.24 Friday , clean out, prayers for City of Rock Springs, missed mass by a few minutes, St Cyril. Rain ? City of Rawlins 11 gallons $3.04, Penitentiary RABB, Chief Washakie Trail, Rawlins to Fremont Canyon, Red Rim wildlife, Annalope (sic) Cafe 1053, prong horns, Martin’s Cove, Devil’s Gate. Now at Independence Rock- climbed to top - beautiful rock near Sweetwater River (I call it the Slab) , Bull Snake by entrance, John Ball visited here. (Mr Fables restaurant last location closed in 2000. THey were John Ball Zoo supporters). Fremont Canyon -wow ! best kept secret. Guy with rifle looked like poaching - tried to hide gun as I drove by. Alcova Dam. Cast line, 1st time in 2 years. Broke pole tip. Took swim . Hiked Dino Trail. Asked guy with kid “How cold is the water ?” 5th grade class 1991 found a dino skeleton here. Now at Gray Reef Dam Rec area 315 , Seachrist Fishing access North Platte River px185 just before Schmitt access , when I stopped last time, guys with boat, historic Bessemer site on North Platte also fish hatchery, mosquitos, red butte, 6.8.24 Saturday slept near Casper; St Anthony 8am priest stared me down; PTN Mavericks vs Celtics finals; USA defeats Pakistan in cricket like a miracle ; Jd Caedmon’s Call: God of Wonders ... ! St Anthony 8am no BB; Fatima 9am BB yes. Gas in Casper $3.04, $20.57 re-focus on the family; Casper Spiritual warfare, imprecatory prayers. Naboj Icadooh. Loose & Bind. Teapot Dome oil field; Powder River. ddsara Groves The Word; Shaun Groves “Welcome Home” Kaycee Wy where Butch Cassidy hid at Hole in Wall. jd “Come Together” by 3rd Day Mac Powell px188 City of Buffalo WY (nice kid with construction sign) , 1215 Mcd restaurant, cheese & horseradish sandwich, gigantic junk yard; this is “crazy woman” territory. S: Rock Pile Museum . Nice flag memorial at L park Gillette ; City of Moorcroft gas , $3.49 for mid- octane. $19.91 lost $1.20; Belle Fourche River 256. Jesus Tower 3pm. Pics, vids. I renamed the D Tower to Jesus Tower. City of Hulette, rode free ! perfect timing. With Jesus I can do all things ! All things possible. S; Cook Lake. S: Aladdin td Point of Grace “Candle Burning” ; Awesome God by Rich Mullins Pr Crystal Lewis: Jesus is Coming ;px190 Enter SD 4:15 dd DC Talk “my will” children of peace; Black Hills National Forest; Bridal Veil Falls 511; Did the D Tub Hike ! nice family. Dances with Wolves filmed scenes around here. Roughlock Falls ? Spearfish Canyon & lodge. S: Sunshine Rock climbing. Sunday 6.9.24 8am mass , staring priest; px191 gas at deadwood, staring lady, $3.45 , $31.99 what is unleaded plus ? $3.26 didn’t dare, Hwy 385 to Mt Rushmore; Wild Bill Hickock buried here ? & Calamity Jane too ? archery club ? totally 180 empty road. 830 am radio near Casper- good Christian content. 90.7 fm deadwood good alternative . S: What state has most J6 ? PTN: Caitlyn Clark not included on Olympic team. City of Rim Rock 930 , detour px194 Trail: Buzzard’s Roost , Black Hills Cavern, A-zone ok, Bear Country USA wildlife safari ; Dance Wolves Set , dd MCd Farm Xmas Village, stayed for the evening lighting ceremony; 6.9.24 START NEW BLACK , all day AmeriPrayer-athon at Mt Rushmore, 6.10.24 Monday slept in Keystone SD near Rushmore, here’s the SD School of Mines in Rapid City , now at Wall Drug 930, B-Ev !, last time here it was covid - and I don’t remember a fee for badlands NP. Now sign says fee required. Or did I have an NP pass at the time ? $3.09 gas at the City of Philip (one I) 11am, $24.16, 7.8g. Here’s the 1880 town. New Yorker pulling trailer. There’s a new digital platform called “KOK” that’s supposed to challenge google . Keep an eye on that. THey include their own digital currency. The “KOK coin” . Here’s city of Murdo 220, now Kennebec SD, the other Big Bend Rec area, Listened to PSB all day at MT Rush. Here’s the Dignity & Sky memorial rest area near Chamberlain SD- erected in 2016, overlooking the interstate and Missouri River. It’s a giant female native-American. Not Sacajawea nor Pocahantas. Now taking a swim in the Missouri River -actually the American Creek that intersects with it). Nice temp. Nobody else there. This is supposed to be a good Walleye fishing spot too. Cast my line on the other side of the river- nice place to drive right down to the river’s edge. No luck this time. Longest rivers in the world are Nile 4132m, Amazon 4073m, Yangtze 3915m, Missouri 2341m, Mississippi 2340m (altho if you add the accessories it can also be claimed to be 3710m), Rio Grande 1759m, Colorado River 1450m, Ohio River 981m. Rained 2 hours. NHL Florida 2, Edmonton 0 (games, Stanley Finals), NBA: Celtics lead Mavs 2-0 , 6.11.24 thru 6.13.24 (Tues- Thursday) added transmission fluid, City of Kimball 1021 . Making a list of USA states in the order they became a state. A few surprising results: California for example, became a state before Minnesota & W. Virginia. Also had a synchronicity in so doing: as I came to Minnesota, on the radio they said the word “Minnesota” in the news. City of Plankinton 1048, (late start today, after a 2nd sleep). Now Minnehaha County 1248 - Sioux Falls area where many of my ancestors lived (and died). So I’m looking for their burial locations using “grave finder”. Past the Wild Water Park . Wall Lake ? gas for $2.99 E15, 1130 $36.88, 12.2 g, the zoo, grizzlies fun time, giraffe, 3pm found the burial place of Andrew Schaap & wife, Woodlawn cem, Sioux Falls (SF) , older brother of Kathryn, plot #50; now found Richard Schaap, another brother, at Hills of Rest (4p), section #52, and the office lady was helpful. Richard is buried alongside his wife & daughter. Now I found Ray Schaap in Beresford cemetery outside SF- had to walk the entire cemetery- no location finder included. The cemetery is combined Catholic-City-Lutheran. An elderly fellow tried to help me but not much he could do unless he wanted to walk with me. Which he didn’t. I finally found it after 15 minutes or so. He lived a long life - the longest of Kathryn’s siblings ? Died in 2016, and was a WW2 vet. It’s a shame that I never got to meet him. He probably had some nice childhood pics of grandma too. Now over to Hull lowa 530p. This is a CRC mecca. Little Idyllic CRC town. Didn’t take long to find my Great grandpa & grandma (John & Jennie) see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129175318/john_schaap , and https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129175330/jennie_schaap ) buried right alongside the road (front row seats) . And the cemetery is next to Trinity Christian school where a softball game had just started ( could hear the announcer). Cleaned them off a bit. Took some pics. Said a prayer. Now driving thru Hull lowa- lots of Reformed everything here: Protestant Reformed, Christian Reformed, Reformed, Heritage Reformed, American Reformed. Google says the total land area of Hull is 1.2 square miles. Wait. What ? ! seriously ? While Edgerton has 1.16 m. Hills MN is .64m . Now near Rock Rapids IA. Here’s Blue Mounds SP - passed thru it last time. Now Edgerton MIN 8p, Here’s the windmill park. And I found the burial place of my Aunt Faith. Took a little walking .Big stone, needed a little cleaning so I took care of it. Just like in Hull IA, there are several ball games in progress as I drive thru. Back to Luverne MN - slept at the Super 8, nice WiFi too. Refill gas for $2.99, total $21.37 (7g) , , now at Pipestone National Monument- never noticed this before - not far from Edgerton, nice creek and waterfall and rocky outcroppings. Rain expected, including possible hail. City of Lake Wilson 1140, City of Chandler 1148, City of Kabena lake . Here’s Okabena Lake by Worthington MN. and a Worthington CRC. Also a Schaap Drive. And I accidentally came across “Hawkeye Point” claimed to be the highest point in lowa at 1670 feet. I’ve also been to the highest point in Florida which is only 345 feet. And I’ve been to the highest point in the continental USA - which is Mt Whitney ( did the hike !) at 14,505 feet .Now at Pikes Point by Okoboji 1226, rough lake today- whitecaps - high winds. Driving around Okoboji. We came here as a family when we lived in lowa City - I haven’t been here since then. Fun! Took a swim at Emerson Bay beach. A couple of kids in the water - no parents around. That’s refreshing. When I grew up kids would just go to the park or lake or almost anywhere by themselves- no fears. Now parents hover over them everywhere. It’s tiring because the parents always act suspicious of others even though in too many cases it’s the parents themselves who have predator personalities. There’s also Big Spirit Lake - (passed by marble beach & templar area) now driving by at 2pm, Called B life near Minneapolis- no success. Here’s Little Swan Lake. Driving by Sandbar Slough, saw a fish jump. Now it’s raining. There’s a circle of sheep around a tree (trying to stay dry?). Now by Minn/ lowa border. Here’s city of Estherville 320p, now Swea City; City of Bankcroft 407p (big C Church). Took a nap by the Hobo Museum, Britt lowa 615; Here’s Clear Lake where I swam a few years ago. Unleaded 88 fill up $3.82 per g. Ameri Prayer City of lowa Falls *& the swinging bridge. Live music at Estes park (the name of their town square); watched for a while. Good musician. This is the lowa River running thru the town. The falls I saw from the swinging bridge was just a trickle- maybe not the main falls. Here come the windmills - making lowa look like Palm Springs. Slept 5 hours in Cedar Falls; on way to Coralville. PTN: 8 ISIS terrorists arrested in USA; Here’s the Sitting Buddha in lowa City. Made it to St Patrick for morning mass. There’s a gym inside the church. Now West Branch lowa- Herbert Hoover estate. Cedar River City of Wilton 937am, historic route 6, better than i-80. Vander veer botanic garden, nice. Davenport IA 1021, Bio Blood better, but still, 11am, Coram Deo mega church. Niabi Zoo major disappointment. The admission is only $9 but they tack on $5 for parking, and the zoo is small, some animals not on exhibit. The quad cities are Rock Island, Moline, E. Moline IL, Davenport & Bettendorf IA. Back to Bettendorf for lower priced gas. Gas is cheaper in lowa compared to Illinois. Also sent letter to Grand Rapids. City of Anawon 222, vanilla shake, so good, so hot. City of Peru (medium size) . Made it to Starved Rock State park (no fee, most Illinois state parks apparently are free) . Good hike despite heat. Nice views of the I & M Canal (Illinois *& Michigan) “The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. In Illinois, it ran 96 miles (154 km) from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. The canal crossed the Chicago Portage, and helped establish Chicago as the transportation hub of the United States, before the railroad era. It was opened in 1848. Its function was partially replaced by the wider and deeper Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in 1900, and it ceased transportation operations with the completion of the Illinois Waterway in 1933.” wiki (. Amazingly, the canal was only 6-feet deep. And Ottawa Illinois is a neat city too. I got a flat tire here. Nice guy at Partridge Auto found the hole. Unrepairable. Fortunately such a slow leak I was able to drive 60 miles to Joliet to get a new used tire for $40 cash at Guerro Tires. Nice Latino fellow, Efren. There’s also Buffalo Rock state park here. 6.14.24 just as I wake up and am ready to go a slow train stops on the tracks in front of me. Can’t go anywhere. 645am, strong rain & lightning last night. My tire size is 225/60/17 . Ottawa people are nice. Hwy 71 near Norway, there’s that old airplane carcass. I remember from a few years ago. Now on 52 to Joliet. “Air Prayer’ to make it to Joliet. Yes I have a spare, but I’d rather not put it on . That’s a good synch: Air Prayer, Ameri Prayer. After getting a new tire I stopped in at Auto Zone for a check engine scan, but it didn’t work. Punk Latino not helpful. God is so funny sometimes. The synchronicities & crazy coincidences , or for allowing the devil to try to trick us. He won’t allow the devil to tempt us beyond our ability to resist. Here’s the old ironworks in Joliet. The Joliet historic prison is also incredible architecture. Lots of Latinos in Joliet. Made $4.50 on Ibotta. Now at Target in New Lennox. Dan Bongino is a bit of a ham, like Alex Jones. Hear My Prayer Lord. Frankfort 155, Chicago Heights 220, Ford Heights. Search : lliana motor speedway (perm closed). Merrillville. , hwy 30 - like a 28th Street on steroids. Never again. The world ? Albanese gummy factory. $37.42 gas, $3.29 Wanatah Indiana, turtle crossing 407, Prager & Julie on the radio (she says “OMG” way too much) (surprised she didn’t know who was Arthur Miller, playwright; they don’t teach about him at Harvard ? ). Wozniak Road, another turtle crossing. City of New Buffalo 457, Red Arrow Highway, BOSLWSPEGG, 1st view of Lake Michigan !, Michiana, along the coast - entering Michigan . Now Union Pier MI, Harbert Beach taf yug, there’s the fruit stand by Warren Dunes 525, City of Bridgeman 530, City of Stevensville 536, St Joe NABOJ, silver beach ! 6.15.24 praying for CRC, .. heading towards Synod 2024. And the mouse drama - wow! Good grief. Here’s the Morton Museum. Mail to sister from Riverside MI. Hagar Park 1130, prayers for sister. B-ev, in the twin cities. AAA re mouse in the house. Roadside park , angry passer in pickup. ICDAT. Skipped Covert Beach. Van Buren state park. 1248 , blue star highway. , miws at Deer Lick Beach rocky bottom, h20 not ice cold- refreshing. South Haven Hope Reformed, draw bridge 139, Allegan County . Here’s the “daydreamer domes” . westside county park 2[pm . Miws at Pier Cove Park parking drama Ganges township MUSIC LIST : Matt Redman “Heart of Worship” ; Short to the North:” by Delirious; Sonic Flood “Sing of Your Love Forever’ ; Darrel Evans “Trading my Sorrows” . Here’s the Douglas Root Beer barrel. Now Oval Beach Saugatuck (fee); lots of people on “barge” restaurant balcony . restaurant with swing set chairs. Soggy tuck, 3p, laketown beach south side holland- wow- never knew about this- nice- great dunes. Then I cast x7 at Gilligan’s lake - and found a secret trail to a dune overlooking lake Michigan. Now at Catholic Holland 4p ! did it . and now BoKo prayer x2, did I just see BoKo #1, the knup ? BoKo #2 has boat, garage open. Prayers for BoKo, also ardua. Pilgrim cemetery: found great grandpa & grandma (parents of Leo), also Harry Boer, Uncle Art & Aunt May. Here’s west Ottawa HS, nice new football stadium, Rose Parks Elementary school (no, not Rosa Parks) is a Holland Christian school ? Sunday June 16 2024: 930 Memorial church - Stan Mast preaching (he was at laGrave for many years); ; now at Maple Ave CRC- wow ! And then Central Wesleyan across from Holland Christian. Zwemer Park - not much of a park, just a forest of trees - no trails ? Found Ventura Cemetery in Port Sheldon- another of my grandpa’s siblings buried here: Ann Peters Roelofs. Over to Riley Park - walked to 368 on beach, (beaches are back) and then returned on road. Miws at Riley. Now at Buchanan Beach, nice remote. Short distance from CRC conference grounds. Eastmanville bayou. Grand River. Deer Creek County Park (huge bump) City of Lamont 504 (never heard of this city before). Found Ted Peters- the final Leo sibling buried here in west Michigan. Cleaned the stone a bit. Took some pics. Prayers for repose. Synch: praying for west Michigan and they say “west mich “ on the radio at 557, 1260am, Christian radio. Now back at CRC conference grounds 5p for Sunday evening service. Bob Boersma preaching (“we’re all special needs people”). One more miws at Buchanan- still hot. Now in Grand Haven “praise at the pier” - good Christian music - fantastic actually. And then I stayed around for the “Magic Fountain” show around 10pm- they do this every night with different music during the summer. Tonight was Moody Blues night. Slept at Holiday Inn 6.17.24 Monday here’s north bank trailhead (Nunica), now Petty’s Bayou, & millsbank, PTN: shooting in Rochester MI. Here’s the famous Richmond sledding hill. And I remember coming here once with some college friends. I decided to come see it again because it’s featured in a 1979 Paul Schrader movie that I didn’t see until just this year . And it’s next to west Catholic HS. This is near where Schrader grew up. The LPGA Meijer classic just ended yesterday- one day too late. Saw it last year. Now at USPS in Eastown=- picked up general delivery letter. Here’s Calvin CRC. Driving by the old Calvin college I see that one of the building’s says “Hekman Library” on it. Never noticed it before. Postal prayer success ! Now at Calvin College for Synod 2024 ! made it. Also completed successful Bio Blood. Starting prayer for CRC issues. Dropped by the Meijers and then watched some baseball at southern Little League until the rain began and the game got canceled. And increased in prayer for Synod during the evening - big issue- success ! Thank you Lord ! made it to Calvin synod ! inside Cal Lib, Teusink’s Pony Farm closed about 5 years ago , 2019 ? The castle in holland. I want to see it sometime. Did Leo get his sign for “the castle” from the castle on the south side of lake Mac ? Found some good links about it. 6/18/24 Tuesday Liveblog: 6.18.24 Now praying for Calvin & the president situation 209pm . They turned off YT comments good ol’ Reeds lake, cast my line a few times; drove past old Lowell Street house- and the school where we played basketball, out to Kentwood- found movie place near East Kentwood HS - this is a “black area” now ? wow. Is this a new east Kentwood HS ? no. Just a lot of renovations. Including new athletic stadium AP: GR Prayer, Synod Prayer, CRC prayer. This is a nice new movie theatre, with nice reclining seats that actually go all the way back and also you can turn on a heater if you’re cold. Wow. And they have a waitress who will bring food to you inside the theatre. PTN: Celtics win NBA championship. PrayTheMovies: The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling. Kind of funny. About being a stuntman, Pray for Reality Therapy. I do Pray the Movies to try to bring reality to people; not to escape it.. Sure movies offer a little escape from the mundane (when they are good & edifying _) but they should not be a permanent form of “escapism” from reality. THey should prompt us to make a better reality for everybody. And as Christians they should prompt us to better living. Or preaching it. px32 Emily Blunt. Beware of nihilism. Dead guy on ice. Neon suit; “do your own stunts?” I remember when Loy Vaught was a basketball player at E. Kentwood HS. He was probably their biggest star ever. He made the NBA for a while mostly with the Clippers , and had a decent career for ten years. Maybe bigger than the NBA he led Michigan to a national basketball championship . Wiki says he still lives in Los Angeles. Now driving on 44th street thru Kentwood towards Grandville . There’s a huge church here that says “1st Church” on it- which catches my eye because I grew up going to what was known as “1st Church” but it was on Franklin Street near downtown (ie 1st CRC); also referred to as “Bates” sometimes by the old timers (because the actual front entrance is on Bates Street, but is rarely used because the parking lot is on the Franklin side). This is an Assemblies of God mega-church. Slept at Ramada Inn 8am, and donated blood in Grandville the next morning 6/19/24 Wednesday . Guadalupe shrine (big catholic church near Burton Heights; never knew it was here; growing up in GR I only was aware of Immaculate Heart of Mary church & school. And we played a few Catholic Schools in sports (West & Central); but we weren’t much involved in anything Catholic. Later in life I started attending Catholic church around Los Angeles when I was also substitute teaching for the LAUSD. This led to me becoming more involved in daily mass at various catholic churches not only around southern Cal but around the whole country. I love it ! Here’s Paragon Lanes on Division Ave, where I first learned to bowl. And where is Holwerda Snoap ? Did they finally close down? Not at the same spot- aha ! They moved across the street. Looks like a smaller location. Probably because they do most of their sales online now. Here’s Burton Elementary & Middle school, a big brick building. PTN: record heat on Monday; px34 . S: Kroc Community Center; Ottawa High ; GRCH 10am, Shawnee CRC ; GRCH has their own ice rink now; I didn’t see the Jolly Rogers swimming pool - must have been where the ice rink is now; I have some memories of sneaking in there at night with a few friends. Jurgen Holtfluwer is still in business today; in Grandville. Not Alger Heights; Today is Juneteenth so Calvin Library is closed- how ridiculous is that ? I did naboj icadooh at blood locations. There’s still a woodland drive-in church; next to Christ Presbyterian. px35 Immanuel RCA? Is this the church DJ’s family attended ? Driving thru there it looks closed down. I always thought this was a nice thriving location, but now there’s overgrown weeds and shrubs. Looking online nothing says it closed down but nothing to indicate they are still in business either. How sad is that ? Now Synod has shut down YT commentary. No fun anymore. It got quite heated a few nights ago as they were voting ona controversial topic. Liberals started comment bombing the live stream and ruined it. As Dennis Prager says “Lefties ruin everything they touch”. Continue AmeriPrayer (AP) and CalPrayer (CP), and CRC Prayer, U-Rock - not much more I can do. Here’s Cascade Country Club, past Evenson’s old place- couldn’t find him on grave finder, strangely. Neither him nor Miriam. Who is Claudia Beversluis ? Seems like she was lefty propagandizing as well during Synod . web search suggests she is a lefty psychology professor at Calvin. Also Prayers for Theules , LDM , Kwekels, BoKo 1&2, Drove past the old Campau cottage- seems to be still the original, with a few modernizations. Next to it is a huge new house. Also passed by Kettle Lakes. We used to go fishing for little bluegills on Campau. And I think I water skied here once with Kno ROck. px36 back at Synod-= 2 guys in Hekman lobby. Both are Synod delegates. Exchanged a few niceties with them. Then I left. Now at Yankee Springs 106, Here’s Camp Manitoulin on Barlow Lake , now Cobb lake. I heard classmates mention Camp Manitoulin occasionally. Web says Brian VanderArk attended the camp (he gained fame for the Verve Pipe Band; and now he’s a radio host for WLAV), apparently grew up in west Mich. Not sure if he’s from CRC. Here’s Gun Lake. Also heard it mentioned by friends from time to time. How little did I know about west Michigan despite growing up there. I’m learning more now than I did when I lived here. Also Long Lake. Took a swim at Gun Lake public beach- so shallow, even far out. Here’s Orangeville Mill Pond near Fish Lake. Now Pine Lake 3pm. Prayers for United Body of Christ. 4-mile road is a dirt road, 3-mile road Chief Noonday grave, Here’s Gull Lake, old Kellogg house- now a research facility; Gull Lake Ministry- has a splash pad and challenge rope course; also the Kellog Bird Sanctuary. Leila arboretum * sculptures (old sanitarium? Battle Creek MI. px38 nice HS football field next to old high school architecture. Kellogg’s headquarters next to old factory ? also Post Foods here. Kellogg rival? City of Marshall Icadooh. Albion College, my first time here. Nice river; now Jackson MI (famous for their prison, now closed (since 2007?) ; drove by) “The original 1842 site was used as a Michigan National Guard armory for some time, and now houses residential apartments as well as several art galleries and a bicycle cooperative. Seems like that’s what I drove by. I saw apartments incorporated into what looked like part of the old prison. 6/20/24 Thursday church sign says “sin burn can be prevented by Son screen”. There’s also the Ella Sharp Museum. 645 am synch, JIT (just in time) miraculous medal church mass, body & blood, PTL, MVG. Here’s Vandercook Lake, also drove past the Brooklyn Speedway - one of the largest venues for car racing. Daytona holds about 100,000; Indy 500 holds about 257,000. Brooklyn can hold up to about 137,000. Michigan football stadium holds about 107,000. AAA prayer. City of Omsted Mi 809, racoon family just ran across the road in front of me. px40 gas $3.29 Adrian MI, $39.42 total. Here’s the old college- another rival of Calvin. Apparently Adrian College (mascot Bruiser the Bulldog) is Methodist affiliated, or was & has about 1650 enrolled . Alma is presbyterian affiliated & has about 1400 enrolled. What about Albion the Britons have 1500 enrolled. Also methodist affiliated. Hope has 3200 enrolled. Calvin also about 3200. Here’s the Gus Harrison prison: prayers for. Clty of Blissfield 9am. Tim Meizak (maybe masek) (sic) lived near 740 Walsh St SE 49507 across from Alger CRC. is this River Raisin. Made it to Toledo Zoo. Much more impressive than I anticipated. Lots of animals and also historic structures. Very well done. Also a nice free art museum in Toledo (albeit $10 parking), although the black security guard by the door was a bit too much. S: very cool Peristyle Auditorium 90.3 fm radio toledo - good Christian content. px41 the extreme heat is insufferable. S$: WSPO radio? , or WAPO ? AmeriBlooded . Tramlaw , chicken salad, milk, twitch, asparagus, hot sauce, EV: 415 Fremont OH. px42 City of Bellevue, City of Monroeville 511, Summit drag strip 525 race track, Clty of Wakeman OH 533, Omsted Falls, slept in Middleburg Heights Ohio. Using Yelp to find mechanic. Friday the 21st of June 2024 St Albert church 715 , literalist behind me (leave early); Brandywine Falls (nice falls, took break); Nelson Ledges Race Track . City of Champion Heights , City of Warren; O’Reilly’s at 11:10 $99 for new bearings assembly (under warranty); gas $37 $3.20; calling around for a mechanic. Tried Sandy’s (too busy); called Greazy Dave’s (no luck); finally got a 3pm appointment at a muffler shop called Rob Freeman’s . I like that when they have enough confidence to put their own name on their shop. Went over to Mosquito Creek Lake and cast my line for a while as I 189 waited. Also took a swim. Nice lake. Px44 very long. - could barely see the other end- like a “finger lake”. Online says this is a good fishing lake. But not good for me. Not many boats out there. Prayers for Mss-V, Mss-V, Mss V . The lady behind the desk at Rob Freeman’s wanted to charge me for the inspection but Rob Freeman said no. Good guy. Px45 entering PA at 405 Pymatuning state park , cast my line. Also got hold of a mechanic named “H”. in Erie PA. turns out his name is Hussein, and he is from lraq. wow. They did the job for $125. Nice enough fellas; they spoke Arabic & English. Rained 10 minutes at auto repair in Warren OH. now full heat again. The Pymatuning fish were interested but not biting. Some jumping. Fireman’s beach busy but fee ? Midway beach not public. I will find out the further east I go the more the beaches become private or “resident only” or prohibitive fees to park there, like $30 to even $50. Px46 Lake Conneaut likes to be pretentious City of Harmons, City of Conneautville 621, Prayer for prison in Albion PA 635 City of Cranesville PA 640, City of Platea, City of Girard 652 , slept. Saturday the 22nd of June 2024, Erie 8a lady of Peace, 845 Presque Isle scenic drive ; Perry Monument & Presque Isle lighthouse ; nice water park too. Px47 Erie Zoo for $12, nice little place. Returned bearings got $99 refund. Leaving Maritime Museum & Library. Did DDx2 . Mandy & Alyssa, both pizza orders. $11.49, Holy Trinity merged with JBAP, St Pat nice but stare downs not so nice. Erie is like GR was in the 70’s. Px48 Our Lady of Mercy Harbor Creek (not so nice , very cold atmosphere, left early). Sunday June 23 2024: St Gregory 730 am, good, no stares. Welch grape juice factory here ? City of Northeast PA, ENTER NY 812, City of Sherman NY 827, px49 City of Busti NY, City of Lakewood NY, City of Celeron (childhood home of Lucille Ball, 2 statues ); near Chataqua. Little mobi trac’s by boat ramp. & a lighthouse. Went to Panama Rocks and just as I arrived it started pouring. Decided to wait til later. NOW ARRIVING at Chataqua at 10am, the main venue /amphitheater is full already for Fr Greg Boyle the guest speaker for Homeboy Industries, mostly gray haired people here. 11am catholic mass good too. Chautauqua started as a camp for Sunday School teachers. Px50 The park by the lake at Chautauqua Institute is supposed to represent a map of Palestine . Nice beach. Clear water. No slime. But it rained most of the time I was there. Spent time in the Smith library to stay dry. Also a patriot concert at 230 was nice. Kindness EV’s at CQ. This is Amish territory too. Pray for Bad Axis repent. Leaving CQ, taking back roads . Thought came to mind: Just like we have a Tomb for the Unknown Soldiers we should have a Tomb for the Unknown Babies . PTN: floods in lowa- near where I just passed thru. Px51 lots of AP at CQ !, including mij nil, unborn, AP: Ohio, Michigan, Wyoming, Minnesota, lowa, New York, also FCL, ABC, & Naboj , City of Ellington 608, Hwy 62 thru Gowanda , I was surprised that Chataqua is not total hippy environment. That was my presupposition but it was a mix of different things, including patriotism. I never realized how close Mississauga is to Niagara Falls. City of Conewango Valley, 620, Amish buggy - whole family in the rain. City of Leon 620, Flavia gravel pit fishing. City of Markhams and/or Dayton, 92.3 fm good vintage rock radio near CQ. City of Gowanda 644. Prayers for Seneca Nation. Gas $2.97 654pm, px52 Cattaraugus Reservation for Seneca tribe ? Why was the Dirty Deeds song by AC/DC even allowed on the radio? It’s about hiring a hitman to kill somebody you don’t like. IT’s a terrible song. Has no place in civil society. Not that we censor music in USA, but stations can refuse to play such stuff. It’s disgusting and who knows how many crimes it actually caused ? Just like Hollywood movies glorifying guns & violence. It’s wrong and needs to be told everywhere, including in churches. This is a very bad influence on our youth. For my Song Swap project I change the words to “Righteous Deeds Done for Free” Now in Evans Center , Frank Lloyd Wright, 724 somebody surfing Lake Erie, Carousel Museum (I remember it from last time). There’s more Muslims in Buffalo NY than I expected . There’s a big Arubis factory. City of Wheatfield 825, TYL, cast at fisherman’s park 53rd street, Niagara river, saw the fireworks at Niagara falls. Missed them last time because they were cancelled due to the wildfire smoke from Canada (last year). Monday 24th of June 2024 1st day not extreme heat, walked around Niagara falls again- strangest thing I ever saw while walking to the falls. Suddenly a squirrel fell out of the tree and landed behind a lady walking. The squirrel thumped on the ground, and ran away. The lady heard something but didn’t know exactly what had happened. I told her “A squirrel just fell out of the tree and almost landed right on your head” That would have been quite the scene. I’ve never seen a squirrel accidentally fall out of a tree. It’s very rare. Later in the day, I cast my line Niagara river downstream from the falls, all to myself, and took a little swim. nice 1215 to 1245 at Riverfront Park Lewiston https://maps.app.goo.gl/ac7oSpmiTyc2ntv67 exhaustion thru the morning; sunny ! s: Olin, lots of India people; and they can be pushy. “By the power & authority vested in me thru the blood & body of Jesus Christ...” , great cataract Fort Schlosser 1004 ; great lakes seaway trail; waded NF river above falls; 1st time at far point. S: la belle familia battle site (French & Indian war). Px53 City of Youngstown & Yacht club (stare lady); Porter on the Lake park on Lake Ontario (angry honker)(, surprised by how much green slime there is. Doesn’t make swimming very appealing, no matter how hot it is. City of Wilson 125, lakeside .. Wilson Pier, Roosevelt Beach water worse here. All well-kept homes & manicured lawns, but nobody playing or having fun. What’s it all about ? Olcott Carousel nobody there, ghost town. One clean swim area . U-pick cherries ripe & ready. Lots of farms & agriculture. City of yates NY 212, synch: it’s 230pm he says exactly as I reach AP 230 prayer ! 1010 radio from Canada , Medina Falls 230, City of Medina s: earliest church , aka “church in the middle of the street” ; px58 City of Millville NY 256, green slime is cyano-bacteria, big game 7 tonight: Oilers vs Panthers NHL Stanley Cup. S: Erie Canal, research amazing lifeline. City of Greece NY ; henpeck park, Holley Canal Falls, S: Irondequoit’ ; Rochester NY 5p , Low Falls sketchy area, Hi Falls sketchy too, but nice view of falls. Px59 Tuesday the 25th of June 2024 sleptin Rochester, viewed mid falls in the morning, almost slipped ! wow close call. Now at Seneca Zoo 10am GAA, the moment they release the lions is pretty cool- they go running for the big meaty bones; one sits on a bus hood by the window staring you in the face while eating the bone, casting ABC, “Ngorongoro bus” (eye of the tiger, literally) . Did I go there in Tanzania ? sounds familiar. $3.16 at Walmart gas $30.42 9.5g, saved $4, Fed Ex Office printed new Biden fail EV’s ; Clty of Pittsford; City of Fairport; City of Egypt; px60 zombie house; City of Macedon 126 s: ABX ; who’s Larry on WYSL 1010am or 1040 am radio . City of Palmyra 130; City of Newark 144; Walmart Newark NY $2 Ibotta (pickles) EV2, great sandwich with cheese pickles tomato meat. & milk. Guy buying a mini-bike at self-checkout. Now we are in the Finger Lakes area. Deaf kids at zoo . City of Phelps nice historic area 250. Px61 s: smith observatory ; City of Geneva 315; on one of the finger lakes , Seneca lake; Seneca falls & old mill 345, water dubious City of Watkins Glen 450; Glenora Waterfalls private, City of Burdett 456 ; now at waterfall near Cornell University ,. Campus is in a green hilly area, upscale rural area, effer ran a red light on purpose- almost caused accident (I had green light) - angry for quite a while after that close call. Imprecatory ! middle of phone prayer when this happened. Did that save me ? City of Lansing NY City of Locke, City of Moravia 642 , Fillmore Glen State Park, Frozen Ocean moto cross park City of Skaneateles & lake. JdSong: Pour Out Your Spirit Lord” by Tom Lane. aka as “Let it Rain” ; City of Camillus 730; Wednesday the 26th of June 2024 slept in Syracuse NY, near fairgrounds; 8am St Cecilia church BOC. K-Ev at Syracuse Zoo. decent zoo but a little sleepy. Gas for $3.29 , saved $3. City of Manlius, City of Fayetteville 1222 Cazenovia Lake - another finger lake. No swim ? kids on dock. WHy no swim ? National Abolition Hall of Fame. px64 City of Hamilton, Colgate University 128 small campus well-kept s: 100-mile trail system ; summit lake idyllic; it’s a freakin workout driving thru these hills -so much shifting, curves; Glimmer Glass state park near Cooperstown baseball Hall of Fame , which is why I’m here. Made it to COOPERSTOWN -first time ever ! plus discount admission. Nice. made my own baseball card too. The intro movie lacks a bit of gusto. City of Carlisle. Beaver Pond primitive camping , Sharon Springs 640;Esparance 706, City of Guilderland; p 66 slept in Albany, Thursday the 27th of June 2024 814 Mater Christi church + BOC, then All Saints at 9a + BOC, Lake Washington park 930, Albany NY state museum- some nice exhibits including the 911 exhibit. But the city itself is hum drum, nothing fancy. Not real fun. Some nice architecture, carousel at State museum, pay parking, The Egg” is like a flying saucer - it’s a venue for the arts. Steeples Hudson River, ramen lunch. Clty of Renselaar across Hudson from Albany; px67 Castleton-on- Hudson, City of Stockport 1232; City of High Falls Philmont, can’t see very well private property; Bash Bish Falls was nice 2 to 230 - hike to it, it’s on the MA/NY border one parking lot is in New York, the other lot is in Massachusetts. PTN: Panthers win Stanley Cup; Trump debate tonight;. Praying AmeriTrump; Twilabd. City of West Stockbridge 245 City of Holyoke 420 -”birth of volleyball” here we are- where my grandmother went to college; px68 s: Great Barrington; Butternut ski 3p, City of Otis MA 318; City of Blandford 332; City of Westfield MA; Mt Holyoke about 1000 feet , drive up $20 parking so I didn’t park- just took a few pics; harassment at gas pump. Plenty of pumps open but a guy decided to wait right behind me to pressure me to move out quick. 5g, $17.44 $3.37 ; ranger followed me, just coincidence ? beautiful day. Mount Holyoke College campus is nice but not as historic or idyllic as I thought based on the video. Rural area Hadley & S Hadley TYL, mss-v, BAW , Connecticut river, Nancy Casey Hadley S: QUabbin Reservoir , Clty of West Brookfield 753 Quabog Pond 802 it’s a lake ! Podunk Road; Friday the 28th of June 2024 slept Worcester, p 70 donated blood Worcester 930; Tramlaw, gas $3.84 Leominster , but a- h wouldn’t pull up- I had to go around. LP 3MHE12 gray tan WPK radio ? City of Fitchburg, worst roads ever. Trap Falls was a refreshing break. I soaked in the creek for a little while. City of Townsend, backwoods, so busy. Not a getaway. PTN: Trump “wins” debate.. Pepperrel MA ENTERING New Hampshire. Mine Falls Park, Nashua. tons of little fish- they come to you. Also a beaver or muskrat or something of that sort swimming down the middle of the river for a while. Healthy jogger passes me. There’s a road named Nissittissit (also a river). There’s a BAE Systems here. Px72 also a giant Busch brewery . at red light, lady yelled to me “You have no brake lights” . [know . I already got a ticket for it (oh, wait. No I haven’t yet. But will in a few days). And I can’t do anything about it. I changed the bulbs and it didn’t fix the problem. I checked the fuse too. It must be a wiring issue, which is above my pay grade, and too expensive to hire somebody to do (so far; still looking). I’m using my arm as a blinker like you do when riding a bike. That’s all I can do. And if people don’t tailgate, it’s not a problem. Couldn’t see Wildcat Falls. 535. Amoskeag Falls 6pm, I’m DD by time. No calls. Slept in Concord New Hampshire Saturday the 29th of July 2024 mercury redstone rocket at concord community college. Kids selling lemonade. New Hamp state prison. Sewells Falls River recreation area.s: Shaker Village City of Northfield NH, City of Tilton 3EV at Walmart; Winnipesaukee River, 2 hours to Stowe resort. Lake Winnisaquam near lake Winnipesaukee 1040, rain City of Laconia 1049 , Paugus Bay (car coming toward me hit a deer , but the deer bounced off the front end and ran away; the driver kept going too; unbelievable 1005; you’d think the driver would at least stop and check their front end for damage. ) This was almost as bizarre as the squirrel at Niagara Falls. Here’s the BankNH pavilion. Px74 Ellacoya State Park. AmeriShire, or AmeriShare . Rochester NH, 3EV, 1230, & ice cream. City of Buxton 2p, Saccarrappa Falls, Westbrook Maine 225 pm, Portland Maine Falmouth 325, Presumpscot River, City of Freeport 334, AP: Maine, now raining; City of Brunswick 342, City of West Bath Maine 357, City of Woolwich, City of Bath 4pm, went all the way out to Pemaquid Point lighthouse 445 , & the nearby cool fort (Fort William Henry, built around a giant boulder). Swimming hole near Bristol looked nice. Gas for $3.39, 11.9g $39 total, new castle, Clary Lake 602, more rain, all day, doing DD in the rain near the capitol of Maine; had to pay $1 toll for $5.75 delivery, not; the lady named Zena B : imprecate. The next delivery was to 225 hardscrabble road 225 hardscrabble road in Litchfield Maine, Saturday July 29, 2024 , delivered in pouring rain, low signal, 2 cars in driveway but no lights on, only by luck did I have one of those giant hefty trash bags to put the pizza in to keep it dry on the doorstep with no awning . un-freakin-believable. Sunday June 30 2024, state capitol building in Augusta Maine. Casting out D Naboj icadooh, in Augusta Maine, a possessed place. Sadly. There’s an old fort here. Supposed to be hot in Boston today but it’s still cool right now, City of Randolph, City of Gardiner 7am, City of Bowdoinham , naboj icadooh, AP: Maine. City of Topham Maine, 722, Androscoggin River 727, City of Freeport Maine, now Yarmouth Maine 740, City of Scarborough 8am, aguaboggan water park looks nice. City of Saco, S: eastern trail ; Clty of Kennebunkport & the Bush compound. Nice area of course. Trolley museum, the wells reserve, ogonqut beach, ? surf spot ? Cape Neddick beach is popular px80 York Beach aka Long Beach ? long stretch. More of a “California style” beach. Now city of Hampton Falls (back in NH), didn’t see the falls 1045, City of Newbury 11:10, Merrimack River, Clty of Rowley (now in Mass), City of Ipswich 1125, City of Topsfield 1128, AP: MA; AP: NH; AP: ME ; City of Danvers 1135, Topsfield Fair “ The fair is known as America's oldest county fair because it was founded in 1818 by the Essex County Agricultural Society as a one-day cattle show “ “America’s Oldest” 3EV at Target Boston; s: breakheart reservation (apparently nothing to do with Indians); did smashburger DD for Monya 5pm ; now Nick’s Bistro 615, City of Everett, Charles River, slept near Boston Bunker Hill Holiday Inn. red lights in Boston are long and signals are not timed nor respond to traffic flow. If you get a red you sit for a long time even if there’s no cross-traffic. I was thinking they should have named the Red Sox the Red Lights. Monday July 1 2024 Schrafft’s was a candy company in Boston for many decades. Mystic River. Px82 City of Waburn 824, AP: Battle green, just an open grassy space. The revolutionary war supposedly “began here” but did it really “The Lexington Battle Green, also known as Lexington Common, is the historic town common of Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. It was at this site that the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fired on April 19, 1775, starting the American Revolutionary War.” ? But later today, a lady will tell me that the first shot was at the bridge in Concord (which I also visited). You see I also get this from google: “The first shots of the American Revolution were fired on April 19, 1775, at around 5:30 AM during the Battle of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The shots were fired at the Old North Bridge in Concord and are known as "the shot heard ‘round the world" after American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson used the phrase in his 1837 poem Concord Hymn.” So did it start in Lexington, or Concord ? I stopped at Minuteman Park but it was partially closed. There’s rubble from the Thomas Nelson house. Louisa May Alcott orchard house is next. Nice. Paul Revere capture site also closed. Now at Ralph Waldo Emerson house- beautiful. And now the Walden Pond (my 2nd time; first time taking a swim here; beautiful clear water, perfect temp; last time I was here in the fall, kind of cool). Didn’t stay for very long because it’s actually $30 parking fee (for non- Mass residents). Here’s the Sleepy Hollow cemetery- some notable people buried here including Thoreau, Hawthorne, Emerson, Alcott & more (aka “Authors Ridge”) . Now I’m at the bridge where they way the first shot was fired. I meet a local lady who claims so as well. Says a “young buck was trigger happy...” ; also Concord River. Scattered clouds. Heart Pond beach is a nice little swimming area. Now in City of Billerica. Gas for $57.97 17.8g $3.25 ; and a brake light citation. Px84. Kids yelling “Honk” as I pass by- not sure what that’s all about but I give them a little toot. Grace Curly Shaw on 680 am radio. They’re talking about the Karen Reid trial re Canton MA . I don’t know all the details but people are claiming the police framed her for something. Now at Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, home of the witch trials. There’s even a Salem Witch Museum. And the House of the 7 Gables. Salem Willows park has 2 forts. Fort Pickering, Waikiki beach, City of Marblehead & lighthouse645; City of Peabody 507, -U-turn lead Mills, Corinthian Yacht Club , stately area with tennis club all the courts full and all dressed in white. One of those old clubs that stays the same forever. Kids walking on beach wall, City of Swampscott, nice area but name not so great. Eisman’s Beach 7p no parking. Blaney ROck, Nahant bay pause 85 City of Lynn 706 Nahant causeway swim water colder than Walden pond, little waves, great beach * parking (free after certain time); px86 so you come out of the beautiful causeway to a Walmart in Lynn which is a poor Latino community like East L.A. ; EV3, Pf 1sters, synch: I think I need a dollar tree; and there it is ! wow. Clty of Bingham 1010, City of Norwell, City of Duxbury 1034, City of Kingston 1041, slept: holiday inn, Plymouth mass. Didn’t do any of the pilgrim stuff here. Save it for next time (and the pilgrims actually first landed in Provincetown) . Tuesday July 2 2024 prayed “40 only” and God heard me, thank You Lord. prayers for Boston isters, Now in the Hyannis Port area where Kennedys had a compound- may still own property here. In addition to their property on Martha’s Vineyard (where the Chappaquiddick tragedy) happened . Continue prayer AP: USA, Cape Cod, stern lady /gal, 40 only, BAW, Do Not Be Discouraged DNBD, Trust the Angeles, s: Cape Cod Canal (completed in 1916; 17- miles long; saves 135 miles) , John Gallo Ice Arena, Doran Park minor league ? no, its college summer league: cape cod baseball league, home of the Bourne Braves. Great name: Born Brave, better than Born Borg, ha ha. Spirit Mode vs Flesh Mode. Sometimes I have to consciously “activate Spirit mode” calling upon the Holy Spirit for assistance. Tickets online for Martha’s Vineyard are at SteamshipAuthority..com. I bought mine at the ticket office instead. Took Island Home Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard and walked to Oak Bluffs ( the long way, not the nice way. oops). If you get off the beaten path on MV it’s nothing special- just highly trafficked roads with the usual suspects. Some places not even sidewalks. It was a learning experience. Made it to Oaks Bluff, browsed a few shops. Walked one of the beaches, listened to a dude play guitar on the corner. Cooled off at the Ferry ticket center. Enjoyed the atmosphere. There’s nice sized fish under the ferry pier- maybe good fishing, if they don’t ban it. You could see them hanging out as you walk on to the ferry. Px88 Looks like I got in and out of Cape Cod just on time- before the 4th of July rush - as I’m heading out I notice long lines of traffic going in, backed up for miles. Spohr Gardens was a nice respite for a little while with free parking and free admission- simply a rustic botanic garden on Oyster pond, but nice enough- including shade inland half way between Buzzard’s Bay and Vineyard Sound. Most of the beaches around here are “resident only” and/or prohibitive parking prices ($30 to 50) . And I noticed a little south of here is Block Island (“named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block”. I received a Block Island postcard from a gal named Stacy who I briefly met at some Calvin gathering years ago. I didn’t really know the significance of it at the time. It’s another “hip destination” like Martha’s Vineyard, or Nantucket (48 miles sq “The name Nantucket is derived from an Algonquian word that likely means "faraway land" or "island"”) etc. Block Island (10 miles sq) is closer to New York’s Long Island, and smaller than MV (100 miles sq). Instead of paying for a ferry to Block Island I will drive Long Island out to the Hamptons (coming up). Here’s the Coonamessett River . Here’s a Bad Martha restaurant or brewery ( “Bad Martha is a mermaid character in a legend associated with Bad Martha Farmer's Brewery, which makes craft beers. The legend goes that in 1602, 17th century explorer Bartholomew Gosnold was searching for ingredients to brew ale for his crew when his ship ran aground on Martha's Vineyard. Gosnold fell asleep on the beach and was awakened by the mermaid, who lured him to a field of grapes. Gosnold used the grapes as a secret ingredient in his ale and named it "Bad Martha" after the mermaid. Today, Bad Martha Brewery still uses wild grape leaves hand-picked on Martha's Vineyard in its beer.” Now City of Waquoit 409 & Mashpee . Here’s Barnstable MA 424 & HS 441. City of Hyannis 444 & Kennedy Museum (angry honker) 450 & memorial. Px89 Now at Kalmus Beach in Barnstable - nice relaxing public beach with free parking- feels like a miracle to find such a place, just down the road from the Kennedy Memorial. Took a nice swim here and laid in the sun for a little while. Wednesday July 3 2024 a little health scare upon waking up this morning. Wow. never experienced such a thing before. But I’m ok. Thank you God. learned a lesson. TYL. And if not for the health scare I would have left town earlier. Instead I dropped in at the 8am mass at the closest Catholic church in Hyannis- St Xavier. Turns out this is the so-called “Kennedy church” where many Kennedy’s attended, including JFK for many years. And Arnold Schwarzenegger married the Kennedy gal here. There’s a sign about it for the tourists out front. But it’s a regular church for real people too. I attended the mass with the regulars. After the mass, I drove around near the area known as the “Kennedy compound” where they all lived for many years, maybe some still do. As I did a turnaround in a tight spot a golf cart appeared behind me, as well as 2 pedestrians. This is on a very low-traffic area - another strange “synchronicity” I frequently experience- like I will be on a backroad with almost no traffic but exactly when I come to a stop sign there will be another car at the exact same time. So you need to do a full stop. These things happen to me so often it’s uncanny. Ask me about the hiking synchronicity I had one time in Palm Desert; among so many others. I have actually started keeping a log of these synchronicities realizing they are a “god thing” - just not sure the meaning of them, yet. Maybe one is to remind me that I am never alone, ever. Px90 I don’t agree with the Kennedy’s politics but I just felt compelled to pray for them as I am in their area (“Presence Prayer”) . City of Centreville Barnstable. X96 670 silver prius with LP x96670 backed out of driveway cutting me off, close call .reported them to license plate reports. City of Sandwich 937. S: Hoxie House , the first private school of higher learning, aka “Sandwich Academy” . Why city named Sandwich? Named after English town - word means “sandy village”. So why is something we eat called a “sandwich”? Answer: “The sandwich is named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an eighteenth-century English aristocrat. It is commonly said that Lord Sandwich, during long sessions of cribbage and other card games at public gambling houses, would order his valet to bring him salt beef between two pieces of toasted bread...” so that he could continue gambling uninterrupted by using utensils etc. Here’s the Sandwich glass museum. And the historic Cape Cod Canal. Sandcatcher Recreation Area, and Town Neck Beach . good EV3 at Wareham MA tramlaw. City of Marion, silvershell beach is a resident only beach 1130, px91 Ned’s Point Lighthouse, nice open parking free but mucky rocky edgewater (private beach adjacent) . I napped here for a while; in the city of Mattapoisett. Is this the seahorse city ? I saw the 38-foot seahorse statue . City of Fair Haven 143, New Bedford traffic (this city is ghetto?) 230; $3.15 Joe’s Gas total $38, guy on motorcycle. City of Fall River 318. New Bedford is one of the most successful commercial fishing areas (“nation’s most valuable”; maybe in the world). City of Swansea 339, ENTER RHODE ISLAND , City of Warren 345, px92 Roger Williams University . City of Bristol. America’s Cup hall of fame here. One of the big boats in front. My struts are banging over the bumps. Need replacement. These east coast roads don’t help. Now in City of Portsmouth RI . Blitheworld Manor closed. Hear My Prayer Lord. Prayers for Portsmouth High School (huge) 426. Over bridge Bristol- Portsmouth. New state = new state of mind. Prayers for 1sters, EK, GR, Bad Axe, Good Axe, Keith, AP: Rhode Island. Px93 enjoyable Hike at Sachuest NWR near Newport RI. There’s beaches here too, but they’re all “resident only” or prohibitive parking fees. But after the hike I found one called “second beach” that is free parking after 6pm- right on time. I took a swim but it was filled with kelp. Not so nice for a private exclusive beach. There were a few locals there. Even a guy with a surfboard, but no waves to surf. Although there were some tiny little breakers that I was able to body surf (sort of). SO I can say I body surfed Rhode Island. The area in general reminds me a bit of Carmel CA. Now in Newport, some amazing mansions here (see https://maps.app.goo.gI/3MWCWuVzPqQCg4BZ8 ) in the Bellevue Historic district. ; also the Tennis Hall of Fame. Nice area. Parking fees in the shopping/entertainment area is outrageous. Moving on. Slept near Narragansett RI, prayed AP: RI all night. Better wakeup in the morning. IT’s 4th of July 2024 ! PrayTHePlates: 1flrs8 , here’s the Narragansett sea wall ; And Point Judith lighthouse 830, prayers for dog walker stare down, huge traffic backup for state park. I got stuck in it despite not intending to go to the state park. Px94 Why are there so many Biblical names here? Including Jerusalem & Galilee . From here there’s a ferry to Block Island. Why the towns near Narragansett Rhode Island have Biblical names including Galilee and Jerusalem, and just as I google it and am reading about Galilee, on the sermon audio the preacher mentions Galilee . This is a good omen. “The village received its name "[I]n 1902, the story goes, Thomas Mann a fisherman from Nova Scotia who had settled here, felt the village that had sprung up with its fishing shacks should be called Galilee, after the fishing village of biblical times. One day, an old timer sat on the docks repairing his nets when a stranger called out to him, "Where am I". The answer was "Galilee". "And what is that?" the stranger asked pointing to the other side of the channel. The old timer thought for a minute, nodded his head and replied, “must be Jerusalem". And so the name of Galilee and Jerusalem have been used since to denote a most picturesque part of Rhode Island."2!” also continue prayers for MV musician. Here’s the city of Charleston Rhode Island, lots of NWR’s around here too. S: Kettle Pond part of the Ninigret Wildlife Refuge . Antiques are very popular on the east coast. I’ve seen long lines for antique shows . Misquamicott State Beach also hugely popular on 4th of July. Long lines to park. I was just passing by and got caught up in another line. Now City of Westerly 951 , old fashioned merry-go-round (carousel see https://maps.app.goo.gI/PGnpcRbnm4vHTgYA7 ); by Watch Hill lighthouse (wasn’t able to see it). Now arriving at City of Stonington at 10:11 am- intending to go to the historic lighthouse but suddenly I’m surrounded by people - they’re staring at me like they’re wondering what I’m doing . It’s the start of their little hometown 4th of July Parade and I’m practically in it. I see a traffic cop (nice young man ) and ask him how to get to the lighthouse. He tells me it’s impossible at the moment- that I may as well park and wait and enjoy the parade. So I do. Front row seats. Not very long. And then they had a reading of the Declaration of Independence in the park. Afterwards everybody was invited to an ice cream social or patriotic music at the episcopal church. How wonderful! And I didn’t feel like a stranger. Nobody stared at me. I was like a fellow American. Nonetheless, I didn’t want to push my luck so I moved onward- made it to the lighthouse which also has a nice little beach (literally very little). Here’s the Nathaniel Palmer house “Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799 — June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He gave his name to Palmer Land, 200 Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop Hero. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and was a descendant of Walter Palmer, one of the town's founders.2!” px95 City of Mystic, aquarium open, museum closed. Now at Fort Griswold 1210. Here’s Byle’s Funeral Home, and guess what, and it’s right next to another place with Griswold in its name. This is a synch of some sort. For those who know me. And here’s a Pfizer location (boo, hiss, thumbs down)- big shiny modern place that made billions on covid injections that made things worse. I imprecate Pfizer according to God’s will. Across the bridge over the Thames River (which google maps reads aloud as “Thaymes”, which is correct here, I find out. I thought it would be the same as the London Thames which is pronounced “Tems”, but it’s not “The difference in pronunciation between the River Thames in England and the Thames River in Connecticut is due to their different historical origins and local dialects. The River Thames in England is named after the ancient Celtic word "Tamesas", which evolved over time into the modern pronunciation "tems". This pronunciation has remained the standard in the UK. In contrast, the Thames River in Connecticut was named by early English settlers who were likely influenced by the pronunciation of the English River Thames. However, the local American dialect led to the development of the pronunciation "thaymes" over time, which differs from the British English pronunciation....””). leaving Groton CT, entering New London CT. Now Mitchell College (originally New London Junior College). , and here’s a better Fort than Griswold: Fort Trumbull has a visitors center and a full parking lot. But where are the people. I pulled in intending to go in but I rested for a while, and didn’t notice people going in and out. Why so many cars? Are they all inside? Taking a tour ? not sure. Anyways, I decided to forego the fort this time. Moving on. Here’s Green Harbor Beach - an actual public beach- with 2 lifeguards on a tiny stretch of sand with no waves, and only 2 people on the beach. Camp Harkness . px96 tons of private beaches along the coast here. Seaside sanitarium is now a state park beach. I didn’t see anything that looked like an old sanitarium but I do see it on google maps. I’ve seen some majestic old sanitariums in the USA - not sure why they built them so grandly back in the day- including one standout in west Virginia somewhere (trans-Alleghany), and more recently in Battle Creek MI. “ The Battle Creek Sanitarium was a world-renowned health resort in Battle Creek, Michigan that operated from 1866-1942. It was originally called the Western Health Reform Institute and was an initiative of the Seventh-Day Adventists. In 1876, John Harvey Kellogg became the sanitarium's superintendent and led it to 201 become a destination for the rich and famous to seek health, learn about healthy living, and listen to health lectures. Famous visitors included J.C. Penny and Henry Ford...” the few free beaches here are filled with the mega-poor . mostly Latinos. Nothing for us “middlers”. City of Niantis, E. lyme CT 219 Now Old Saybrook. And here’s the “Flo Gris” - museum named after Florence Griswold and the Old Lyme Art Colony (impressionistic paintings) , and where she lived. It’s closed but the grounds are open so! pull in and walk around. Nobody else there. Nice estate with gardens. Alongside the Lieutenant River. Connecticut doesn’t seem to have much of a collective identity. Somewhat bland. Here’s Westbrook 443, and Clinton 450. Madison Beach - exclusive ? concert ? also did some EV at the tramlaw in Old Saybrook CT. And here’s the Thomas Griswold house 517. So many griswolds. The Thimble Islands are like the Keys - so many big and small, m mostly small, not like real islands, but in some cases just big enough for one house. Most are unoccupied. Apparently they never get any waves here. (approx 100 to 365 thimbles, depending on what’s counted or not; about 23 to 32 are occupied). Kind of like “pocket parks” . wild turkeys in Branford CT, one of them lying down in front of the library. City of East Haven 617 , more thimbles . Crossed over to New Haven. Found a hotel. Listened to the fireworks but couldn’t see them. July 5 2024 Friday 7am St Stanislaus polish church mass, near Yale University. Drove around the campus. 2nd time here. Px98 Here’s the Yale Peabody museum (not to be confused with the peabody-essex museum in Salem where I was a few days ago). - a lot of the Yale architecture looks like a church. Neo-gothic. Yale red lights are as bad as Boston. Yale was named after Elihu Yale. Lots of poverty on the edges of the university area. Rachel attended here for a while. I remember she lived in nearby Milton. Gas $42.41, $3.45 , added t fluid, NGU- never give up. NQ- never quit. Neither my brake lights nor my blinkers are working. What can I do. I checked the bulbs (). And the fuses. Neither burned out. Tramlaw west haven EV3. By the way, I saw a white cat outside the Salem Witch Museum. Ironic. Got some views on YouTube. AP: AmeriSoul. X twitter ex-twitter. City of Milford - that’s it, Milford, not Milton- this is where Rachel lived when she was going to Yale. Stratford 930. Tongue-point lighthouse in Bridgeport. Jennings Beach $40 parking. City of Fairfield 1015, City of Southport also nice. But permit only parking 1037 Burying Hill Beach also clean and nice with lifeguards (not that lifeguards matter to me but for families I suppose); nice security guard- let me drive in and take a pic rather than pay the high fee. He laughed when I said “I’m from CA all our beaches are free. What do you gotta be a millionaire to go to the beach here?” p 100 Sherwood island SP no fee 1042 , and calf pasture beach, mostly resident- only parking . Saw a Norwalk cop pull over a city worker for speeding. City of Norwalk CT, now City of Stamford CT. skipped hwy 1 for a while- too much red. Now Long Island ! ENTER NY. AP:NY NY. New Rochelle, and the Bronx ! now Queens, traffic 1241. P 101, here’s Islip where my Chaminade roommate Ron foo was from. Long Island 1 main interstate, Fire Island National Seashore, all the usual 28th street stuff here in Long Island, Suffolk County, praying, now the Hamptons, lots of sonitals here. Huge traffic jam entering the Hamptons. Had to change routes, took side roads, Bridgehampton very busy traffic. AP: Hamptons, and now Sagg Road to Sag Harbor. Moody Blues all day 4th of July. px102 Lost at Sea Memorial Pike , towards Sag Harbor . City of East Hampton. Here’s Cedar Point County Park including “glamping” . but lots of mosquitos. Short walk and I’ve been eaten alive. Itch scratch. Why swimming prohibited ? Mostly Latinos here. Maidstone beach 4pm, mostly permit parking , maybe a few public spots. 103 Now at “main beach” central Hamptons- , with real waves. Free 15-minute parking and I took advantage of every second of it. Enjoyed body surfing the Hamptons! The lifeguards watched me with concern because I went out further than anybody else. They don’t know that this is child’s play compared to some of the pacific coast waves; but still, they were the best waves I’ve ever experienced on the east coast so far. Here’s Georgica Beach still in the Hamptons- looks private. Field full of deer grazing & lounging, not a care in the world. I guess there’s no hunting around here. Or is there ? City of Wainscott 513 . Now passing the W6lffer Estate Vineyard: everybody carrying their own beach chairs for some event. Maybe something musical. City of Tuckahoe 550 normal. Px104 City of Patchoque 630, City of Babylon 706 Nassau County; Jones Beach SP: $50 admission fee (per car or person ?) ; but other reviews say it’s only $8 or $10 to park. Maybe $50 refers to the average ticket price for concerts here. Nice looking concert venue on google maps. Didn’t see it from the road. There’s a tower here also called the “Pencil Tower” built in 1930. Looks like you can watch their air show from here as well. That would be fun. They also have a gigantic swimming pool (without a deep end? Looks like everybody’s wading about waist high.) Now City of Freeport 722; and City of Baldwin 726 ; Saturday July 6 2024 $44.24 gas, $3.23 cash; plus $3.37 credit combination; should have saved my cash. IT’s muggy as a mug here. $3.32 average . only saved $4. Better than nothing. But wasted time inside behind a lotto ticket buyer? Its seems inevitable that when I rarely go inside to pay at a gas station that the person in front of me will be buying or redeeming lotto tickets. Remember Rockville Center - good “normal” area near NYC. now thunder. Rain, more rumble. 2 kids (gals age 17,18) drown at the beach near here last night (at Coney Island, 203 Brooklyn) - they went out during or after the rain when no lifeguards on duty around 8pm . And 2 weeks ago two male teens drown in queens. My guess is that this is mostly due to kids overestimating their ability to swim. They may not actually know how to swim at all in some cases. They only know how to jump around in the waves, but if they get in trouble, it’s quickly over for them if nobody’s there to help. I’ve actually had to rescue two men (both Latinos) in rivers near Reno NV. Now in City of Oceanside NY 748am, now Island park , now Long Beach. These are not idyllic beaches. Neptune Beach, Ocean Beach, Tennessee Ave. Beach, E. Atlantic Beach, Rockaway Beach (where the 2 males drown); Reynolds Channel. Px106 $4 toll to get off the beach at the southern end. Mini-miracle, I saved exactly $4 cash - didn’t use it for gas. TYL. Sea Girl Blvd? No, Sea Girt , City of Ocean Park, City of The Rockaways; lucked out with bad weather actually- not packed. AP: NYC, in general this is Atlantic Beach, lots of huge ugly buildings (not to be confused with the casino town of Atlantic City NJ); Lana Del Rey apartment song- catchy tune. And here’s JFK airport. Highway 27 pow/mia. Here’s aqueduct race track . I know the name from watching races (not gambling) at Del Mar etc (they simulcast other races). Horrific roads. My struts are shot. Now in Brooklyn 850. Intentionally taking the long way to get a feel for Brooklyn. One of the highest-density cities (2nd most USA after Manhattan). And here’s Coney Island. I walked around here once many years ago. Do they have a minor league team ? Brooklyn is also highly Jewish- I see some walking around right now - with their big hats. IT’s Saturday- their Sabbath day. “The shtreimel is a fur hat worn by some Ashkenazi Jewish men, especially Hasidic Jews, on holidays, Shabbat, and other special occasions” Lots of red light cameras here too. Hope I didn’t get a ticket. A few close calls. Prospect park. Brooklyn Bridge is the coolest of the NYC bridges- allows pedestrians too. Some lefty white female gave me the meanest stare down as I drove by. Gov island ferry building (battery maritime building) , and then I accidentally went thru the Brooklyn battery tunnel - which will cost me $12 toll (by mail). Trying to get to the statue of liberty vista point. Illinois jer, AP: NYC, Manhattan, Bronx. Greenwich Village 1140, famous Washington park square, there’s the “Otte Store” Dutch name. I had some Ottes in my class in GR. Here’s the Whitney Museum , and the Ganzevoort Peninsula (another Dutch name) . And a gigantic synch : A giant Jesus on the billboard in front of me, just like the Jesus I have on my windshield! Wow 12:15 at 40th & 8th , plus Moody Blues. Took break at Weehawken playground across from NYC skyline & Lincoln Tunnel (which I used to exit Manhattan this time; no toll as far as I know). Directly across from Hell’s Kitchen. Lots of theories why it’s called that. I left my door open for a little while and a Mexican in a security car made a fuss about it despite there being no traffic, not impeding anybody. 92.7fm nice Christian radio. Px110 now at Walmart in N Bergen NJ- EV3, City of Fairview 342, “texting gap” is a new phenomenon.- if you ever notice a car leaving a huge gap in front of it at a traffic signal, almost always it is because they are texting. City of Ridgefield 346, City of Paterson NJ - near where Engelhards live (Hawthorne) - this is a Christian Reformed area- including their big high school Eastern Christian which I finally found and drove around (426). Nice facility. There’s also the Dutch communities of Wyckof & North Haledon. Paterson is a rough area and ironically includes a national park waterfall in the middle of it (“Great Falls”). It’s actually quite a nice waterfall but it is smack dab in the middle of the ghetto more or less. And pulling in to the one-way parking loop, it was mostly full. But then I saw one remaining empty spot- and suddenly a guy from India came speeding in the wrong way and stole the spot. I honked and yelled and he didn’t care. IT was the most hard-headed thing I’d seen in quite a while. People don’t do that anymore- not usually. Pretty sickening. Thought about getting out and giving hima piece of my mind but I knew how it could make things worse. I decided instead to say an “imprecatory prayer” and leave justice up to God. I know that somehow this will work out for my good and his detriment. Not sure how. But it will. Just try to let the momentary anger dissolve. Moving on, I found a spot in a different parking lot and walked to the waterfalls, not a long walk. Onward now in City of Morris Town; now Harding NJ; George Washington revolutionary war headquarters is near here “Dey Mansion “ (Wayne NJ). There’s also several other Washington “headquarters” ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Washington%27s Headquarters during the R evolutionary War ). There’s also Jockey Hollow near here (used by continental army for winter camp). Now passing Great Swamp NWR. City of Phillipsburg 742, pause 111 St Philip & James cemetery exit 16 at 854 , px112 sign for poconoTelevision.com , Moravian University has ties to the Bohemian Reformation, even preceding the protestant reformation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_ Reformation , grandpa joe’s is a candy shop known for their “$5 candy buffet”. City of Bethlehem PA famous for their steel “once the second-largest steel producer in the United States. The company was a major influence during the Industrial Revolution and helped build many of the country's most notable landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Empire State Building, and Chrysler Building. Bethlehem Steel also produced steel for the U.S. Navy during World War I and World War II, which helped the Allies win both conflicts.” TonyPerkins.com -political channel. Clty of Fogelsville, Samuel Adams Brewery, s: Kutztown University (Krumsville) PA public university. Crystal Cave is near here. City of Hamburg 839. City of Shartlesville 844, slept 30 miles east of Hershey PA, been to Hershey before - took the factory tour. Now I’m passing thru on the way to Gettysburg! Px113 Sunday July 7 2024 s: Cornwall iron furnace “The furnace was a leading Pennsylvania iron producer from 1742 until it was shut down in 1883. ” Another extreme heat day. Now in Hershey, there’s the amusement park, made of chocolate. S: Indian Echo Caverns , s: Messiah University, City of Mechanicsburg PA 8a, Clty of Dillsburg 807, City of Harrisburg has an impressive train trestle. Now at Gettysburg Visitor Center 915a condescending entry where they ask people (ie white males) if they have a “jackknife”. Now driving thru the park- it’s big- lots to see; here’s the famous “Little Round Top” and the “Devil’s Den” , Culp’s Hill, AP: Gettysburg; px114 Sach’s Covered Bridge 1010, Eisenhower Farm (Ike had nothing to do with Civil War obviously but he took such an interest in it, he bought a farm in the area, and used it as a retreat and met with world leaders here. And after his presidency, they lived here. ENTER MARYLAND, here’s St. Mary’s University & shrine - fair amount of people here praying. City of Thurmond, MD, gas $3.29 1122am S: Catoctin Furnace historic trail, Cunningham Falls says closed on maps, but the gate looked open as I drove by. S: Utica Park covered bridge; s: C&O Canal, City of Frederick , I see kayaks on the Potomac River. Now ENTERING W. VIRGINIA over Potomac; now at the famous Harper’s Ferry. Last time I passed thru here it was shut down for covid. Now I see some of the area better, even though I decide not to pay for the NP entry- intent on getting to Shenandoah NP. Took the time to drive around. Morgan’s Ford boat landing - seemed to be a swimming hole at the moment. Also near here is Skyline Caverns and Christendom College (catholic). Now entering Shenandoah NP 140p (paid fee); sign says “no fishing” at the entry gate. I ask the ranger why? He says the water is too low. Dickey Ridge VC . And now begins a ton of “overlooks” (OL) , -which are basically pullouts for vehicles to look down on the valley below. IT’s no.t like an awesome Grand Canyon, just gentle hills with trees. Nice but not awe inspiring. The drive is nice and relaxing, not too busy. Here’s Compton Gap. Now Indian River OL 232, and Jenkins Gap 237, Hog Wallow Flat 240, Brownstone Valley 242, Gravel Springs Gap 246, Gimlet Ridge OL 248, Mt Marshall OL 249, Little Hogback OL 251, Lil Devil Staircase OL 252,another hogback OL 254, Matthew arm campground 256, rattlesnake point OL , Elk Wallow wayside 258, Beahms Gap OL, Passant OL 309, Thornton Gap Panorama 314, It’s only 80 miles from here to DC; tunnel parking OL 317, Hazel Mt OL 320, Pinnacles OL 324, Stony Man Mt OL 330, Hikers at Hemlock Springs OL 339, Thorofare Mountain Overlook 336, Skyland Cabins Conference Center amphitheater is a rustic national park venue for maybe 20 to 30 people. Skyline drive is 180 miles long. Made it to dark hollow falls trail - the one trail that is a reasonable hour hike to a waterfall. Just to clarify the right direction I asked a gal who just finished if this was the right way. SHe was huffing & puffing & acting strange, and ended up saying “You’re asking the wrong person..” and then “Good luck finding it” — apparently trying to act ominous or mysterious. But she just came off as goofy & weird. Moving on. I easily found the way and the waterfall. Lots of hikers both directions. The waterfall was okay, nothing great. The hike was not too difficult but it was so muggy and warm you work up a good sweat. A couple of Jewish guys in full clothing and hats were at the trailhead as I finished and asked me about it. I answered them better than the weird gal answered me. But I think they’d be better off wearing shorts . Can’t Jews wear shorts ? Now Timber Hollow overlook 345, Hawksbill Trailhead (lots of cars) apparently the highest peak in Shenandoah, Old ragview OL 352, Spitler knoll OL , Franklin’s Cliff OL 358, px118 Milan Gap 527, (big?) Meadows Visitor Center & Lodge, Naked Creek OL 529, Hazeltop Ridge OL, The Point OL 533, AP: Shenandoah , Bear Fence Mt Area, Lewis Mt Camp 533, The Oaks OL 538, bald face mt OL 542, Hensley Hollow OL 548, Swift Run OL 557, Bacon Hollow 6p, Eaton Hollow OL 602, Rocky Mt OL 603, Beldor Hollow OL 605, Loft MT OL 608, Pinefield Gap, Brown Mt OL 613, Rocky Top OL 615, Loft Mt Campground 523, Doyles River OL 631, Horsehead OL 641, RipRap Trail 645, Moorman’s River overlook, Wildcat Ridge 549, Turk Gap OL 653, Sawmill Run OL, Calf Mt OL, McCormick Gap OL 606, slept in Waynesboro VA, px120 Officer Chris Devito cit#744468AC Billerica MA, 1253p (issued on 7.1.24), I have until the 20th to pay $40 fine 857-368-8000 , might as well pay it now. No fees ?! unbelievable. I was expecting the usual jacked up fees that would raise it from $40 to $140. But no. Simply $40. That’s like a miracle. Well. I did pray “$40 only” for several days in advance. Maybe prayer works ? Keep going. Thank You Lord. a new day ! Monday July 8, 2024 gas for $3.25 in Waynesboro 7am, EV2 at Walmart, blue ridge parkway- continue south- this is like an extension of skyline drive in Shenandoah np, many more overlooks. My calves are still sore. There’s lots of songs about the Blueridge mountains. Now I can see them in my mind, and at the moment, see them right in front of me, and all around me. Now doing Humpback Rock hike. That was a nice 2-mile roundtrip hike- steep up, but not too far. Nice views. Here’s the Love Gap 952, took a detour to go see Sherando Lake but it turned out to be a fee area with a lady standing guard at the entrance to make sure everybody pays. I turned around. Not worth it. The nice thing about this drive is that there’s not many, if any, commercial vehicles, or people ina hurry to get to work, etc. Nobody’s tailgating because everybody is just enjoying the drive and the views. Very relaxing environment. Here’s White Rock Gap, and Bald Mt. Chimney Rock OL1118, Buena Vista OL 1119, Licklog Springs Gap 1123, px122 House Mt OL, 1124, Robinson Gap 1127, Punch Bowl Mt 1128, Bluff Mt OL 1130, Rice Mt OL 1131, Dancing Creek 1135, “Drink the water & thirst no more” , Upper Otter Creek 1137 (waded), The Riffles 1140, Otter Lake (stagnant) & waterfall, & James River (slow water), Petites Gap 1213, Terrapin Mt 1216, Thunder Ridge 1221, Arnold Valley OL, Sunset Field & Apple Orchard Falls Trailhead, Onion MT OL 123, Head Foremost MIT OL 1235, You get giddy after a while, Flat Top Trail & Peaks, Otter OL 1237, 2 crows pickin on a dead snake, Porter MT OL 1251, Bear Wallow Gap 1253, Mills Gap 1256, Purgatory OL 1256, Walmart Roanoke VA EV3 2-3pm, Roanoke is a bl & lefty city in general, feels infested with D. hi-crime rates px124 prayer for employee named James at Fed Ex office, 3-4p AP: Virginia, and the FF’s Fex Figs, s: Dixie Caverns looks like a cool cave experience. PTN: why did a Parkinson specialist visit the white house numerous times ? City of Christianburg VA, now Wytheville VA Walmart EV3, PF Oak Point Elementary 721, Chilhowie & Saltville VA 727, near the Virginia creeper national trail (34-miles ). City of Abingdon VA , ENTER TN 8pm Crockett tavern historic site- was owned by Davy Crockett’s parents & his boyhood home. Andrew Johnson Library near here too, at Tusculum University (Tenn’s first university). Slept in Newport TN, Tuesday July 9 2024 ENTER SMOKY MOUNTAINS before sunrise for Alum Cave hike. On the way in I see a baby coyote alongside the road (or was it a red fox ?). The hike is 4miles RT, 2 hours, 1000 feet elevation; decent hike. Highly popular. Parking full when I return. Decided not to go past the bluffs- want to spend time in the rest of the park (ist time here). Checked my fluids at overlook spot. Took rest. Nice fella. Storm coming ? This is also a continuation of the Appalachian Trail. Here’s the Newfound Gap. px126 Now at Clingman’s Dome- 1 mile very steep hike to a lookout point- also popular, 1157, plus excellent EV’s. & prayed FCL. AP: Smokeys . 130 swim in creek near Alum trail , refreshing. One prob with Smokey NP is too many local rednecks driving jacked-up pickup trucks. Just driving around being annoying since there’s no entrance fee. Only a $5 parking fee. So if you just drive around the whole time, it’s free. Imprec Prayer. Here’s the Chimneys Picnic area. Visitor center 2p, Laurel Falls 226 hi popular, Elkmont Creek , report Camp Tipton bus driver for bad behavior. Metcalf Bottoms Tow truck, nice creek people wading, Little Greenbrier School , possible cliff jump area 256 (aka as “The Sinks”) , nap 330, Cades Cove Loop disappointing- plus long backup for people who were overly excited about seeing wild turkeys. It’s a one-way loop so they stopped to take numerous pics making everybody wait- long backup . s: John Oliver Cabin. Px128 primitive Baptist church 4p 1827 wow, also “methodist church” & another church, AP: Smokes, Ameri-Soul, Ameri-Save, Ameri-Trump, twilabd, evigrof, px129 s: Elijah Oliver place ; Abrams Falls TH. Lawson house, Tremont Institute 520, smokey mountain heritage center 533, pause 129 TUckaleechee Caverns near here; Davy Crockett Stables, City of Townsend, What happened to me inside the NP ? WHy did I forget about Icadooh ? spiritual warfare ? px130 Tons of swim holes, prayers for Heritage MS 555, gas in Marysville TN $36.78 11g, $3.09, poured rain for 10 minutes despite sun shining, no rainbow, 615, EV3 at Walmart Alcoa TN, City of Alcoa, Clinch River 827, frozen head SP, Tennessee highway cop pulling truck rubber off road in front of me. I pulled off next exit deciding to take the side roads. And then there he was also. Getting gas. Not interested in me. BAW, Wednesday July 10 2024 donated blood in Mt Joliet TN; then I did a clean out at the Walmart next door 10am, Percy Priest 1108 spent several hours at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and lost my car keys somewhere there- started to pray and retraced my steps and the first person I asked (one of the employee gardeners) had them in his pocket. Somebody had found them and gave them to him. A mini-Miracle ! I think the key was that my first instinct was to pray, not panic. 4pm, px132 onward, just outside Cheekwood is a golf course and a park (Percy warner ) with some long steps . looks historic. This is the prestigious Belle Meade neighborhood” and there’s a house at 1769 Chickering road that caught my eye (actually in Forest Hills) - looked it up- they call it the “small house” and is very unique architecture. Go ahead and google it on maps. Now in City of Franklin, eastern flank battlefield (civil war); Spring Hill TN (EV3 at Walmart); S: Rippavilla plantation (1855); also a mule museum ? (“ Early Farm ... mule-drawn equipment ”). Columbia TN Gas for $2.99, $32.02 10.6g, slept in Hardin TN, near Shiloh , Tenn River, Thursday July 11 2024 made it to Shiloh battlefield - which was the bloodiest (most casualties) of the Civil War up until that point with about 24,000 killed (2 days); other subsequent battles were worse (including Antietam which killed 23,000 in one day) until Gettysburg which was the bloodiest of all with over 51,000 killed (3 days). Confederate general Johnston was killed here in Shiloh, demoralizing the southern army: “Albert Sidney Johnston, a Confederate general and commander at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, was likely shot and killed by a fellow Confederate soldier while trying to rally his troops. Johnston was riding his horse, "Fire-eater", when he was struck in the right knee by a Minie ball during a charge on April 6, 1862. The bullet cut a major artery, and Johnston died from blood loss a few minutes later before receiving medical attention. Some speculate that nerve damage from an old dueling wound prevented Johnston from realizing the severity of his injury until it was 209 too late. Johnston is the highest-ranking American military officer to ever be killed in action” I drove through most of it and walked the area near Bell’s Farm. wild turkeys here too 845am . Leaving Shiloh I just happened upon Pickwick State Park where they were having a NFPL event (National Prof Fishing League). I drove up an hour before “blastoff” where they send out all the bass boats simultaneously. I stuck around and watched the festivities, also cast my line a few times myself. Nice to see them take a moment for prayer at the start. Something stinks near National Packaging Corp of America. City of Michie 1103 px134 ENTERING MISSISSIPPI : 11:10 EV3 at Walmart in Corinth MS @W . $2.79 gas at Murphys wow ! Finally found the Corinth Civil War interpretive center 101pm, it’s open but nobody there because the road work has made it so difficult to get to. Dixon Museum & garden, I created a leaf blower documentary. Memphis botanic across the street. Px135 Epiphany the BoKo family- that was a major synch ! they thought we were a bunch of local hicks, when it’s them who are- despite their dad being in the army in various places. Donated blood again, *& EV success. Southern gal nice. Roads so terrible here. The spirit seemed to nudge me out of Memphis - skipping zoo & art museum. ENTERING ARKANSAS over Mississippi river (where I fished last time); px136 w. Memphis EV3 City of Hughes 1213 back roads Arkansas, St Francis River, Cow Bayou 1227, City of Marianna 1238, City of Barton 1258 AR, now at Louisiana Purchase state park (in Arkansas; all alone (never alone), in the swamp is a boardwalk to a plaque that talks about it. 130p yellow Thoth hat from Mardi gras. White river & NWR, AP: Arkansas, HMPL, Humnoke AR & Allport 305, England AR 320 2 cops, City of Scott 338, north Little Rock 339, Willow Beach Lake & Dam, Arkansas River, David Terry access, not much to see here. 354, Little Rock Museum of Fine arts, nice lounge area, The Old Mill & nearby. City of Keo Ar 328, City of Scott 338, N. Little Rock 339, Lil Rock Nat Cem 415, Saturday July 13 2024 , slept near Oaklawn Race Track (heat exhaustion), City of Hot Springs, onward mountain loop, Bill Clinton childhood home, observation tower, water refill (always sketchy people at these places); s: rehab building (old army building used for therapy), cool NPS visitor center, old tubs, electric devices, gangster museum, kid on guitar, ranger tour, EV3 at Walmart Hot Springs & family cards; now north to Ozarks- so hot ! pulled pork , cherry juice, City of Dardenelle AR, Russellville AR 111, City of London AR 123, City of Lamar 123, City of Red Lick AR 153, City of Ozone AR 206, City of Salus 217, Glory Hole waterfall - looks very cool- but it’s dry right now. Nice hike anyways. Px140 Boxley historic & Buffalo River , pf special wfall 210 fam, City of Kingston AR coolest town square, like a Hollywood movie set, not a single soul around, like high noon. Why are Arkansas rivers & creeks so low on water ? City of Huntsville AR 449 (549est), blue springs boat ramp , kids swimming at war eagle creek - apparently a good float river EV2 at Springdale Arkansas. I was somewhere between Springdale & Huntsville AR (maybe near Blue Springs Village) when the Trump assassination attempt happened (611pm) (almost exactly 1000 miles from where I was). (but didn’t know about it until a few hours later. I was praying around that time for “farmers, firsters (police etc ie first responders), millies (mentally ill), & pollies (politicians) 728/828 Px141 lots of ills (illies) in Springdale seems like. Now TontiTown 638cst (which is 738 EST), City of Siloam Springs, ills imprec Mev J. PF Leach Public schools AR 730, px142 paradox: the fastest way there is not always the fastest way. Has tt2 caved ? slept 1 hour east of Tulsa Oklahoma Sunday July 14 2024 Grand River Choteau Creek 722 , PTN: 2 people in critical from Trump assassination attempt, 1 dead; plus Trump’s superficial injuries to his ear. Tulsa Zoo $17 , chimps off exhibit but making loud noises, like they’re fighting or something. Captured the audio. Lion making big roar. P 143 the ticket fee on google maps for Tulsa zoo was wrong. City of Sapulka 1215, emergency prayer AP: Oklahoma, Trump, victims, Trump turned head, miraculously, at the precise milli- second that the bullet passed by- if he hadn’t turned his head he would be dead. City of Cushing 1p, Cimarron River LL Cinnamon, Langston Univ 133, px143 made it from Tulsa to OK City zoo (2nd time at this zoo ); so hot, eXtreme heat-, went over to the horse track casino across the street to cool off after the zoo - free admission- just watch simulcast racing for a while 5-6pm, EV3 at Walmart OK City which is more of a bl city than I realized, All day prayed Ameri-Trump, all day at both zoos, Clty of Yukon OK 745, slept in Elk City. Monday July 15 2024 enter TEXAS 520 am, City of Wheeler 557, City of Mobeetie TX 611, City of Pampa 643, City of White Deer 707, City of Amarillo (D-poss city, icadooh, and Imprec prayer) 959am. at big Texan white freak in red pickup AH: YSFPAH, imprecatory. People like them ruin America . The bug ranch is anew version of the Cadillac ranch (vw bugs buried in a similar way to Cadillac ranch down the road). Murphy USA $2.83 gas, $45.28, 10:12 am pf homeless. P 146 EV3 Amarillo Walmart (wh. Guy tag 47 @®) & chili salad , also imprec re Bix Tex & Tram white (co-dep personalities in TX) , pf Milly, Sicky, Eldy, Holly, polly, AP: Tex, & Tex Deprec. TX prayer-athon, millies hollies Tex Imprec, E-knights, Bad Axe, Sibs, KMBD (KBD), A-Trump , mijNil, casting ABC, J13, Trump, J6, the J13 miracle, ENTER NEW MEX, City of San Jon NM 112, City of Tucumcari 132, mss-V engine running hot, blue hole closed, swam at park lake, also power dam the water is so clear & clean but what ? ; px148 pf Milly mollie mssv new mex pallies sickies eldies , bongino repent AP:Trump, mss-v mijnil, Laguna del Perro (sign says “largest salt lake” ? can’t be larger than great salt lake) maybe it was the largest at one time in history like the Pleistocene Era). almost did a stupid oops- distracted driving- admonishing myself. Now on Salt Missions Trail. Px149 keeping an eye on my heat gauge- it usually doesn’t go over the half mark but now it’s been edging up a bit. I’m driving with the heat on periodically to try to help cool it off. N ow stabilizing. Sat under the waterfall at Power Dam. Here’s the City of Chilili NM 535. Why are people blinking lights at me ? that’s the 4th one now. Aha! There’s a cop trap up ahead. Thanks. Bugs me to see sO many cops across America spending more time writing nitpick tickets in the rural suburbs where there’s little trouble, and where they know most people are responsible folk who pay such citations; instead of these cops doing what they can do to improve the inner city. It must be nicer cruising around in the suburbs all day too. The cops concentrate on the “responsible zones” because it pays off. p 150 ABX gas $2.98 $42.05 pf holly polly milly pilly Tex mex Ameri Prayer night drive 1122, Thank You God for saving Trump. City of Acomita 1134 El Malpais also near here (natl monument). Took nap 3 hours east of flagstaff . Tuesday July 16 2024 5am, before the heat hit - thought I heard strange noises but it was a train on tracks slightly behind me running parallel about the same speed- in my blind spot. Fire Rock Casino- Navajo nation. Clty of Gallup Rehoboth 520, PTN: Trump at RNC, JD Vance (vp running mate) , “God is in control” fg by Twila Paris . Nice rest stop called “meteor rest area” , cool rock formations. Plus free water refill. ENTER AZ 630 Homolovi ruins near here (Hopi Indians). Px152 meteor crater site but $20 ? really? Song swap: Sdnot wasting away again in Margaritaville, but Praying today again in America Jd, EV3 Flagstaff AZ- found check on ground, pf homeless. Lord help me survive this last leg please, eXtreme heat &. Pf mijnil USA, mss-V running rough. PTN: Jack Smith case dismissed (4 !pf kindness lady 1138 near Kingman AZ, EV3 at Walmart but I left my groceries and walked out- too busy. Awkward environment. THey “othered” me. Imprec prayer for Kingman Walmart. Now in Oatman - lots of mules wandering today. Some came up to my window and I gave them slices of apple. Why don’t people smile anymore? Px154 Now Needles to Blythe 96 miles still eXtreme heat, only 14m to Lake Havasu but not today. AP:AZ, Chemehuevi Indians. AP: TexMex, Trump family, mijnil, EK, Rach, cool down in Colo River, 4pm. Refreshing Colo river, “heaven is the Colo river in the middle of a hot summer” . Soaked again in Colo River near the border check, WHy do hornets drift on the river ? Yellowjackets kept drifting towards me- not aggressive, then they fly away. GRAND RETURN MIDNIGHT , office 212 pickup. Wednesday July 17 2024 first day back , resume scanning: 1) mariners, 2) balboa, 3) CDM, 4) main; 5) swim; 6) nap, exhaustion. Thurs July 18 2024 , 630 OLQA, 830 Seton, px156 730 ralphs, Scan all day NBPL, short swim- high wave swells- lots of kelp & sea grass on beach, no visibility; Friday July 19 2024 OLQA 630, prayer lady back, PTN Trump accepts nomination, pf Top 10. 7/20/24 scan, dictation, swim, harvest crusade (Dennis Quaid, new singer from new zealand, outfield seat, EV3 at angel stadium ! long lines because one night only- full house, not a single empty seat. AP: revival! Gas $55 7/21/24 9am swim cdm to little cdm, peppers& garbanzo sandwich, protein bar #2 , sunny blue start of day for first time this week; 12 noon at NBPL; synchronicity: I’m looking up “Why the towns near Narragansett Rhode Island have Biblical names including Galilee and Jerusalem, and just as I google it and am reading about Galilee, on the sermon audio the preacher mentions Galilee . This is a good omen. Biden announces he will not run again for president. So we got a whole new ball game in the presidential race. Throw out all the old polls 7/22/24 PF nice sherry at bio mat blood; re-started as new donor - their rates are getting Xtremely low- only $110 for x2; so much competition now. THey didn’t even give me a new donor bonus even though I’m restarting as a new donor. Cheapskates. Are the suits taking salary cuts ? Doubtful. And then the kid made a mistake with my protein sample. THey had to do it twice , so now I have both arms wrapped. I was gracious the whole time. The kid disappeared. Back at NBPL same B lady same area exit quickly. Imprec Prayer for B lady, also FCL conversion hope. Watched the secret service congressional hearing- no new answers; lots of calls for her (Cheatle) to resign.. Nice Chris is on duty today at NBPL. Ordered new strut mounts for $60. Ebay. 7/23/24 left email note for jimLin re UPS package 1053 am, transmission fluid was very low. Added a little. Keep eye on it. suspicious creepy car next to me so I changed locations. Now inside NBPL. Changed Biden fail to Dem Fail for next print. and added emojis. 1-2pm swim at CDM water calmer & a little more clear went to little CDM & back, added more T fluid, returned to NBPL, continue dictation. 7/24/24 830am donate blood (2nd time this week; ok, and Pd’F blood workers, icadooh, BAW, casting ABC, FCL, didn’t L & B, ; after blood, life rally Tustin, usual spot, elderly Walt was out there to, nice fella. lcadooh & imprec PP (first time). My vehicle continues to rumble. PF mss-v , hopefully it’s just the struts, but maybe rear bearings too? Thursday July 25 2024 OLQA 630, ralphs 8 Ibotta fail; PTN: Cheadle resigns as director of the secret service after assassination fiasco; Wray testifying to congress- glib as usual. Friday July 26 2024 830 OLQA prayer, 9-11 NBPL photo ministry prep, 1130 swim ; Sat July 27 2024 8am pirates cove baptism - mean gruff boss guy in wheelchair; harvest crusade leader Greg Laurie doing mass baptism event where it all started (see Jesus Revolution); prayers for NBNB: Newport Beach New Believers ! px158 solid page of prayer for NBNB (see book) ; 7.27 cont. NB, reviewing Woodstock footage - we were living on Long Island the summer of Woodstock; prayers for gruffy; HMPL for Ray at mss--V; Janis Joplin died age 27 overdose near Hollywood & Highland (where I watch the Xmas parade every year; ) Sunday the 28th of July 2024 swim; also see my online logs ; Monday the 29th, pickup at office , didn’t need the strut mounts; got refund; Tuesday the 30th , struts & shocks replaced by Ray in Lomita (actually Harbor City); $180 parts , $340 labor (he changed the price on me ex post facto from $240, adding $100; I didn’t argue because the price was still way 214 below anybody else by several hundred; but I wish he had just more carefully thought about it beforehand) . he’s the kind of guy who makes “estimates” off the top of his head. He doesn’t check the “book” for hours it should take. The places who checked the hours gave estimates of $700 and more, just for labor. Px160 but my main concern was hoping to reach Ray with the gospel good news of Jesus Christ ! p.Ray ! I spent the time waiting at a nearby park praying for ray #p.Ray , now at PVPL Father, forgive them. hey know NOT what they do. 12-5, prayers for the homely ones here. Luke 23:24 Now PTM: Deadpool & Wolverine, disappointing, so crude- apparently Americans don’t care about the crude & lewdness of it, because it’s making millions maybe over a billion at the box office . movie notes: they are digging, for what ? they used the GD word so many times I started counter-acting it with Praise the Lord every time they said it - so if you see PTL, you know what it’s all about. I’m not endorsing their use of the GD word; I am neutralizing it. So here’s PTL #1 , they dig up some bones, use skeleton bones as a weapon, Ryan Reynolds is old stuff in my opinion- worn out. WE need some fresh faces . it’s too loud & violent- boring. Not unique. This movie was written by RR too. P 162, six years later, gross face, PTL, PTL, birthday party, I go by paradox, sacred timeline, p.Ray, and this is what also ticked off Christians: he says “Il am marvel Jesus” 6pm, ; it’s getting worse, PTL, my friend upgrade to disciples” ? so I found the transcript of the whole film online. You can see for yourself how profane it is, as well as arguably blasphemous: https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/deadpool-wolverine-2024-transcript/ The name of “God” is used at least x33. “Jesus” or “Marvel Jesus” is used x8 . I think the transcript wrongly records the number of times they say GD. I seem to recall many more . and above all else they use the F word in one form or another x117. now he says “I’m morally flexible” ; So I often confuse Ryan Reynolds with Ryan Gosling. I think I like Gosling better- he may be more normal, less of a shock jock like Reynolds. They both happen to be Canadian, however. Reynolds is 4 years older born in 1976. Gosling’s family was Mormon & says it was an important influence on his life. Reynolds says he had some Catholicism in his early life. Gosling started out as a Mouseketeer in the Mickey Mouse club “ Fellow cast members included Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake...” .... They make a joke about Mary Lou Retton ? calling somebody “hairy Lou Retton”. Not very nice. Icadooh, icadooh, icadooh ! px164 p.Ray, icadooh. Saber tooth, hellbent.. PTL PTL. there’s the ugly dog- not funny. Have you been checked for adhd ? then he makes a crude joke about std’s. It goes on and on and on.. Px166 they mock the co-exist bumper sticker (I finally agree) (but why isn’t it in the transcript? Oh I guess it was used as a prop, but they didn’t actually say the word) Wesley snipes makes an appearance. PrayTheMoviies: prayers for renewed morality in Hollywood and America. If Americans didn’t pay for tickets, it wouldn’t flourish. The average Americans are endorsing this crap. Sad. tragic. They also use Madonna’s “Like a Prayer “ song which is filled with suggestive double entendre. More banal garbage ,. They keep talking about the timeline and “timeline integrity” . Actor looks like Brent Gates. Naboj icadooh. Get out S. imprec: all those in this film who knowingly & willingly committed blasphemy and extreme profanity and crudeness. Px168 gas combo $4.05 plus $2.99 , saved $9 dropped off package for tt12 . tramlaw, Dave’s killer protein bars $6 Ibotta. CMD swim very clear ! but colder. Feels like an upwelling. New ss director :Rowe. NBPL pf turf man, photo progress, eBay return, breakers prayer. 225/60/17 , Guadalajara $50 , Mexicali none, tire metro, etc los amigos $50, new tires good. Those two mechanics at the Vietnamese place are great ! px170 Friday blood Lakewood, plus Lakewood lib, ralphs seal ice cream=- African fellow hello. Swim sunset, new booties help. Did I pick up ants in my car at sunset beach? Saturday August 3 2024 swim 8am 9am library, all day, sunset/seal. Sunday the 4th 8/4/24 945 another blood donation, ask for Shannon next time. Some of these new phlebotomists are not very good. After blood, dollar tree, picked up some ant traps. Prayers for mss-v , sounds like a new rattle up front after they replaced the struts. Why would that be ? the miracle of prayer. Fixed brake lights - oc Vietnamese place. Good guys. 2 new tires $100 los amigos. Prayers against the ant attack. Julius Caesar July, August Caesar August - that’s out calendar. 216 PTN: Scottie Scheffler Olympic gold golf. He’s a good fella. Djokovic gets gold in tennis. P 172 Coyote sunset beach, skunk olga , prayers for robot at PVL - he’s still there. It’s gross. Redondo beach. Prayers for B gal NBPL, prayers for A-prayer. Bellflower, Jonah & gf were there, alejo, vg’s sissy, p-sis, Engelbert, blood Bernard bf., GRR lIdm, 8.8.24 Malaga & red Mon-wed NBPL swim excellent, best ever Friday 8.9.24 Saturday NBPL, swim Sunday 8.11.24 no swim, blood mistake, still success listening to Wilburys 8.12.24 NBPL, swim 8.13.24 nbpl swim farthest, pf eric & millie. Px174 alexander pagani re generational curses laundry & swim, 8.14.24 paid toll for Brooklyn tunnel (battery tunnel) & Rhode island bridge 8.16.24 Friday Mt Wilson observatory trip with mijnil, also big Tujunga dam, sun valley , the piano, the helicopter, hwy 39 closed, tried to explain synchronicities, 8.17.24 Saturday nbpl swim scan Indian pics, Nixon ford, Jim stuff, Leo peters gr press, px175 HMPL praying & scanning, I did icadooh while driving with mijnil, why did Jim stare until I drove away ? 8.19.24 NBPL, no swim, still recovering from exhaustion. Tuesday 8.20.24 coolant flush- plus discount , only about $100. Hope it helps. 8.21.24 Wednesday blood good, no swim, sway bar links diagnosed at firestone $10, Dinh is a good mechanic, Thursday 8.22.24 cooler today, student mass at olqa . px176 Friday the 23rd longest swim ever. NBPL progress 8.24.24 Saturday, resting body, still workout , dpss completed, need to call, 8.25.24 Sunday blood donation 840, pr reconcile with tt12, 26-28 m-w swim extra clear, swim clear, swim less clear, tugged on fishing line- funny, lobster x3 , abalone x2, leopard shark, night bobber. MAKING progress on Fuller prayer , Wednesday eve office pickup, 8.27.24 blood donation 755am, plus new sway links afterwards- all better ! $100 labor. Then celebration of the unborn on Tustin Ave. 8.30.24 NBPL fuller prayer, no swim, cold recovery, drab 302 ; 8.31.24 no swim again, still recovering. 9.1.24 blood donation, good ! why was Jonah’s gf at the house on Sunday morning ? don’t they go to church ? prob not. Px178 9.2.24 labor day , new illegals at ralphs, one is employed to watch us at the self-checkout. Isn’t that ironic? An illegal is employed by ralphs to make sure us legals don’t do anything illegal. 1 other jerk too “let me just grab this” . huh ? great swim, long ! all day perfect spot parking, guest wan. Thank you. Cut paste, 9.3.24 I’ve delayed departure due to cold recover, and now the heat. But the heat seems to be lingering for days so I just gotta go. Finished Fuller sem prayer update, and several good swims in the hot weather. Friday the 6th of September Holy Spirit said Go, so I did. I stopped in at office and left a note about “When I return we will know who is the next president” ... made it to Bakersfield, sleep to 8am, more gas baker, Xtreme heat. $1 Frosties x2 (lost hills ca) , so good A-Prayer-athon, Here’s Kern River, gas $87, average $3.78 , saved $16 . City of Avenal 1030, HMPL A-prayer, desert heat, px180 start a new blog called “The God Factor” , something on radio about THisIsTreason.com re hunter Biden laptop make it to palo alto Sunday, end Paralympics - I’ve been tracking them a bit -updating on my Olympics site. ; Sunday: monastery good , no suit man ! but then he returned on Monday. MNF: 49ers beat Jets , Monday 9.9.24 Atherton, San Carlos, San Mateo, S. San Fran, good trial run. 9/10/24 gas in redwood: averaged $4.12 ; saved $16. Also EV on the ATM street ! keep it going. The ATM gave me a $100 bill. Strange. I had go to the teller to break it down into 20’s . I thought the default was $20 dollar bills if you don’t specify. Nobody takes $100 dollar bills. Or try not to. Especially small stores etc. U Haul Log: Begin 7/14/23 Also $58 gas in Shoshone WY Thermopolis to Jackson 213 miles Jackson to Idaho Falls 89m $100 gas Idaho Falls to Twin Falls 159m $65.47 Twin Falls to Wells 114m $61.76 Wells to Ely 136m $53.58 Ely to Tonopah 172m $76.81 (independence) Tonopah to Lone Pine 173m Lone Pine to L.A. 200+m, $36 7/17/23 Total $441 gas + $1500 rental Transmission Log: 7/24/23 about 1 new quart exchange 7/25 quart #2 at university library (engine light on) also added Sea foam again. 7/26 quart #4 NB Lib, 7/27 quart #5 7/28 quart #6 NB, 8/2 quart #7 Carson, 8/3 quart #8 8/9 quart # 8.5 Santa ana, 218 8/10 quart #10.5, 8/12 quart #11.5 AmeriPrayer vi. Thanks for viewing 2
Oak Grove Cemetery - where some of my ancestors are laid to rest- I have the section- now I walk one row after another- And there they are ! yes ! Hugh R. Berry 1903-1986, Helen R Berry 1874-1958, Hugh Berry Jr was a WW2 veteran 1927-2011, Mary S Berry 1905-1988 . closest bigger town is Terre Haute where my Aunt Teri lives (my age). These grave stones are well kept. Didn’t need to clean them off. There were some workers mowing the lawn on 4th of July. I also r3 found some car keys and brought them over to them- one guy on a tractor said “I’ve been looking all over for them”. I handed the keys to him. Sloppy worker. ENTER Illinois: 1234. Here’s Red Hills State Park & Lake- pulled in - not a great swimming lake. A Few people fishing. I cast my line a few times. By the way, last night I slept part of the night in Seymour Indiana. I noticed later that this is the hometown of John Cougar Mellencamp- the rocker. #Prayers4 City of Salem IL, and Okawville 540 , good EV in Flora IL, #Prayers4 Lebanon IL, time changed somewhere- back in central zone. Made it to AMC in Edwardsville (suburb of St Louis) for Indiana Jones movie - a Lucas film #PrayTheMovies: Apparently they used some CGI to make some flashbacks to a young Indian Jones. Now present tense- real age. Something about the Holy Lance that drew Christ’s blood. And about Hitler and blue-eyed boys, bomb hits roof. He escapes, pretends to be chauffeur. He gets to the train. The lance is a fake. Antikythera flashforward. “The Antikythera mechanism (/ zentrkr'O1ara/ AN-tih-kih-THEER-a) is an Ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest known example of an analogue computerIlI[3] used to predict astronomical positions and eclipses decades in advance. 4I51I6 jt could also be used to track the four-year cycle of athletic games which was similar to an Olympiad, the cycle of the ancient Olympic Games. ZI This artefact was among wreckage retrieved from a shipwreck off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera in 1901.24] On 17 May 1902, it was identified by archaeologist Valerios Stais"?! as containing a gear. “ ”He’s an old man napping- waked up by loud party. It’s “moon day” . now he’s a professor teaching a class. The students are bored. Side note: the real Harrison Ford was expelled from Ripon College a few days before graduation for alleged plagiarism . “ detect fissures in time” moon day parade, god daughter, he escapes on a horse “give em hell” says Indy Jones. “Proving it is what makes it science” AHA ! . Tangiers. Pandoras box, Prof Schmitt Alabama university” to Athens. Wombat nickname. Indy’s son died in war. Scuba diving. Eels. Syracuse, Sicily, Catholic rosary parade, Cave of Dionysius , beetles, methane, Archimedes Tomb “we will conquer time” . “to go back in time to reverse WW2 “ to kill Hitler ? to undo the war ? Leaving movie I make it just in time for the fireworks show by the st louis arch . good show. Wednesday July 5 2023 gas for $3.19 and $2.79 total $64.27 $3.03 average . so many suburbs of st louis- many have saint names. St Peter, St Ann, St Andrew, St Charles, etc. donated blood at St Peter location. Prayers for Hannah. #Prayers4 City of Truxton 1105 , wow- there’s a Bellflower here ! in Missouri. Tiny. plus squirrel . #Prayers4 City of Boonville 114 MO , cast line 205, Lamine River - fish jumping- feeding on top. A bit murky. Arrow Rock Historic Site px57 . #Prayers4 City of Waverly MO, big muddy wildlife refuge, #Prayers4 Dover MO, #Prayers4 Lexington MO, near battle site the 1st Battle of Lexington . #Prayers4 City of Wellington MO, V City of Levasy 419pm, #Prayers4 City of Buckner MO 425, slept in Kansas City Thursday the 6th of July 2023 815 St Peters church - only a few there. 930 now the KC Zoo. I love experiencing new zoos. My goal is to see all the big city zoos across America. Getting there. And now the Nelson Atkins Art museum- wow . Kansas City is much more culture than people realize- if they don’t search for it. Next I went to the Toys & miniatures museum- also neat. Then over to the “Money Museum” - a part of the federal reserve. Very cool. THey have these pallets of $1 dollar bills scheduled for destruction. If I recall correctly Each Pallet is worth $640, 000 dollars. And if it’s a pallet of $100 bills - well - you do the math. I remember a random guy saying one of the pallets is worth 64 million dollars. And they have cameras everywhere. One small room had about 30 camera ports on the ceiling. (no pics allowed). A few people inside- about finished for the day. Then over to the KC Museum- also nice. A history museum - in a house originally owned by Mr Long- a businessman who did well here in KC. Nice house with a pool table in the basement that you’re allowed to use. Nice little theatre inside too. After that I visited the small botanic garden 5pm, and then briefly walked thru the contemporary art museum. Onward. ENTERING KANSAS , 7pm, towards Topeka - slept in Lawrence KS near University of Kansas Jayhawks. Lancelot study says 74% of covid deaths were caused by the vax. Here’s the historic “Brown vs Board of Education” site- in Topeka- now a national park. 8am 115 attended catholic mass at Pure Heart of Jesus. - quite full - is this a special day ? px59 happened to pass by the Evel Knievel Museum- which is combined with Harley Davidson motorcycle shop. Here’s a historic “row house” . And here’s the Topeka Zoo. Decided to check it out— it’s a small one. Orangutans are fun to watch with 1 -yo baby. Also nice lion habitat. I had it all to myself for a little while . I walked around the zoo 3 times - it’s small enough. Topeka gas $3.05, $2.59 , $2.82 average. Refilled water at cemetery. Here’s Milford Lake & dam- took a nap. Cast line - a few fish hopping-, not biting. 2 to 3pm. 8 hours to Denver. Fort Riley. 330 #Prayers4 Junction City HS.. #Prayers4 City of Lincoln Kansas 446 pm, #Prayers4 Lucas KS 521. Here’s an attraction called “Garden of Eden”. Px60 the engine noise seems to be increasing. #Prayers4 City of Natoma 549 (“birthplace of Ted Allen” _—‘Ted Allen, world class horseshoe pitcher, horseshoe manufacturer, performer at rodeos, theaters, sports and horse shows, exhibition and trick shot pitcher, was inducted into the National Horseshoe Pitchers Hall of Fame as a charter member in 1966. #Prayers4 City of Zurich KS 615, #Prayers4 city of Palco 622 , hwy 18/24 thru Kansas very nice. Enjoyed it. #Prayers4 City of Antelope & Sheridan state fishing lake (cast line) 714, #Prayers4 City of Hoxe KS 717, What is “rock chalk jay hawk” Why does KU say rock chalk jayhawk? At first, their version was "Rah, Rah, Jayhawk, KU" repeated three times. Later, in place of the rahs, an English professor suggested "Rock Chalk," a transposition of chalk rock, the name for the limestone outcropping found on Mount Oread, site of the Lawrence campus. made it to Colby KS- where the transmission problems really started heating up- literally and figuratively. Slept here. Got gas $3.23, $2.63, Saturday the 8th of July 2023 #Prayers4 mission vehicle (or “mss-v”), new noises. Dave at Western Tire- used a stethoscope- saying he thought it was transmission- handed them to me to listen- but I have nothing to compare it to. What would a normal transmission sound like ? All the auto repair places are closed half or all day on Saturday. The MC store is closed. P & D is closed. The Lube place was closing. Px61 went up the highway and cleaned out my car for an hour. Onward- went back briefly to Colby- then onward- praying as I go... and I may have experienced my first transmission miracle. Seems to be fine on the highway. #Prayers4 city of Kanorado (near Kansas/Colorado border), ENTER COLORADO 2PM , now 3 hours to Denver. Mijnil, yrag, USA, bad axe, eng dept. Eagle knights, colby dave, epoch, anig, nohrok, , desi, stevie, ukra, rain ? nope. Mss-v, tyler, PTL, MUG, #Prayers4 City of Burlington CO, 226, they have a historic Kit Carson 116 Carousel here ;. Now a thunderstorm. AmeriSave. Trans-fixed . calvary cemetery repose 252, JC please Jesus Pleasus. Or Plesus. Found a place for laundry at an RV park. Have to walk thru the gas station entrance to the back. Gal doing laundry from New Mex. She thinks she’s superior to me because she has a big shiny pickup truck. Funny what the new chariot pickup trucks do to people’s egos. I told her I do “Christian ministry” but then she saw me sitting in my vehicle and I guess that diminished her trust. It’s amazing how externals and superficials make such an impression on people. You could put Satan in a nice new car and people would think he’s a great guy. That’s how shallow some people are these days. This is Stratton CO- down the street is a “prayer park” next to the catholic church. Nice. onward. #Prayers4 City of Vona. #Prayers4 City of Flagler 438pm Free land. #Prayers4 City of Arriba 448, So that was the Miracle in Stratton- home of the prayer park. Made it to Limon- 10 minutes late for 5pm mass- guy glared at me as I walked in presumably because I’m a few minutes late - which is not too bad I would say considering my circumstances. And then the priest preached an epic homily. Wow. Slept in Limon. Google maps looped me. PTL. 500. HMPL, Denver, evangelism, I had to pray to get up the hill. My transmission is so weak. Or is it ? Is it really the transmission? Or just the fluid ? or something else. 1 hour break. Ok again onward prayers 400. ICDIA. ICDat. / can do all things thru Christ who strengthens me. Better: I WILL do all things thru Christ who strengthens me. Can Do. Will Do. Can Do Will Do. Thought: If you take no risks, you need no God. Or you don’t know your need for God, until the very end when it’s too late, or over. Risks are a part of the Christian life. Px64 OFWAIHHBTN.TKC.TWBD.OEAIIIH.GUTDODB.FUOTAWFTWTAU.LUNITT.BDUFE. > GG oC... the 9th of July 2023 : passing a mega church in Aurora CO at 834. It’s a JW church- wow- that Jehovah Witness. I think they may be growing. I see them at a lot of public places standing passively with their pamphlets. 117 Most of the time they don’t even say anything. Only if you approach them with questions. That’s the way it is for all evangelists in America now. Even saying hello - people might complain of “harassment” . That’s why I do mostly windshield wiper evangelism - they find the piece of reading material under their windshield wiper or near their door handle- and we can only hope and pray it has a positive effect. I find this online “During the past 75 years the Jehovah's Witnesses have sustained an extraordinary rate of growth—currently more than 5% per year—and have done so ona global scale.” JW ‘s are an enigma- kind of like Mormons- because in both cases their doctrine(s) miss the mark. On the other hand they are usually very nice people. Now I am arriving at Our Lady of Loreto church 9am, I’m amazed at how many latecomers there are- lots in pickup trucks here. A lot of them back in to their parking spots. Onward 938, Now at St Michael at 1030- more multi-cultural here. Over to Bio- Life at 1230 make a blood donation. This has been good for gas revenue as well as it helping others who have certain types of health issues that require a regular blood plasma refusion. Now in downtown Denver- I stop in at the contemporary art museum - usually my LEAST favorite type of art- and this one fits the bill. I}do a quick walk thru and leave. Not very edifying. Lots of lefty propaganda. ACT OF KINDNESS From there I go over to the “History Colorado” museum- very well done-nice. Cool interactive ski jump exhibit as well, among other things. Near there is the new Denver library ( still in progress, only partially open), and an event next to it- with sculptures- and a few specialized motorcycles. And this is all in the shadow of the state capitol. Never really walked around down here before too much. Only a few times going to a Rockies game. I walk thru the partially open Denver library- looks like it will be pretty nice when it’s finished (2024 sometime) . Also made it to evening mass at the downtown Denver Cathedral Basilica. Interesting cast of characters inside (and out). Prayed like crazy x1,000,000 re mission vehicle. Monday the 10th of July 2023 Rubens Transmission (275 Federal) did some good diagnostic work for me- they believed it was not the transmission, but the serpentine belt. I gave the guy a $20 tip for his work. Down the road I pulled in to Los Jefes auto repair (3146 W Alameda). They changed the belt for $55 (the belt itself was under warranty which O’Reilly honored). Also gave the guy at 118 Jefes a $5 tip. Px65 Called the Pittsburg -area court- Butler County- They say I have until July 25 to pay the $157 fine for brake light. How ridiculous is that ? How excessive ? Why not a fix-it ticket ? Why not just a warning? I don’t know what to do about this light- because I replaced the bulb in May - and it’s burned out again- telling me there’s something else going on - maybe a short of some sort- which can be difficult (and therefore time-consuming &costly) to detect or fix. I gave a gal by the freeway exit a $1 and promised to pray for her (Rochelle)- she was too skinny and had missing teeth. I asked her if she knew Jesus Christ as Savior and she said she did. Stopped in at the Castlewood Library- they have a nice “maker space “ here- a new trend- the 3d printers- you can make little trinkets with them. Prior to that I went to the Douglas County library by parker- also nice- spent a few hours doing dictation. Bought a new mini-fan for $12. Made $4 on Ibotta. That’s a nice deal. Slept near Top Gold range Tramlaw in Arapahoe- Hampton Inn. Add re Denver miracle ! I begged and pleaded and prayed & fasted to God all night- then I found Ruben’s transmission- Latino owned and operated with an actual Ruben - and they said I did NOT have a transmission problem- but a serpentine belt causing a noise that was radiating over to the transmission area-. He disconnected the serpentine and the noise stopped. I was not totally convinced yet but went and got the belt replaced elsewhere (Ruben only does transmissions). And it ran better for sure. Also I had the serpentine belt under warranty so I only had to pay for the labor. I was so happy with Ruben’s work- they didn’t ask for money- but I gave them a $20 tip. Then I praised and thanked God profusely, over and over. I believe this was a true miracle. God shifted the problem to something much less serious — and I made a promise to Him if he would do this miracle for me- meaning I need to increase my efforts as an evangelist. Then I continued to pre-evangelism- going to the science & nature museum by the Denver Zoo. It was ok. But on my way there suddenly the car did it again- a moment where it wouldn’t go forward without stuttering. Uh oh. Maybe it’s still a problem. I’m not sure again. After the museum I call a transmission shop I saw on craigslist- and asked him about a fluid change. He asked how many miles . I said 193,000 and he said “I would recommend not changing the fluid with that many miles”. He wasn’t the first one. People keep saying it could make things worse. But I’m thinking: “Damned if I do, damned if I don’t” . He offered to take a look at it so I decided to drive there- to Parker- a suburb south of Denver- but along the way everything went so well- no more problems even with stop and start hot weather traffic— so I’m thinking once again it’s ok ! Praise the Lord! 119 Tuesday the 11th of July 2023 supposed to be 98 degrees today- another hot one. But it’s starting out cool. Attended two catholic churches near the Denver zoo - to start the day. Now at Denver Zoo $24 admission. Px66 lots of empty exhibits in the beginning- but the orangutan exhibit is excellent- they’re playing, having fun. Little baby entertaining everybody. Also a good lion exhibit. And aquarium. After the zoo, I went to the nearby library to cool off . Got E85 for $2.79. - then took back roads- but got stuck in road work stoppage- slow down to a crawl for 5 miles- now 97 degrees, Good ‘thing i is car seems to be running well. Blessed are the pure in he art, for they shall see God. ; Matthew 5:8 (WEB) ee Ss Se <== Pray-the-Plates: 97kpp FL. This is something I’ve started to do as an alternative to cussing the red light or slow people in front of me. Instead I pray for the people in front of me- usually using the last 2 digits of their license plate as reference. Thy will be Done. I hope my reward will be in heaven. Px67 The elephants at Denver Zoo were good too- nice spacious habitats. Also the grizzly bear. Text to Lin- . Prayers for Jim Lin. Hear my prayer Lord. Made it to Brighton AMC for Mission Impossible movie . No response from Lin yet. Don’t they believe I really mean simply pray for me when I ask for prayers ? I really do. It’s not a pretext for “send money”. I wish they wouldn’t be so cynical. Can I convert them to true belief in the power of prayer ? May be impossible for me but not for God. I will never give up trying. And Kcaj too. There’s a yllub here at Miss Imposs movie. So I move to a different seat. Preview: Meg 2 is coming soon. About the giant shark. The 1st one was pretty good - kind of like a Jaws on steroids. Preview for a movie with De Niro & Di Caprio- looks boring and dumb and self-serving. Also a Bob Marley movie coming soon. So here we go with Mission Impossible: Dead 120 Reckoning. PrayTheMovies: new state-of-art Russian sub is undetectable- or so they think, “most fearsome killing machine” . phantom torpedo & enemy sub just vanished. But their own torpedoes came back to them and destroyed them. Wow- perfect deceptive trap for self-annihilation. Now in Amsterdam - food delivery. TC & fellow agent. Welcome to IMF. IF TC didn’t joining IMP he’d be in prison. Al infecting computer system. “We’re powerless to stop it” . Ilsa Faust. TC refuses to come in. But now at DC with top bigwig meeting. Now UAE- they’re pursuing TC. Nuclear bomb. “U.R.Dunn” clue.riddle: “ I speak without a math. And fly without wings” trying to stop the nuclear bomb- by answering the riddles. “Are you afraid of death ?” Another: “It’s always approaching but never arrives” A: Tomorrow. Crooked lady steals the secret key. Now in Rome: actress LL Kathy Lawrence. Grace deceives TC again. WHy is he so enamored with her? She says “I’m a teacher from Brighton” (synchronicity: I’m watching this movie in Brighton CO), now by the Coliseum. Character calls himself Gabriel, a dark messiah “ who “sees death as a gift he wants to share with the rest of the world.” now in Venice in gondolas. Gabriel kills Ilsa, or does he ? Grace survives. Is it possible to make realistic lifelike masks to mimic a person’s identity, that actually fool others ? A: see https://www.ncbi.nim.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5655619/ . now in the Austrian alps- the Al rebelled on its own. Now the train - here’s the motorcycle scene they’ve been hyping. TC goes off a cliff with motorcycle- lets go - pulls parachute- crashes thru train window. “If you choose to accept this mission...” Slept near Longmont at the Hilton right next to blood donation. Can see the snow on the mountains from here. Wednesday the 12th of July 2023 . donate blood at 630am. PTN: Leslie Van Houten has been released from prison after 53 years. She was part of the Charles Manson group. Originally from Monrovia. A cheerleader. Mij nil rabb. Went to Walmart and got money order for $157.50 to send to Pittsburgh area court for brake light- I also write a letter expressing my feelings re “excessive amount” and “highway robbery” etc. Also an invitation to accept Jesus Christ as Savior. Send it certified from the Post office- an extra $5 dollars. Did they ever think that for some people the actual fine of such a high amount for a simple brake light might have the opposite effect of actually getting the brake light fixed- which is all about public safety. Right ? It is about public safety ? Or is this punitive for not complying ? Northward. Here’s the barefoot lakes. #Prayers4 Windsor Co, & lake- closed to swim. Algae bloom ? Timnath nice reservoir beach but permit required to park. 1135 Now at Fort Collins Art Museum, or should I say barely an art museum. Senator John Hickenloop also has an office here. I explore the building on the elevator- up to the top floor- and it literally opens up to a person 121 getting a tattoo- a tattoo studio- seems a little too intimate to see from an open elevator. I say “sorry” and go back down. Leaving my parking place a Taf Onital deliberately walks slow in front of me despite me having a green light and him “no walk”. Onward towards Laramie. ENTER WYO 150PM. Back in Laramie nice to be here. I like this town and university of WY. Find the geology museum- nice little place with lots of dinosaur exhibits. And also the anthropology museum- nobody there. THen I do a cemi-prayer. I drive thru cemeteries occasionally and pray for the repose of people who have died and simultaneously ask them to pray for me if they are already in heaven. Kill 2 birds with one stone- so to speak. I truly believe in this form of prayer. I may be the first to ever do this. Cemi-Prayer, or Ceme-Prayer. Also a deer laying in the shade of a bush as I drive thru- it suddenly jumped up- but not because of me- there was a trio of joggers approaching that alerted the deer more than me in my car. Onward north- the work stoppage is ended for the day- after taking an aborted shortcut (where I saw more deer- and got a great pic) . Passing thru Rock Springs River WY- tried to get some well water from a pump but it didn’t flow. A few walkers eyed me warily. Sign says “Laydown yard” . That’s a new term: “A laydown yard (also called a laydown area) is an area on a construction site where tools, materials, equipment, and vehicles are stored temporarily when they are not in use. Laydown areas are most common on construction sites, but other industries like manufacturing or oil field operations use them as well.” Here’s the Fossil Cabin 515. Not much to see really. They’ve let it deteriorate. #Prayers4 Medicine Bow WY - and the historic Virginian Hotel. Drove out to E Allen lake- a few miles- but it’s a mucky lake- not very inviting. 145 miles later my car is starting to spin- transmission again ? I wanted to rest at the Shirley Rest Area but there was a guy there without a car- wasn’t sure it was safe. So I go onward for a few miles & then I stop for an hour to let it cool down. But the heat and time I’d been driving had overwhelmed it. I made it another 15 miles to a river spot- where I did another cool down. And then 30 miles to Casper- only able to drive 30 mph - I find out later that the car computer does this intentionally to prevent serious damage- it’s called “limp home mode”. Problems and challenges are actually a gift from God. When you have too much money to solve every problem- God becomes secondary. Money is first in such cases. I don’t have money to solve every problem. If I did I would simply buy a new vehicle. And Move on. But I can’t. Actually I could buy a new used vehicle but the problem is if I buy a car out-of-state (out of CA) it might not pass their stricter smog restrictions- (required for registration). On the radio- the pilgrim 90.3. FM . long lonely road out here from Laramie to Casper. Car problems on these long lonely roads are compounded by knowing you have limited cell phone service, if any. And passers-by are not so helpful anymore- these days. Many will pass by without asking if you need help, even if you are trying to flag them down. Or in some cases especially if you are trying to flag them down. Prayers for wisdom. I’m not at the point of needing help by the side of the road, yet. Hopefully I won’t get to that point. Prayers for sonital, ukra, desi, b Clark, pmurt, nedib, rabb, 1st resp, brown mosman, rochelle, ytseb, eagle knights, niviac, relluf, drofnats, mij nil, tate, rochelle, cade , jodi, new hope, 19 miles to Casper. Another cool-down break. Fishing spot- but tones of moths everywhere-. North platte river, Found hotel in Casper for the night. Barely coasted into a parking spot. Gears barely engaging. Thursday the 13th of July 2023 630 am mass #1, then mass #2 - and I stop in at Dayton Transmissions- maybe a mistake. They did a code check and a test drive - and then a big guy came out and said “it’s the transmission” and gave me a price of $3600 blah blah blah all the while sternly ordering me to pay a $50 fee. Say what ? You mentioned no diagnostic fee when I came in. That’s wrong and unethical if not illegal to try to get a diagnostic fee afterwards- without saying it up front. It’s just wrong. YOu need to mention it upfront. But they have so many people in their front office- including ladies- the pressure is on- If I object I could imagine the scene they might make. Greedy little pikers . I keep my cool- and pull out the credit card. Suddenly their nice hospitable disposition has changed drastically. They sound different and look different. Unbelievable. I just want out of here. Here are the codes they say are flashing: PO621- generator lamp control circuit (symptoms electrical, shifting, etc) PO741- TCC stuck off (torque converter), PO742 - TCC Circuit stuck off (won’t shift out of highest gear at freeway speed. That’s not happening). PO757 shift solenoid stuck on (harsh shifting, limp home mode) P1811 max adapter & long shift (check MAF sensor). Onward- I can still move . So I go to the Tate Geology Museum at Casper College. Nice exhibits here. Then I spend a few hours at the library. Start calling places including U- Haul- I’ve done this before many years ago with a Ford Taurus that broke down by the Grand Canyon- head gasket- had to tow it back to CA. That was an adventure too- especially going thru Zion. U-Haul Casper says they don’t have the equipment I need (truck & dolly) in Casper- but they do have it in Thermopolis about 130 miles away (been there once). I actually check the elevation change - is it uphill or downhill. Fortunately it looks like mostly downhill. Not a lot of hills to climb. Maybe I can make it. The guy at Dayton said he doubted I could even make it to Shoshone (99 miles). Given the demand for a diagnostic fee of $50 (after the fact) I find myself distrusting anything they said at Dayton Transmission. It’s a bad sign. They’re thinking of money. And there’s lots of smaller things or alternative things to consider before the entire transmission costing more than buying a new used vehicle. They’re thinking money, not what could help this guy ? If you’re demanding $50 at the same time you’re telling a person their car is finished, you’re a little bit of a sicko. You’re not a decent person. Who does that ? After Casper College library I go to the museum on the hill- a national park museum- about the historic trails that passed thru this area, as well as pony express, etc. see https://www.nps.gov/poex/index.htm Then I stop in at the Casper Fair . Not much happening here. I do see a magic act. And a guy on stilts. That’s about it. I guess they don’t really get going until the evening. Across from there I pass by the Casper Fort. Then over to the county library in downtown Casper. They have a make space area here too (ie 3d printers etc). Spend a few hours cooling off and exploring options for getting to Thermopolis. I don’t know how far my car will go- can I make it to Thermopolis or not ? I check the possibility of public transportation- they do have a bus but only on Mondays and Wednesdays. I don’t want to wait here for a few days to catch a bus. I inquire about rental cars. That’s a possibility. Although summer rates are ridiculous. The best price I can get right now is $125. What about hitch hiking ? Even riding in the back of a pickup truck (legal in Wyoming). That’s possible. Also paying somebody to drive me might be worth it. I leave the library without any resolution to the problem. Driving along the road I see some pro-Lifers holding their signs. Nice to see. I honk and give a thumbs up. Circling around- by the time I got back they were packing up to leave. 124 Oh well. I’m starting to think I should at least try to get to Thermopolis in my own vehicle. If I break down and can’t go any further , then I will hitch it. And I will drive at night when it’s cool. And can go slow without hindering others. And I begin to pray with a fervor. And pray. And pray some more. HMPL. And Mij did a voice mail prayer. Saelp droL. #Prayers4 City of Mills 850 WY. God granted cool weather for the night in the midst of this extreme heat wave. Thank you Lord. #Prayers4 City of Powder River 945pm, so far so good. Traveling at 30 to 35 mph- not many cars on road. At 10pm I £25) pull off for a 2-hour break near Hells Half Acre. midnight driving again. And Praying 10,000. Gas hill road 12009. Rest area. A few hills. NABOJ. #Prayers4 Hiland (pop 10) 1222, I renew a vow to God to do my utmost for Him if I make it to Thermopolis. Also asking souls in heaven to pray for me. I’m thinking 30mph may be a more natural speed. My gas mileage range is much much better at 30 mph (although they say online that the most efficient speed is between 50 and 60) #Prayers4 City of Moneta 103am, #Prayers4 Shoshone (nap from 2 to 4 am) - I made it here and onward (despite the warning of Dayton Transmission), Friday July 14 2023 And I made it to Thermopolis. PTL. PTL. The U-Haul here in this lazy little town doesn’t open until 10 am . SO 1 go to the Hot Springs State park and do a free hot soak at the one place that is “free forever” thanks to the native Americans who sold their land to the national park with the requirement that they keep a hot springs open to the public for free. Meanwhile, there are two pay-to-play locations nearby: the Star Plunge and Hellie’s TeePee . Both cost $15 and include a variety of pools and slides. Maybe I'll do one of those later. Also walked around the outdoor natural pools and the river- and the swinging bridge over the river. Looks like a nice jumping spot. Wonder if anybody has. Don’ t know how deep below. Then I went over to U-Haul and got the equipment. Lady named Jodi did the paperwork but she knew very little about hooking up the dolly and ratcheting the tires properly. She helped a little but the tires were still too loose. But she walked away giving a feeble “good luck” without sincerity. I ended up driving to a few nearby shops for help- specialty towing & Petro/Tires were both good about helping me out. Shame on U-Haul for their apathy. Thanks to Cade at the towing shop and the guys at Petro Tires. Very helpful and not demanding money - even though I gave tips in both cases. I decide I may as well stay in town for a while rather than head out in the extreme heat. I go back to the hot springs and pay $15 to have some fun at Star Plunge. And the slides are pretty incredible. Funny thing is you don’t hear a lot of noise you might expect - like at an amusement park where kids are always screaming on the roller coasters. I’m the only one making noise- yipping and yapping. The workers look bored. They need to have some fun. I do the slides over and over again and again. Also the hi dive, the vapor cave, the lobster pool. Rest for a while. Pray for a while. I love this place. And it’s open all year- must be very cool in the winter (very warm & steamy) . Up the hill there are bison grazing. I drive with the U- Haul up the hill hoping to not get in a tight spot where I need to reverse (which is a pain with this hookup no matter how good a drive you may be). Now I’m getting ready to hit the road . heading out back towards Shoshone- then to Jackson- . Along the road are signs saying what kind of rock formations they are- one says 126 “Pennsylvania Amsden FM “. Shoshone gas $3.50 $56.87 , Ocean Lake 710, s: Chief Washakie Trail, military vehicle museum - big place, near Dubois. Slept in DuBois (almost lost parts to inverter). Saturday July 15 2023 Now the U-Haul is making a strange noise. Good grief. Tie hack monument see https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/49838 850am . now by Triangle C ranch. Togwotee Pass elev 9655. 1st view of Tetons. #Prayers4 Moran Junction 40 miles to Jackson. Arrive Jackson 1043 am. Now Jackson Hole Library for a few hours (am I the only one who remembers the old library ?_). THen over to the cemetery by Snow King- hoping to find the Martha VG memorial, but no luck. Can’t spend too much time here. The ratchet is loose again. Tried Sheridan Auto but they couldn’t help. Over to Big O- used to bring my car here back in the 90’s -. Guy named Juan helped me out- gave him a $5 spot . Also dropped a letter to the VG’s “just passing thru, hope all is well” 215. Here we go- can I make it over Teton Pass - it’s not so high at 8432 feet but quite steep. And at this point I haven’t learned about turning off “tow mode” in certain circumstances. If I had known it would have helped going UP. But I made it ! #Prayers4 City of Victor Idaho, 308pm, And Idaho Falls - attend Catholic mass at 5pm. -then I find the falls and a place to sleep by the river with a view of the Mormon temple. Nice. The falls of Idaho Falls are more impressive than I expected. Pretty cool. Not big and high but long and extensive. Sunday the 16th of July 2023 decide to go to Idaho Falls Zoo before leaving town. They have some fun Grey Gibbons- watched them for a while. Also a wild duck being chased by a peacock was Ie ity comical. I noticed later that the duck had laid some eggs behind a bush -that I don’t think anybody else had noticed. This is a nice small zoo for only $8 bucks. Stayed until 11. Onward . #Prayers for city of Blackfoot & the Shoshone Bannock tribes. #Prayers for City of Chubbock , there’s a big FBI location here 1236. It’s basically Pocatello. I like the feel of Pocatello. Nice casual town. And the Portneuf River. A lot of these drivers in their shiny new pickup trucks are a bunch of babies. Wannabe cowboys. Entering Power County 114pm. I wanted to see American Falls but too many road closures to navigate. S: massacre rock state park & register rock . Also City of Rocks National Reserve looks nice. Also near here is Pomerelle Ski Area. stopped in at Tramlaw: cott cheese, kombucha tea, smoked salmon clearance sale, etc. #Prayers4 City of Burley ID . Big McCain foods building. Recreation boats on the Snake River. So hot. Caldron linn looks like a neat area to explore. There’s a Magic Mt ski resort near here too. Made it to Twin Falls - gas $65. One sign says 112 degrees. It is hot but I think that’s a bit high. Here’s the Twin Falls Bridge near where Evel Knievel did his historic attempt to jump over snake canyon in a motorcycle missile , or motor-missile 127 , as I call it. What was that thing ? Anyways, he failed miserably. They called it a “sky cycle” . some say Knievel pulled the parachute immediately after launch. That was Sept 1974. And he made $6 million for the attempt. I walked halfway across the bridge. From there I went over to Shoshone Falls- the actual Twin Falls area- but it’s not twin falls anymore The waterfall actually used to be two separate (twin) waterfalls. Unfortunately, the second waterfall doesn't flow anymore because of the dam.“ ss They’re having a special event tonight. Also cooled off in the stream. Then I went up the road to Dierks Lake. Kids cliff jumping here. Not very high. Some were scared. First timers. I did a lot of cliff jumping over the years- some of the best are in northern Cal. I just cool off in the river. Watching the kids jump. Suddenly an ambulance appeared overhead. And it lands nearby. Some sort of emergency. Also ambulances. Not sure what happened. My can of kombucha spilled while I was driving. Fortunately none of the electronics got wet. Onward. 2.5 hours to Elko NV. #Prayers4 Jackpot NV, and Mij Nil, ydna, yluj, nevets, VG’s, AmeriPrayer, Hear Our Prayer Lord. Monday the 17th of July 2023 $60 gas in Wells, PTL, couldn’t defeat the GR local, but then if I did, what would I win ? It would be a pyrrhic victory as they say .s: mustang monument . Ruby Lake NWR. Prayers for mss-v, mss-v, mss-v, mMss-v miracle, hail Mary, repose prayers, Great Basin Highway, s: Cherry Creek Museum. I took this road in May - 2 months ago - going the opposite direction. Here’s the Pony Express Schell station. #Prayers4 City of McGill NV - here’s the warm springs pool again. Wasn’t open yet for the summer when I came thru in May. Now open. But not open today. More gas in Ely $53.58 . Ward Mt already 80 degrees . Humboldt National Forest. “ Humboldt-Toiyabe's spectacular 6.3 million acres makes it the largest Forest in the lower 48 states. The Forest spreads from the eastern Sierra Nevada's in California to the borders of Idaho, and Utah.” it seems like the gas is costing me about 50 cents a mile. Imagine throwing 2 quarters out the window every mile. Prayers for mij nil. AAA. Twilabd. I submit 100%. Total surrender. Prayers for the Uyghurs. Repose alpha omega. Who were the Liberty City Seven ? “The Liberty City Seven were seven construction workers and members of a small Miami, Florida-based religious group who called themselves the Universal Divine Saviors.“! Described as a "bizarre cult," the seven were arrested and charged with terrorism-related offenses in 2006 by a Federal Bureau of Investigation sting investigation although their actual operational capability was extremely low and their intentions were unclear.2! The members of the group operated out of a small warehouse in the Miami neighborhood of Liberty 128 They’re talking about it on the radio. Something about entrapment. And the FBI creating wannabe terrorists, rather than stopping credible terrorists, with intent and ability. PTL 1000, MVG 1000. Now in Nye County NV. 10am. RAG 100, repose and grow. S: maws . BAW-ee 1000, blackrock summit 1054, turned off. This is nerve wracking. Here’s a sign for the lunar crater- I explored this one time many years ago- not much to see actually. 11am Also black rock lava flow. On the podcast, Ali Siadatton, with the Canadian guy from coast-to-coast, Richard Syrett (strange planet). High wind gusts too. Here’s ET highway- extraterrestrial sign. 1141 This area is known UFO’s (allegedly), known as area 51. “Area 51 is the common name of a highly classified United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. A remote detachment administered by Edwards Air Force Base, the facility is officially called Homey Airport The intense secrecy surrounding the base has made it the frequent subject of conspiracy theories and a central component of unidentified flying object (UFO) folklore.= Warm Springs cafe , 49 miles to Tonopah. Warm Springs summit 1148, “golden arrow silver bow” . Here’s Saulsbury Summit - tough hill to get up with a U-Haul pulling a van full of stuff 1207. McKinney Tank Summit 6400 feet. 1218, Here’s a sign for Tonopah Test Range witha little missile . 1228 (+ confl), And here’s Tonopah Speedway. They actually have races out here? #Prayers4 Tonopah - an old mining town. More gas $68. Sign says “Home of the Muckers” A mucker is a miner who loads ore or waste rock into a hopper or trolley “ Drove thru the mining museum area. Now up Tonopah Summit. Here’s the International Car Forest - the sign actually says “Of the Last Church” whatever that means. 209pm. I’m the only one driving thru. I just don’t want to get stuck in an area 129 where I have to back up- difficult with this U-Haul set up. I walk around a bit and make a little video of it. It’s like a car cemetery. But artistic. Not a junkyard. Kind of like Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas but bigger- spread out. #Prayers4 City of Goldfield - my presence in Christ passing thru diminishes satan and his demons. It’s like an exorcism. Now ENTER CA 313 pm- good to be back this time. Tough climb to Gilbert Pass. , and now Westgard Pass 358 . Nice cooldown before Big Pine by the muddy river. #Prayers4 Big Pine city. Here’s the Ancient Bristlecone pine forest. More gas $76.87 - a little better price because this is Independence CA and an Indian reservation gas station (#Prayers4 Paiute Indians) px46 . And here’s the Manzanar site. “Manzanar is the site of one of ten American concentration camps, where more than 120,000 Japanese Americans were incarcerated during World War II from March 1942 to November 1945. Although it had over 10,000 inmates at its peak, it was one of the smaller internment camps. It is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California's Owens Valley, between the towns of Lone Pine to the south and Independence to the north, approximately 230 miles (370 km) north of Los Angeles. Manzanar means "apple orchard" in Spanish. The Manzanar National Historic Site, which preserves and interprets the legacy of Japanese American incarceration in the United States, was identified by the United States National Park Service as the best-preserved of the ten former camp sites.” And here’s Lone Pine- gateway to the Mount Whitney- the highest peak in the continental USA- at 14,505- which I hiked in 2007, or was it 2006 ? Somewhere around that time. And Lola did it with me ! (my golden retriever). And here’s Diaz Lake where I camped the night before hiking Whitney. Further south I’m surprised to see water to my left (eastward). This is Owens lake which has been dry for a long time- but now full- because of the high amount of rain/snow this year. #Prayers4 City of Cartago 642. Still blazin hot. #Prayers4 Olancha & Death Valley. #Prayers4 California City . Willow Springs Raceway Cali-Prayer .Cem G & G, clean store. Stare man. Wash car. & more. Power steer fluid. More Sound of Freedom- free. Outback Restaurant. Memories of Manistee MI - strange. #PrayTHeMovies: re Sound of Freedom- based on true story. Gal drumming in house- using shoes as drumsticks. Lady. “I hear singing”. Rocio talented. Honduras - no parents allowed. Come back at 7pm. When the father returns his kids are gone. Now Calexico. Man uploading illegal material- . police invade. The main actor is the Jesus guy from Passion of Christ.Jim Cavaziel- looks a bit like Kirk Cousins. Prayers for victims of trafficking. Bk Apollodorus . Now new movie: “Psycho Pass” -animation. They make reference to Tim 1.18, I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with “the prophecies previously made about you, that by them 130 you may “wage the good warfare,” and something about the sybil system- the new standard, stronskaya papers, the peace breakers, something about st Paul and his conversion. “We are the Lord’s sword & shield”, re “voice of God”, . also talked to Ted at AAMCO in Torrance. Leaving the theatre I forgot my phone. Had to run back inside to get it- in the process I pulled my calf muscle. Badly. Real badly. Ouch. Now I can barely walk. I’m limping like crazy. Wednesday the 19th of July 2023 donated blood with $50 bonus. Dictation. After O Library. Yankees vs Angels. Angels win. No trout. Ohtani 4 walks, 1 strikeout. Slept NB. OLQA no 830, only 630 for summer. Thursday the 20th of July 2023 morning at NBL - dictation. Then a brief swim- feels cold. THen work on Peters Papers from 3-7 pm. The same dude is in the same chair as he was when I was last here in April . He comes every day-doesn’t move- just sits and plays on the computer from 10am to closing time. Friday the 21’st of July 2023 . Terminated blood donation. So I went to PV- stopping at Sunset Beach for a short break. car having trouble again. Now engine light on again. Weak again. Stop in at Ray’s - too late- He’s going home for the day. Go over to O’Reillys do a code check- says it’s the torque converter clutch. Skip beach. No sun. Saturday the 22nd of July 2023 8am mass & rosary at St James- then to Malaga Library- angry honker- can’t go faster- barely made it up the hill. Completed Peters Papers . Now adding to blogs. Also started Jesus Freak Christian ministries blog. 3pm swim at RB - felt nice- warm. Not much waves though. Then I begin to inch my way towards B-Flower - but first I stop at O’Reillys and buy some Sea Foam Trans Tune. And almost instantly the check engine light went off. Wow! A Miracle cure ? But I overfilled it. Onward Sunday July 23 2023 8am St Pancratius Church Lakewood, then St Cyprian around 930, then to Home Depot to buy material to remove transmission fluid. Decided to try it for myself. THen St Bernard at 11am. So I have a tube for the dipstick- and a pump- time to give it a try. And it works ! I pull over to Caruthers Park in Bellflower- nice exercise area- first time I’ve tried it. Unfort, wild kids nearby. Can I make it back to NBPL ? I start driving. Some mean kids cut me off at Beach & 405 - very close call- I had to pull back even though I had right of way. Very foolish & dangerous of them. I tried to get their license plate but they were scared- running away fast. They knew they just did something very stupid. Probably high too. So I make several stops to withdraw transmission fluid on my way to NBPL: 1st at Vons in Lakewood. Then at 22/405, then at Ikea south coast plaza, .. then I pull into JBAP parking lot . And Pray. Then I made it to NBPL- Sully plays old pop hits with a twist. Monday the 25th of July 2023 630 am OLQA, 9-12 dictation, 1230-2 swim at NB- better ! felt warmer. 230-430 photo edits, 530 Christ cards, 7p movie theatre 131 terminate- made me feel sick- all the barbie fans in pink- felt so shallow, I left. Check engine light back on “torque converter Clutch solenoid electrical circuit is stock on for predetermined time” Tuesday July 25 2023 PrayTheMovies: AMC Tustin it’s now $7 on discount Tuesday- barely a discount anymore. I also cancelled Netflix for a while- not enough fresh new content- actually more new content on YouTube (watch for free with ads) . Tried a 2nd dose of seafoam trans tune- this time check engine did not go off immediately. Angry honker behind me. Prayers for him. Begin movie: Oppenheimer -watching in the Dolby theatre- where you feel the seats rumble with the blast of the bomb “chained to rock, tortured for eternity” -he’s dreaming. Lecture. He can’t sleep. He runs back to lab to stop professor from eating the apple he poisoned. Why wasn’t einstein involved in Manhattan project ? “Einstein played no role in the Manhattan Project, having been denied a security clearance in July 1940 due to his pacifist tendencies.” - went to Cambridge . Nels Bohr lecture, his associates didn’t concern you ? did you meet Russians? Speaks Dutch in 6 weeks. Has a ranch in new Mexico. Cal Tech, Berkeley, machine to accelerate electron. Quantum mechanics . says he’s not a commie. I like his wiggle room. N scenes unnecessary. Encounter Heisenberg ? PTM: can we reverse WWII a- bomb ? Hear my prayer. P54 his brother was a communist for a while. “My people Jewish” . baby crying, wife angry, not helping baby. Horseback camping trip. Drama with mistress girlfriend. Matt Damon plays chubby old military guy. They begin construction at Los Alamitos. “Bomb falls on the just and the unjust” “the god bomb” “could ignite the atmosphere” - “near zero chance”. “Zero would be nice” uranium ore, womanizer. Nobel invented dynamite. Dilettante, no trust. Reverse the raw #ReverseTheRaw b29 detected radiation - atom test. Russia has a bomb. P56 compartmentalization” Casey Affleck also has small role. The mistress commits suicide. AEC Los Alamos (atomic energy commission) . BOSLWSPEGG. Mss-v, mss-v, mss-v, It’s test time but there’s a storm delay. Was there any fallout from the test ? “Bring in the sheets” . Test is a success. Two bombs ready: Fat Man (Nagasaki) & Little Boy (Hiroshima). They cheer when they hear of Hiroshima bomb. “I bet the japs didn’t like it” Klaus Fuchs Soviet spy “Klaus Fuchs, a German-born physicist and part of the British Mission at Los Alamos, was a spy for the Soviet Union, passing on critical information on the atomic bomb.” Truman starts H -bomb program. I didn’t realize that Strauss was played by Downey: “Robert Downey Jr. that came closest to matching Murphy's captivating performance. Downey played Lewis Strauss and had a key role in how events unfolded throughout the film. The story was told through Strauss and Oppenheimer and through different timelines “ “Oppenheimer tells Einstein that he fears that the 132 creation of the bomb will start a chain reaction where other nations attempt to outdo the atomic bomb, creating endless amounts of nuclear weapons, and as a result, destroying the world.” Wednesday the 26th of July 2023 photos, miws, lobster, transmission. Thursday 27th July photos, miws, tran Friday 28th July , low protein- can’t donate blood. Added quart #5 transmission, photo edit, new hose concern harbor auto closed on Saturdays (happy ending, Midas guy said that somebody disconnected this hose and made an alternate- but left the old hose dangling , and the noise is from power steering- recommended trying fluid called “power steering quiet” I guess it’s actually called “severe instant quiet” ). Engine light off ! yes ! 659pm, after movie- right about the time Linda confirmed Jim prayed for me on phone. Back to NB photos and miws. Saturday 29th of July 2023 prayed and prayed and God answered again. Met the trump guy on Orchid street Newport Beach- I guess that’s 304 Orchid. El Shaddai . Sunday July 30 2023 - made contact with TT12 PTN: CRC pastor confesses to murder in the 70’s (LATER FOUND NOT GUILTY, confession coerced or something due to dementia). Sunday 830 am Neumann , 930 Ralphs, 11 other Irvine catholic: Seton. Double body day. Mis at 12 to 130 more photos editing. Monday the 31st of July 2023 new tire $40 feels better already (better than Mexicali tires). Gas 9.8 gallons $4.49 $43.96, and E85 $3.09 $29.70 9.6gallons. $3.79 average. PPP : patience, perseverance, and prayer. PTL> twilabd. PrayThePlates ! a 8/1/23 Tuesday met with TT12 at McDonalds - good . Watching a little bit of Barbie PrayTheMovies: will Ferrell is “Mr Mattel (note: “Mattel Inc. is an American multinational toy manufacturer and entertainment company founded in January, 1945 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The name is a combination of founders Harold Matson's nickname, Matt and Elliot Handler's first two letters of his first name, El.”) “get into box.. Barbie land. Treat me as an object, patriarchal, “I’m a man with no power..” “get in the box u jezebel” margo Robbie, Rita Moreno, real world not what I thought it would be, car chase , cellulite, “are you shining?” (reference to Shining movie) “it’s impossible to be a woman” “white savior barbie” feminist uprising,the kens miss the vote. Ken cries out” I’m sorry I took you for granted” “Ken is me” p65 “lam Kenough” - he’s okay by himself. Doesn’t need a wife to live a full life. “I am Kenough”- . You can argue both for a single Biblical life as well as a married Biblical life. Both are valid. 8/2/23 Wednesday 8am SLM -Redondo, 9am RB miws- good warm, 10am Malaga photos, 3 pm Malaga miws. 430 rest before Beatles at Malaga- wow packed house. 8/3/23 Thursday 8am SLM, 9am miws good warm, 10am added quart #8 at Malaga location, 8/4/23 Friday 8am St James (mike is back, new rosary guy) 9am swim , waves, 10am cut paste, p66 130-5 RB lib- new hours- open on Friday (robot there too). Saturday 8/5/23 miws, photo organizing, : new blogs for Kathryn & Helen, 8/6/23 Sunday neighborhood church 10am, DeYoung is gone ?! 9am driving thru PV- made it up the hill ! entered PV lib for 1st time since yrgna sonital. 8/7/23 Monday 8am St Bernard 134 Bellflower, 9am driving with TT12 shake shack, NBPL, laguna beach, corona del mar, Kobe mural, the wedge, balboa, the villages , Wayne Huizinga , rich DeVos, Gary Shirley, $10,000 horse, crystal cove cottages, warren wants to by johnny Pete’s “Father, forgive them, for they do @ I they are doing.” © cottage for the peters sisters. 8/8/23 Tuesday - exhaustion, couldn’t get to 630 at olqda, 9am Rams camp: matt Stafford #9, & Stenson Bennet . now miws at NB Wednesday 8/9/23 text with TT!2, 2 weeks slideshow. 630 mass JBAP now Chargers training camp- and NFL prayer #NFLFC, . There’s the 3 QB’s: Justin Herbert, & Max Duggan, & Easton Stick . 1130 am added a half quart - that’s Sand a half . E85 gas . $21.15 7 gallons for $2.99 , and regular 9 gallons at $4.65 for $43.02 $4 average , saved $16 , torque converter light back on. Trans still struggling a bit. Snorkeled at NB again. 2 other snorkelers there. One with spear gun. Edit photos downstairs. Regular robots there. So I left quickly and did another tran Q that’s 9.5 now. NBPL 430pm, compared to new fluid , old is still dark. So hopefully a few more will be enough. Keep doing it ! don’t give up. Thursday 8/10/23 630 OLQA, 830 Seton, 730 ralphs- new ralphs app. Used it. 9am added another Quart makes it 10.5 - old still dark. 10am university library UCI, NAPA abort- terrible place. Went to O’Reilly’s- bought “shudder stop- didn’t help. Stopped in at Balboa library (“bye”) another snorkel miws at CDM - yellow boat again Friday August 11 2023 630 OLQA, bl yug again- seems nice. 830 Seton, Ben Tran is a new priest for UCI (previously at Columban, St Anne, likes to say “God is good..” p69 now at ralphs at 730, 2 consec days here using app. Didn’t like Jim saying “What’s the red drink” nor the “we don’t talk about it” . Andy no longer at Varnum ? but his son is interning there ? son at Notre Dame law school. 9am university library - computer froze up. THey still haven’t explained why they bought a cemetery plot for me. I find it strange and disturbing. 8/12/23 Saturday: 830 Seton, 3rd different priest, Ben Tran was there but in the back. Who is this priest. ? Prayers for tall white guy NBPL, & skinny at Balboa. 9am university library. Snorkel miws. Starting to wear KSAM at NBPL, 2 neurotics 135 downstairs. - now a 3rd starts knocking -leave quickly. Add another Quart - that makes 11.5 , later do big cleanout in back. 8/13/23 Sunday 8am JBAP, 9am Hour of Power Shepherds Grove (sleeping mouse), 1030 Neumann, 12 noon miws snorkel (neuro lady by child as I exit water) , and another big cleanout (far back_) picked up rack & pinion $250 (get $50 back for core), end Sunday at St Columban (x2) felt nice being there . had fever last night but better in morning. . Monday 8/14/23. diamond collision- nice Italian family business- Giovanni, good coffee, $450 for rack pinion installation- cash only- caused a little drama. Remember “never Bison” . stopped in at blood donation- protein test not ready yet. Back at NB - snorkel miws- gigantic wave- as I’m coming out of the water caused me to lose grip of one fin- and it disappeared. Never found it. Fortunately I found a fin a few months ago- kept it just in case- it’s a longer one- made for snorkeling- so now I’m using mismatched fins- one long, the other short (made for body surfing)-= actually works perfect. 1 hour at NBPL, - new af am lady bumped me. Px71 Tuesday 8/15/23 obligatory day at church- as I pull into parking lot turning right- loud noise coming from wheel area- did it again after mass - so I drove all the way back to Fullerton- and pull back into the mechanic parking lot- and now the noise has stopped- I actually had prayed the entire way- it sounded so bad- I had started thinking - oh no, now I need a new axle too ? or something ? Al the mechanic drove it around- and the noise was gone. A Miracle ? But he said I should still get an alignment - so I drove over to Allen’s Tire- got it done for $85, Lou the manager not so nice. Called blood- I passed my protein test- but not updated by nurse yet. Stopped in at laundromat by Disneyland. Wednesday the 16th of August 2023 830am St Norbert, 915 am blood donation, extreme heat day, 1pm swim NB, photo edit NBPL, Thursday the 17th of August 2023 OLQA, Ralphs, Seton, UCI library “Do you work at UCI” she asked, because I have a lanyard around my neck that says UCI Brain from a conference I attended a few years ago. I use it to “carry my cross” . Later, snorkel miws. Then to NBPL, “I didn’t want to sit by you either” - miscommunication. Awkward. Friday the 18th of August 2023 830 st Norbert mass, 915 blood donation, nice lady, 12 noon pro-life at PP good ! lots of encouragement from drivers. Then to NB snorkel miws -short one- too tired. Exhausted actually. Back to NBPL finished photo edit. Then fell asleep in car - and dissed by scrawny greasy long- haired parking dude . If not supposed to park here, why no signs ? 136 8/19/23 Saturday: . also added another half quart transmission. Making it 12Q total. so far weather still okay. More photo editing, didn’t realize laptop was not charging. 530 mariners church . 8/20/23 Sunday 8am JBAP chapel. 1030 Neumann church, now raining. Rained all night and now all day. ocpl uci closed early 1pm, NBPL closed at 230 pm due to hurricane Hillary. A few trees fell down. Early to sleep. Survived Hilary. 8/21/23 Monday 630 olga , 830 seton, 10 at UCI library, Monday after UCI, walk at Newport- now a hot day- seems like the hurricane rain never happened. Like a dream. Photo edit and re-blog. Here comes Christian Colin - that was strange . Pray for Christian Colin. Tuesday August 22 2023: olqa, seton, uci, ralphs, made $8 Ibotta, NBPL progress, Wednesday August 23 : Norbert, blood, firestone had nice Christian music ( but did Gary misdiagnose axle ?), their inspection suggestions added up to $9000 in parts & labor- so freakin ridiculous, 2pm miws, hot again, Ray wants $140 for labor to do front brake pads & turn rotors. 8/24/23 9am Savant auto, new axle $89 part plus $180 labor- about $300. But was it even necessary ? the noise may be less but still there. It may be just the bearings. And they’re getting worse. Nice thing about Savant was they gave me a courtesy uber ride to the library in Cypress. And they did a quick job. The gal was nice and conversational about my travels. Seemed genuinely interested. After axle stopped by Seal Beach briefly, & Then Seal beach library. Told the obsessive- compulsive dude I’m not interested in what he’s selling. Added review & blog. Also added positive review of Savant. After SB Lib stopped in at Los Altos. There’s a hippy working there- and he’s bossy and mean. P75 after Los Altos stopped in at 99 cents and bout $57 groceries for Jim Lin. Had difficult time finding parking in bellflower. Friday 8/25/23 : 8am St Bernard, 9am TT12 delivered groceries for them. Met with 137 them briefly. Both recovering from covid. From there bounced around bellflower and Artesia looking for a diagnosis of the noise still coming from my axle area. Drove thru the parking lots of various repair shops - hoping for a mechanic to do an “eyeball diagnosis” - Ray-a-Motive used to be a good place- been there before but now there’s a jerk working there. He chased me down as I drove thru the lot- before he caught up with me I had already decided it looked too busy. He wasn’t friendly anyways. Told him I had been there before and he didn’t seem to care. Didn’t make any offers of wanting to help. A few other places not too promising. One place wanted a “diagnosis fee” of $65. If they want a diagnosis fee- you need to run, not walk, but run, out of such shady establishments. Finally found Star Auto - and a mechanic walked over and told me exactly what it was. Awesome. That’s the American way. And then I found a place to do the work at a fair price- bought the bearings for $100, and got the work done for $125. Ahh. so sweet and quiet afterwards. Nice. Interesting place too- in Long Beach- edge of downtown- a guy who speaks very little English- only Ukrainian- met me as I drove up. He was all alone. I got the offer for the job on Yelp- very good way of saving money- having mechanics bid on the job. His name was Alex. And to speak to me in English he called somebody on the phone named Dmitry- who translated . And he did the job so fast it was unbelievable. And for a third of the price that most big box places would charge. Made $1000 capitol one payment leaving FCU balance at $2600 . Still believing in the power of prayer. Barely staying on top. Things I bought for Jim Lin included Gatorade, dragon fruit, cashews, pistachios, wine, peanuts, shrimp, oysters, Saturday 8/24/23 : 730 blood donation, 830 life rally, some old fella took my spot . Is he copying me ? 1030 swim, 1230-330 photos, 430 ralphs, early sleep. Sunday 8/25/23 :830 Neumann, was that guy talking to me re “holy toledo” ? Never seen him before. Why was he acting familiar ? posturing ? 930 UCI library- computer froze again. P77 after UCI- swim- found harpoon spear (aka sling harpoon) underwater while snorkeling- nice- looks brand new- not rusted or anything- somebody must have recently lost it . online these are not cheap items. Nonetheless I’Il probably rarely use it. Save it for a rainy day. Back to NBPL 2 to 430 photo editing. Exchanged text with Linda re Leo. interesting. Oops. Accidentally took 73 toll road for one stretch- less than a mile - and it cost me $4 dollars. #PrayTheMovies : Blue Beetle at Newport Big- national cinema day- all movies for the day are only about $5 dollars. Movie notes: - snow storm. Hotel cleaners. Palmyra City airport. Mexican family losing house. Kid just grad from college. Now back at home- doesn’t know what to do with degree. I don’t like Susan Sarandon - but even less so as the bad guy in this movie. She plays a good bad guy. Or 138 is she just playing herself ? she looks like Hillary, which makes it even worse. P78 jenny kord steels blue beetle. Jaime becomes blue beetle. Truck called Taco. Get behind me satan NABOJ. Becoming symbiotic. AmeriPrayer. Michelangelo “Touch of Creation” . transfer failed ? Jennifer captured ? p79 9/15/23 recap meeting with Linda. She snapped at me. Prayers for Lin. God be with her and bless her. Heal her Lord. Let her come to understand me and believe in me, and like me. And mellow out her sharp ends. Be with her as she also has to take care of Jim. I showed them most of the 2023 photos up to Niagara falls. Hopefully I can continue the photo ministry with them. Also helped her set up her computer and Microsoft account. Is nil really Xian ? I wonder sometimes. Started new blog BackToPrayerHour.blogspot.com Monday 8/28/23 OLQA, Seton, UCI, swim. El Segundo wins the LLWS! (little league world series). PTN: Maui fires, Trump mugshot is the money shot, or the maga shot. Ha ha. Tuesday the 29th of August 2023 : OLQA 630 & 830, NBPL, miws, photo editing 2016 . so many. P80 Wednesday the 30th 830 Norbert, 915 blood, life at from 11 to 12, gas $44.87 at $4.95/gal, 9 gallons and E85 9.9 gallons at $3 per, total $29.88 , grand total $74.75 for a $3.93 average, saved 139 connected to mobile auto repair Danny in Westminster- decent fellow - was a cradle catholic but now non-Catholic Christian- followed Chuck Smith for a while. Used to help out at Greg Laurie’s harvest for a while- but doesn’t like him anymore. Etc. Had a lot of strong opinions. And he knew how to do brake pads by muscle memory. Clearly he knew brakes. Said I did NOT need new rotors despite the recommendations by 2 big box stores. Thanks for his honesty. He also did the rear pads. We talked about our faith convictions as he worked. It seemed like a miracle to meet him. Returned the new rotors for refund. Paid him cash plus tip. Made it to St Columban garden grove for 530 Vietnamese mass. Saturday Sept 2 2023 : 730 blood donation, 930 life rally (briefly, also rained), 140 =a; a Weis 815 SMM church, prayers to the saints. 830 am now at Hillside Auto in Lomita to have the motor mount changed. Even after the bearings and rack and pinion and axle- there remained the heavy vibrations at every light while idling. Very annoying. And they showed me the old motor mount- it was in very poor condition- that explains it and solved it. This car is almost feeling like brand new again. Praise God Thank You. Although the steering wheel still shakes when braking at high speeds. Needs new pads. Maybe rotors too. That’s next. 10 am at Malaga- photo editing all day. Ordered new brake pads - a special brand- that Scotty the YouTube mechanic recommends. Called Akebono pads ( altho the guy who did the labor says he doesn’t think it matters at all. Who to believe ? Danny LP 2ebc952 Toyota 4-runner 1987) . Friday the 1st of September : found a place for oil change finally for decent price at $34. Most places want over $50 now. Also picked up the Akebono brake pads at Advanced Auto. night -groovy. Youtubers liked it. about $25 ! Thursday the 31st : over LB Bridge at 1am- neon lights change colors at 1030 NBPL photo editing, overcast most of the day. 5p Ice C. p82 9/3/23 Sunday : 830 Neuman, same guy there too interested in my presence. He’s like the guy who opens the doors in the morning- always there. Over entitled. I want to avoid him. Left early due to leg pain. UCI library from 9 to 12, overcast again. NBPL to 4, Miws at 430 bigger waves . 9/4/23 Monday, Labor Day: - what a day including a close call . 1st swim of the day no problem, but 2nd swim- huge waves about 4 to 7 feet- lost a fin coming in on a wave at little CDM - took a few extra moments to find the fin- and already had one hand full with snorkel & mask. By the time I found the fin, the next huge wave was coming over head- and I’m trying to swim out beyond the break using one fin and one arm. The wave pushes me back and under. I come up for air and the next wave is coming over. I’m still thinking I can get out beyond the break and swim back to big CDM. I’m still thinking the set of big waves can’t be too many more. But they keep coming so I realize I need to go back in to shore- and start kicking with one fin and using one arm to go the opposite way- and more waves are crashing over "BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO ARE PERSECUTED FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS SAKE, FOR THEIRS 1S THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN.” head- no let up. And I’m losing strength and my ability to get a good breath of air. I’m getting concerned. But I refuse to let go of my snorkel, mask, and fin in the one hand- which would have helped. Finally a wave kicked me on to shore. If I had gone under one more time I don’t think I would have come back up. It was truly that close. The lifeguard on shore had called for the yellow boat- which was just arriving but they would have had to swim in to help. The shore lifeguard did come down from the lifeguard stand but hadn’t even gotten his feet wet. He just said “Are you ok” as I fell down on to the sand gasping for air. I nodded. Barely ok. And I had an audience just standing and watching. None of them showed any “natural affection”- like they were watching me on YouTube or something. An interesting phenomenon. Wow. Needless to say, I didn’t swim back. But walked back to my towel . Back in the mission vehicle I prayed and thanked God and continued watching a few terminator movies I hadn’t yet seen. Including Genisys (no Arnold) and Rise of the Machines (good). 2 . Tuesday 9/5/23 : there’s the stare yug at OLQA. also Seton & tennis at UCI, and computer freeze at library. Then gas for$4.59, 8 141 gallons $36.05 due to Chevron dollar discount (nice of them). And E85 for $2.99 5.5 gallons $16 Grand Total $52.55 for average of $3.90 , savings of about $22. I’ve been mixing E85 and regular for a while now to save about $25 per fill up. Thank you Lord. It works! More photo editing at NBPL. 9/6/23 Wednesday :830 Norbert, 915 blood donation, plus life. There’s the old fella in my spot again. Tramlaw Irvine made $11 dollars Ibotta . TYL. on $70 bill. New bal $24. Miws at NB - still a few big waves rolling in from one of the hurricanes . not that we normally get actual hurricanes in So Cal, but we do get big waves from those down south occasionally. Saw a huge old anchor chain underwater - like one of those from a huge container ship - each link about the size of a tire. It’s been there a while— all rusted out. Also saw a fish with about 3 feet of fish line coming out of its mouth. Somebody caught it but the line broke as they were reeling it in. Now the fish has a permanent hook and line in mouth. No cold spots for the past few weeks. Sometimes there are ice cold spots here and there even in the middle of summer. I’ve heard there’s an extra deep trench nearby that’s called the “submarine canyon” that occasionally gets roused up sending the deep cold water to the top- as deep as 100 feet not far from the pier they say, and clear. Good scuba spot. p84 added new blog RightToBeBorn.blogspot.com Prager show talking about crossroads school in Santa Monica- says it’s prestigious but not necessarily good. Synch: just wrath, just war, saw just church billboard- an event at Honda center on sept 8. Friday Sept 8 2023: olqa 830, 9 to 12 NBPL, swim- very clear and calm Saturday Sept 9: donated blood. They keep asking me searching questions while trying to act as if it’s just casual. 142 SGetting tired of it. I try to talk about Christian faith in a casual but determined way. Linda talked about her trip to pismo beach. I told her about the lighthouse at Avila- which she hadn’t noticed. She found a sugar sand hidden beach near Vandenberg AFB. She also talked about Catalina island. Also did an hour of life rally . then swim- big waves again. Sunday the 10th of September 2023: strange at Llberty Baptist at 1030, also 1230 Neumann, finally finished Mission16 photos briefcase, p86 continue to pray at NBPL and for NBPL various patrons including hoody #1 & #2, continue NABOJ,. and final miws at NB. Monday Sept 11 - remembering 911 - posted a few thoughts on X . so sad. still. SLM 8am, Malaga 10-4 photo editing Mission17 briefcase. Klaw Redondo. Tuesday the 12th , 8am SLM, Malaga 10 to 5 (they close at 6 now). Another klaw. PTN: Morocco almost 3000 dead from earthquake. And over 5000 dead in Libya from flooding. Still thinking of Maui as well (almost 100 dead). Also “impeachment inquiry” commenced re joe Biden. Another klaw ( bird oop ). Wednesday the 13th Vons & laundry. Thursday the 14th of 2023 : sim B&B, also Vons $1.50, and Malaga 10 to 4, prayers for the kid with mom. And then up the hill to peninsula library for a few hours due to traffic. Then I saw the “firefly” rocket smoke coming down from the hill “VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif., Sept. 15, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Firefly Aerospace, an end-to-end space transportation company, today announced the company successfully launched its Alpha rocket and deployed the VICTUS NOX spacecraft following a 24-hour notice to complete final payload operations and mission preparations. Led by U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command's (SSC) Space Safari Program Office and in close partnership with the Rocket Systems Launch Program, the mission advances the nation's capability to rapidly respond to on-orbit needs during a conflict or in 143 response to a national security threat” https://www.prnewswire.com/news- releases/firefly-aerospace-successfully-launches-us-space-force-victus-nox- responsive-space-mission-with-24-hour-notice-301928878.html 9/15/23 8am Bernard bellflower b&b, also photo ministry with Jim Lin, and supplied them with food and drink including cheese, sw, cold brew coffee, hummus, etc. she was a bit uptight about me opening the windows. Seemed to have rehearsed the “you’re a guest” line - says she doesn’t have covid but then says she may have “long haul covid” , but said I didn’t need to wear a mask. Hmm. Jim keeps offering me a bed to sleep on. But Linda doesn’t reciprocate. Jim didn’t seem to have any noticeable feelings or thoughts when I showed a picture of his mother’s burial location. He was there when they buried her. But didn’t have any memories to share. Helped Linda with computer- she needed to activate Microsoft. They have the license and key but she doesn’t know where it is. I might have it in my old email box. They shared it with me once upon a time. PrayThePlates: CL5r88, 1ver771, 8lvf496, 9/16/23 Saturday NB, miws, new laptop from Rich $140 HB, problem with shift key , luckily he was a trustworthy fellow, he swapped it for another one. 9/18/23 Monday SDR, oceanside st Mary 8am, can’t find c-type cable, library near San Marcos issue re feet up , 10 am, arthritis pain, 1234 bio life -nice the 1st time, not so nice later. 2p Escondido library not so nice, 4 p Rancho Bernardo library better. PrayThePlates 6xas520, 7cwd615, 9hoc598, bz10f26, 866k525, 9gtu586, prayers for Charlene Zuil, to Encinitas 9/19/23 Tuesday cut paste 9-12 community center, billiards, enci lib 10-2, fun miws, 9/20/23 Wednesday 7am st Patrick Carlsbad, PrayThePlates 9dcp522 Carlsbad, 7cjp130, 2p NBPL prayers for new potpal, #MetaCog meta cog: forgot colored paper. (later forgot cheese, Sacramento), Thursday 9/21/23 830 olga exterior mass prayer, kids day, 9-11 NBPL, 1-12 HB pl, noon waiting for new potpal, here’s Rich, esaelp Yeshua, TYL. worked out well. FSHS, full page scratch prayer p13 , TYL TYL, Friday Sept 22 2023 8am Bernard church new young fella showing up. Looks like a future priest, 9am Linda looks very ill and weak, not good, prayers for. Showed Jim some of my pics from pictured rocks, etc. he wasn’t very interested. Gas G total $72.11 last Chevron save $4.59 + $3.50 16 gallon ... etc average $4.45 , save $24, called dpss now getting $290/month, my max inc allowed is 0851(b), on way back SD spirit = breath. Left food for Jim Lin including chocolate almond milk, & stomach fluid, also coco water & protein bars, . , arrived at Miramar around noon, haven’t been to the great air show for several years. Nice to be back. Email to loved ones re Linda’s 144 health. Px6 but it’s raining a little bit here. Nonetheless the blue angels still flew ! picked up some hamburg at Vons- good. Saturday the 23rd of Sept 930 good shep church, too many people looking at phones during service. Disrespectful. 930 now at library, also made $6 on Ibotta. And did I find $20 ? blue angels starting 45 minutes later today, scratch prayer, watching from across the street. Sunday the 24th 7am good shepherd, mira mesa, Vikings vs chargers, cvs protein bars, also got coupon for instant coffee that made it cost only $1, made $2 Ibotta, 99 only terminate, 12 p good shepherd repeat, nice piano plater too : good YT,. now back at Miramar, sunny blue sky, waiting for the Blue... Angels. P8 end Miramar , missed PIFA this year. Monday the 25th 2023 ss 8a good shepherd, then to 99 - fiasco 9a, left review accordingly, 10 a Escondido library, 1215 blood , mex review , 130 Bernard lib, 5p x lib, 6p penasquitos lib is nice, Tuesday 26th of Sept 2023 , 8am Mary church La Jolla, 1130 LJ library, 2pm cove miws, nice lag, but bad on trail. 4p back to LJ library, security not so good- just sits at door, never does anything. Now to Enci.. Wednesday 9/27/23 7am St Patrick Carlsbad, 8am St Francis vista, 915 blood , then back to NB, all day edit, great miws- very clear, plus sheep crab wow. Thursday 9/28/23 630 olqa, 8 ralph h dogs, bread $18, 9a nb lib, 1230 miws even more clear than yesterday, to end of pier & back, great miws, 230-6 library maps, leave early for tt12, px10 Friday 9/29/23 8am Bernard bellflower, gas total $71.04, now at TT12 beginning office cleanout, brought harbinger speakers & digital mixer to thrift shop. That was not very stewardly. We could have sold those ourselves and given a better profit to Valley Christian. So much CC stuff in here. And tarps. And I found my Karns speakers ! cleaned them off, including my receiver, cleaned out office both upper levels, got a lot of the boxes out of there. Saturday the 30th of Sept 2023 rainy day - too bad for HB air show . spent most of day scanning. Sunday October 1 2023 , x3 at OLQA - figured it out ! then 12 to 4 at NB- more scan- great stuff including my file, Julie file, Andy file, but not Steve file ? great Rachel pics and letters— 1 don’t think I ever read these letters . Did Linda stash them without me seeing them ? Monday Oct 2, prayer chapel progress all day. , there’s Joe- he was kind of a jerk now. Next door neighbor Church works at a church. Helio just walks in whenever he feels like it. I don’t like him doing that. It’s a little too entitled. Ate lunch and talked about the Biden scandal. Then at dinner she mentioned mouw & dirk’s wife worked at the Clinton 145 library. Seriously ? That’s all I need to know. Tuesday Oct 3 2023 7am blood in Pomona, p 12 9am tramlaw, bought a big frozen pizza for Jim Lin, also ketchup, pulled pork, back at bellflower worked on office chapel, forgot my water spray bottle, Helio again. They sold those $149 speakers at the thrift shop for $12 bucks. Ridiculous. Wasteful, Linda listening not arguing this time ? sincere ? Ip 8hx059 , stuff by curb, pf TT12, PTN: McCarthy removed as speaker ? wow - that was fast. It happened. He’s out. Helio can walk in to the bellflower house any time but Linda wants me to let them know I’m coming ? seriously ? reg $50 5.49, e85 12.86 5.14 $249, saved $21 oct 5 Thursday 2023 blood 855 quick office 146 lam, leaving LA hot 100 Bakersfield 4pm, reply from ydna, xp 14 Ip 7gms957, ydna texting, I tell him he’s a stranger to me. I don’t know him anymore. Was that a real YDNA ? or poser ? Pleaz Jeez, 5pm- uh oh, breakdown near Shafter CA- suddenly my RPM’s were spinning high. I immediately pulled off- called Better World for towing- another fiasco- remind me to switch to a different roadside service after this. Finally got a tow out-of-pocket for $125, should get a full or partial refund from better world. If they are honorable as promised. Krystal at MJY towing. 18007 Rosedale hwy Bakersfield 93314 Found a mechanic — they moved here from Long Beach.- sounded ok on phone. Prayed long and hard all night long— didn’t sleep well. Next morning. ICDIA ICDAT, G is great ! TYL, on raef, xp 18 Friday Oct 6 $150 to replace a transmission line. It just broke while I was driving. Sprayed all the fluid out in a matter of seconds. Fernando Jr at Fernando’s repair service . answer to prayer. After fix, onward north. Bought some red white blue ice cream and made an ice cream salad with broccoli. Still hot. Also a caffeine anhydrous drink. Also some 5w30 oil, 11 am Kern NWR, tall white cranes everywhere ! wow. Like FL. $5 gas Yokut nation near slater’s surf ranch. Lemoore. TYL x1000 , now city of Kerman, and Ripperdan 215, city of Dos Palos 245, and down the road from there is “Dos Palos Y”. 1-hour homemade rest area. Lots of cotton growing around here, like down south. City of Los Banos 421, .. Xp 20 Saturday 10/7/23 6am at East Chrissy- it’s air show time ! there’s a new beach configuration here now. Was that intentional or just a force of nature ? 1245 navy parachutes , matt gaetz podcast. He’s the one who got McCarthy removed. Here’s the Ace Maker, and patriot jets, warm blue sunny sky- perfect air show weather- actually hot here in SF ! , pf Lechar, Lechar. She’s so good. WiFI not so good here. Are they blocking it for the air show ? strange. Usually it’s good here. I took a swim after Blue angels and a seal popped up very close to me. Funny. Sunday Oct 8 2023 PTN Hamas attacks Israel, 5000 missiles, 600 dead, Israel declares war. It actually happened on the 7th- not sure what time there vs here. Prayers for Israel. Xp22 who was Lincoln Beachey famous SF aviator who died in a plane crash- there’s a plaque for him here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Beachey#Death Vikings lose again to Chiefs. All traffic red after air show. I’m not going anywhere. Monday 10/9/23 Columbus Day St Ignatius 9am, same priest- he’s a good one. The ubiquitous lady there too- she used to be nicer. Now she seems so grim. Submitted reimbursement to Better World via email. Turns out even though it says “sent” - when I called a few days later, Barbara O’Hare said they didn’t get it. So I re-sent it and she confirmed it went through (but as of 10/30/23 I still don’t see a reimbursement on my credit card) . also got a check engine scan at OReilly’s : lean bank code (expected), plus po107 map sensor, plus po442 evap leak , $50 gas- my 2nd $1 discount. $4.59 gal, arrive at Menlo lib- . Tuesday the 10th of October 2023 very humid night. Back at my 2 regular Catholics and it’s same ol same ol unfort. Can’t break thru at either with the 2 robots . sad. These types ruin the atmosphere. Won’t go back for a while. TWILABD. 10am Palo Library DT. , then 1215 AQ - little better. Then 1pm rinconada, 330 p Hewlett drofnats. Xp 24 laptop YLUJ file 2 hours, cafe drofnats, FB the Y-lag at MP Lib, Pf FCL, Wednesday the 11th 8am Drofnats cut paste, 12 noon Kenya Zambia China speech bad s-wich. College terrace lib new phone has gone bad already. Ordered new phone. Drofnats, Margaret jacks re Jewish editors - packed. Pulled chair from patio. Thursday 10/12/23 to Livermore , St Michael 645 , st Bernard 8a, Tracy CA, 1205 blood Stockton, TYL, Modesto Lib, they need new . Manteca Library, PTM: Total Recall how’d I miss this one back in the day. All the way back to PA, 5p, Friday the 13th 9am tennis, 12 noon energy meeting, egg rolls, 130 tennis & swim meet vs Pitt. PTN: Israel 8p back to Livermore, added oil and tran fluid, xp 26 somebody on radio talking about John Calvin. Saturday the 14th of October 2023 onward from Livermore - took the rural route thru Morgan Territory, arriving at blood- bad experience, then all the way back to Drofnats- more tennis, ITA regionals. Sunday 10/15/23 drofnats catholic 9am, grace presb - arrived late. More tennis & swimming/diving . Monday 10/16/23 & Tuesday, Hannah Viller Moeller from Cal won singles and doubles. Wow. She’s from Denmark. Very impressive. PF her. Wednesday the 18th of October 2023 parked at shopping center and walked to Holyoke presentation at architecture building - good pizza. My Grandma Helen attended Holyoke. I didn’t know it was famous for being such a beautiful campus. Will have to try to visit there next time I’m on the east coast. Over to DT Lib- glare man. Now at Maps conference at 5p- it’s such a beautiful part of the Green Library. Hot:- windows open all night . back to Maps day 2, gal spoke to me. I grabbed a coffee and Danish at the break , and then onward: leaving PA over Dumbarton bridge. You can walk across this bridge as well. I see a few pedestrians. It’s homecoming weekend at Stanford- they’re playing UCLA. expect a loss. Thursday 10/19/23 pf rabb at maps. , all the way to Sac. xp 28 prayThePlates 8dqu441, 76082u3, Sac Lib #1 3pm, 5p good blood, Slept at Holiday Inn. Friday the 20th 8a church #1, 830 church #2, $50 gas 10am Library #1, ok kcalb watching, 12 p Library #2 the McClatchey house, unique. 3p Library #3 inner city noisy- s guard doesn’t do anything. Laundromat ok. 99 only experience. Prayers for 99 gal. PTP: 148 7erb016 , Saturday 10/21/23 915 blood, back to PA — % gas used. Nice river drive, sac river wrong turn, scenic tour. City of Hayward, survived the heat wave, now it’s going back down. 7hfh255, 7jrt616, 7dtu094, 9hyx147, 7amw950, 9dok378, 7rbm493, 8env255, Vikings vs 49ers @ MN - Vikings win ! Can they turn their losing start around ? Sunday Oct 22 2023 grace presb 11am, tennis again - now Quinn vande casteele from Oregon wins match. Xp 30 Monday the 23rd several drofnats gatherings. Tuesday the 24th Russia Ukraine air superiority, also re American billionaires, also psychiatry Helen Mayberg- very good - and great bacon wow. Hike the dish. Also George Gascon & Kim Foxx & Larry Krasner at law school - all lefty progressives who I vehemently disagree with - but had to go see them in person to see what kind of disposition they have - and Gascon immediately showed his cantankerous colors. People in LA despise his lack of prosecution against serious criminals. Also later in the evening a Christian speaker- interesting. Some lefty in the audience tried to trip her up and she sidestepped the trap. Good for her. Wednesday 10/25/23 more drofnats including DT Lib - Asian lady fine dining wow . Thursday Oct 26 2023 - onward back to Sac.bridge toll $7. SI Cordelia Friday 10/27/23 stopped at tramlaw in Fairfield ,, transferred $55 from Ibotta to my FCU, stopped in at Dixon Library, also Vacaville library. Looking for windshield repair- little chip has turned into a crack. There’s a way to stop it. Problem is most of these window places refuse to do that kind of job because they want the big payoff. Onward, City of Davis. Onward near Cal State Sacramento gave a banana to a homeless fellow with a hungry sign.xp 32 made it to blood in the evening- first time here - long line. Too long. Next day 2 libraries-incl Rancho Cordova. feeling ill. Fever. 4p st peter’s all hallow, not full. Disruptive sonital kids. With mom. Then to St Mary’s koi pond and infant Mary chapel nice. Then to sacred heart - past Halloween block party. Good game: Cal vs USC- final score 50-49 wow . passing thru Little Italy, heading to Fair Oaks for the cheapest gas in the area. With .25 discount I get it for $4.09- that’s pretty good for CA right now. Xp 34, the sacred heart area is a nice neighborhood- remind me of grand rapids - leaf piles in the street- that’s like midwest I grew up in. and I also did my first #DD delivery ! making $13 bucks. Sunday 10/29/23 blood 814 much better. Same gal there. Oreilly’s check engine- same codes; po171 (lean bank), po442 (evap, fuel filter ?, po107 (manifold air pressure), but no performance problems (yet), here’s sac city airport - small planes , bing Maloney golf course, Juliette winery, xp 36 real McCoy Ferry #2, 1140,Vikings are winning vs Green Bay but Kirk Cousins goes down with ankle injury — turns out to be Achilles heel- he’s done for the season. Sad. Vikings seemed to be turning their season around. Can they keep it going without Cousins ? 149 I’m rooting for Cousins because he came from Holland Christian HS- our “cousin” high school (another Dutch CRC school, and where my dad attended). Also ICOD at blood- good. Here’s Calaveras Reservoir - and now the engine is acting up. It’s something to do with the MAPS sensor . engine herky jerky. Levin County park. At 237 & Zanker there’s a h-less haven. Back in PA - no #DD calls. Monday 10/30/23 pulled map sensor out and wiped it off , ordered new one on eBay for $10 (compared to $80 at o Reillys), also purchased new blu tracfone for $32- . Atherton library. THey never sent the map sensor (fortunately, I guess. Since I didn’t actually need it). Cancelled order on time. It was only $10 for that matter. And I also ordered a new blu phone for $32 - and it arrived quickly. At drofnats, watched the star show at 7- (sushant mahajan) , Tuesday October 31 (Halloween)- still recovering from illness. Attended seminar at NVidia re EV vehicles (karim farhat) , and later a lecture re Isis (ramzy mardini, perry room) . Wednesday November 1, 2023 back at nvidia later in the day packed lecture room to hear Andy Dunn of Bonobos (he also talked about being bipolar) . later back at Encina a lecture about racism in the big room (Tommie Shelby). Thursday Nov 2: Amos Gitai in the green library (always nice to be in the maps room). I think I left my water bottle behind. Leaving town to Sacramento stopped in at O’Reilly’s and purchased a MAP & a MAF - but the MAF they gave me didn’t work when I tried installing it later (fortunately again). And I didn’t try the MAP sensor- didn’t need it. Bought it just in case . I’m learning. Arrived Sacramento around midnight. Friday Nov 3 Donated blood the next morning at Marconi (940) . Returned the MAP & MAF in Sacramento- made sure it was refunded on my credit card ($200) . Carmichael library not so nice. Apparently trying to be “woke” here: they have a tampon machine in the men’s restroom. Go figure. Security guard a jerk too. Did several #DD D Dash around Carmichael & Arcadia. One really easy one from Carl’s Jr to an apartment a block away. Topped off coolant “& oil. P40 did a pizza delivery “thanks boss” said the lady - I think she was talking to the fed ex driver who was delivering at the same exact moment I walked up. Another delivery was too far and long- 13 miles, $13, but nice lady made it worth it. Another delivery - delish pizza. Nice staff. Saturday the 4th of November: bought new air filter at advanced auto and installed it. And lo and behold, the check engine light turned off. Might not need a new MAF after all ? or so I thought. Also pulled the PCF fuse- found out later- that this will cause the CEL to turn off for a while. Forgot to plug the MAF back in. did some laundry at a place called rainbow. Also threw my loafers and tennis shoes in as well- came out nice and clean. Attended mass at All Hallow and 2 others. Did more DD, including one to Lake Washington . also Luigi’s pizza. Prayers for lady dragging tent. 11/5/23 Sunday: . 150 Donated blood then took the delta river drive back to the bay area . It’s longer this way but relaxing and scenic. Lot of people don’t know about the delta between Sacramento and San Francisco. Sometimes you even see seals way up here away from the ocean. They also had a whale incident a few years ago. Took a rest at Clarksbury boat launch. Listening to Vikings vs Falcons game. Josh Dobbs is the new replacement QB for Vikings after Kirk Cousins tore his Achilles & 2nd string QB got inured as well. Dobbs did a good job for just arriving in town a few days prior: got the W, 31-28 ! I’ve been keeping an eye on Vikings ever since Kirk Cousins came on board - (because he’s from Holland Christian). So I was planning on taking the Delta ferry but it turned out to be closed. So I took the route towards Rio Vista - saw a rainbow along the way. Cast my line briefly in the Sacramento River. Now trying to take 680 but it’s closed as well - surprise no surprise. Situation normal. The only thing is that I’m still a little concerned about my engine and the CEL. Nonetheless, I have no alternative but to take a remote back road- little did I know how much up and down hilly almost mountainous it would be- . Came thru here once before - as it goes past the Lick Observatory- which is kind of cool to see, but now it’s dark- and nothing is cool when you’re worried about the engine. IF you break down out here, there’s no internet, no phone. YOu just have to wait for a passer-by to be a good Samaritan and help you out - or make a call for you when they’re able to connect. Listening to Eagles vs Cowboys on the radio. Here’s the Livermore Lab. Lots of deer along the way- not totally dark yet. THen suddenly I see a bear in the middle of the road ! Stopped just in time. 151 Oops. Not a bear, but a black calf . Mother cow on the side. Funny moment. Made it ! Car passed the hill test for sure. But after all of that- believe it or not as I came down into San Jose- the car simply stops as I round a curve. But fortunately, it starts right back up again. Got gas : still mixing E85 ($3.49) and regular ($4.32) , Saved $25 this time. That’s about the average saving every time. Which adds up after a while if you’re driving a lot. PrayThePlates: 9hna711 white Lexus. Monday Nov 6th: great breakfast at the celiac conference including bacon & eggs. Yum. a nice luxury. Later a good lunch as well at Encina east . Later at the law school listened to Stephen Bright speak (turned out to have a lefty agenda) (not to be confused with Bill Bright) . More about EV’s at Nvidia (430). Checked CEL again: now it’s just the MAF code. But I can get a MAF online from eBay for about $30 rather than the $100 they sell it for at AAP. So I drove to Sunnyvale to return the MAF which I bought in Sacramento. Normally, these national auto parts store are good about this. I’ve never had a problem. But now they tell me that the computers are not communicating at the moment. So they can’t issue an credit card refund. I’m pretty sure this wouldn’t happen at Auto Zone or O’Reillys. Saul the manager says they can send me a paper check from corporate headquarters. I ask him where corporate headquarters is and he says he doesn’t even know. Really? Seriously ? Is he playing me for a fool, or is he a fool ? Anyways, I’m not too happy about having to wait for a check, but seems to be no choice at the moment. So we do a bit of paper work. I hand the MAF to him. A person from corporate says I should receive a check in 2 or 3 weeks (but I never do. More about this later). At the moment I am doing this I get a DD call- pick up at Albertsons , deliver to Palo Alto. long drive with lots of red lights. Then when I arrive the lady doesn’t show up at the door, so I ring a few more times, and then she angrily opens the door and says “stop that. Baby sleeping”. But the instructions were to “hand to customer” as opposed to leave on doorstep. Tuesday Nov 7th I ordered a MAF for $30 on eBay- with arrangements to pick it up at the Walgreens (checked in advance, and the young fellow who answered said “sure no problem”). Wednesday Nov 8th : noticed the MAF seller switched from Fed Ex to UPS, and now UPS has handed off to USPS. What the ?! Call back to Walgreens this time a lady answers (turns out to be Madeline the manager. Who I have dubbed “the screecher”) and I ask her if I can still pick it up. She sounds Asian & angry- screeching, “You sent it to my address?!” as if it was her home address, as if she lived there or something. I don’t think so. What an angry entitled overbearing lady. She continued to blah blah blah with a high pitch shrill voice and I finally hung up. I tried to cancel the order with the eBay seller but they said it was too late. What a fiasco. The outcome eventually was positive about a 152 month later thanks to Ebay, but I will leave you in suspense to find out below. Thursday November 9 2023 : bus fiasco at drofnats - made complaint about it. Attended presentation re groundwater at Mitchell Earth Sciences . thought about Linda’s comment re “you should publish it” . Actually, I have. She doesn’t know anything about e-publishing. Friday Nov 10: Leah at Biolife in Sacramento is nice. Now at McClatchy library- moved some furniture around- had the room to myself- this is an old house turned into a library. Kind of rustic. THen a homeless fellow showed up and tried to take over the room. Rather than fight, I was happy to leave. Stopped in at McKinley library- kcalb SG - made complaint re attire of a patron. They took care of it. Browsed a Pete Rose book for a little while- while intermittently napping. Saturday Nov 11: Next morning they had a Veterans Day parade by the California state capitol- a beautiful building. But not much support in this community for veterans. I stayed an watched, and filmed. How come gruesome newsome doesn’t come out for this ? still praying x1000 and thousands ... still concerned about mission vehicle (MV , my car) - my starter is starting to have issues- a grinding noise periodically. Not good. I’m worried again. Actually I replaced this starter a day after Christmas 2022. It shouldn’t go bad so quick again. Gas for $4.24 . I decide to head back to So Cal because of the starter. I don’t want to risk turning the engine off . Now in Ripon at 530, PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ (pleaz Jeez, not taking the Lord’s name in vain— it’s literally pleading with God Jesus ) shortened to PJ PJ . ... Meanwhile on the radio Michigan beats Penn State (coach Harbaugh is suspended for remainder of regular season for alleged sign stealing scandal) . Now passing thru Modesto 537. Cali-Prayer . HHHHHHHHH , pull into auto zone - they check my alternator and say it’s still good (should be. Also replaced less than 2 years ago). But to check the battery I need to turn off the vehicle and I don’t want to take the chance. Prayers for Mss-V (mission vehicle). Onward. City of Fresno 8pm, also searching for auto repair open on sunday or open 24 hours. Some say they are but actually are not. City of Kingsburg 826, City of Visalia 841, City of Pixley 908, City of Earlimart, City of Delano 920, McFarland, px52 Sunday Nov 12 2023: made it to Bakersfield- want to keep going but too sleepy. Must take the chance at turning off the engine at the risk of not re-starting in the morning. Slept by Wood & Son auto repair just in case. Fortunately, praise the Lord, the car started fine, sounded good. So I took another chance and went to Catholic mass at St Francis also in Bakersfield- at 645 am, and the car re-started again after mass- BUT — it made the grinding noise again- and I had to try twice. Uh-oh. Keep going. Don’t stop again. Kept motor running while getting gas south of B-field: $3.94 regular - not bad for CA. called around about the warranty on my starter- turns out it has a 1-year warranty- which is about to expire at the end of December- maybe this is actually a gift from God- I can get a free replacement - (altho I will still have to pay for labor again). So I pull into the O’Reilly’s in Santa Clarita and buy the replacement. will return the old one later. Started doing Yelp inquiries about who will give me the best labor offer. It’s a relatively easy job for a person with a little bit of experience and the right tools, neither of which I have myself. But it shouldn’t be much more than $100 labor. Although you can be sure there will be those who try to get a lot more. Made it to L.A. - listening to Vikings defeat the Saints- they’re doing good even without Kirk Cousins. Monday Nov 13th : made it to my regular mechanic in Lomita . but wouldn’t you know I couldn’t “replicate the problem” . With Ray the mechanic standing by, I turned off and on the engine numerous times and it never made the grinding sound. He laughed. I laughed. I said “I will probably have to get towed back.” drove to Bellflower- and BIG SURPRISE- my sister is there. Haven’t seen her since 2005. Literally. Jim *& Linda are there too. She never tells me by text when sister is there. And she stops texting when sister is there as well. Or much more infrequently. She looks old and worn out (turns out she actually has covid, but keeps saying “it’s just a cold”. Good grief. Really. And I spend a few hours in a confined room showing her photo albums . Jim & Linda join in as well. It was a good few hours - like a slide show as we reminisced etc. But later I did feel a bit sick- I probably caught something- no surprise. Fortunately it didn’t drag me down for too long. WE looked at photos after photos- lots of historic material. I was taken aback one moment when we were looking at a photo of when Doug & Jack visited and we went out on the boat- suddenly Linda mom remembers something from that trip- even though she was NOT with us- and she blurts it out. Strange that she would think of that and even stranger to blurt it out the way she did. Almost childlike. And this is about Doug who died so young. They were not very sensitive about that. That still sticks in my craw several weeks later. I ask the Holy Spirit to allow me to address that in a proper way later. And I do - (read more below) . So sister arrived by Amtrak- was it a surprise ? Did Linda know she was coming ? And she’s staying all the way thru December ? SHe has a house back in Michigan. And 2 children, albeit both are young adults now. And her ex-husband (who she says she “hates”) is staying at her house ? I don’t get it. It doesn’t make sense. She says she wants to get married again too. P54 Nonetheless, I try to be polite and exchange small talk with her. She also says she can’t stand our brother, Andrew. I’m in agreement with that- not a big fan. After visiting I stop in at Artesia FCU- and make a deposit- and car conks - but still starts. I am reflecting on sister conversation- she mistakenly thinks I am “food insecure” because I mentioned a perk of enjoying free food at the university. I need to be very careful of the words I choose. Later I clarify to her that I attend events at the university NOT for free food but that the free food is a nice perk. Doing a little research on starters- sometimes that sound may indicate a problem with the fly wheel. Hopefully not. If so, it requires dropping the transmission to replace a small inexpensive part. It’s the labor cost to drop the tranny that is expensive. PJ PJ PJ PJ PJ. Need a mini-miracle. Please God. I am getting offers on Yelp for labor cost to replace starter - from $100 to $300. I finally settle on one for $90. Tuesday Nov 14th DFS (didn’t finish sentence) re Ford Museum Detroit, re Kennedy limousine, re price of Holland museum, re Mike Schaap, re plumbers vs oilers, re bursitis, re d brink & k anderson (dog), re Hanford, re Amtrak , , Andy calls. More DFS re turkeys crossing road near st joseph, re Megan called, re Larkin at Kalamazoo college, re girl on side of freeway, re almost drowned, re snorkeling for exercise, AmeriPrayer, re tt2 flossing, re sister snarky a few times (including a strange “dude” moment). And of course Linda re boat. Auto Zone says starter is good. But when I tell that to Leo’s auto next door they scoff. THey heard the noise. But they want $500 to replace. I don’t think so. I go to Pro Performance in Long Beach (Cherry Ave) where I sit around all day waiting. Walk twice to nearby supermarket. Louie is the guy behind the counter at auto repair. And it’s done ! praise God. seems to solve the problem. Although later I clean one of the battery terminals which seems to make it even sound better, and stronger. Maybe I should have done that earlier, as well. Why won’t Jim call me john ? re Jim giving me a black eye. Jim mentions national guard to avoid draft. Hmm. the truth comes out. I’m not judging. It was a good idea. Vietnam was a waste of American lives. Meanwhile sister tried to buy some things on Amazon to assist Jim hearing better. They arrived while I was there, but too complicated to make them work. So she will return them to amazon but they won’t pick up returns so she will need to drive there. She didn’t seem to do much research . 217 pm gas for $4.29 and $3.39 saved $19. Back on eBay , purchased a MAF again-— this one from Chino for about $30. 11/15/23 Wednesday, scanned all day at NBPL, downstairs briefly the creepy Asian female still there. I left abruptly as she entered. Also homeless creep still there with hoody and grotesque fingernails. He’s not trying to improve. Also Colorado man still there- he seems like a good guy, with dog he cares for. Talked to him once. He has a complicated story about his property in Colorado (near where I drove that one time and saw the deer in the yard). Mm “my brain is fried” sister sounded like a hippy. Thursday the 16th of November : olqa morning, sunny actually hot. Good swim. Sister went with Jim Lin to Freed event. They do a lot of activities and socializing with Evelyn freed. Linda seems to be impressed by wealth. Or maybe they just enjoy her company. Mouw socializes with this circle as well. He turned out to be far left liberal, unbeknownst to me until later in life. I just don’t understand sister’s mindset: she mentions her “hate” for Sanchez but now he’s staying at her house in Michigan while she’s gone. She also mentioned brink shock therapy- but shouldn’t that be confidential. Other peoples mental health is not something you should just casually converse about. It becomes gossip , even if not intended as such. 11/17/23 Friday starting out sunny. Spent most of the day at tt12 . Jim Lin left around noon for Escondido. Sister finds out she has covid. All the while she had been hacking and coughing and telling us it was just a “common cold”. Weather forecast wrong again. Not rainy but a nice sunny day. I cleared the roof on the prayer chapel. P60 sister peppered me with subtle casual questions, probing me about my socio-economics. Be wary. Nice that she actually went with me to the catholic church. There’s hope. Then she made a strange statement ‘I am taking over here’ . say what ?! later as we’re driving she asked about “lifeline” phones- ie the Obama phones. She seems to know so much about that. Strange. She says she’s a Christian, but was silent about pro-life. Sad. her daughter Megan works for child protection services ? What a family. The other daughter is at Kalamazoo college . apparently musically inclined. After catholic mass we stopped in at the dollar tree— I was looking for ear buds, but they didn’t have them (got them later at NBPL). I told her about MVG’s strange “I count my tools” comment. My thought is that if she has such low trust of me why did she invite me to stay there. Was that the last good family gathering- looking at the old photo albums together ? I hope sister doesn’t go back to MI and mock CA. 11/19/23 Sunday: Joachim mass, then OLQA. px62 still no response from TT12 text message. #DD S15 Irvine, ramen restaurant. The MAF from Chino arrives ! also #DD to Balboa Island, and an ice cream delivery. Later a Mexican restaurant in Costa Mesas. Also sent text re discussing “net worth” (good). Now #DD papa john’s pizza Irvine to Sanghyeon, . Lions defeat Bears in comeback game. Vikings lose to Broncos. Monday the 20th of November 2023: blood donation plus physical. The African gal is a nurse ? she was acting cheerful for once. Afterwards NB miws exercise. Also laundry and new registration - put new tags on vehicle ! good thru December 2024. Tuesday 11/21/23 Cerritos library, kcalb at 99 , compression socks, #cap1 balance already at $800 again. and 830 to the Getty with the family ! 11/22/23 8am Bernard Passed by USC, also UCLA, Wilshire , Tar Pits, LACMA, Oscars museum, Peterson Museum, sag/AFTRA, Compton airport, Wiltern theatre, Mulholland highway, st basil, Disney concert hall, broad museum, Dorothy chandler, city hall, universal city /studios, Kimmel , Oscars red carpet, mosaic church, - various viewing locations of Hollywood sign, prayers for family - as they go off to Redlands for thanksgiving. 11/23/23 Thanksgiving Day. I spent the morning doing pro-Life ministry, praise the Lord !, Lions lose to Packers on Turkey day. As usual. Same ol same ol. Prayers for 3BU. Sister texts me and says Linda told her I remind her of Evelyn Freed’s chauffeur. Not funny.. Px66 all day thanksgiving, cut paste after pro-Life, 11/24/23 Friday no mass at OLQA today. Tod Brown recently passed away- former OC catholic bishop. And I finally successfully installed the MAF- after so much drama. Will it fix the problem ? Time will tell. Rest of day cut paste. MH370 flight- Richard syrett show. Final text to sister “have fun” - after doing my best to be hospitable and give her ideas of things to do. Gas $4.29, $5.79 $66.22 saved $22. Left note for TT12 “be kind & caring... God is faithful..” px68 11/25/23 Saturday slept northern San Fernando valley, onward, reflecting on Getty- we saw the deer there ! that was cool. And re the special art— Linda seemed to be looking too intently. Onward - thru the grapevine - today is “The Game”: Michigan vs Ohio State. And Michigan will win ! yes . CEL is still on- . pj pj pj pj , twilabd. Remember also to pray for Frank Pastore. Also Cali prayer and Ameri Prayer. 1000 hash marks. mij nil, HMPL, RIP Rosalyn Carter (repose), here’s Bear Mt Blvd 857, FSHS , Kern County raceway 908, Here’s Shafter again, and nice wetlands. P 70 Michigan leads 7-0. Repose of Frank Freed also. City of kettleman at 1005 am, , prayers for Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Matt Gaetz, Israel, Mike Johnson, Ukra, Desi, OFWAIH, now Fresno county 10:16am, now Michigan 14, OSU 10, prayers for prisoners pleasant valley prison 1025, hash mark prayer x 500, at rest area enjoyed chicken sandwich. Excellent thank you Lord #hash x200 , This is also known as “rivalry Saturday” - lots of big games . Here’s Harris Ranch & Coalinga Canal 1037. 180 miles to San Francisco- staying on the 5 freeway. 150m to PA. now Michigan 17, OSU 10 3rd Q. px72 entering Merced County, AmeriPrayer continues now Michigan 17, OSU 17. Close game. Good game, Now Mich 24, OSU 17. Now 27-17, now 27-24, now 30-24 Michigan WINS big 10 east championship. 1241. Now in San Jose. gas $3.29 & $4.12 »saved $15 gave $1 dollar to beggar kid- & asked him if he knows about Jesus Christ. He looked embarrassed and said “I’m Muslim” . I told him “Jesus Saves” and smiled .. the best I could do at the moment. He’s already been brainwashed by dad & mom. Used % tank of gas from LA to PA (palo alto), now #DD tagliarini verdo con gamberetti, tortellini alla pana, spaghetti carbonara, osteria toscana, picked up in PA and delivered to San Carlos, car conked twice. But restarted no problem. Px74 11/26/23 Sunday 9am drofnats catholic , stare down x2, 11 am grace presb- this church felt so promising a few months ago-— but it’s quickly changing towards PC unfort. During greet time an Asian guy was friendly. I told him I just returned from LA - “ever been there/” he said “once to Disneyland”. Ha ha. Now 1pm at drofnats watching women’s basketball vs U Albany. 6’4” Cameron brinks is pretty impressive, also Hannah jump hits her 300th 3-pointer. Chiefs defeat Raiders, Eagles defeat Bills in OT. finally pulled the FI fuse at 423 pm. — used biomat BAM card for ticket to game $2 left on it. Now Chargers playing #dd Jeffrey’s burgers delivered to nearby menlo college- handoff to Robert. Prayers for mij nil, 11/27/23 Monday back at drofnats at 430 after 10-12 at Atherton lib, and 2—4 at Menlo lib. By the way, I also stopped in at Menlo hardware thinking I would remove battery cable, but needed specific size wrench. -the sonital was not very accommodating unfort. But I pulled the other fuse- and it finally turned off the CEL ! - so we'll see if it comes back on. I almost decided to accept the loss re Madeline Walgreens fiasco ( but got a happy ending from eBay later !) . px76 now reviewing “emails from Jim” - I hadn’t read most of these- a few of them contained micro aggressions. During photo hour we also saw the photo of me after the incident with Mij. hmm. Also dave Huizenga, also good on Getty trip re “are you one of those/” now Lin says she’s very busy- too busy to respond to text. Maybe she will give me a thumbs up once a week. How rude is that ? is sister coaching her? Is sister trying to break us up and cause fights ? added #newBlog re emails from Jim also #newBlog re Helen Mills final will & testament. And lots of new pages for “college papers” 11/28/23 Tuesday took shuttle to drofnats. 12 noon symposium re frontal temporal at ling shi - started so promptly- re storytelling , also the architect from Denmark (that was fun. Funny guy, and very smart too). Also at the gates a very high IQ person - she also is a runner- completed numerous marathons- she’s British. 11/29/23 Wednesday px78 at archaeology lunch - the usual suspects- this is getting old. Same dude. All the rice gone already. Shuttle back to mss-v. Cold weather now. PA Library- 2 hours. Also did negative review re Menlo hardware, now 4p - Milton Friedman “the last conservative” book - too many suits here- trying to act impressive,. Left early despite nice buffet. So Nil doesn’t like de Santis either ? is she just trying to be contrary ? great movie at Oshmann re CPE “still silent voice” . Big eater at Drofnats got huge 2nd plate. Now at hoover event with Condoleezza rice and governor Sununu (new Hampshire) also Wes Moore ? some say Condi rice is moving the conservative hoover to the left. She seemed to stare me down a few times. Px80 CEL is back on again. 12/1/23 Friday blood donation disaster in Roseville. Bad jab ,. Intentional ? this location is sickening. Don’t want to come back. Tranny Ryan - gross. Looks like he used a magic marker to draw a line above his lip - to be his mustache. Sickening. Gas $3.60 with dollar discount. Withdrew $350 from biomat account. Ice cream reward for hassle and work . pjpjpjpj .. #dd Stockton — Starbucks to Roni who gave $1.50 tip. Now Tracy CA - a double dash #dd from the mall. is sister dezinomed ? Pray no. pray for. Did she ever recant the ouji board ? so total income today was $57 px82 (called O’Reilly’s re fuel pump- lifetime warranty- was purchased on April 24 2022 for $218, because CEL says it’s a problem. But is it really ? pulled fuse again to shut off CEL. see if it comes on again). 160 12/2/23 Saturday still no text response from tt12 , took dish hike . synch: saw rainbow again-— saw it last time I was here a few months ago as well. #dd pizzeria to east palo $16. dish hike x2 , 7.2 miles “almost an angel” movie good with the actor from crocodile Dundee. Alabama defeats #1 Georgia ! 12/3/23 Sunday sunny morning, 9am drofnats worship, 11 am grace prez- becoming too pc ? artificial population. Stanford loss to Clemson in soccer elite 8. 12/4/23 Monday 10-1230 Atherton library - reserved room E, worked out well this time p 84 after Atherton - #dd app glitched on me. Now at drofnats - 1pm nvidia, nice. 430 music lecture re bond lady. Tiny room in the Braun. No #dd in pm. Resolved eBay refund ! PG !, IT WAS returned after all, but without the proper stickers etc refund more difficult so eBay paying refund out of their own pocket due to confusing seller website. 12/5/23 Tuesday Still working on refund from advanced auto parts -spoke with Saul about it. This guy is the manager of the store and doesn’t even know where the corporate headquarters is ? why doesn’t he step up and call corporate himself to make sure I get the refund promptly? Finally got a more confident assurance from Samantha at corporate about getting a refund check. She saw no notes re original promise of refund check on 11/6/23 Wednesday unbelievable . apparently Dudley N lied to me as well. Can Saul be trusted ? 12/6/23 Wednesday mostly drofnats. Also started credit card blog— for all my statements dating back to 2011 . 12/7/23 Thursday started transmission letter - re Dayton’s Transmission in Casper WY. pause 85 . noon, lran & great falafel lunch. Thank you. Along with the usual suspects. Started raining. 161 Took shuttle back 2pm, hip pain is high today. Been high for the last week or so. Karen Levy did a good presentation re “tracking truckers”. 12/8/23 Friday 38 degrees - cold morning-see my breath. Continue working on Dayton Transmission complaint. #DD to children’s hospital $12.50. 12/9/23 Saturday px86 #dd to the griffin dorm drofnats barely worth it, no tip. High school hazz fest all day at dinkerspiel auditorium Stanford, also saw the gymnastics showcase- that was fun. Making progress on Casper letter, plus narration update, 445pm #dd Asian box at town & country, only a block away $8. Army defeats Navy- the only college football today. The bowl games have been announced including Michigan vs Alabama at the Rose Bowl ! awesome . After Asian Box #dd I did a dash from the Teaspoon to Michelle at Medical Center- and a little fiasco happened. Fixed it. Thanks. Also missed a #dd to Palmetto superfood due to #dd glitch. 12/10/23 Sunday 9am drofnats catholic, the good priest, -unfort, also same supercilious guy there in the same spot- pretending to be concerned about the stuff he brought with him - like a lady with purse- don’t bring it if you’re a worry wart about it. and first time 11am “university worship” which is very afro-centric. Vikings defeat Raiders, 3-0 . pause px88 Monday December 11 2023 evening music, also 4pm Clark, DDx2, incl to Sunnyvale after gas fill (CEL & stall, police blockade, why me all the way to Sunnyvale ? strange. Then Tuesday Dec 12 started out with DD at 8am posh bagels, and noon x2 Peets to 2nd floor apartment palo alto, then a cancel by Poke House to Varun Badhwar - great food- never tried this before. Incredible $23 meal I would 162 never order. CEL code 107 which is map sensor again. Pulled it and cleaned it a little with alcohol. But DD app glitched again. 1pm encina re China progress in R&D - they are starting to do their own=-- getting more tech savvy. Now at PA lib, 2-gallon refill, CEL now off. I PWOC’d all night *prayed without ceasing. PWOC PWOC PWOC. & added new prayer page. #PP 5pm, Wednesday the 13th December 10am breakfast burrito, bag of bones, 1st real down to earth drofnats event- progress with blueprint. p 90 4pm re earth genome at Mitchell. The reg guy turned out to be accented,. 5p lika shing disappointing, really rude Asian lady, red light inverter on uh oh ?! but returned to green- started ok. Charged phones all night. Thursday 12/14/23 car won’t start in morning. Just a click. I call Better World. Took a long time for them arrive to give a jump. the guy at dispatch named Rick is a jerk . I made complaint. Left review re. Finally jump man arrived at 10:15 After jump went to NAPA redwood city- good guy- owner Kurt - charged my battery up. I PWOC’d all night again re forgive bad Asian lady. Also, - finally confirmed the AAP check is IN THE MAIL. WOW. what a soap opera that was re Mass Air Flow sensor. Also purchased new Good Sam roadside membership for the year for $49. Good deal. They tow as far as you need to go, no extra charges like better world. 12/15/23 Friday no DD, a few late hours at Old Union, also DTPA lib. p 92 12/16/23 Saturday, Xmas Prayer time, & X cards : Jimlin, VG, peter sis, siblings . dish hike, watched “4th Angel” movie- good. Leaving Drofnats, car almost stalled again- then roared to life. No code. Cleaned maps again. Just as I pull it out to clean it and it is drying I get DD x2 call. Plus special circumstances. Good grief. Managed to complete two deliveries in Los Altos- kept car running whole time. Now back at Mt View repair. Vikings lose to Bengals in OT 27-24 - they blew it. Now I am seriously considering a return to LA, but will stay to go to CH. tomorrow. It is so nerve-wracking all the time but I just keep PWOC! . thank you God. power of gratitude. 12/17/23 Sunday 7am % dish hike, plus new knowledge re drofnats. Px94 9am catholic, plus rain now. Car ok ? maybe ? still no reply from TT12, X cards progress siblings, timmers, p-sis, knights, eagles, VG, and DD abort- no answer at the delivery location, return to Safeway (hand back to Eddy), reflection on sis re he mention of ardua- seemed to have intention. X several. Be aware. That’s the power of confession- some people will try to use it against you wrongly so, nefariously so. What put a red flag up was when sister suddenly blurted “dude” to me but then quickly tried to correct herself. Later at Getty, she used a blank commanding tone towards me. She’s hot and cold. And a live wire. And she has tried to get me in trouble before when she comes to CA. including Disneyland. She’s a troublemaker and has a mean streak too. Tuesday the 19th of December 2023 mss-V 163 good. Rainy morning . but it paused during my dish hike . thankfully. 6-mile total. Thank God. end of Monday DD clever to Zach with dog in Portola. Nice guy. Wednesday 12/20/23 rained all night, still raining at 10am, strong rain, now at rinconada library. Yesterday when I was at Atherton library in room B a lady came in.. apparently there’s a 15-minute rule and she was too late. Hear my prayer Lord. 1pm basketball game Stanford vs Davis blowout of course (women). $20 delivery to Stanford hospital nice Chinese fellow (doctor ?0 , but why did gal at DD have to confirm ? that annoyed me. Also did UPS delivery for local PA lady- had to text the receipts myself. DD app glitches too often. 10-12 at rinconada library. Didn’t my phone bank charge ? Thursday 12/21/23 start at Atherton lib from 10-12 , now dish hike 1230 to 230, and downtown library 4-6, progress on WA state beautiful blog for the P sis. PTN: Colorado trying to take Trump off the ballot. Will SCOTUS pick it up ? Friday 12/22/23 more pics at DT lib (PA), mss-V seems to be okay. TYL. partial dish hike from El Camino 1230-230 - campus empty. Nice. DT lib again 4-530, and rinconada 6-8, also completed WA state beautiful blog. 12/23/23 Saturday sent out 3 of 5 X cards (vg, p sis, & j-Lin) from PA usps around 215 (not yet sis & Timms),. Had to add extra postage (school bus), funny lady px98 also got last dollar discount at chevron- $3.46 . added sticker to Big 5, sunny day. Another dish hike at 230- finished the 2 Kill Bill movies free on Tubi- pretty good, somehow I missed those when they came out years ago. Also sent final 2 x cards (sis & Timms) 458 pm- just before final pickup at DT USPS PA. also the cookie handoff was memorable. Now leaving PA to LA. Sunday December 24 2023 Xmas eve: on the road, made it to Pasadena for Christ Science service. Door man in regular place. Then 1030 to 99 cents. And 12 noon Chinatown library cleanout. Vivid dream re tiny barb peters on couch- what was that all about ? 2pm arrived for annual holiday show- got in line- unfortunate synchronicity with blankety-blank. Good show. Left a little early as usual. 6pm St Brendan balcony. 7pm Good Shep BH. 9pm St victor W Hollywood. Monday December 25 2023 Merry Christmas ! 930 St Paul Westwood- why security here ? nice lag with dad. Left early px100 sunny blue day, now at St martin Brentwood 1030, also security here. And 12 noon American Martyrs-surprised it is so full at noon. Chiefs vs Raiders on radio,. Redondo beach exercise. Stop in at office- brief cleanout, then get stuck in police barricade on 91 east at 605 at 140am, good grief. Now 156 still waiting to go. I’m the only one who turns off my engine despite we’ve been waiting for more than 15 minutes now. How come nobody turns their engine off if we’re waiting for over 15 minutes ? a car turned over on the 605 at 2 am ? nothing suspicious, eh ? situation normal. E85 gas for $2.89 $18.17, regular for $3.95, $57.14, grand total $75.84, saved about $25 dollars. Tuesday the 26th of December 2023 , & Wednesday, most of the day scanning, mostly Xmas cards from years gone by. Incl. VG’s, sister, bro2, TT12, B&A, even 1 from waalkes, also many from LDM, even 1 from Mel hugen, also took miws x3 px102 Friday 12/29/23 7am at St Philip- Pasadena, arrived for bandfest, then 10-1 at Hill St Library, 2-5 bandfest round1, no rain, several karens by my car so I moved- turned out to be positive- as I went up a level and realized this is so much better ! flash back to the greenway letter- wow so blatant harassment by him. That’s the way these guys rolled back in the day. And they could get away with it. Plus the waalkes, Bob K, and S Brink material. TYL: the karens are proof of 1 thing, the greenway is proof of another thing. The waalkes is sad. And the Bob K is dismal. And the S. Brink was a disappointment. Moving on. 12/30/23 Saturday 8am St Philip again, it rained all night. I saw a coyote as I arrived 2 nights ago digging thru some garbage across from St Philip. I tried to get a video but he started running away too quickly. Still raining at 9am, less so at 10am as bandfest round 2 begins. And now it’s 2pm time for bandfest round 3: Niceville FL, and here’s Toho Japan Green Band- they’re always so dynamic. Then the bagpipers, and LAUSD honors band always gets a spot at bandfest. Now it’s sunny and I’m on the very top level- another new experience. Prayers for PCL and FCL. naboj icadooh. . Attended vigil mass at St Andrews- and discovered they have free Wi-Fi here. That’s a nice bonus. I always wonder why most catholic churches keep their WiFi locked to parishioners even though it’s the parishioners who are paying for it. Next day, 12/31/23 Sunday back to St Andrews for 8am, then to Christian Science for 10am - there’s nothing “entertaining” about Christian science worship- but it feels peaceful. And the setting is nice. They simply read their booklets which include scripture. But also have some commentary by their founder, Mary Baker Eddy. Px104 afterwards I drove to Tramlaw Monrovia to charge up my battery- and bought a few things. made $10 on Ibotta. Upon return to Pasadena I decided to go to the discount theatre for a screening of the new Wonka movie- a whole different version of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory. Actually entertaining. Here are my PrayTheMovie notes: Hey Dey films, starring Timothee Chalamet as Charlie, and Hugh Grant makes an appearance as an “orange man” midget. Funny. Starts with Charlie arriving in the city with a few lucky coins that quickly get used up (lost, given away, etc) , he sleeps on bench and some guy invites him to stay for what seems to be a fair price at a nearby hotel- but it turns out to be a scam and not a fair price. So he finds himself an indentured servant working for the hotel to pay off his one-night stay, along with another unlucky victim (also watched “hardcore” for the first time ever last night- now free on Tubi- this is a Paul Schrader film and starts out in Grand Rapids during what looks like the blizzard of ‘78 (I was there, 11 years old at the time). Looks like they literally filmed the opening scene in 1978- which would time well with the release in 1979. The opening scene is all Grand Rapids including downtown, Leonard Street CRC, sledding at Richmond Park, and the elderly folk talking Calvinist theology after dinner while the kids play. I won’t review the entire story here- but I also found it interesting that the bus the kids are taking to California for the young Calvinist convention says “bellflower” on it. Funny. Finished watching Wonka- totally different twist to the original story. Not bad. It’s Monday 1/2/24 HAPPY NEW YEAR! Or is it ? Well it started out happy. I got out of the car just in time to see the stealth bomber fly over- got some footage of it.. Then I made it over to my “usual spot” on Colorado Blvd - and the weather looked good - not raining, not too cold. Sun coming up. However, then 2 ladies who looked like Satanists arrived - both wearing face masks outdoors - and for some reason they felt they needed to set up right next to me. I quickly moved away- but it detracted from the good vibes I like to feel on New Years Day. Get behind me Satan I repeated several times. I actually like to silently pray during the parade while I am also filming. The parade went well - very few pauses in the flow. And after the parade with both phones low on battery I drove around trying to find a WiFi location- and ended up back over by the Pasadena Central Library -and that became a fiasco on what should have been a wind down happy ending to another great Rose Day - including Michigan defeating Alabama in OT ! (and they will win again vs Washington to claim the National Championship a few weeks later ! Go Blue !). I will save the Pasadena narration for later. Moving on. Went over to St. Andrew church for evening mass. Then I stopped in at my office to pick up some material for scanning. I spent the rest of the week scanning material from 9am to closing time at NBPL - mariners, balboa, main , and CDM - great progress ! p 110 also received the usual X cards from Peters sisters etc. Nice. thanks. I hope they received mine and look at the Washington blog I created - photos based on my various trips there. On Thursday the 4th of January I took a break from scanning to take a swim. Felt good. A guy named Tom started talking loudly at the computer lab at NBPL. Prayers for him and his life. He seemed like a decent fellow but avoided responding to any religious talk. Prayers for him to accept Christ. PTN: mass shooting in Perry lowa - student shot 8 people, killing 2 including the principal; and then killed himself. So sad and tragic. Also an earthquake in Japan killed maybe more than 200. I continue scanning: here’s a card from Mel Hugen, and Mike Waalkes, also Dave Engelhard, and even a mean one from mean Bob Ko. also Shirley Zink nice. The Ko family was never part of our community growing up. THey were an army family and grew up in various parts of the USA as well as overseas in Germany. Like missionary kids they come back as young adults but don’t fit in very well. IT’s awkward. It destroys the flow of the community and everything people worked for growing up. IT’s like they come in on a helicopter without any respect to the context of the community issues. Px112 now heading north out of So Cal to resume my life in northern Cal. Here’s the beautiful wetlands of Kern County. Passing by the Tule Elk preserve- not much to see here ; here’s slick rock ranch; ; I periodically reflect on the behavior of sister - it’s so unpredictable - she blurts things out at times - like she is trying to be shocking. All 1 can do is pray for her; and hope she works thru her issues. Please God. Help her. I really want her to pull thru. Dog in road at 935am Listening to Jessie Kelly. City of Kilowatt at 942. Yeshua prayer. City of Button Willow at 945 . Hear my prayer Lord. Here’s the Sunny Gem Juice plant - is this Wasco ? PTN: Biden has spent over 30% of his time in office on vacation. Belridge -lots of oil wells . px114 something about MilitaryAccountability.com on the radio or podcast. I listen mostly to podcasts now. It’s great- most of the time you can fast forward past the ads which is the worst part of listening to radio talk shows. Here’s the James Dean road - down the way - there’s a monument in memory of him - where he died in a car crash. Saw it on a previous trip. Not going that way. Now 1030. Now entering Kings County 1043. Here’s Avenal prison - making prayer video. And now Pleasant Valley prison- nice name - wonder what it’s like inside -making another prayer video. 1124. New Ho 8 =, NEW HOVE IT’s probably good that sissy went back into my office and read the 30 days of prayer letter. City of Coalinga- auto zone - got a read of the CEL - as expected - it’s because I combine E85 with regular - causes low trip - but no real problems. This is almost all Latino area. Even the engine scanner was in Spanish. Ray Appleton on the radio - never heard him before.- there’s the turn off to Coalinga Mineral Springs- I think I explored that once before- there’s not much there 1215 p 116 Long drive on hwy 198 from Coalinga to Hwy 25 towards Pinnacles - did a hike on East Pinnacles a few years ago. I’ve done both sides now. 51 miles . Cool day but sunny. City of Bitter Water 1pm, S: new Idria Mine sign ( apparently an abandoned mine - now a ghost town. Too far. Reviews say 167 the road is pretty bad too. City of San Benito . City of Tres Pinos (3 Pines) . City of Gilroy. 15 gallons gas $60, 315pm San Jose. slept in PA. Saturday Jan 6 most of morning cut paste, also Atherton library 10-12. Menlo Park lib 1-6. Tesla actor . cold night 38 degrees. Sunday the 7th of January 2024 sunny blue and cold. Frosty oval. 8am PTN more about the mass shooting in Perry IA. Researched 4 Monday the 8th PA CP lib, etc. Rinconada, Atherton, printing Dayton complaint (Casper WY), nice color prints. A few Stanford events, including MLK best friend and attorney Clarence Jones - interesting to see and hear him talk about his experiences with MLK - including letters from Birmingham Jail. Jan 14, 15, 16 - walked the dish three consec days, got perfect coyote pic with Hoover Tower in background. Px118 also visited College Terrace library- strange fellow there - but I got the review R (RR) . also mss- V seems to be good !. Even the CEL went off by itself. Experienced Lamb of God synch at Stanford Catholic at 9am. TYL ! Jan 16 preparing birthday card for Linda. Spending a lot of time on it. Hope she likes it. She won’t talk anymore by text message. Sad. I’m praying for a break thru. Please J. PJPJPJ. PTN: Houthis are blocking the Red Sea passage - could cause rise in prices as some ships are going the long way around. Will we take military action against them ? PTN: Lions defeat the Rams wow ! great for Goff who was mistreated by Rams coach . And Bucs defeat Eagles. So Rams will play 49ers next week - winner goes to S Bowl ! Also Chiefs win. Ice cold back east- everywhere. here it’s raining but not too cold. Jan 8-16 : men’s volleyball, first wrestling match I’ve ever watched. Also swimming versus Pacific. J17 sent the Bday card. Archeology re Belize at 12 noon on Wednesday - decided this will be my last time here for a while. 1/18/24 Thursday : Sean Penn is in the house. He’s such a strange fella. Even though he’s a radical lefty- he’s so goofy you can’t help but be amused by his non-sequiturs. We watched his film called “SuperPower “ about the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine war- then he came out and talked about it- conversation style with a few moderators. He’s in the movie- it’s basically about him trying to get an interview with Zelensky - and a few scenes of him in Ukraine - as the war begins .. lot of scenes of him drinking booze and smoking cigarettes. How long will he live ? Prayers for him to accept Christ. P120 1/19/24 Friday $30 gas , 1/20/24 HB to me. And I am in San Fran for the Walk for Life West Coast in the rain. I’ve gone all the way to Wash DC the last 3 years so this is my first time back since 2020 I guess . Same routine. Fun to see life lovers out and about. I wish they were more sociable in general. St Ignatius for evening mass and the next day 1/21/24 8am mass - and from there over to Golden Gate Park to visit the Academy of Sciences museum for the first time. I tried coming a few years ago but they required proof of vax. Now they’ve dropped the ridiculous requirement, thank God. It’s a pretty impressive museum - with lots packed into such as small space - you wouldn’t have expected so much based on the exterior, including an aquarium, a taxidermy animal display, and a full-sphere movie theatre. THen it starts raining at night and I decide to head out back to PA - almost a fatal (not really) decision- as the car suddenly stalled. Oh God. I was devastated for a few seconds . Then it restarted and drove fine again. This has been happening periodically for a while now- and it always restarts - but it hadn’t done so in a while- so I thought it was fixed. I’m just glad it restarted = made it back to PA. But it did stall again the next day and the next. Always restarting. I’m wondering if it’s rain-related in some way. 1/22/24 Monday shopping at Tramlaw. More rain. Stopped in at Los Altos library. 1/23/24 Tuesday 10 am PA library DT. Dayton complaint almost ready. Add CC to Wyoming attorney general and BBB. also working on Pas Legal. Attended 1130 at Stanford re Japan-USA alliance re Taiwan. Larry Diamond speaking , along with Skylar. 1/24/24 Wednesday Sent Dayton complaint to Casper WY $6 dollars for proof of delivery. 930 am. 1/24/24 Wednesday 10-12 color copies Atherton, pas legal; 1-3 re Parkinson disease (every case is different) , 330 BBB Wyoming, sent; 230-3 DT lib stapler (now have my own); verified QR’s; bl man big smile; prayer-athon for miss- v- acting up again. TYL prayer works. See online version 1/26/24 Friday encina 123 too many people; bl guy again. He rides his bike from rinconada; ; Sent another Dayton Casper legal to WY attorney general; did I forget to sign it ? also added large text link to Pas legal; 1/27/24 Saturday paid $259 capitol one CC; also sent Tim McDonald Pas Legal certified $6.51 (but it still hasn’t arrived as of 2/9/24) p 124 now watching water ballet (or “artistic swimming” ) at Stanford vs Incarnate Word & UCLA (I remember the Incarnate campus in San Antonio near the zoo). Also tennis in action vs UNLV, Colorado, & Maryland; later men’s gymnastics sold out versus Cal; new SI spot; 1/28/24 Sunday 9am Stan Catholic; 11am more artistic swimming or mermaids or human dolphins- it’s incredible what they do above and below water in synchronicity with each other; PTN: Lions now playing versus 49ers - big lead at halftime 24-7; but then they finally revert to their old Lions ways - and blow the lead to lose. Meanwhile, Chiefs defeat Ravens to go to Superbowl vs 49ers in Las Vegas. Well I wanted Lions to beat 49ers but now I want 49ers to beat Chiefs so I can go to a Superbowl parade here in SF afterwards (assuming they will have one); also I cheer for Brock Purdy the underdog QB who is also an outspoken Christian. Now at wrestling match at Maples(3p) - my first ever ! The artistic swimming was my first ever also. Now doing laundry 1/29/24 Monday sent Darin Williams Select Patrol ; also to Bureau of Investigation & Security Sacramento ( they investigate private security agencies ); almost forgot phone at Walmart San Jose; 1/30/24 Tuesday 8- mile dish hike enjoyed Brewsters Millions movie; 1/31/24 Wednesday rain begins ! and it doesn’t seem like it stopped until 10 days later. Unbelievable . attended event at Oshmann McMcurtry; PTN re Houthis; 2/1/24 Thursday rain pause; forgot laptop cord at Rincon, got it back . NABOJ Icadooh; now at Atherton lib; printed mission maps on back of SF life pics (also Jesus & Paul mission maps); now at V- ball versus CSUN, 2/2/24 Friday prayers for sis; dark sleep, plea Drol !2 more pas legal sent ; 2/3/24 Saturday water polo vs Santa Clara in the pouring rain; time to start building an ark. Px128 2/4/24 Sunday 9am Stan Cat; then H2O polo, also wrestling at Burnham ; dish hike in pouring rain with strong wind! wow 2/5/24 Monday Atherton so busy, color prints; then target shopping (their dairy section was closed due to flooding from the rain) made $10 on Ibotta also NVidia at 430 (bus)paid for ticket to women’s gymnastics vs WA (my first ever gymnastics competition!) - Stanford edges WA. amazing what they can do with their bodies. If I tried it I would break a lot of bones. 2/6/24 Tuesday blue sky ! sunny. Still doing cut paste on church B. - it’s taken a whole week every morning from 7 or 8 to 10. Unbelievable. Storyboards making progress. But it is painstaking at times. Also did % dish hike after long drive to charge batter - O’Reilly battery check says I have 94% and mid 600’s in CCA (cold crank amps). Good enough but could be better. Strange synchronicity at Encina. 2/7/24 Wednesday , 2/8/24 Thursday 6p Encinal re Heroes Hostage, Iran; 2/9/24 Friday Apes in Green Library (Hohbach Hall Presentation Palace) , bizarre. Also re Korean Village Encina. Also 2p tennis sunny ! 2/10 Saturday dish hike, sunny grape fruit c&p 2/11 sunny at wrestling re feet up, hike, stan prayer stan v Cal, Superbowl: chiefs defeat 49ers in OT 25-22 wow best Superbowl ever ? ! but who cares. I was hoping for a 49ers parade back here 2/12 Mon 1st-ever campus 4 Christ posters posted ! x4 around campus good ! prayers for revival . negative security stare down. Px129 2/13 Tuesday sent pas legal to Dennis Prager, also downtown library, Brian k new job at IDK security; are Brian & Jen totally secular ? she started “cupcakes by design” in Grandville; their daughter Hannah got married last summer (2023) (she seems ___) 2/14/24 Wednesday rain in pm, Eddie in DTL from Detroit prayers for him., nice enough fellow but reeked of mj, says they used to have a cottage in Idlewild MI; told him I need some fresh air. 2/15/24 Thursday left my sunglasses somewhere; excellent shredded beef sandwich at event; PTN Bobolinsky testifies; Navalny dead; Tucker interviews Putin; change sister text to partial ...; re-sent Pas legal to Tim McDonald. PTN : Biden Hur report mental acuity . It is really grave what’s happ with Biden 171 America. 2/16 to 2/19 (Friday to Monday) hiking, sister missive, cut paste, wrestling at maples; m volleyball, w tennis; , pacific UCI, presidents day; rain rain rain more rain and rainbows px132 PTN Fani Willis fiasco; Nathan wade, judge ergeron; constant prayer mij nil, repose BV’s BTBTBT synchs, nod from drofnats poc; stanPrayer, posted more Jesus posters, it’s begun ! Christian guitarist playing by old union; good. AmeriPrayer, feb19-20 drofnats faculty club- excellent music and more; & IPA Lagunitas, great shredded beef at immigrants meeting- with sweet potato bread; left cantor early re cowboys per usual, stanPrayer-AmeriPrayer; PGFWABF, sb prayer repose prayer ”% dish hike in rain garbage bag rain coat grapefruit, horse helmet; sticker on windshield Jesus superglue; Wednesday Feb 21 Atherton lib; black pickup smirker - he’s breaking down; Navalny meeting (his daughter is a student here), north Korea meeting; paid $45 parking ticket; at least not exorbitant price like L.A where it would be $100 or more, like grotesque bellflower; miracle of NAOL ssenevigrof ! wow, just found out. Px134 2-21 to 2-25 (Wed to Sunday) , cut paste prayer, Atherton, DT, rinco private spot nice; but now it’s locked; Ukraine conference incl Larry Diamond & NBC guy - what’s his name ? Feb 20 Mariopal movie much better than the Sean Penn ; Am I wrong about Russia Ukraine assumptions ? numerous dish hikes this week; woke up thinking it was Saturday but it was Sunday ! wow, never did that before; communication from Linda finally ; now she’s switched to email; PTN : James Biden testifies (all lies); tripped getting on bus with new shoes; Bob Ko prayer site; $10 money order refund Shirley elzinga; cowboy cantor walked out; shiza shamot ? PTN : FBI agent robbed a J6er; Alabama supreme court re Imago Deo ! Mary Zwaanstra dies; ridiculous fine imposed on Trump by demon-possessed Judge Ergeron. Prayers for Trump. TYL TYL 39 degrees cold morning P blue sky “Blessed are the POOR IN SPIRIT, for theirs is the KINGBOM OF HEAVEN” ™ )px136 Monday 26 of feb: last night people with cams & post; blankety in awkward ways, Atherton , printing sister almost ready. Cont posting for Christ on board also at Menlo Park “let’s start a Holy Spirit revival!” Tuesday 27th of Feb CP, Atherton print, Calvin letter, chimes email; blog prayer recovery accept Christ & 3geep beach volleyball in the rain- ; rain all sat & Friday; big snow storm in Tahoe PTN Laken Riley, not Lincoln Riley; DD customer micro-managing my progress with tracking ; ridiculous and abusive. March 3 Sunday Stan Catholic 9am, dish hike 10, no rain yet; more rain thru the 6th of March; left Stan meeting because they wanted me to sit up front when I’m a visitor knowing nothing about the topic; it should be the paying customers (ie the students) who are up front; I’m just hoping to learn something. Sometimes it’s just a few words that stick with me. The rest is usually over-my-head; above my pay grade. 3/5/Tuesday historic rainfall; prepared google letter; golden gate lecture ; my 3geep blogs are back, but not yet Accept Christ. That’s politics, politica; Trump blog; Hillary blog; movie reviews etc 3/6/24 Wednesday caught in rain on dish hike - not in forecast - 2 hours sitting under trees trying to stay dry with my electronics, no plastic bags , no umbrella, no poncho. Turkey wanders by gobbling. Managed to watch a movie while sitting there. 3/7/24 Thursday dry day finally DTPL , drofnats walkout 7p 138px 3/8/24 Friday at Berkeley conference, prayers 4 Olga ytisebo x1000, 1230 recital , 2p tennis vs UNLV, 4p li ka shing beach day ! sunny they also took down love100 blogs but now they’re’ back too . I still have access to Accept Christ drives, more broken glass on roadside by TC; PTN: Biden SOTU same nonsense 3/9/24 Saturday dish hike specialized , liked it. M v-ball vs BYU, split . 3/10/24 9am catholic, 1pm tennis vs USC; mss-v ok; good , huge turnout for Pierre Agostini - wow ., Prayer- Athon continues; StanPrayer souls; recovering blogs , starting new ones 3/14/24 Thursday anti-Christian speaker at encina re Muslims vs Hindus in India but then he starts bashing mother Theresa too; left in evening to Sacramento 3/15/24 Friday donated blood at BioLife south; one regular still there; 3/16/24 Saturday St Patrick’s Day Sacramento; old town 1pm, added oil , tran good; sunny blue; PTN: Oscars last Sunday winner Oppenheimer; 140px 3/17/24 found colleen phone- she finally called, came to church for it; [prayers for Colleen; sacred heart ; her son too; st pat parade in old sac was fun. Couldn’t donate blood a 2nd time because my iron was 1 digit too high. Heading out to Tahoe- Hwy 50, ETA 315; pollock pines 222; snow on road at PP, very sunny & blue City of Fresh Pond 226; Bridal Veil falls full ! took a pic; Crystal Basin rec area 234 , Folsom prison prayers for prisoners, white water American River (south fork). #Prayers4Prisoners rock formation known as Sugarloaf by silver fork & kyburz; City of Strawberry 310; twin bridges camp Sacramento 314; 142px Sierra at Tahoe is a local favorite for skiing; Echo lake turnoff- went up a little ways but road still difficult from snow & ice; turned back; Here’s famous Heavenly ski i773 resort, maybe the best ski resort in America; half in CA, half in NV; parking lot dude seemed to be on a mind-altering substance. Adventure park has tubing- even kids on the roof of the lodge. No postcards at CVS; Emerald Bay 551; Cascade Lake, back thru downtown Tahoe; to Carson City ; Monday 3/18/24 spooner summit 842 & trail; maybe ice fishing here ? sand harbor has a $15 fee in summer ; drove thru, Monkey Rock trail walked 100 yards - looks nice but no parking , Incline Village 915 ; Burnt Cedar park nice view of Lake Tahoe; and here’s Diamond peak $130 per day for skiing, less than Heavenly; very cool atmosphere 144px Chickadee Ridge 1030 ; Mt Rose 11am; wow ! highest altitude of all the ski resorts around here; $165 per day here; funny skier in costume; there’s a UNLV campus here too. Hwy 267 to Truckee; Brockway Summit, City of Brockway 1150 ; here’s NorthStar ski resort $173 per day, hidden by trees, near the Truckee -Tahoe airport, 1245; City of Colfax 445, City of Penryn 505, City of Loomis, 2-hour rest by SugarBowl, high snowbanks here, right alongside I-80, 146px City of Riverside, Vernon 515, train terminal near Vernon Riverside Tuesday the 19th of March 2024, Arden library 10-12, same security guard; dysfunctional setting; donated blood successful 1pm, Sacramento roads are bad; library #2 230 530, same people; st Ignatius 530, bell street, st Philomena whatever ? 3/20/24 Wednesday warm 10-2 south Natomas library ; then north (2 rude boys; should I have interrupted them at this lefty library), started Ski Tahoe blog, also added Sacramento Zoo pics; that’s a nice little zoo but over-priced. Finally got it out of the way . Nice dinosaur animations. 3/21/24 Thursday blood cancel; their glitch; train stopped blocking traffic for more than 10 minutes, 1149 Manteca 100 yards to gas; had to u-turn and go around. 148px do they get fined for blocking traffic ? 9.3 gallons $4.29 plus E85 at $3.29 saved $6 must preach “Word of the Kingdom” righteousness; City of Ceres 1239 City of Keyes 1244, City of Turlock ; Parable of the Soils (another name for Parable of the Sower); Gospel not man’s righteousness, Merced County 1252 City of Delhi 1254 City of Livingstone 1258 , eventualism Search : Theo, Calvin lost to Trinity in elite 8 this year in Division III march madness; City of Merced; City of Chowchilla 142; Who do you say that I am ? You are the Christ, “the great confession” . searching for wildflower bloom but not much yet; back road rural Fresno a few; Watt road; 150px “ I saw men like trees walking” (is this like Plato’s cave?) ; Swedish coffee pot water tower near Sun Maid raisins . all USA raisins come from this part of central CA; 4pm, 3/22/24 Friday PTN : Shohei Ohtani gambling cover-up ? City of Wasco 530, nice . giant steer & Frito lay factory; white transit van 81869uz 250; office pickup midnight; nice arco at Westminster & Euclid; $4.39 gas, $53 total 12g; $20 to tighten loose bolt- causing rattling. Nothing serious. Cancelled blood Lakewood- still got paid. 8am St Bernard, custodian during mass annoying. NB miws, felt good. PTN: Moscow terror attack kills 40; sent $25 to B Timmer 3/27/24 Wednesday NBPL sound lab fiasco, the guy’s name is Chris Henninger or something like that. 3/26/24 Tuesday PTN: Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore, also attended UCI Beckman event, great lunch even though I dropped part of it. Took % miws , water suddenly felt colder than yesterday. Week review Friday to Friday 3/29/24 leaving again, dropped off scanned material at office, & an easter Lily , arrived Friday left on Friday, Good Friday, slept north end 5 near Dennys, rain coming, not yet. Don’t use brakes. It’s graded. Hate it when somebody is unnecessarily braking going down a hill and you’re behind them. PTN: Alabama defeats NC, will play Clemson; sister prayer; Ohtana, Key Bridge, etc. water at rest area in Lebec, 930 TYL, Ft Tejon, Elohim sabachtani, p154 good Friday, self-care, prayers, modsiw, tramlaw 4p, now dashing, Morgan Hill pouring rain, drofnat ladies playing now. Saturday, women’s tennis vs USC, tomorrow vs UCLA; Purdue in final4 for first time in 44 years; Easter vigil monster - usual guy still there. On time candles . exhausted morning. High energy for dish hike though. No problem. Monday sunny, scanned at Mitchell, tried to connect to their tv with my laptop but it failed. Px156 Tues April 2 2024, April 3 drofnats, black halo with brit lady, good, PTN: huge earthquake Taiwan. Now at Clark Center, good architecture presentation re San Francisco, found car keys; notified lost & found; now at Atherton for Tahoe ev print; 4/4/24 Tahoe send #1 to Brian & Jen; rain, pc stamp $10; 4/5/25 , now June 6 Saturday women’s tennis vs Pepperdine 4/7/24 more women’s tennis, % catholic drofnat; old union, dish hike, good energy, voice recital; px157 PTN: lowa women lose, Caitlyn Clark’s final college game; 4/8/24 Monday solar eclipse ; also on phone all day with DPSS; heard VDH speak (victor Davis Hanson); UConn defeats Purdue; Olga & Luiga are back. 4/9/24 Tuesday LiKaShing longevity conference 9-12; crazy synch on phone this morning; 330 at chemistry; edit cv legal all day; also new YouTube blog, lot of work; p 158 warm record high ? ev: care capsules 1st time ever (2013 edition) ; sent Tahoe to DJ , TT12, Brian/Jen; replace 14; Forest lawn PC to P - sis with happy birthday (minus spee, big one a few days later) 4/11/24 Thursday ss full dish hike PTN : van der veer retires as basketball coach; no hands prayer; willow glen community nice; $10 Ibotta muscle milk,. Max out ? I gotta bunch of those too eh ? hmm ? what a creep. Gas for $4.97 & $3.29 saved $12.50 ; 4/12/24 Friday less heat but still warm; Sat 4/13/24 Atherton print Tahoe back sides, guy looks like vijay singh with pebble beach hat; he knew my jacket; big construction company; 2pm recital 7pm conductor recital, 69m skipped vb vs usc no gotts? SI: 1st time drofnats; men’s VB defeats USC; w- lacrosse defeats USC April 14 Sunday 2024: rain all night, full dish hike, water polo vs Indiana; PTN: Iran attacks Israel with 300 drones mostly fail; 1st time ever direct attack by Iran vs Israel; evening cello recital; 4/15/25 Monday woke up , re-read the epic osmolinsky letter- wow truly epic . cont posting re Pas legal, Block Warner, Fuller Legal, reconciliation icons; sent epic spee card with resurrection painting from Glendale’s forest lawn. Px162 4/15/24 park EC El Camino real; klaw to cafe; 11am encina disappointing; left each drofnats with supine slob; 1 to 6 al #2 eric Schmidt from google, Reid Hoffman from linked in; ( forgot mouse- this brought me back; HS ?) slob #2 foot up, spoke ESL; Olga left early, last week VDH. px163 4/17/24 Wed woke up to tree trimming; SPW , wow the pal types micro aggression Thursday April 18 2024 chaplain congress briefing , cv legal cert mail; Friday 4/19/24 water polo vs Cal, red man eagle eye water bottle; 4.20.24 busy campus, football spring showcase (ruined by red man feet police); beach vb win vs Cal; full dish hike 4/21/24 Sunday - sister letter progress lots of C& P; px164 Monday 4/22/24 to 4/27 drofnats every day; Atherton lucky mart, Safeway ok, sister letter, Christ card receipts ready, good delivery re-routed to Bayshore,. Hip brace. Sad drofnats law school, propaganda rally, 26 full dish, li ka shing study area, prayers for bus stop lady; now they took away the benches. Where’d she go ? Mon the 29th gas $5.19 & $3.60 total $77.59 avg $4.67, saved $10, also $3 Ibotta, better tramlaw, 4/30/24 Tuesday all day energy conference, excellent. Wednesday May 1 2024: pa library closed for staff development; now at Stanford hospital nice lounge to do my work; B-ev, history of Stanford presidents; fiddle guy at Atherton, not fiddle guy, px166 Dabin at Frost sat/sun; May 2, re gambling addicts , 130 re ev battery chargers; 530 McMurtry oshmann; 5.3.24 round face, Olga gets up early pushes way out to get to the food. Moo. the food duds. Do they learn anything at all ? 5/4/24 May Fete parade rain all morning. The parade goes on. Found a place to stay dry by the church. Now at Atherton , 230 recital drofnats, DD mountain view 4p; brake lights $3 Ibotta 5.5.24 Sunday Stanford catholic ; dish hike; 230 recital;7p another recital Monday the 6th of May 2024: great Brown vs Board of Ed conference until odd comment. Tuesday the 7th & 8th of May 2024 Atherton guitar man acting strange; survey; disappointing Jewish presentation that applauds George Soros- shows she knows very little about her own topic; 5.8.24 Wednesday back at hospital, praying for patients, cont sister Xmas letter, and Christ cards coming along nicely p 168 the 9th of May accept Christ pages for sister; Speed went to Namibia, S Africa, Zeeland, Y-stone, Anneke worked at butterball; 5.10.24 pow wow begins! Iranian musician illness, can’t play. New George Schultz building ready , lady from the Guardian; ev battery recycling lecture; hi lQ kids; x10,000 prayer; 5/11/24 Palo LL baseball 5/12/24 hi-level pain at the moment; eucharist Stanford catholic pow wow. Israel supporters viral YT; fixed superspeed & lausd blog issues; 5.13.25 to 5.20.24 Asia anniversary conference ; AIM conference like zing also good fruit ok sandwich, happy mother’s day ! green room maps; amazing cookies; but disappointing attendees; esp white females. It looks like sister is moving in to bellflower (they’re delivering mail for her in b-flower; & she got a warning notice re turning off her water in st J) Left the drofnats event because of Olga grossing me out (she’s become like a welfare queen). 2 or 3 dish hikes (fri, sat, sun) . also DD niche discovered. TYL. px170 email to tt1 re billionaires in PA. I add Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy “I’m a better billionaire” . more tori Monday 5/20/24 new hope angels sleep angels helping me. TYL. PTN: Iran president killed in helicopter crash; Trump trial continues; 5/21/24 Tuesday drofnats events, emergency send to tt1 at Atherton; speed visiting b-flower; sis back in St Joe; music FCL prayer; Sami Wurm FCL ; and a few DD’s px171 re Slovakia - first time at international house; knight brain seminary- my 2nd time attending, same format; security a bit overbearing at LiKaShing; Sofi Oksanen unique event at humanities 530; also cores conference re machine learning at rotunda Friday May 24, 2024 Atherton 2nd copy sis for st joe; green building chipotle good. Dish x3, Sunday the 26th of May, catholic Stanford; progress YT my tube #MyTube; adding narrative; px171 Monday 5/27/24 Memorial Day, San Jose 90% good but one bad ecilop as leaving; PF kcalb party; those who gave all; Ameri Prayer, mijNil, need new tire; gas avg $4.50, tramlaw twitch fiasco; also sent Little League pic to G. Bouwer; Det Osmolinksi enhancement, good !, PF kcalb, Atherton lib, & tesla fellow; mijnil prayer , kcalb, now they’re starting profanity rap ? (not good at drofnats); px173 Tuesday the 28th of May 2024 more drofnats, including architecture, physics, quantum dude from Cal Tech (full house), Wednesday 29th drofnats big day, women in data, hospital, NVidia, Tijuana gal, sleep8, Thursday the 30th 2024 tramlaw, Mitchell, polarization event disappointing (dame Louise Richards, & prof Robb willer ) - about same time as pmurt verdict; added dom & Belize , also scanned my registrations & insurance for blog ; completed 2-sided print for sis px174 , print Atherton; kcalb Atherton, energy event at skilling 430; 12 noon: SUMMER MISSION 2024 BEGINS 6/4/24 b- blood, s: black chasm cavern; Sutter creek 11a nice; new tire $55 _, Kennedy gold mine looks cool 1130; City of Jackson CA ? systematic evangelism; px175 city of Pine Grove 1151; City of Volcano (mined over $100 million in gold here ); also Civil War here. City of Lockwood 1230; washed car $2.50 (Sacramento); Bear River reservoir 1pm; up ahead Silver Lake 126 s: Mormon immigrant trail; s: kit Carson lodge; s: trails here; Thunder Mt trailhead; El Dorado National Forest; Kirkwood Ski Resort 145 S: Lake Margaret Trailhead ; Caples Lake picturesque 151; px176 S: Devil’s Ladder by red lake Carson pass - historic pioneer crossing area. ENTER NV 221s: historic genoa oldest settlement; made it to Carson City NV. nap at tramlaw and B-ev; God would not give us an impossible command to fulfil- the Great Commission is do-able. $3.86 $72.81 gas; pulled pork & potato salad; now Lovelock- went to the cave once ; Coal Canyon Prison (Lovelock) Prayer 729p; Rye Patch ; slept at Model T Hotel Winnemucca; Chuck Smith: “Ill pull the switch myself” (he was an alpha in the beginning; mellowed out later ); 6.5.24 finally removed Dove Hits 2003 ; CD case honors convocation make blog for my cd case; wow - Mormon crickets on the road on everything. Creepy. They’re like silent cicadas. Zombies. Battle Mt NV 9am, perfect timing, Bosco, wow hits 2003, If the crickets were aggressive, they could overwhelm a person, .. plus they are cannibals. They eat each other. Here’s a green one, a mutant. 2nd rest area more Mormon crickets, Wells Wendover ? C 1023 Carlin school, are the Mormon crickets a Biblical plague ? Carlin historic byway road closed by the tunnels . Mormon trail interpretive center, City of Elko 1130, s: Deeth Star Valley 12p, $50 14 gallons $3.49 s: Angel Lake px179. Pilot Peak ? 2-hour break. Montego Bay casino. TYL , see prayer book resumed. Bonneville Salt Flats, SLC, 8am blood, terrible experience in Layton Utah. 6.6.24 Thursday, D-Day , s: Devil’s Slide, entering WY 12 noon, Evanston tramlaw, Biden EV’s ! gas $3.18. Evanston WY, Bear River City of Woodruff 240 s: Wyoming Downs, here it is. Car carrier truck passed me, Fossil Butte actually was kind of neat. Thought it would be boring. There used to be an oasis here in Wyoming including palm trees. And crocodiles. But evolution propaganda concerns me. Px182 nice town Kemmerer, and town square, kids selling lemonade, City of Diamondville, City of Opal 5p, Granger near Little America , 2-hour break, until sprinklers came on. Did they do that on purpose ? Check engine light is off. Left review re Layton B-Life, casting ABC, next up green River & wild horses loop - didn’t see any horses, but nice views. Px183 slept in Green River near Wild Horse Loop- at the beautiful hotel. 6.7.24 Friday , clean out, prayers for City of Rock Springs, missed mass by a few minutes, St Cyril. Rain ? City of Rawlins 11 gallons $3.04, Penitentiary RABB, Chief Washakie Trail, Rawlins to Fremont Canyon, Red Rim wildlife, Annalope (sic) Cafe 1053, prong horns, Martin’s Cove, Devil’s Gate. Now at Independence Rock- climbed to top - beautiful rock near Sweetwater River (I call it the Slab) , Bull Snake by entrance, John Ball visited here. (Mr Fables restaurant last location closed in 2000. THey were John Ball Zoo supporters). Fremont Canyon -wow ! best kept secret. Guy with rifle looked like poaching - tried to hide gun as I drove by. Alcova Dam. Cast line, 1st time in 2 years. Broke pole tip. Took swim . Hiked Dino Trail. Asked guy with kid “How cold is the water ?” 5th grade class 1991 found a dino skeleton here. Now at Gray Reef Dam Rec area 315 , Seachrist Fishing access North Platte River px185 just before Schmitt access , when I stopped last time, guys with boat, historic Bessemer site on North Platte also fish hatchery, mosquitos, red butte, 6.8.24 Saturday slept near Casper; St Anthony 8am priest stared me down; PTN Mavericks vs Celtics finals; USA defeats Pakistan in cricket like a miracle ; Jd Caedmon’s Call: God of Wonders ... ! St Anthony 8am no BB; Fatima 9am BB yes. Gas in Casper $3.04, $20.57 re-focus on the family; Casper Spiritual warfare, imprecatory prayers. Naboj Icadooh. Loose & Bind. Teapot Dome oil field; Powder River. ddsara Groves The Word; Shaun Groves “Welcome Home” Kaycee Wy where Butch Cassidy hid at Hole in Wall. jd “Come Together” by 3rd Day Mac Powell px188 City of Buffalo WY (nice kid with construction sign) , 1215 Mcd restaurant, cheese & horseradish sandwich, gigantic junk yard; this is “crazy woman” territory. S: Rock Pile Museum . Nice flag memorial at L park Gillette ; City of Moorcroft gas , $3.49 for mid- octane. $19.91 lost $1.20; Belle Fourche River 256. Jesus Tower 3pm. Pics, vids. I renamed the D Tower to Jesus Tower. City of Hulette, rode free ! perfect timing. With Jesus I can do all things ! All things possible. S; Cook Lake. S: Aladdin td Point of Grace “Candle Burning” ; Awesome God by Rich Mullins Pr Crystal Lewis: Jesus is Coming ;px190 Enter SD 4:15 dd DC Talk “my will” children of peace; Black Hills National Forest; Bridal Veil Falls 511; Did the D Tub Hike ! nice family. Dances with Wolves filmed scenes around here. Roughlock Falls ? Spearfish Canyon & lodge. S: Sunshine Rock climbing. Sunday 6.9.24 8am mass , staring priest; px191 gas at deadwood, staring lady, $3.45 , $31.99 what is unleaded plus ? $3.26 didn’t dare, Hwy 385 to Mt Rushmore; Wild Bill Hickock buried here ? & Calamity Jane too ? archery club ? totally 180 empty road. 830 am radio near Casper- good Christian content. 90.7 fm deadwood good alternative . S: What state has most J6 ? PTN: Caitlyn Clark not included on Olympic team. City of Rim Rock 930 , detour px194 Trail: Buzzard’s Roost , Black Hills Cavern, A-zone ok, Bear Country USA wildlife safari ; Dance Wolves Set , dd MCd Farm Xmas Village, stayed for the evening lighting ceremony; 6.9.24 START NEW BLACK , all day AmeriPrayer-athon at Mt Rushmore, 6.10.24 Monday slept in Keystone SD near Rushmore, here’s the SD School of Mines in Rapid City , now at Wall Drug 930, B-Ev !, last time here it was covid - and I don’t remember a fee for badlands NP. Now sign says fee required. Or did I have an NP pass at the time ? $3.09 gas at the City of Philip (one I) 11am, $24.16, 7.8g. Here’s the 1880 town. New Yorker pulling trailer. There’s a new digital platform called “KOK” that’s supposed to challenge google . Keep an eye on that. THey include their own digital currency. The “KOK coin” . Here’s city of Murdo 220, now Kennebec SD, the other Big Bend Rec area, Listened to PSB all day at MT Rush. Here’s the Dignity & Sky memorial rest area near Chamberlain SD- erected in 2016, overlooking the interstate and Missouri River. It’s a giant female native-American. Not Sacajawea nor Pocahantas. Now taking a swim in the Missouri River -actually the American Creek that intersects with it). Nice temp. Nobody else there. This is supposed to be a good Walleye fishing spot too. Cast my line on the other side of the river- nice place to drive right down to the river’s edge. No luck this time. Longest rivers in the world are Nile 4132m, Amazon 4073m, Yangtze 3915m, Missouri 2341m, Mississippi 2340m (altho if you add the accessories it can also be claimed to be 3710m), Rio Grande 1759m, Colorado River 1450m, Ohio River 981m. Rained 2 hours. NHL Florida 2, Edmonton 0 (games, Stanley Finals), NBA: Celtics lead Mavs 2-0 , 6.11.24 thru 6.13.24 (Tues- Thursday) added transmission fluid, City of Kimball 1021 . Making a list of USA states in the order they became a state. A few surprising results: California for example, became a state before Minnesota & W. Virginia. Also had a synchronicity in so doing: as I came to Minnesota, on the radio they said the word “Minnesota” in the news. City of Plankinton 1048, (late start today, after a 2nd sleep). Now Minnehaha County 1248 - Sioux Falls area where many of my ancestors lived (and died). So I’m looking for their burial locations using “grave finder”. Past the Wild Water Park . Wall Lake ? gas for $2.99 E15, 1130 $36.88, 12.2 g, the zoo, grizzlies fun time, giraffe, 3pm found the burial place of Andrew Schaap & wife, Woodlawn cem, Sioux Falls (SF) , older brother of Kathryn, plot #50; now found Richard Schaap, another brother, at Hills of Rest (4p), section #52, and the office lady was helpful. Richard is buried alongside his wife & daughter. Now I found Ray Schaap in Beresford cemetery outside SF- had to walk the entire cemetery- no location finder included. The cemetery is combined Catholic-City-Lutheran. An elderly fellow tried to help me but not much he could do unless he wanted to walk with me. Which he didn’t. I finally found it after 15 minutes or so. He lived a long life - the longest of Kathryn’s siblings ? Died in 2016, and was a WW2 vet. It’s a shame that I never got to meet him. He probably had some nice childhood pics of grandma too. Now over to Hull lowa 530p. This is a CRC mecca. Little Idyllic CRC town. Didn’t take long to find my Great grandpa & grandma (John & Jennie) see https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129175318/john_schaap , and https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/129175330/jennie_schaap ) buried right alongside the road (front row seats) . And the cemetery is next to Trinity Christian school where a softball game had just started ( could hear the announcer). Cleaned them off a bit. Took some pics. Said a prayer. Now driving thru Hull lowa- lots of Reformed everything here: Protestant Reformed, Christian Reformed, Reformed, Heritage Reformed, American Reformed. Google says the total land area of Hull is 1.2 square miles. Wait. What ? ! seriously ? While Edgerton has 1.16 m. Hills MN is .64m . Now near Rock Rapids IA. Here’s Blue Mounds SP - passed thru it last time. Now Edgerton MIN 8p, Here’s the windmill park. And I found the burial place of my Aunt Faith. Took a little walking .Big stone, needed a little cleaning so I took care of it. Just like in Hull IA, there are several ball games in progress as I drive thru. Back to Luverne MN - slept at the Super 8, nice WiFi too. Refill gas for $2.99, total $21.37 (7g) , , now at Pipestone National Monument- never noticed this before - not far from Edgerton, nice creek and waterfall and rocky outcroppings. Rain expected, including possible hail. City of Lake Wilson 1140, City of Chandler 1148, City of Kabena lake . Here’s Okabena Lake by Worthington MN. and a Worthington CRC. Also a Schaap Drive. And I accidentally came across “Hawkeye Point” claimed to be the highest point in lowa at 1670 feet. I’ve also been to the highest point in Florida which is only 345 feet. And I’ve been to the highest point in the continental USA - which is Mt Whitney ( did the hike !) at 14,505 feet .Now at Pikes Point by Okoboji 1226, rough lake today- whitecaps - high winds. Driving around Okoboji. We came here as a family when we lived in lowa City - I haven’t been here since then. Fun! Took a swim at Emerson Bay beach. A couple of kids in the water - no parents around. That’s refreshing. When I grew up kids would just go to the park or lake or almost anywhere by themselves- no fears. Now parents hover over them everywhere. It’s tiring because the parents always act suspicious of others even though in too many cases it’s the parents themselves who have predator personalities. There’s also Big Spirit Lake - (passed by marble beach & templar area) now driving by at 2pm, Called B life near Minneapolis- no success. Here’s Little Swan Lake. Driving by Sandbar Slough, saw a fish jump. Now it’s raining. There’s a circle of sheep around a tree (trying to stay dry?). Now by Minn/ lowa border. Here’s city of Estherville 320p, now Swea City; City of Bankcroft 407p (big C Church). Took a nap by the Hobo Museum, Britt lowa 615; Here’s Clear Lake where I swam a few years ago. Unleaded 88 fill up $3.82 per g. Ameri Prayer City of lowa Falls *& the swinging bridge. Live music at Estes park (the name of their town square); watched for a while. Good musician. This is the lowa River running thru the town. The falls I saw from the swinging bridge was just a trickle- maybe not the main falls. Here come the windmills - making lowa look like Palm Springs. Slept 5 hours in Cedar Falls; on way to Coralville. PTN: 8 ISIS terrorists arrested in USA; Here’s the Sitting Buddha in lowa City. Made it to St Patrick for morning mass. There’s a gym inside the church. Now West Branch lowa- Herbert Hoover estate. Cedar River City of Wilton 937am, historic route 6, better than i-80. Vander veer botanic garden, nice. Davenport IA 1021, Bio Blood better, but still, 11am, Coram Deo mega church. Niabi Zoo major disappointment. The admission is only $9 but they tack on $5 for parking, and the zoo is small, some animals not on exhibit. The quad cities are Rock Island, Moline, E. Moline IL, Davenport & Bettendorf IA. Back to Bettendorf for lower priced gas. Gas is cheaper in lowa compared to Illinois. Also sent letter to Grand Rapids. City of Anawon 222, vanilla shake, so good, so hot. City of Peru (medium size) . Made it to Starved Rock State park (no fee, most Illinois state parks apparently are free) . Good hike despite heat. Nice views of the I & M Canal (Illinois *& Michigan) “The Illinois and Michigan Canal connected the Great Lakes to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. In Illinois, it ran 96 miles (154 km) from the Chicago River in Bridgeport, Chicago to the Illinois River at LaSalle-Peru. The canal crossed the Chicago Portage, and helped establish Chicago as the transportation hub of the United States, before the railroad era. It was opened in 1848. Its function was partially replaced by the wider and deeper Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in 1900, and it ceased transportation operations with the completion of the Illinois Waterway in 1933.” wiki (. Amazingly, the canal was only 6-feet deep. And Ottawa Illinois is a neat city too. I got a flat tire here. Nice guy at Partridge Auto found the hole. Unrepairable. Fortunately such a slow leak I was able to drive 60 miles to Joliet to get a new used tire for $40 cash at Guerro Tires. Nice Latino fellow, Efren. There’s also Buffalo Rock state park here. 6.14.24 just as I wake up and am ready to go a slow train stops on the tracks in front of me. Can’t go anywhere. 645am, strong rain & lightning last night. My tire size is 225/60/17 . Ottawa people are nice. Hwy 71 near Norway, there’s that old airplane carcass. I remember from a few years ago. Now on 52 to Joliet. “Air Prayer’ to make it to Joliet. Yes I have a spare, but I’d rather not put it on . That’s a good synch: Air Prayer, Ameri Prayer. After getting a new tire I stopped in at Auto Zone for a check engine scan, but it didn’t work. Punk Latino not helpful. God is so funny sometimes. The synchronicities & crazy coincidences , or for allowing the devil to try to trick us. He won’t allow the devil to tempt us beyond our ability to resist. Here’s the old ironworks in Joliet. The Joliet historic prison is also incredible architecture. Lots of Latinos in Joliet. Made $4.50 on Ibotta. Now at Target in New Lennox. Dan Bongino is a bit of a ham, like Alex Jones. Hear My Prayer Lord. Frankfort 155, Chicago Heights 220, Ford Heights. Search : lliana motor speedway (perm closed). Merrillville. , hwy 30 - like a 28th Street on steroids. Never again. The world ? Albanese gummy factory. $37.42 gas, $3.29 Wanatah Indiana, turtle crossing 407, Prager & Julie on the radio (she says “OMG” way too much) (surprised she didn’t know who was Arthur Miller, playwright; they don’t teach about him at Harvard ? ). Wozniak Road, another turtle crossing. City of New Buffalo 457, Red Arrow Highway, BOSLWSPEGG, 1st view of Lake Michigan !, Michiana, along the coast - entering Michigan . Now Union Pier MI, Harbert Beach taf yug, there’s the fruit stand by Warren Dunes 525, City of Bridgeman 530, City of Stevensville 536, St Joe NABOJ, silver beach ! 6.15.24 praying for CRC, .. heading towards Synod 2024. And the mouse drama - wow! Good grief. Here’s the Morton Museum. Mail to sister from Riverside MI. Hagar Park 1130, prayers for sister. B-ev, in the twin cities. AAA re mouse in the house. Roadside park , angry passer in pickup. ICDAT. Skipped Covert Beach. Van Buren state park. 1248 , blue star highway. , miws at Deer Lick Beach rocky bottom, h20 not ice cold- refreshing. South Haven Hope Reformed, draw bridge 139, Allegan County . Here’s the “daydreamer domes” . westside county park 2[pm . Miws at Pier Cove Park parking drama Ganges township MUSIC LIST : Matt Redman “Heart of Worship” ; Short to the North:” by Delirious; Sonic Flood “Sing of Your Love Forever’ ; Darrel Evans “Trading my Sorrows” . Here’s the Douglas Root Beer barrel. Now Oval Beach Saugatuck (fee); lots of people on “barge” restaurant balcony . restaurant with swing set chairs. Soggy tuck, 3p, laketown beach south side holland- wow- never knew about this- nice- great dunes. Then I cast x7 at Gilligan’s lake - and found a secret trail to a dune overlooking lake Michigan. Now at Catholic Holland 4p ! did it . and now BoKo prayer x2, did I just see BoKo #1, the knup ? BoKo #2 has boat, garage open. Prayers for BoKo, also ardua. Pilgrim cemetery: found great grandpa & grandma (parents of Leo), also Harry Boer, Uncle Art & Aunt May. Here’s west Ottawa HS, nice new football stadium, Rose Parks Elementary school (no, not Rosa Parks) is a Holland Christian school ? Sunday June 16 2024: 930 Memorial church - Stan Mast preaching (he was at laGrave for many years); ; now at Maple Ave CRC- wow ! And then Central Wesleyan across from Holland Christian. Zwemer Park - not much of a park, just a forest of trees - no trails ? Found Ventura Cemetery in Port Sheldon- another of my grandpa’s siblings buried here: Ann Peters Roelofs. Over to Riley Park - walked to 368 on beach, (beaches are back) and then returned on road. Miws at Riley. Now at Buchanan Beach, nice remote. Short distance from CRC conference grounds. Eastmanville bayou. Grand River. Deer Creek County Park (huge bump) City of Lamont 504 (never heard of this city before). Found Ted Peters- the final Leo sibling buried here in west Michigan. Cleaned the stone a bit. Took some pics. Prayers for repose. Synch: praying for west Michigan and they say “west mich “ on the radio at 557, 1260am, Christian radio. Now back at CRC conference grounds 5p for Sunday evening service. Bob Boersma preaching (“we’re all special needs people”). One more miws at Buchanan- still hot. Now in Grand Haven “praise at the pier” - good Christian music - fantastic actually. And then I stayed around for the “Magic Fountain” show around 10pm- they do this every night with different music during the summer. Tonight was Moody Blues night. Slept at Holiday Inn 6.17.24 Monday here’s north bank trailhead (Nunica), now Petty’s Bayou, & millsbank, PTN: shooting in Rochester MI. Here’s the famous Richmond sledding hill. And I remember coming here once with some college friends. I decided to come see it again because it’s featured in a 1979 Paul Schrader movie that I didn’t see until just this year . And it’s next to west Catholic HS. This is near where Schrader grew up. The LPGA Meijer classic just ended yesterday- one day too late. Saw it last year. Now at USPS in Eastown=- picked up general delivery letter. Here’s Calvin CRC. Driving by the old Calvin college I see that one of the building’s says “Hekman Library” on it. Never noticed it before. Postal prayer success ! Now at Calvin College for Synod 2024 ! made it. Also completed successful Bio Blood. Starting prayer for CRC issues. Dropped by the Meijers and then watched some baseball at southern Little League until the rain began and the game got canceled. And increased in prayer for Synod during the evening - big issue- success ! Thank you Lord ! made it to Calvin synod ! inside Cal Lib, Teusink’s Pony Farm closed about 5 years ago , 2019 ? The castle in holland. I want to see it sometime. Did Leo get his sign for “the castle” from the castle on the south side of lake Mac ? Found some good links about it. 6/18/24 Tuesday Liveblog: 6.18.24 Now praying for Calvin & the president situation 209pm . They turned off YT comments good ol’ Reeds lake, cast my line a few times; drove past old Lowell Street house- and the school where we played basketball, out to Kentwood- found movie place near East Kentwood HS - this is a “black area” now ? wow. Is this a new east Kentwood HS ? no. Just a lot of renovations. Including new athletic stadium AP: GR Prayer, Synod Prayer, CRC prayer. This is a nice new movie theatre, with nice reclining seats that actually go all the way back and also you can turn on a heater if you’re cold. Wow. And they have a waitress who will bring food to you inside the theatre. PTN: Celtics win NBA championship. PrayTheMovies: The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling. Kind of funny. About being a stuntman, Pray for Reality Therapy. I do Pray the Movies to try to bring reality to people; not to escape it.. Sure movies offer a little escape from the mundane (when they are good & edifying _) but they should not be a permanent form of “escapism” from reality. THey should prompt us to make a better reality for everybody. And as Christians they should prompt us to better living. Or preaching it. px32 Emily Blunt. Beware of nihilism. Dead guy on ice. Neon suit; “do your own stunts?” I remember when Loy Vaught was a basketball player at E. Kentwood HS. He was probably their biggest star ever. He made the NBA for a while mostly with the Clippers , and had a decent career for ten years. Maybe bigger than the NBA he led Michigan to a national basketball championship . Wiki says he still lives in Los Angeles. Now driving on 44th street thru Kentwood towards Grandville . There’s a huge church here that says “1st Church” on it- which catches my eye because I grew up going to what was known as “1st Church” but it was on Franklin Street near downtown (ie 1st CRC); also referred to as “Bates” sometimes by the old timers (because the actual front entrance is on Bates Street, but is rarely used because the parking lot is on the Franklin side). This is an Assemblies of God mega-church. Slept at Ramada Inn 8am, and donated blood in Grandville the next morning 6/19/24 Wednesday . Guadalupe shrine (big catholic church near Burton Heights; never knew it was here; growing up in GR I only was aware of Immaculate Heart of Mary church & school. And we played a few Catholic Schools in sports (West & Central); but we weren’t much involved in anything Catholic. Later in life I started attending Catholic church around Los Angeles when I was also substitute teaching for the LAUSD. This led to me becoming more involved in daily mass at various catholic churches not only around southern Cal but around the whole country. I love it ! Here’s Paragon Lanes on Division Ave, where I first learned to bowl. And where is Holwerda Snoap ? Did they finally close down? Not at the same spot- aha ! They moved across the street. Looks like a smaller location. Probably because they do most of their sales online now. Here’s Burton Elementary & Middle school, a big brick building. PTN: record heat on Monday; px34 . S: Kroc Community Center; Ottawa High ; GRCH 10am, Shawnee CRC ; GRCH has their own ice rink now; I didn’t see the Jolly Rogers swimming pool - must have been where the ice rink is now; I have some memories of sneaking in there at night with a few friends. Jurgen Holtfluwer is still in business today; in Grandville. Not Alger Heights; Today is Juneteenth so Calvin Library is closed- how ridiculous is that ? I did naboj icadooh at blood locations. There’s still a woodland drive-in church; next to Christ Presbyterian. px35 Immanuel RCA? Is this the church DJ’s family attended ? Driving thru there it looks closed down. I always thought this was a nice thriving location, but now there’s overgrown weeds and shrubs. Looking online nothing says it closed down but nothing to indicate they are still in business either. How sad is that ? Now Synod has shut down YT commentary. No fun anymore. It got quite heated a few nights ago as they were voting ona controversial topic. Liberals started comment bombing the live stream and ruined it. As Dennis Prager says “Lefties ruin everything they touch”. Continue AmeriPrayer (AP) and CalPrayer (CP), and CRC Prayer, U-Rock - not much more I can do. Here’s Cascade Country Club, past Evenson’s old place- couldn’t find him on grave finder, strangely. Neither him nor Miriam. Who is Claudia Beversluis ? Seems like she was lefty propagandizing as well during Synod . web search suggests she is a lefty psychology professor at Calvin. Also Prayers for Theules , LDM , Kwekels, BoKo 1&2, Drove past the old Campau cottage- seems to be still the original, with a few modernizations. Next to it is a huge new house. Also passed by Kettle Lakes. We used to go fishing for little bluegills on Campau. And I think I water skied here once with Kno ROck. px36 back at Synod-= 2 guys in Hekman lobby. Both are Synod delegates. Exchanged a few niceties with them. Then I left. Now at Yankee Springs 106, Here’s Camp Manitoulin on Barlow Lake , now Cobb lake. I heard classmates mention Camp Manitoulin occasionally. Web says Brian VanderArk attended the camp (he gained fame for the Verve Pipe Band; and now he’s a radio host for WLAV), apparently grew up in west Mich. Not sure if he’s from CRC. Here’s Gun Lake. Also heard it mentioned by friends from time to time. How little did I know about west Michigan despite growing up there. I’m learning more now than I did when I lived here. Also Long Lake. Took a swim at Gun Lake public beach- so shallow, even far out. Here’s Orangeville Mill Pond near Fish Lake. Now Pine Lake 3pm. Prayers for United Body of Christ. 4-mile road is a dirt road, 3-mile road Chief Noonday grave, Here’s Gull Lake, old Kellogg house- now a research facility; Gull Lake Ministry- has a splash pad and challenge rope course; also the Kellog Bird Sanctuary. Leila arboretum * sculptures (old sanitarium? Battle Creek MI. px38 nice HS football field next to old high school architecture. Kellogg’s headquarters next to old factory ? also Post Foods here. Kellogg rival? City of Marshall Icadooh. Albion College, my first time here. Nice river; now Jackson MI (famous for their prison, now closed (since 2007?) ; drove by) “The original 1842 site was used as a Michigan National Guard armory for some time, and now houses residential apartments as well as several art galleries and a bicycle cooperative. Seems like that’s what I drove by. I saw apartments incorporated into what looked like part of the old prison. 6/20/24 Thursday church sign says “sin burn can be prevented by Son screen”. There’s also the Ella Sharp Museum. 645 am synch, JIT (just in time) miraculous medal church mass, body & blood, PTL, MVG. Here’s Vandercook Lake, also drove past the Brooklyn Speedway - one of the largest venues for car racing. Daytona holds about 100,000; Indy 500 holds about 257,000. Brooklyn can hold up to about 137,000. Michigan football stadium holds about 107,000. AAA prayer. City of Omsted Mi 809, racoon family just ran across the road in front of me. px40 gas $3.29 Adrian MI, $39.42 total. Here’s the old college- another rival of Calvin. Apparently Adrian College (mascot Bruiser the Bulldog) is Methodist affiliated, or was & has about 1650 enrolled . Alma is presbyterian affiliated & has about 1400 enrolled. What about Albion the Britons have 1500 enrolled. Also methodist affiliated. Hope has 3200 enrolled. Calvin also about 3200. Here’s the Gus Harrison prison: prayers for. Clty of Blissfield 9am. Tim Meizak (maybe masek) (sic) lived near 740 Walsh St SE 49507 across from Alger CRC. is this River Raisin. Made it to Toledo Zoo. Much more impressive than I anticipated. Lots of animals and also historic structures. Very well done. Also a nice free art museum in Toledo (albeit $10 parking), although the black security guard by the door was a bit too much. S: very cool Peristyle Auditorium 90.3 fm radio toledo - good Christian content. px41 the extreme heat is insufferable. S$: WSPO radio? , or WAPO ? AmeriBlooded . Tramlaw , chicken salad, milk, twitch, asparagus, hot sauce, EV: 415 Fremont OH. px42 City of Bellevue, City of Monroeville 511, Summit drag strip 525 race track, Clty of Wakeman OH 533, Omsted Falls, slept in Middleburg Heights Ohio. Using Yelp to find mechanic. Friday the 21st of June 2024 St Albert church 715 , literalist behind me (leave early); Brandywine Falls (nice falls, took break); Nelson Ledges Race Track . City of Champion Heights , City of Warren; O’Reilly’s at 11:10 $99 for new bearings assembly (under warranty); gas $37 $3.20; calling around for a mechanic. Tried Sandy’s (too busy); called Greazy Dave’s (no luck); finally got a 3pm appointment at a muffler shop called Rob Freeman’s . I like that when they have enough confidence to put their own name on their shop. Went over to Mosquito Creek Lake and cast my line for a while as I 189 waited. Also took a swim. Nice lake. Px44 very long. - could barely see the other end- like a “finger lake”. Online says this is a good fishing lake. But not good for me. Not many boats out there. Prayers for Mss-V, Mss-V, Mss V . The lady behind the desk at Rob Freeman’s wanted to charge me for the inspection but Rob Freeman said no. Good guy. Px45 entering PA at 405 Pymatuning state park , cast my line. Also got hold of a mechanic named “H”. in Erie PA. turns out his name is Hussein, and he is from lraq. wow. They did the job for $125. Nice enough fellas; they spoke Arabic & English. Rained 10 minutes at auto repair in Warren OH. now full heat again. The Pymatuning fish were interested but not biting. Some jumping. Fireman’s beach busy but fee ? Midway beach not public. I will find out the further east I go the more the beaches become private or “resident only” or prohibitive fees to park there, like $30 to even $50. Px46 Lake Conneaut likes to be pretentious City of Harmons, City of Conneautville 621, Prayer for prison in Albion PA 635 City of Cranesville PA 640, City of Platea, City of Girard 652 , slept. Saturday the 22nd of June 2024, Erie 8a lady of Peace, 845 Presque Isle scenic drive ; Perry Monument & Presque Isle lighthouse ; nice water park too. Px47 Erie Zoo for $12, nice little place. Returned bearings got $99 refund. Leaving Maritime Museum & Library. Did DDx2 . Mandy & Alyssa, both pizza orders. $11.49, Holy Trinity merged with JBAP, St Pat nice but stare downs not so nice. Erie is like GR was in the 70’s. Px48 Our Lady of Mercy Harbor Creek (not so nice , very cold atmosphere, left early). Sunday June 23 2024: St Gregory 730 am, good, no stares. Welch grape juice factory here ? City of Northeast PA, ENTER NY 812, City of Sherman NY 827, px49 City of Busti NY, City of Lakewood NY, City of Celeron (childhood home of Lucille Ball, 2 statues ); near Chataqua. Little mobi trac’s by boat ramp. & a lighthouse. Went to Panama Rocks and just as I arrived it started pouring. Decided to wait til later. NOW ARRIVING at Chataqua at 10am, the main venue /amphitheater is full already for Fr Greg Boyle the guest speaker for Homeboy Industries, mostly gray haired people here. 11am catholic mass good too. Chautauqua started as a camp for Sunday School teachers. Px50 The park by the lake at Chautauqua Institute is supposed to represent a map of Palestine . Nice beach. Clear water. No slime. But it rained most of the time I was there. Spent time in the Smith library to stay dry. Also a patriot concert at 230 was nice. Kindness EV’s at CQ. This is Amish territory too. Pray for Bad Axis repent. Leaving CQ, taking back roads . Thought came to mind: Just like we have a Tomb for the Unknown Soldiers we should have a Tomb for the Unknown Babies . PTN: floods in lowa- near where I just passed thru. Px51 lots of AP at CQ !, including mij nil, unborn, AP: Ohio, Michigan, Wyoming, Minnesota, lowa, New York, also FCL, ABC, & Naboj , City of Ellington 608, Hwy 62 thru Gowanda , I was surprised that Chataqua is not total hippy environment. That was my presupposition but it was a mix of different things, including patriotism. I never realized how close Mississauga is to Niagara Falls. City of Conewango Valley, 620, Amish buggy - whole family in the rain. City of Leon 620, Flavia gravel pit fishing. City of Markhams and/or Dayton, 92.3 fm good vintage rock radio near CQ. City of Gowanda 644. Prayers for Seneca Nation. Gas $2.97 654pm, px52 Cattaraugus Reservation for Seneca tribe ? Why was the Dirty Deeds song by AC/DC even allowed on the radio? It’s about hiring a hitman to kill somebody you don’t like. IT’s a terrible song. Has no place in civil society. Not that we censor music in USA, but stations can refuse to play such stuff. It’s disgusting and who knows how many crimes it actually caused ? Just like Hollywood movies glorifying guns & violence. It’s wrong and needs to be told everywhere, including in churches. This is a very bad influence on our youth. For my Song Swap project I change the words to “Righteous Deeds Done for Free” Now in Evans Center , Frank Lloyd Wright, 724 somebody surfing Lake Erie, Carousel Museum (I remember it from last time). There’s more Muslims in Buffalo NY than I expected . There’s a big Arubis factory. City of Wheatfield 825, TYL, cast at fisherman’s park 53rd street, Niagara river, saw the fireworks at Niagara falls. Missed them last time because they were cancelled due to the wildfire smoke from Canada (last year). Monday 24th of June 2024 1st day not extreme heat, walked around Niagara falls again- strangest thing I ever saw while walking to the falls. Suddenly a squirrel fell out of the tree and landed behind a lady walking. The squirrel thumped on the ground, and ran away. The lady heard something but didn’t know exactly what had happened. I told her “A squirrel just fell out of the tree and almost landed right on your head” That would have been quite the scene. I’ve never seen a squirrel accidentally fall out of a tree. It’s very rare. Later in the day, I cast my line Niagara river downstream from the falls, all to myself, and took a little swim. nice 1215 to 1245 at Riverfront Park Lewiston https://maps.app.goo.gl/ac7oSpmiTyc2ntv67 exhaustion thru the morning; sunny ! s: Olin, lots of India people; and they can be pushy. “By the power & authority vested in me thru the blood & body of Jesus Christ...” , great cataract Fort Schlosser 1004 ; great lakes seaway trail; waded NF river above falls; 1st time at far point. S: la belle familia battle site (French & Indian war). Px53 City of Youngstown & Yacht club (stare lady); Porter on the Lake park on Lake Ontario (angry honker)(, surprised by how much green slime there is. Doesn’t make swimming very appealing, no matter how hot it is. City of Wilson 125, lakeside .. Wilson Pier, Roosevelt Beach water worse here. All well-kept homes & manicured lawns, but nobody playing or having fun. What’s it all about ? Olcott Carousel nobody there, ghost town. One clean swim area . U-pick cherries ripe & ready. Lots of farms & agriculture. City of yates NY 212, synch: it’s 230pm he says exactly as I reach AP 230 prayer ! 1010 radio from Canada , Medina Falls 230, City of Medina s: earliest church , aka “church in the middle of the street” ; px58 City of Millville NY 256, green slime is cyano-bacteria, big game 7 tonight: Oilers vs Panthers NHL Stanley Cup. S: Erie Canal, research amazing lifeline. City of Greece NY ; henpeck park, Holley Canal Falls, S: Irondequoit’ ; Rochester NY 5p , Low Falls sketchy area, Hi Falls sketchy too, but nice view of falls. Px59 Tuesday the 25th of June 2024 sleptin Rochester, viewed mid falls in the morning, almost slipped ! wow close call. Now at Seneca Zoo 10am GAA, the moment they release the lions is pretty cool- they go running for the big meaty bones; one sits on a bus hood by the window staring you in the face while eating the bone, casting ABC, “Ngorongoro bus” (eye of the tiger, literally) . Did I go there in Tanzania ? sounds familiar. $3.16 at Walmart gas $30.42 9.5g, saved $4, Fed Ex Office printed new Biden fail EV’s ; Clty of Pittsford; City of Fairport; City of Egypt; px60 zombie house; City of Macedon 126 s: ABX ; who’s Larry on WYSL 1010am or 1040 am radio . City of Palmyra 130; City of Newark 144; Walmart Newark NY $2 Ibotta (pickles) EV2, great sandwich with cheese pickles tomato meat. & milk. Guy buying a mini-bike at self-checkout. Now we are in the Finger Lakes area. Deaf kids at zoo . City of Phelps nice historic area 250. Px61 s: smith observatory ; City of Geneva 315; on one of the finger lakes , Seneca lake; Seneca falls & old mill 345, water dubious City of Watkins Glen 450; Glenora Waterfalls private, City of Burdett 456 ; now at waterfall near Cornell University ,. Campus is in a green hilly area, upscale rural area, effer ran a red light on purpose- almost caused accident (I had green light) - angry for quite a while after that close call. Imprecatory ! middle of phone prayer when this happened. Did that save me ? City of Lansing NY City of Locke, City of Moravia 642 , Fillmore Glen State Park, Frozen Ocean moto cross park City of Skaneateles & lake. JdSong: Pour Out Your Spirit Lord” by Tom Lane. aka as “Let it Rain” ; City of Camillus 730; Wednesday the 26th of June 2024 slept in Syracuse NY, near fairgrounds; 8am St Cecilia church BOC. K-Ev at Syracuse Zoo. decent zoo but a little sleepy. Gas for $3.29 , saved $3. City of Manlius, City of Fayetteville 1222 Cazenovia Lake - another finger lake. No swim ? kids on dock. WHy no swim ? National Abolition Hall of Fame. px64 City of Hamilton, Colgate University 128 small campus well-kept s: 100-mile trail system ; summit lake idyllic; it’s a freakin workout driving thru these hills -so much shifting, curves; Glimmer Glass state park near Cooperstown baseball Hall of Fame , which is why I’m here. Made it to COOPERSTOWN -first time ever ! plus discount admission. Nice. made my own baseball card too. The intro movie lacks a bit of gusto. City of Carlisle. Beaver Pond primitive camping , Sharon Springs 640;Esparance 706, City of Guilderland; p 66 slept in Albany, Thursday the 27th of June 2024 814 Mater Christi church + BOC, then All Saints at 9a + BOC, Lake Washington park 930, Albany NY state museum- some nice exhibits including the 911 exhibit. But the city itself is hum drum, nothing fancy. Not real fun. Some nice architecture, carousel at State museum, pay parking, The Egg” is like a flying saucer - it’s a venue for the arts. Steeples Hudson River, ramen lunch. Clty of Renselaar across Hudson from Albany; px67 Castleton-on- Hudson, City of Stockport 1232; City of High Falls Philmont, can’t see very well private property; Bash Bish Falls was nice 2 to 230 - hike to it, it’s on the MA/NY border one parking lot is in New York, the other lot is in Massachusetts. PTN: Panthers win Stanley Cup; Trump debate tonight;. Praying AmeriTrump; Twilabd. City of West Stockbridge 245 City of Holyoke 420 -”birth of volleyball” here we are- where my grandmother went to college; px68 s: Great Barrington; Butternut ski 3p, City of Otis MA 318; City of Blandford 332; City of Westfield MA; Mt Holyoke about 1000 feet , drive up $20 parking so I didn’t park- just took a few pics; harassment at gas pump. Plenty of pumps open but a guy decided to wait right behind me to pressure me to move out quick. 5g, $17.44 $3.37 ; ranger followed me, just coincidence ? beautiful day. Mount Holyoke College campus is nice but not as historic or idyllic as I thought based on the video. Rural area Hadley & S Hadley TYL, mss-v, BAW , Connecticut river, Nancy Casey Hadley S: QUabbin Reservoir , Clty of West Brookfield 753 Quabog Pond 802 it’s a lake ! Podunk Road; Friday the 28th of June 2024 slept Worcester, p 70 donated blood Worcester 930; Tramlaw, gas $3.84 Leominster , but a- h wouldn’t pull up- I had to go around. LP 3MHE12 gray tan WPK radio ? City of Fitchburg, worst roads ever. Trap Falls was a refreshing break. I soaked in the creek for a little while. City of Townsend, backwoods, so busy. Not a getaway. PTN: Trump “wins” debate.. Pepperrel MA ENTERING New Hampshire. Mine Falls Park, Nashua. tons of little fish- they come to you. Also a beaver or muskrat or something of that sort swimming down the middle of the river for a while. Healthy jogger passes me. There’s a road named Nissittissit (also a river). There’s a BAE Systems here. Px72 also a giant Busch brewery . at red light, lady yelled to me “You have no brake lights” . [know . I already got a ticket for it (oh, wait. No I haven’t yet. But will in a few days). And I can’t do anything about it. I changed the bulbs and it didn’t fix the problem. I checked the fuse too. It must be a wiring issue, which is above my pay grade, and too expensive to hire somebody to do (so far; still looking). I’m using my arm as a blinker like you do when riding a bike. That’s all I can do. And if people don’t tailgate, it’s not a problem. Couldn’t see Wildcat Falls. 535. Amoskeag Falls 6pm, I’m DD by time. No calls. Slept in Concord New Hampshire Saturday the 29th of July 2024 mercury redstone rocket at concord community college. Kids selling lemonade. New Hamp state prison. Sewells Falls River recreation area.s: Shaker Village City of Northfield NH, City of Tilton 3EV at Walmart; Winnipesaukee River, 2 hours to Stowe resort. Lake Winnisaquam near lake Winnipesaukee 1040, rain City of Laconia 1049 , Paugus Bay (car coming toward me hit a deer , but the deer bounced off the front end and ran away; the driver kept going too; unbelievable 1005; you’d think the driver would at least stop and check their front end for damage. ) This was almost as bizarre as the squirrel at Niagara Falls. Here’s the BankNH pavilion. Px74 Ellacoya State Park. AmeriShire, or AmeriShare . Rochester NH, 3EV, 1230, & ice cream. City of Buxton 2p, Saccarrappa Falls, Westbrook Maine 225 pm, Portland Maine Falmouth 325, Presumpscot River, City of Freeport 334, AP: Maine, now raining; City of Brunswick 342, City of West Bath Maine 357, City of Woolwich, City of Bath 4pm, went all the way out to Pemaquid Point lighthouse 445 , & the nearby cool fort (Fort William Henry, built around a giant boulder). Swimming hole near Bristol looked nice. Gas for $3.39, 11.9g $39 total, new castle, Clary Lake 602, more rain, all day, doing DD in the rain near the capitol of Maine; had to pay $1 toll for $5.75 delivery, not; the lady named Zena B : imprecate. The next delivery was to 225 hardscrabble road 225 hardscrabble road in Litchfield Maine, Saturday July 29, 2024 , delivered in pouring rain, low signal, 2 cars in driveway but no lights on, only by luck did I have one of those giant hefty trash bags to put the pizza in to keep it dry on the doorstep with no awning . un-freakin-believable. Sunday June 30 2024, state capitol building in Augusta Maine. Casting out D Naboj icadooh, in Augusta Maine, a possessed place. Sadly. There’s an old fort here. Supposed to be hot in Boston today but it’s still cool right now, City of Randolph, City of Gardiner 7am, City of Bowdoinham , naboj icadooh, AP: Maine. City of Topham Maine, 722, Androscoggin River 727, City of Freeport Maine, now Yarmouth Maine 740, City of Scarborough 8am, aguaboggan water park looks nice. City of Saco, S: eastern trail ; Clty of Kennebunkport & the Bush compound. Nice area of course. Trolley museum, the wells reserve, ogonqut beach, ? surf spot ? Cape Neddick beach is popular px80 York Beach aka Long Beach ? long stretch. More of a “California style” beach. Now city of Hampton Falls (back in NH), didn’t see the falls 1045, City of Newbury 11:10, Merrimack River, Clty of Rowley (now in Mass), City of Ipswich 1125, City of Topsfield 1128, AP: MA; AP: NH; AP: ME ; City of Danvers 1135, Topsfield Fair “ The fair is known as America's oldest county fair because it was founded in 1818 by the Essex County Agricultural Society as a one-day cattle show “ “America’s Oldest” 3EV at Target Boston; s: breakheart reservation (apparently nothing to do with Indians); did smashburger DD for Monya 5pm ; now Nick’s Bistro 615, City of Everett, Charles River, slept near Boston Bunker Hill Holiday Inn. red lights in Boston are long and signals are not timed nor respond to traffic flow. If you get a red you sit for a long time even if there’s no cross-traffic. I was thinking they should have named the Red Sox the Red Lights. Monday July 1 2024 Schrafft’s was a candy company in Boston for many decades. Mystic River. Px82 City of Waburn 824, AP: Battle green, just an open grassy space. The revolutionary war supposedly “began here” but did it really “The Lexington Battle Green, also known as Lexington Common, is the historic town common of Lexington, Massachusetts, United States. It was at this site that the opening shots of the Battles of Lexington and Concord were fired on April 19, 1775, starting the American Revolutionary War.” ? But later today, a lady will tell me that the first shot was at the bridge in Concord (which I also visited). You see I also get this from google: “The first shots of the American Revolution were fired on April 19, 1775, at around 5:30 AM during the Battle of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The shots were fired at the Old North Bridge in Concord and are known as "the shot heard ‘round the world" after American poet Ralph Waldo Emerson used the phrase in his 1837 poem Concord Hymn.” So did it start in Lexington, or Concord ? I stopped at Minuteman Park but it was partially closed. There’s rubble from the Thomas Nelson house. Louisa May Alcott orchard house is next. Nice. Paul Revere capture site also closed. Now at Ralph Waldo Emerson house- beautiful. And now the Walden Pond (my 2nd time; first time taking a swim here; beautiful clear water, perfect temp; last time I was here in the fall, kind of cool). Didn’t stay for very long because it’s actually $30 parking fee (for non- Mass residents). Here’s the Sleepy Hollow cemetery- some notable people buried here including Thoreau, Hawthorne, Emerson, Alcott & more (aka “Authors Ridge”) . Now I’m at the bridge where they way the first shot was fired. I meet a local lady who claims so as well. Says a “young buck was trigger happy...” ; also Concord River. Scattered clouds. Heart Pond beach is a nice little swimming area. Now in City of Billerica. Gas for $57.97 17.8g $3.25 ; and a brake light citation. Px84. Kids yelling “Honk” as I pass by- not sure what that’s all about but I give them a little toot. Grace Curly Shaw on 680 am radio. They’re talking about the Karen Reid trial re Canton MA . I don’t know all the details but people are claiming the police framed her for something. Now at Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, home of the witch trials. There’s even a Salem Witch Museum. And the House of the 7 Gables. Salem Willows park has 2 forts. Fort Pickering, Waikiki beach, City of Marblehead & lighthouse645; City of Peabody 507, -U-turn lead Mills, Corinthian Yacht Club , stately area with tennis club all the courts full and all dressed in white. One of those old clubs that stays the same forever. Kids walking on beach wall, City of Swampscott, nice area but name not so great. Eisman’s Beach 7p no parking. Blaney ROck, Nahant bay pause 85 City of Lynn 706 Nahant causeway swim water colder than Walden pond, little waves, great beach * parking (free after certain time); px86 so you come out of the beautiful causeway to a Walmart in Lynn which is a poor Latino community like East L.A. ; EV3, Pf 1sters, synch: I think I need a dollar tree; and there it is ! wow. Clty of Bingham 1010, City of Norwell, City of Duxbury 1034, City of Kingston 1041, slept: holiday inn, Plymouth mass. Didn’t do any of the pilgrim stuff here. Save it for next time (and the pilgrims actually first landed in Provincetown) . Tuesday July 2 2024 prayed “40 only” and God heard me, thank You Lord. prayers for Boston isters, Now in the Hyannis Port area where Kennedys had a compound- may still own property here. In addition to their property on Martha’s Vineyard (where the Chappaquiddick tragedy) happened . Continue prayer AP: USA, Cape Cod, stern lady /gal, 40 only, BAW, Do Not Be Discouraged DNBD, Trust the Angeles, s: Cape Cod Canal (completed in 1916; 17- miles long; saves 135 miles) , John Gallo Ice Arena, Doran Park minor league ? no, its college summer league: cape cod baseball league, home of the Bourne Braves. Great name: Born Brave, better than Born Borg, ha ha. Spirit Mode vs Flesh Mode. Sometimes I have to consciously “activate Spirit mode” calling upon the Holy Spirit for assistance. Tickets online for Martha’s Vineyard are at SteamshipAuthority..com. I bought mine at the ticket office instead. Took Island Home Ferry to Martha’s Vineyard and walked to Oak Bluffs ( the long way, not the nice way. oops). If you get off the beaten path on MV it’s nothing special- just highly trafficked roads with the usual suspects. Some places not even sidewalks. It was a learning experience. Made it to Oaks Bluff, browsed a few shops. Walked one of the beaches, listened to a dude play guitar on the corner. Cooled off at the Ferry ticket center. Enjoyed the atmosphere. There’s nice sized fish under the ferry pier- maybe good fishing, if they don’t ban it. You could see them hanging out as you walk on to the ferry. Px88 Looks like I got in and out of Cape Cod just on time- before the 4th of July rush - as I’m heading out I notice long lines of traffic going in, backed up for miles. Spohr Gardens was a nice respite for a little while with free parking and free admission- simply a rustic botanic garden on Oyster pond, but nice enough- including shade inland half way between Buzzard’s Bay and Vineyard Sound. Most of the beaches around here are “resident only” and/or prohibitive parking prices ($30 to 50) . And I noticed a little south of here is Block Island (“named after Dutch explorer Adriaen Block”. I received a Block Island postcard from a gal named Stacy who I briefly met at some Calvin gathering years ago. I didn’t really know the significance of it at the time. It’s another “hip destination” like Martha’s Vineyard, or Nantucket (48 miles sq “The name Nantucket is derived from an Algonquian word that likely means "faraway land" or "island"”) etc. Block Island (10 miles sq) is closer to New York’s Long Island, and smaller than MV (100 miles sq). Instead of paying for a ferry to Block Island I will drive Long Island out to the Hamptons (coming up). Here’s the Coonamessett River . Here’s a Bad Martha restaurant or brewery ( “Bad Martha is a mermaid character in a legend associated with Bad Martha Farmer's Brewery, which makes craft beers. The legend goes that in 1602, 17th century explorer Bartholomew Gosnold was searching for ingredients to brew ale for his crew when his ship ran aground on Martha's Vineyard. Gosnold fell asleep on the beach and was awakened by the mermaid, who lured him to a field of grapes. Gosnold used the grapes as a secret ingredient in his ale and named it "Bad Martha" after the mermaid. Today, Bad Martha Brewery still uses wild grape leaves hand-picked on Martha's Vineyard in its beer.” Now City of Waquoit 409 & Mashpee . Here’s Barnstable MA 424 & HS 441. City of Hyannis 444 & Kennedy Museum (angry honker) 450 & memorial. Px89 Now at Kalmus Beach in Barnstable - nice relaxing public beach with free parking- feels like a miracle to find such a place, just down the road from the Kennedy Memorial. Took a nice swim here and laid in the sun for a little while. Wednesday July 3 2024 a little health scare upon waking up this morning. Wow. never experienced such a thing before. But I’m ok. Thank you God. learned a lesson. TYL. And if not for the health scare I would have left town earlier. Instead I dropped in at the 8am mass at the closest Catholic church in Hyannis- St Xavier. Turns out this is the so-called “Kennedy church” where many Kennedy’s attended, including JFK for many years. And Arnold Schwarzenegger married the Kennedy gal here. There’s a sign about it for the tourists out front. But it’s a regular church for real people too. I attended the mass with the regulars. After the mass, I drove around near the area known as the “Kennedy compound” where they all lived for many years, maybe some still do. As I did a turnaround in a tight spot a golf cart appeared behind me, as well as 2 pedestrians. This is on a very low-traffic area - another strange “synchronicity” I frequently experience- like I will be on a backroad with almost no traffic but exactly when I come to a stop sign there will be another car at the exact same time. So you need to do a full stop. These things happen to me so often it’s uncanny. Ask me about the hiking synchronicity I had one time in Palm Desert; among so many others. I have actually started keeping a log of these synchronicities realizing they are a “god thing” - just not sure the meaning of them, yet. Maybe one is to remind me that I am never alone, ever. Px90 I don’t agree with the Kennedy’s politics but I just felt compelled to pray for them as I am in their area (“Presence Prayer”) . City of Centreville Barnstable. X96 670 silver prius with LP x96670 backed out of driveway cutting me off, close call .reported them to license plate reports. City of Sandwich 937. S: Hoxie House , the first private school of higher learning, aka “Sandwich Academy” . Why city named Sandwich? Named after English town - word means “sandy village”. So why is something we eat called a “sandwich”? Answer: “The sandwich is named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an eighteenth-century English aristocrat. It is commonly said that Lord Sandwich, during long sessions of cribbage and other card games at public gambling houses, would order his valet to bring him salt beef between two pieces of toasted bread...” so that he could continue gambling uninterrupted by using utensils etc. Here’s the Sandwich glass museum. And the historic Cape Cod Canal. Sandcatcher Recreation Area, and Town Neck Beach . good EV3 at Wareham MA tramlaw. City of Marion, silvershell beach is a resident only beach 1130, px91 Ned’s Point Lighthouse, nice open parking free but mucky rocky edgewater (private beach adjacent) . I napped here for a while; in the city of Mattapoisett. Is this the seahorse city ? I saw the 38-foot seahorse statue . City of Fair Haven 143, New Bedford traffic (this city is ghetto?) 230; $3.15 Joe’s Gas total $38, guy on motorcycle. City of Fall River 318. New Bedford is one of the most successful commercial fishing areas (“nation’s most valuable”; maybe in the world). City of Swansea 339, ENTER RHODE ISLAND , City of Warren 345, px92 Roger Williams University . City of Bristol. America’s Cup hall of fame here. One of the big boats in front. My struts are banging over the bumps. Need replacement. These east coast roads don’t help. Now in City of Portsmouth RI . Blitheworld Manor closed. Hear My Prayer Lord. Prayers for Portsmouth High School (huge) 426. Over bridge Bristol- Portsmouth. New state = new state of mind. Prayers for 1sters, EK, GR, Bad Axe, Good Axe, Keith, AP: Rhode Island. Px93 enjoyable Hike at Sachuest NWR near Newport RI. There’s beaches here too, but they’re all “resident only” or prohibitive parking fees. But after the hike I found one called “second beach” that is free parking after 6pm- right on time. I took a swim but it was filled with kelp. Not so nice for a private exclusive beach. There were a few locals there. Even a guy with a surfboard, but no waves to surf. Although there were some tiny little breakers that I was able to body surf (sort of). SO I can say I body surfed Rhode Island. The area in general reminds me a bit of Carmel CA. Now in Newport, some amazing mansions here (see https://maps.app.goo.gI/3MWCWuVzPqQCg4BZ8 ) in the Bellevue Historic district. ; also the Tennis Hall of Fame. Nice area. Parking fees in the shopping/entertainment area is outrageous. Moving on. Slept near Narragansett RI, prayed AP: RI all night. Better wakeup in the morning. IT’s 4th of July 2024 ! PrayTHePlates: 1flrs8 , here’s the Narragansett sea wall ; And Point Judith lighthouse 830, prayers for dog walker stare down, huge traffic backup for state park. I got stuck in it despite not intending to go to the state park. Px94 Why are there so many Biblical names here? Including Jerusalem & Galilee . From here there’s a ferry to Block Island. Why the towns near Narragansett Rhode Island have Biblical names including Galilee and Jerusalem, and just as I google it and am reading about Galilee, on the sermon audio the preacher mentions Galilee . This is a good omen. “The village received its name "[I]n 1902, the story goes, Thomas Mann a fisherman from Nova Scotia who had settled here, felt the village that had sprung up with its fishing shacks should be called Galilee, after the fishing village of biblical times. One day, an old timer sat on the docks repairing his nets when a stranger called out to him, "Where am I". The answer was "Galilee". "And what is that?" the stranger asked pointing to the other side of the channel. The old timer thought for a minute, nodded his head and replied, “must be Jerusalem". And so the name of Galilee and Jerusalem have been used since to denote a most picturesque part of Rhode Island."2!” also continue prayers for MV musician. Here’s the city of Charleston Rhode Island, lots of NWR’s around here too. S: Kettle Pond part of the Ninigret Wildlife Refuge . Antiques are very popular on the east coast. I’ve seen long lines for antique shows . Misquamicott State Beach also hugely popular on 4th of July. Long lines to park. I was just passing by and got caught up in another line. Now City of Westerly 951 , old fashioned merry-go-round (carousel see https://maps.app.goo.gI/PGnpcRbnm4vHTgYA7 ); by Watch Hill lighthouse (wasn’t able to see it). Now arriving at City of Stonington at 10:11 am- intending to go to the historic lighthouse but suddenly I’m surrounded by people - they’re staring at me like they’re wondering what I’m doing . It’s the start of their little hometown 4th of July Parade and I’m practically in it. I see a traffic cop (nice young man ) and ask him how to get to the lighthouse. He tells me it’s impossible at the moment- that I may as well park and wait and enjoy the parade. So I do. Front row seats. Not very long. And then they had a reading of the Declaration of Independence in the park. Afterwards everybody was invited to an ice cream social or patriotic music at the episcopal church. How wonderful! And I didn’t feel like a stranger. Nobody stared at me. I was like a fellow American. Nonetheless, I didn’t want to push my luck so I moved onward- made it to the lighthouse which also has a nice little beach (literally very little). Here’s the Nathaniel Palmer house “Nathaniel Brown Palmer (August 8, 1799 — June 21, 1877) was an American seal hunter, explorer, sailing captain, and ship designer. He gave his name to Palmer Land, 200 Antarctica, which he explored in 1820 on his sloop Hero. He was born in Stonington, Connecticut, and was a descendant of Walter Palmer, one of the town's founders.2!” px95 City of Mystic, aquarium open, museum closed. Now at Fort Griswold 1210. Here’s Byle’s Funeral Home, and guess what, and it’s right next to another place with Griswold in its name. This is a synch of some sort. For those who know me. And here’s a Pfizer location (boo, hiss, thumbs down)- big shiny modern place that made billions on covid injections that made things worse. I imprecate Pfizer according to God’s will. Across the bridge over the Thames River (which google maps reads aloud as “Thaymes”, which is correct here, I find out. I thought it would be the same as the London Thames which is pronounced “Tems”, but it’s not “The difference in pronunciation between the River Thames in England and the Thames River in Connecticut is due to their different historical origins and local dialects. The River Thames in England is named after the ancient Celtic word "Tamesas", which evolved over time into the modern pronunciation "tems". This pronunciation has remained the standard in the UK. In contrast, the Thames River in Connecticut was named by early English settlers who were likely influenced by the pronunciation of the English River Thames. However, the local American dialect led to the development of the pronunciation "thaymes" over time, which differs from the British English pronunciation....””). leaving Groton CT, entering New London CT. Now Mitchell College (originally New London Junior College). , and here’s a better Fort than Griswold: Fort Trumbull has a visitors center and a full parking lot. But where are the people. I pulled in intending to go in but I rested for a while, and didn’t notice people going in and out. Why so many cars? Are they all inside? Taking a tour ? not sure. Anyways, I decided to forego the fort this time. Moving on. Here’s Green Harbor Beach - an actual public beach- with 2 lifeguards on a tiny stretch of sand with no waves, and only 2 people on the beach. Camp Harkness . px96 tons of private beaches along the coast here. Seaside sanitarium is now a state park beach. I didn’t see anything that looked like an old sanitarium but I do see it on google maps. I’ve seen some majestic old sanitariums in the USA - not sure why they built them so grandly back in the day- including one standout in west Virginia somewhere (trans-Alleghany), and more recently in Battle Creek MI. “ The Battle Creek Sanitarium was a world-renowned health resort in Battle Creek, Michigan that operated from 1866-1942. It was originally called the Western Health Reform Institute and was an initiative of the Seventh-Day Adventists. In 1876, John Harvey Kellogg became the sanitarium's superintendent and led it to 201 become a destination for the rich and famous to seek health, learn about healthy living, and listen to health lectures. Famous visitors included J.C. Penny and Henry Ford...” the few free beaches here are filled with the mega-poor . mostly Latinos. Nothing for us “middlers”. City of Niantis, E. lyme CT 219 Now Old Saybrook. And here’s the “Flo Gris” - museum named after Florence Griswold and the Old Lyme Art Colony (impressionistic paintings) , and where she lived. It’s closed but the grounds are open so! pull in and walk around. Nobody else there. Nice estate with gardens. Alongside the Lieutenant River. Connecticut doesn’t seem to have much of a collective identity. Somewhat bland. Here’s Westbrook 443, and Clinton 450. Madison Beach - exclusive ? concert ? also did some EV at the tramlaw in Old Saybrook CT. And here’s the Thomas Griswold house 517. So many griswolds. The Thimble Islands are like the Keys - so many big and small, m mostly small, not like real islands, but in some cases just big enough for one house. Most are unoccupied. Apparently they never get any waves here. (approx 100 to 365 thimbles, depending on what’s counted or not; about 23 to 32 are occupied). Kind of like “pocket parks” . wild turkeys in Branford CT, one of them lying down in front of the library. City of East Haven 617 , more thimbles . Crossed over to New Haven. Found a hotel. Listened to the fireworks but couldn’t see them. July 5 2024 Friday 7am St Stanislaus polish church mass, near Yale University. Drove around the campus. 2nd time here. Px98 Here’s the Yale Peabody museum (not to be confused with the peabody-essex museum in Salem where I was a few days ago). - a lot of the Yale architecture looks like a church. Neo-gothic. Yale red lights are as bad as Boston. Yale was named after Elihu Yale. Lots of poverty on the edges of the university area. Rachel attended here for a while. I remember she lived in nearby Milton. Gas $42.41, $3.45 , added t fluid, NGU- never give up. NQ- never quit. Neither my brake lights nor my blinkers are working. What can I do. I checked the bulbs (). And the fuses. Neither burned out. Tramlaw west haven EV3. By the way, I saw a white cat outside the Salem Witch Museum. Ironic. Got some views on YouTube. AP: AmeriSoul. X twitter ex-twitter. City of Milford - that’s it, Milford, not Milton- this is where Rachel lived when she was going to Yale. Stratford 930. Tongue-point lighthouse in Bridgeport. Jennings Beach $40 parking. City of Fairfield 1015, City of Southport also nice. But permit only parking 1037 Burying Hill Beach also clean and nice with lifeguards (not that lifeguards matter to me but for families I suppose); nice security guard- let me drive in and take a pic rather than pay the high fee. He laughed when I said “I’m from CA all our beaches are free. What do you gotta be a millionaire to go to the beach here?” p 100 Sherwood island SP no fee 1042 , and calf pasture beach, mostly resident- only parking . Saw a Norwalk cop pull over a city worker for speeding. City of Norwalk CT, now City of Stamford CT. skipped hwy 1 for a while- too much red. Now Long Island ! ENTER NY. AP:NY NY. New Rochelle, and the Bronx ! now Queens, traffic 1241. P 101, here’s Islip where my Chaminade roommate Ron foo was from. Long Island 1 main interstate, Fire Island National Seashore, all the usual 28th street stuff here in Long Island, Suffolk County, praying, now the Hamptons, lots of sonitals here. Huge traffic jam entering the Hamptons. Had to change routes, took side roads, Bridgehampton very busy traffic. AP: Hamptons, and now Sagg Road to Sag Harbor. Moody Blues all day 4th of July. px102 Lost at Sea Memorial Pike , towards Sag Harbor . City of East Hampton. Here’s Cedar Point County Park including “glamping” . but lots of mosquitos. Short walk and I’ve been eaten alive. Itch scratch. Why swimming prohibited ? Mostly Latinos here. Maidstone beach 4pm, mostly permit parking , maybe a few public spots. 103 Now at “main beach” central Hamptons- , with real waves. Free 15-minute parking and I took advantage of every second of it. Enjoyed body surfing the Hamptons! The lifeguards watched me with concern because I went out further than anybody else. They don’t know that this is child’s play compared to some of the pacific coast waves; but still, they were the best waves I’ve ever experienced on the east coast so far. Here’s Georgica Beach still in the Hamptons- looks private. Field full of deer grazing & lounging, not a care in the world. I guess there’s no hunting around here. Or is there ? City of Wainscott 513 . Now passing the W6lffer Estate Vineyard: everybody carrying their own beach chairs for some event. Maybe something musical. City of Tuckahoe 550 normal. Px104 City of Patchoque 630, City of Babylon 706 Nassau County; Jones Beach SP: $50 admission fee (per car or person ?) ; but other reviews say it’s only $8 or $10 to park. Maybe $50 refers to the average ticket price for concerts here. Nice looking concert venue on google maps. Didn’t see it from the road. There’s a tower here also called the “Pencil Tower” built in 1930. Looks like you can watch their air show from here as well. That would be fun. They also have a gigantic swimming pool (without a deep end? Looks like everybody’s wading about waist high.) Now City of Freeport 722; and City of Baldwin 726 ; Saturday July 6 2024 $44.24 gas, $3.23 cash; plus $3.37 credit combination; should have saved my cash. IT’s muggy as a mug here. $3.32 average . only saved $4. Better than nothing. But wasted time inside behind a lotto ticket buyer? Its seems inevitable that when I rarely go inside to pay at a gas station that the person in front of me will be buying or redeeming lotto tickets. Remember Rockville Center - good “normal” area near NYC. now thunder. Rain, more rumble. 2 kids (gals age 17,18) drown at the beach near here last night (at Coney Island, 203 Brooklyn) - they went out during or after the rain when no lifeguards on duty around 8pm . And 2 weeks ago two male teens drown in queens. My guess is that this is mostly due to kids overestimating their ability to swim. They may not actually know how to swim at all in some cases. They only know how to jump around in the waves, but if they get in trouble, it’s quickly over for them if nobody’s there to help. I’ve actually had to rescue two men (both Latinos) in rivers near Reno NV. Now in City of Oceanside NY 748am, now Island park , now Long Beach. These are not idyllic beaches. Neptune Beach, Ocean Beach, Tennessee Ave. Beach, E. Atlantic Beach, Rockaway Beach (where the 2 males drown); Reynolds Channel. Px106 $4 toll to get off the beach at the southern end. Mini-miracle, I saved exactly $4 cash - didn’t use it for gas. TYL. Sea Girl Blvd? No, Sea Girt , City of Ocean Park, City of The Rockaways; lucked out with bad weather actually- not packed. AP: NYC, in general this is Atlantic Beach, lots of huge ugly buildings (not to be confused with the casino town of Atlantic City NJ); Lana Del Rey apartment song- catchy tune. And here’s JFK airport. Highway 27 pow/mia. Here’s aqueduct race track . I know the name from watching races (not gambling) at Del Mar etc (they simulcast other races). Horrific roads. My struts are shot. Now in Brooklyn 850. Intentionally taking the long way to get a feel for Brooklyn. One of the highest-density cities (2nd most USA after Manhattan). And here’s Coney Island. I walked around here once many years ago. Do they have a minor league team ? Brooklyn is also highly Jewish- I see some walking around right now - with their big hats. IT’s Saturday- their Sabbath day. “The shtreimel is a fur hat worn by some Ashkenazi Jewish men, especially Hasidic Jews, on holidays, Shabbat, and other special occasions” Lots of red light cameras here too. Hope I didn’t get a ticket. A few close calls. Prospect park. Brooklyn Bridge is the coolest of the NYC bridges- allows pedestrians too. Some lefty white female gave me the meanest stare down as I drove by. Gov island ferry building (battery maritime building) , and then I accidentally went thru the Brooklyn battery tunnel - which will cost me $12 toll (by mail). Trying to get to the statue of liberty vista point. Illinois jer, AP: NYC, Manhattan, Bronx. Greenwich Village 1140, famous Washington park square, there’s the “Otte Store” Dutch name. I had some Ottes in my class in GR. Here’s the Whitney Museum , and the Ganzevoort Peninsula (another Dutch name) . And a gigantic synch : A giant Jesus on the billboard in front of me, just like the Jesus I have on my windshield! Wow 12:15 at 40th & 8th , plus Moody Blues. Took break at Weehawken playground across from NYC skyline & Lincoln Tunnel (which I used to exit Manhattan this time; no toll as far as I know). Directly across from Hell’s Kitchen. Lots of theories why it’s called that. I left my door open for a little while and a Mexican in a security car made a fuss about it despite there being no traffic, not impeding anybody. 92.7fm nice Christian radio. Px110 now at Walmart in N Bergen NJ- EV3, City of Fairview 342, “texting gap” is a new phenomenon.- if you ever notice a car leaving a huge gap in front of it at a traffic signal, almost always it is because they are texting. City of Ridgefield 346, City of Paterson NJ - near where Engelhards live (Hawthorne) - this is a Christian Reformed area- including their big high school Eastern Christian which I finally found and drove around (426). Nice facility. There’s also the Dutch communities of Wyckof & North Haledon. Paterson is a rough area and ironically includes a national park waterfall in the middle of it (“Great Falls”). It’s actually quite a nice waterfall but it is smack dab in the middle of the ghetto more or less. And pulling in to the one-way parking loop, it was mostly full. But then I saw one remaining empty spot- and suddenly a guy from India came speeding in the wrong way and stole the spot. I honked and yelled and he didn’t care. IT was the most hard-headed thing I’d seen in quite a while. People don’t do that anymore- not usually. Pretty sickening. Thought about getting out and giving hima piece of my mind but I knew how it could make things worse. I decided instead to say an “imprecatory prayer” and leave justice up to God. I know that somehow this will work out for my good and his detriment. Not sure how. But it will. Just try to let the momentary anger dissolve. Moving on, I found a spot in a different parking lot and walked to the waterfalls, not a long walk. Onward now in City of Morris Town; now Harding NJ; George Washington revolutionary war headquarters is near here “Dey Mansion “ (Wayne NJ). There’s also several other Washington “headquarters” ( see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Washington%27s Headquarters during the R evolutionary War ). There’s also Jockey Hollow near here (used by continental army for winter camp). Now passing Great Swamp NWR. City of Phillipsburg 742, pause 111 St Philip & James cemetery exit 16 at 854 , px112 sign for poconoTelevision.com , Moravian University has ties to the Bohemian Reformation, even preceding the protestant reformation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian_ Reformation , grandpa joe’s is a candy shop known for their “$5 candy buffet”. City of Bethlehem PA famous for their steel “once the second-largest steel producer in the United States. The company was a major influence during the Industrial Revolution and helped build many of the country's most notable landmarks, including the Golden Gate Bridge, Empire State Building, and Chrysler Building. Bethlehem Steel also produced steel for the U.S. Navy during World War I and World War II, which helped the Allies win both conflicts.” TonyPerkins.com -political channel. Clty of Fogelsville, Samuel Adams Brewery, s: Kutztown University (Krumsville) PA public university. Crystal Cave is near here. City of Hamburg 839. City of Shartlesville 844, slept 30 miles east of Hershey PA, been to Hershey before - took the factory tour. Now I’m passing thru on the way to Gettysburg! Px113 Sunday July 7 2024 s: Cornwall iron furnace “The furnace was a leading Pennsylvania iron producer from 1742 until it was shut down in 1883. ” Another extreme heat day. Now in Hershey, there’s the amusement park, made of chocolate. S: Indian Echo Caverns , s: Messiah University, City of Mechanicsburg PA 8a, Clty of Dillsburg 807, City of Harrisburg has an impressive train trestle. Now at Gettysburg Visitor Center 915a condescending entry where they ask people (ie white males) if they have a “jackknife”. Now driving thru the park- it’s big- lots to see; here’s the famous “Little Round Top” and the “Devil’s Den” , Culp’s Hill, AP: Gettysburg; px114 Sach’s Covered Bridge 1010, Eisenhower Farm (Ike had nothing to do with Civil War obviously but he took such an interest in it, he bought a farm in the area, and used it as a retreat and met with world leaders here. And after his presidency, they lived here. ENTER MARYLAND, here’s St. Mary’s University & shrine - fair amount of people here praying. City of Thurmond, MD, gas $3.29 1122am S: Catoctin Furnace historic trail, Cunningham Falls says closed on maps, but the gate looked open as I drove by. S: Utica Park covered bridge; s: C&O Canal, City of Frederick , I see kayaks on the Potomac River. Now ENTERING W. VIRGINIA over Potomac; now at the famous Harper’s Ferry. Last time I passed thru here it was shut down for covid. Now I see some of the area better, even though I decide not to pay for the NP entry- intent on getting to Shenandoah NP. Took the time to drive around. Morgan’s Ford boat landing - seemed to be a swimming hole at the moment. Also near here is Skyline Caverns and Christendom College (catholic). Now entering Shenandoah NP 140p (paid fee); sign says “no fishing” at the entry gate. I ask the ranger why? He says the water is too low. Dickey Ridge VC . And now begins a ton of “overlooks” (OL) , -which are basically pullouts for vehicles to look down on the valley below. IT’s no.t like an awesome Grand Canyon, just gentle hills with trees. Nice but not awe inspiring. The drive is nice and relaxing, not too busy. Here’s Compton Gap. Now Indian River OL 232, and Jenkins Gap 237, Hog Wallow Flat 240, Brownstone Valley 242, Gravel Springs Gap 246, Gimlet Ridge OL 248, Mt Marshall OL 249, Little Hogback OL 251, Lil Devil Staircase OL 252,another hogback OL 254, Matthew arm campground 256, rattlesnake point OL , Elk Wallow wayside 258, Beahms Gap OL, Passant OL 309, Thornton Gap Panorama 314, It’s only 80 miles from here to DC; tunnel parking OL 317, Hazel Mt OL 320, Pinnacles OL 324, Stony Man Mt OL 330, Hikers at Hemlock Springs OL 339, Thorofare Mountain Overlook 336, Skyland Cabins Conference Center amphitheater is a rustic national park venue for maybe 20 to 30 people. Skyline drive is 180 miles long. Made it to dark hollow falls trail - the one trail that is a reasonable hour hike to a waterfall. Just to clarify the right direction I asked a gal who just finished if this was the right way. SHe was huffing & puffing & acting strange, and ended up saying “You’re asking the wrong person..” and then “Good luck finding it” — apparently trying to act ominous or mysterious. But she just came off as goofy & weird. Moving on. I easily found the way and the waterfall. Lots of hikers both directions. The waterfall was okay, nothing great. The hike was not too difficult but it was so muggy and warm you work up a good sweat. A couple of Jewish guys in full clothing and hats were at the trailhead as I finished and asked me about it. I answered them better than the weird gal answered me. But I think they’d be better off wearing shorts . Can’t Jews wear shorts ? Now Timber Hollow overlook 345, Hawksbill Trailhead (lots of cars) apparently the highest peak in Shenandoah, Old ragview OL 352, Spitler knoll OL , Franklin’s Cliff OL 358, px118 Milan Gap 527, (big?) Meadows Visitor Center & Lodge, Naked Creek OL 529, Hazeltop Ridge OL, The Point OL 533, AP: Shenandoah , Bear Fence Mt Area, Lewis Mt Camp 533, The Oaks OL 538, bald face mt OL 542, Hensley Hollow OL 548, Swift Run OL 557, Bacon Hollow 6p, Eaton Hollow OL 602, Rocky Mt OL 603, Beldor Hollow OL 605, Loft MT OL 608, Pinefield Gap, Brown Mt OL 613, Rocky Top OL 615, Loft Mt Campground 523, Doyles River OL 631, Horsehead OL 641, RipRap Trail 645, Moorman’s River overlook, Wildcat Ridge 549, Turk Gap OL 653, Sawmill Run OL, Calf Mt OL, McCormick Gap OL 606, slept in Waynesboro VA, px120 Officer Chris Devito cit#744468AC Billerica MA, 1253p (issued on 7.1.24), I have until the 20th to pay $40 fine 857-368-8000 , might as well pay it now. No fees ?! unbelievable. I was expecting the usual jacked up fees that would raise it from $40 to $140. But no. Simply $40. That’s like a miracle. Well. I did pray “$40 only” for several days in advance. Maybe prayer works ? Keep going. Thank You Lord. a new day ! Monday July 8, 2024 gas for $3.25 in Waynesboro 7am, EV2 at Walmart, blue ridge parkway- continue south- this is like an extension of skyline drive in Shenandoah np, many more overlooks. My calves are still sore. There’s lots of songs about the Blueridge mountains. Now I can see them in my mind, and at the moment, see them right in front of me, and all around me. Now doing Humpback Rock hike. That was a nice 2-mile roundtrip hike- steep up, but not too far. Nice views. Here’s the Love Gap 952, took a detour to go see Sherando Lake but it turned out to be a fee area with a lady standing guard at the entrance to make sure everybody pays. I turned around. Not worth it. The nice thing about this drive is that there’s not many, if any, commercial vehicles, or people ina hurry to get to work, etc. Nobody’s tailgating because everybody is just enjoying the drive and the views. Very relaxing environment. Here’s White Rock Gap, and Bald Mt. Chimney Rock OL1118, Buena Vista OL 1119, Licklog Springs Gap 1123, px122 House Mt OL, 1124, Robinson Gap 1127, Punch Bowl Mt 1128, Bluff Mt OL 1130, Rice Mt OL 1131, Dancing Creek 1135, “Drink the water & thirst no more” , Upper Otter Creek 1137 (waded), The Riffles 1140, Otter Lake (stagnant) & waterfall, & James River (slow water), Petites Gap 1213, Terrapin Mt 1216, Thunder Ridge 1221, Arnold Valley OL, Sunset Field & Apple Orchard Falls Trailhead, Onion MT OL 123, Head Foremost MIT OL 1235, You get giddy after a while, Flat Top Trail & Peaks, Otter OL 1237, 2 crows pickin on a dead snake, Porter MT OL 1251, Bear Wallow Gap 1253, Mills Gap 1256, Purgatory OL 1256, Walmart Roanoke VA EV3 2-3pm, Roanoke is a bl & lefty city in general, feels infested with D. hi-crime rates px124 prayer for employee named James at Fed Ex office, 3-4p AP: Virginia, and the FF’s Fex Figs, s: Dixie Caverns looks like a cool cave experience. PTN: why did a Parkinson specialist visit the white house numerous times ? City of Christianburg VA, now Wytheville VA Walmart EV3, PF Oak Point Elementary 721, Chilhowie & Saltville VA 727, near the Virginia creeper national trail (34-miles ). City of Abingdon VA , ENTER TN 8pm Crockett tavern historic site- was owned by Davy Crockett’s parents & his boyhood home. Andrew Johnson Library near here too, at Tusculum University (Tenn’s first university). Slept in Newport TN, Tuesday July 9 2024 ENTER SMOKY MOUNTAINS before sunrise for Alum Cave hike. On the way in I see a baby coyote alongside the road (or was it a red fox ?). The hike is 4miles RT, 2 hours, 1000 feet elevation; decent hike. Highly popular. Parking full when I return. Decided not to go past the bluffs- want to spend time in the rest of the park (ist time here). Checked my fluids at overlook spot. Took rest. Nice fella. Storm coming ? This is also a continuation of the Appalachian Trail. Here’s the Newfound Gap. px126 Now at Clingman’s Dome- 1 mile very steep hike to a lookout point- also popular, 1157, plus excellent EV’s. & prayed FCL. AP: Smokeys . 130 swim in creek near Alum trail , refreshing. One prob with Smokey NP is too many local rednecks driving jacked-up pickup trucks. Just driving around being annoying since there’s no entrance fee. Only a $5 parking fee. So if you just drive around the whole time, it’s free. Imprec Prayer. Here’s the Chimneys Picnic area. Visitor center 2p, Laurel Falls 226 hi popular, Elkmont Creek , report Camp Tipton bus driver for bad behavior. Metcalf Bottoms Tow truck, nice creek people wading, Little Greenbrier School , possible cliff jump area 256 (aka as “The Sinks”) , nap 330, Cades Cove Loop disappointing- plus long backup for people who were overly excited about seeing wild turkeys. It’s a one-way loop so they stopped to take numerous pics making everybody wait- long backup . s: John Oliver Cabin. Px128 primitive Baptist church 4p 1827 wow, also “methodist church” & another church, AP: Smokes, Ameri-Soul, Ameri-Save, Ameri-Trump, twilabd, evigrof, px129 s: Elijah Oliver place ; Abrams Falls TH. Lawson house, Tremont Institute 520, smokey mountain heritage center 533, pause 129 TUckaleechee Caverns near here; Davy Crockett Stables, City of Townsend, What happened to me inside the NP ? WHy did I forget about Icadooh ? spiritual warfare ? px130 Tons of swim holes, prayers for Heritage MS 555, gas in Marysville TN $36.78 11g, $3.09, poured rain for 10 minutes despite sun shining, no rainbow, 615, EV3 at Walmart Alcoa TN, City of Alcoa, Clinch River 827, frozen head SP, Tennessee highway cop pulling truck rubber off road in front of me. I pulled off next exit deciding to take the side roads. And then there he was also. Getting gas. Not interested in me. BAW, Wednesday July 10 2024 donated blood in Mt Joliet TN; then I did a clean out at the Walmart next door 10am, Percy Priest 1108 spent several hours at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and lost my car keys somewhere there- started to pray and retraced my steps and the first person I asked (one of the employee gardeners) had them in his pocket. Somebody had found them and gave them to him. A mini-Miracle ! I think the key was that my first instinct was to pray, not panic. 4pm, px132 onward, just outside Cheekwood is a golf course and a park (Percy warner ) with some long steps . looks historic. This is the prestigious Belle Meade neighborhood” and there’s a house at 1769 Chickering road that caught my eye (actually in Forest Hills) - looked it up- they call it the “small house” and is very unique architecture. Go ahead and google it on maps. Now in City of Franklin, eastern flank battlefield (civil war); Spring Hill TN (EV3 at Walmart); S: Rippavilla plantation (1855); also a mule museum ? (“ Early Farm ... mule-drawn equipment ”). Columbia TN Gas for $2.99, $32.02 10.6g, slept in Hardin TN, near Shiloh , Tenn River, Thursday July 11 2024 made it to Shiloh battlefield - which was the bloodiest (most casualties) of the Civil War up until that point with about 24,000 killed (2 days); other subsequent battles were worse (including Antietam which killed 23,000 in one day) until Gettysburg which was the bloodiest of all with over 51,000 killed (3 days). Confederate general Johnston was killed here in Shiloh, demoralizing the southern army: “Albert Sidney Johnston, a Confederate general and commander at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, was likely shot and killed by a fellow Confederate soldier while trying to rally his troops. Johnston was riding his horse, "Fire-eater", when he was struck in the right knee by a Minie ball during a charge on April 6, 1862. The bullet cut a major artery, and Johnston died from blood loss a few minutes later before receiving medical attention. Some speculate that nerve damage from an old dueling wound prevented Johnston from realizing the severity of his injury until it was 209 too late. Johnston is the highest-ranking American military officer to ever be killed in action” I drove through most of it and walked the area near Bell’s Farm. wild turkeys here too 845am . Leaving Shiloh I just happened upon Pickwick State Park where they were having a NFPL event (National Prof Fishing League). I drove up an hour before “blastoff” where they send out all the bass boats simultaneously. I stuck around and watched the festivities, also cast my line a few times myself. Nice to see them take a moment for prayer at the start. Something stinks near National Packaging Corp of America. City of Michie 1103 px134 ENTERING MISSISSIPPI : 11:10 EV3 at Walmart in Corinth MS @W . $2.79 gas at Murphys wow ! Finally found the Corinth Civil War interpretive center 101pm, it’s open but nobody there because the road work has made it so difficult to get to. Dixon Museum & garden, I created a leaf blower documentary. Memphis botanic across the street. Px135 Epiphany the BoKo family- that was a major synch ! they thought we were a bunch of local hicks, when it’s them who are- despite their dad being in the army in various places. Donated blood again, *& EV success. Southern gal nice. Roads so terrible here. The spirit seemed to nudge me out of Memphis - skipping zoo & art museum. ENTERING ARKANSAS over Mississippi river (where I fished last time); px136 w. Memphis EV3 City of Hughes 1213 back roads Arkansas, St Francis River, Cow Bayou 1227, City of Marianna 1238, City of Barton 1258 AR, now at Louisiana Purchase state park (in Arkansas; all alone (never alone), in the swamp is a boardwalk to a plaque that talks about it. 130p yellow Thoth hat from Mardi gras. White river & NWR, AP: Arkansas, HMPL, Humnoke AR & Allport 305, England AR 320 2 cops, City of Scott 338, north Little Rock 339, Willow Beach Lake & Dam, Arkansas River, David Terry access, not much to see here. 354, Little Rock Museum of Fine arts, nice lounge area, The Old Mill & nearby. City of Keo Ar 328, City of Scott 338, N. Little Rock 339, Lil Rock Nat Cem 415, Saturday July 13 2024 , slept near Oaklawn Race Track (heat exhaustion), City of Hot Springs, onward mountain loop, Bill Clinton childhood home, observation tower, water refill (always sketchy people at these places); s: rehab building (old army building used for therapy), cool NPS visitor center, old tubs, electric devices, gangster museum, kid on guitar, ranger tour, EV3 at Walmart Hot Springs & family cards; now north to Ozarks- so hot ! pulled pork , cherry juice, City of Dardenelle AR, Russellville AR 111, City of London AR 123, City of Lamar 123, City of Red Lick AR 153, City of Ozone AR 206, City of Salus 217, Glory Hole waterfall - looks very cool- but it’s dry right now. Nice hike anyways. Px140 Boxley historic & Buffalo River , pf special wfall 210 fam, City of Kingston AR coolest town square, like a Hollywood movie set, not a single soul around, like high noon. Why are Arkansas rivers & creeks so low on water ? City of Huntsville AR 449 (549est), blue springs boat ramp , kids swimming at war eagle creek - apparently a good float river EV2 at Springdale Arkansas. I was somewhere between Springdale & Huntsville AR (maybe near Blue Springs Village) when the Trump assassination attempt happened (611pm) (almost exactly 1000 miles from where I was). (but didn’t know about it until a few hours later. I was praying around that time for “farmers, firsters (police etc ie first responders), millies (mentally ill), & pollies (politicians) 728/828 Px141 lots of ills (illies) in Springdale seems like. Now TontiTown 638cst (which is 738 EST), City of Siloam Springs, ills imprec Mev J. PF Leach Public schools AR 730, px142 paradox: the fastest way there is not always the fastest way. Has tt2 caved ? slept 1 hour east of Tulsa Oklahoma Sunday July 14 2024 Grand River Choteau Creek 722 , PTN: 2 people in critical from Trump assassination attempt, 1 dead; plus Trump’s superficial injuries to his ear. Tulsa Zoo $17 , chimps off exhibit but making loud noises, like they’re fighting or something. Captured the audio. Lion making big roar. P 143 the ticket fee on google maps for Tulsa zoo was wrong. City of Sapulka 1215, emergency prayer AP: Oklahoma, Trump, victims, Trump turned head, miraculously, at the precise milli- second that the bullet passed by- if he hadn’t turned his head he would be dead. City of Cushing 1p, Cimarron River LL Cinnamon, Langston Univ 133, px143 made it from Tulsa to OK City zoo (2nd time at this zoo ); so hot, eXtreme heat-, went over to the horse track casino across the street to cool off after the zoo - free admission- just watch simulcast racing for a while 5-6pm, EV3 at Walmart OK City which is more of a bl city than I realized, All day prayed Ameri-Trump, all day at both zoos, Clty of Yukon OK 745, slept in Elk City. Monday July 15 2024 enter TEXAS 520 am, City of Wheeler 557, City of Mobeetie TX 611, City of Pampa 643, City of White Deer 707, City of Amarillo (D-poss city, icadooh, and Imprec prayer) 959am. at big Texan white freak in red pickup AH: YSFPAH, imprecatory. People like them ruin America . The bug ranch is anew version of the Cadillac ranch (vw bugs buried in a similar way to Cadillac ranch down the road). Murphy USA $2.83 gas, $45.28, 10:12 am pf homeless. P 146 EV3 Amarillo Walmart (wh. Guy tag 47 @®) & chili salad , also imprec re Bix Tex & Tram white (co-dep personalities in TX) , pf Milly, Sicky, Eldy, Holly, polly, AP: Tex, & Tex Deprec. TX prayer-athon, millies hollies Tex Imprec, E-knights, Bad Axe, Sibs, KMBD (KBD), A-Trump , mijNil, casting ABC, J13, Trump, J6, the J13 miracle, ENTER NEW MEX, City of San Jon NM 112, City of Tucumcari 132, mss-V engine running hot, blue hole closed, swam at park lake, also power dam the water is so clear & clean but what ? ; px148 pf Milly mollie mssv new mex pallies sickies eldies , bongino repent AP:Trump, mss-v mijnil, Laguna del Perro (sign says “largest salt lake” ? can’t be larger than great salt lake) maybe it was the largest at one time in history like the Pleistocene Era). almost did a stupid oops- distracted driving- admonishing myself. Now on Salt Missions Trail. Px149 keeping an eye on my heat gauge- it usually doesn’t go over the half mark but now it’s been edging up a bit. I’m driving with the heat on periodically to try to help cool it off. N ow stabilizing. Sat under the waterfall at Power Dam. Here’s the City of Chilili NM 535. Why are people blinking lights at me ? that’s the 4th one now. Aha! There’s a cop trap up ahead. Thanks. Bugs me to see sO many cops across America spending more time writing nitpick tickets in the rural suburbs where there’s little trouble, and where they know most people are responsible folk who pay such citations; instead of these cops doing what they can do to improve the inner city. It must be nicer cruising around in the suburbs all day too. The cops concentrate on the “responsible zones” because it pays off. p 150 ABX gas $2.98 $42.05 pf holly polly milly pilly Tex mex Ameri Prayer night drive 1122, Thank You God for saving Trump. City of Acomita 1134 El Malpais also near here (natl monument). Took nap 3 hours east of flagstaff . Tuesday July 16 2024 5am, before the heat hit - thought I heard strange noises but it was a train on tracks slightly behind me running parallel about the same speed- in my blind spot. Fire Rock Casino- Navajo nation. Clty of Gallup Rehoboth 520, PTN: Trump at RNC, JD Vance (vp running mate) , “God is in control” fg by Twila Paris . Nice rest stop called “meteor rest area” , cool rock formations. Plus free water refill. ENTER AZ 630 Homolovi ruins near here (Hopi Indians). Px152 meteor crater site but $20 ? really? Song swap: Sdnot wasting away again in Margaritaville, but Praying today again in America Jd, EV3 Flagstaff AZ- found check on ground, pf homeless. Lord help me survive this last leg please, eXtreme heat &. Pf mijnil USA, mss-V running rough. PTN: Jack Smith case dismissed (4 !pf kindness lady 1138 near Kingman AZ, EV3 at Walmart but I left my groceries and walked out- too busy. Awkward environment. THey “othered” me. Imprec prayer for Kingman Walmart. Now in Oatman - lots of mules wandering today. Some came up to my window and I gave them slices of apple. Why don’t people smile anymore? Px154 Now Needles to Blythe 96 miles still eXtreme heat, only 14m to Lake Havasu but not today. AP:AZ, Chemehuevi Indians. AP: TexMex, Trump family, mijnil, EK, Rach, cool down in Colo River, 4pm. Refreshing Colo river, “heaven is the Colo river in the middle of a hot summer” . Soaked again in Colo River near the border check, WHy do hornets drift on the river ? Yellowjackets kept drifting towards me- not aggressive, then they fly away. GRAND RETURN MIDNIGHT , office 212 pickup. Wednesday July 17 2024 first day back , resume scanning: 1) mariners, 2) balboa, 3) CDM, 4) main; 5) swim; 6) nap, exhaustion. Thurs July 18 2024 , 630 OLQA, 830 Seton, px156 730 ralphs, Scan all day NBPL, short swim- high wave swells- lots of kelp & sea grass on beach, no visibility; Friday July 19 2024 OLQA 630, prayer lady back, PTN Trump accepts nomination, pf Top 10. 7/20/24 scan, dictation, swim, harvest crusade (Dennis Quaid, new singer from new zealand, outfield seat, EV3 at angel stadium ! long lines because one night only- full house, not a single empty seat. AP: revival! Gas $55 7/21/24 9am swim cdm to little cdm, peppers& garbanzo sandwich, protein bar #2 , sunny blue start of day for first time this week; 12 noon at NBPL; synchronicity: I’m looking up “Why the towns near Narragansett Rhode Island have Biblical names including Galilee and Jerusalem, and just as I google it and am reading about Galilee, on the sermon audio the preacher mentions Galilee . This is a good omen. Biden announces he will not run again for president. So we got a whole new ball game in the presidential race. Throw out all the old polls 7/22/24 PF nice sherry at bio mat blood; re-started as new donor - their rates are getting Xtremely low- only $110 for x2; so much competition now. THey didn’t even give me a new donor bonus even though I’m restarting as a new donor. Cheapskates. Are the suits taking salary cuts ? Doubtful. And then the kid made a mistake with my protein sample. THey had to do it twice , so now I have both arms wrapped. I was gracious the whole time. The kid disappeared. Back at NBPL same B lady same area exit quickly. Imprec Prayer for B lady, also FCL conversion hope. Watched the secret service congressional hearing- no new answers; lots of calls for her (Cheatle) to resign.. Nice Chris is on duty today at NBPL. Ordered new strut mounts for $60. Ebay. 7/23/24 left email note for jimLin re UPS package 1053 am, transmission fluid was very low. Added a little. Keep eye on it. suspicious creepy car next to me so I changed locations. Now inside NBPL. Changed Biden fail to Dem Fail for next print. and added emojis. 1-2pm swim at CDM water calmer & a little more clear went to little CDM & back, added more T fluid, returned to NBPL, continue dictation. 7/24/24 830am donate blood (2nd time this week; ok, and Pd’F blood workers, icadooh, BAW, casting ABC, FCL, didn’t L & B, ; after blood, life rally Tustin, usual spot, elderly Walt was out there to, nice fella. lcadooh & imprec PP (first time). My vehicle continues to rumble. PF mss-v , hopefully it’s just the struts, but maybe rear bearings too? Thursday July 25 2024 OLQA 630, ralphs 8 Ibotta fail; PTN: Cheadle resigns as director of the secret service after assassination fiasco; Wray testifying to congress- glib as usual. Friday July 26 2024 830 OLQA prayer, 9-11 NBPL photo ministry prep, 1130 swim ; Sat July 27 2024 8am pirates cove baptism - mean gruff boss guy in wheelchair; harvest crusade leader Greg Laurie doing mass baptism event where it all started (see Jesus Revolution); prayers for NBNB: Newport Beach New Believers ! px158 solid page of prayer for NBNB (see book) ; 7.27 cont. NB, reviewing Woodstock footage - we were living on Long Island the summer of Woodstock; prayers for gruffy; HMPL for Ray at mss--V; Janis Joplin died age 27 overdose near Hollywood & Highland (where I watch the Xmas parade every year; ) Sunday the 28th of July 2024 swim; also see my online logs ; Monday the 29th, pickup at office , didn’t need the strut mounts; got refund; Tuesday the 30th , struts & shocks replaced by Ray in Lomita (actually Harbor City); $180 parts , $340 labor (he changed the price on me ex post facto from $240, adding $100; I didn’t argue because the price was still way 214 below anybody else by several hundred; but I wish he had just more carefully thought about it beforehand) . he’s the kind of guy who makes “estimates” off the top of his head. He doesn’t check the “book” for hours it should take. The places who checked the hours gave estimates of $700 and more, just for labor. Px160 but my main concern was hoping to reach Ray with the gospel good news of Jesus Christ ! p.Ray ! I spent the time waiting at a nearby park praying for ray #p.Ray , now at PVPL Father, forgive them. hey know NOT what they do. 12-5, prayers for the homely ones here. Luke 23:24 Now PTM: Deadpool & Wolverine, disappointing, so crude- apparently Americans don’t care about the crude & lewdness of it, because it’s making millions maybe over a billion at the box office . movie notes: they are digging, for what ? they used the GD word so many times I started counter-acting it with Praise the Lord every time they said it - so if you see PTL, you know what it’s all about. I’m not endorsing their use of the GD word; I am neutralizing it. So here’s PTL #1 , they dig up some bones, use skeleton bones as a weapon, Ryan Reynolds is old stuff in my opinion- worn out. WE need some fresh faces . it’s too loud & violent- boring. Not unique. This movie was written by RR too. P 162, six years later, gross face, PTL, PTL, birthday party, I go by paradox, sacred timeline, p.Ray, and this is what also ticked off Christians: he says “Il am marvel Jesus” 6pm, ; it’s getting worse, PTL, my friend upgrade to disciples” ? so I found the transcript of the whole film online. You can see for yourself how profane it is, as well as arguably blasphemous: https://scrapsfromtheloft.com/movies/deadpool-wolverine-2024-transcript/ The name of “God” is used at least x33. “Jesus” or “Marvel Jesus” is used x8 . I think the transcript wrongly records the number of times they say GD. I seem to recall many more . and above all else they use the F word in one form or another x117. now he says “I’m morally flexible” ; So I often confuse Ryan Reynolds with Ryan Gosling. I think I like Gosling better- he may be more normal, less of a shock jock like Reynolds. They both happen to be Canadian, however. Reynolds is 4 years older born in 1976. Gosling’s family was Mormon & says it was an important influence on his life. Reynolds says he had some Catholicism in his early life. Gosling started out as a Mouseketeer in the Mickey Mouse club “ Fellow cast members included Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake...” .... They make a joke about Mary Lou Retton ? calling somebody “hairy Lou Retton”. Not very nice. Icadooh, icadooh, icadooh ! px164 p.Ray, icadooh. Saber tooth, hellbent.. PTL PTL. there’s the ugly dog- not funny. Have you been checked for adhd ? then he makes a crude joke about std’s. It goes on and on and on.. Px166 they mock the co-exist bumper sticker (I finally agree) (but why isn’t it in the transcript? Oh I guess it was used as a prop, but they didn’t actually say the word) Wesley snipes makes an appearance. PrayTheMoviies: prayers for renewed morality in Hollywood and America. If Americans didn’t pay for tickets, it wouldn’t flourish. The average Americans are endorsing this crap. Sad. tragic. They also use Madonna’s “Like a Prayer “ song which is filled with suggestive double entendre. More banal garbage ,. They keep talking about the timeline and “timeline integrity” . Actor looks like Brent Gates. Naboj icadooh. Get out S. imprec: all those in this film who knowingly & willingly committed blasphemy and extreme profanity and crudeness. Px168 gas combo $4.05 plus $2.99 , saved $9 dropped off package for tt12 . tramlaw, Dave’s killer protein bars $6 Ibotta. CMD swim very clear ! but colder. Feels like an upwelling. New ss director :Rowe. NBPL pf turf man, photo progress, eBay return, breakers prayer. 225/60/17 , Guadalajara $50 , Mexicali none, tire metro, etc los amigos $50, new tires good. Those two mechanics at the Vietnamese place are great ! px170 Friday blood Lakewood, plus Lakewood lib, ralphs seal ice cream=- African fellow hello. Swim sunset, new booties help. Did I pick up ants in my car at sunset beach? Saturday August 3 2024 swim 8am 9am library, all day, sunset/seal. Sunday the 4th 8/4/24 945 another blood donation, ask for Shannon next time. Some of these new phlebotomists are not very good. After blood, dollar tree, picked up some ant traps. Prayers for mss-v , sounds like a new rattle up front after they replaced the struts. Why would that be ? the miracle of prayer. Fixed brake lights - oc Vietnamese place. Good guys. 2 new tires $100 los amigos. Prayers against the ant attack. Julius Caesar July, August Caesar August - that’s out calendar. 216 PTN: Scottie Scheffler Olympic gold golf. He’s a good fella. Djokovic gets gold in tennis. P 172 Coyote sunset beach, skunk olga , prayers for robot at PVL - he’s still there. It’s gross. Redondo beach. Prayers for B gal NBPL, prayers for A-prayer. Bellflower, Jonah & gf were there, alejo, vg’s sissy, p-sis, Engelbert, blood Bernard bf., GRR lIdm, 8.8.24 Malaga & red Mon-wed NBPL swim excellent, best ever Friday 8.9.24 Saturday NBPL, swim Sunday 8.11.24 no swim, blood mistake, still success listening to Wilburys 8.12.24 NBPL, swim 8.13.24 nbpl swim farthest, pf eric & millie. Px174 alexander pagani re generational curses laundry & swim, 8.14.24 paid toll for Brooklyn tunnel (battery tunnel) & Rhode island bridge 8.16.24 Friday Mt Wilson observatory trip with mijnil, also big Tujunga dam, sun valley , the piano, the helicopter, hwy 39 closed, tried to explain synchronicities, 8.17.24 Saturday nbpl swim scan Indian pics, Nixon ford, Jim stuff, Leo peters gr press, px175 HMPL praying & scanning, I did icadooh while driving with mijnil, why did Jim stare until I drove away ? 8.19.24 NBPL, no swim, still recovering from exhaustion. Tuesday 8.20.24 coolant flush- plus discount , only about $100. Hope it helps. 8.21.24 Wednesday blood good, no swim, sway bar links diagnosed at firestone $10, Dinh is a good mechanic, Thursday 8.22.24 cooler today, student mass at olqa . px176 Friday the 23rd longest swim ever. NBPL progress 8.24.24 Saturday, resting body, still workout , dpss completed, need to call, 8.25.24 Sunday blood donation 840, pr reconcile with tt12, 26-28 m-w swim extra clear, swim clear, swim less clear, tugged on fishing line- funny, lobster x3 , abalone x2, leopard shark, night bobber. MAKING progress on Fuller prayer , Wednesday eve office pickup, 8.27.24 blood donation 755am, plus new sway links afterwards- all better ! $100 labor. Then celebration of the unborn on Tustin Ave. 8.30.24 NBPL fuller prayer, no swim, cold recovery, drab 302 ; 8.31.24 no swim again, still recovering. 9.1.24 blood donation, good ! why was Jonah’s gf at the house on Sunday morning ? don’t they go to church ? prob not. Px178 9.2.24 labor day , new illegals at ralphs, one is employed to watch us at the self-checkout. Isn’t that ironic? An illegal is employed by ralphs to make sure us legals don’t do anything illegal. 1 other jerk too “let me just grab this” . huh ? great swim, long ! all day perfect spot parking, guest wan. Thank you. Cut paste, 9.3.24 I’ve delayed departure due to cold recover, and now the heat. But the heat seems to be lingering for days so I just gotta go. Finished Fuller sem prayer update, and several good swims in the hot weather. Friday the 6th of September Holy Spirit said Go, so I did. I stopped in at office and left a note about “When I return we will know who is the next president” ... made it to Bakersfield, sleep to 8am, more gas baker, Xtreme heat. $1 Frosties x2 (lost hills ca) , so good A-Prayer-athon, Here’s Kern River, gas $87, average $3.78 , saved $16 . City of Avenal 1030, HMPL A-prayer, desert heat, px180 start a new blog called “The God Factor” , something on radio about THisIsTreason.com re hunter Biden laptop make it to palo alto Sunday, end Paralympics - I’ve been tracking them a bit -updating on my Olympics site. ; Sunday: monastery good , no suit man ! but then he returned on Monday. MNF: 49ers beat Jets , Monday 9.9.24 Atherton, San Carlos, San Mateo, S. San Fran, good trial run. 9/10/24 gas in redwood: averaged $4.12 ; saved $16. Also EV on the ATM street ! keep it going. The ATM gave me a $100 bill. Strange. I had go to the teller to break it down into 20’s . I thought the default was $20 dollar bills if you don’t specify. Nobody takes $100 dollar bills. Or try not to. Especially small stores etc. U Haul Log: Begin 7/14/23 Also $58 gas in Shoshone WY Thermopolis to Jackson 213 miles Jackson to Idaho Falls 89m $100 gas Idaho Falls to Twin Falls 159m $65.47 Twin Falls to Wells 114m $61.76 Wells to Ely 136m $53.58 Ely to Tonopah 172m $76.81 (independence) Tonopah to Lone Pine 173m Lone Pine to L.A. 200+m, $36 7/17/23 Total $441 gas + $1500 rental Transmission Log: 7/24/23 about 1 new quart exchange 7/25 quart #2 at university library (engine light on) also added Sea foam again. 7/26 quart #4 NB Lib, 7/27 quart #5 7/28 quart #6 NB, 8/2 quart #7 Carson, 8/3 quart #8 8/9 quart # 8.5 Santa ana, 218 8/10 quart #10.5, 8/12 quart #11.5 AmeriPrayer vi. Thanks for viewing 2
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