It is Saturday morning. My morning started with a 7am wake-up call from my favorite mobile car detailer. I watched movies into the wee hour of the morning without consideration to this appointment I set a few days ago. Luckily, Calvin’s wake-up call is as good as his work. His greeting was cheery; without hesitation [...]

Here is a look at the roads I traveled to get back home to California. If you missed it, here are are the roads I traveled to get to Michigan. The entire road trip is archived under Isolated Journey.

It is 5am in Albuquerque, NM.  With 13 hours to go to Los Angeles, this should be my last stay in a $50 motel room for awhile.  Nothing is more comforting than the word home right now. Yesterday was an entirely different adventure. My red sled (red rental car) and I parted ways.  It did [...]

Early to bed, early to rise. I will be going to bed soon, to get up around 2:00 am to hit the road. No matter what route  I select to return to Los Angeles I am going to hit some weather conditions not favorable for driving. I can handle it but I doubt my red [...]

Sitting at the kitchen counter at my parent’s house, I am in the vortex of slow internet, things that need to get done and not enough time to get to everything. My mom’s surgery is tomorrow. My birthday is also tomorrow. We are trying to get a little holiday cheer in before then and keep [...]