Category Archives: Travelogues

Stories On Two Wheels: Part 4

Posted on June 30, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

Having read and reflected on a tiny bit of reason in a world gone mad, it was time to go. I’d drank so many glasses of ice water the coffee shop staff was looking at me funny. I put a … Continue reading →

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Stories On Two Wheels: Part 3

Posted on June 29, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I woke sore. I’d been overheated the day before. I took an ibuprofen and stumbled to the hotel’s breakfast area. (I’d been super lucky to find a bottle of ibuprofen in my saddle bags!) The breakfast area was stocked with … Continue reading →

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Stories On Two Wheels: Part 2

Posted on June 28, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

It had been a hot day. I’d ridden a good six hours in conditions I’d call “jockstrap in Galveston”. I concluded some simple business (I’d hoped to arrive looking reasonably presentable but I showed up looking like a dishrag and … Continue reading →

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Stories On Two Wheels: Part 1

Posted on June 27, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I had to take a long-ish one day trip on short notice. Normally I’d drive my truck but gas costs $5 a gallon in the Bidenverse. (The uncaring finger of fate removed me from the dwindling sanity of 2019 and … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 14: Rection!

Posted on January 31, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

[Today we come to the end of my little story about campsites and sailboats. The trip was peaceful but dragging the storyline over the threshold to live posts was chaos. What you’re reading was (mostly) typed last year, temporarily abandoned, … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 13: Bloggus Interruptus Continues

Posted on January 25, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

I’m almost done! The plumber is coming and I’ve got all the fittings. All I need to do is pull back this rug and… Bleeeaaauuughhhggg. Sigh, I had to buy an old farmhouse didn’t I? Think. Think. Think. Fuck it! … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 12: I Am The Beastmaster

Posted on January 24, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

The next day the sun rose too early for my tastes. On the other hand, I’d be controlling wildlife within the hour. Hunched over the fire, I felt surly. During the day’s unavoidable period of pre-coffee crabbiness, a yuppie shithead … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 11: The Trust Levels Of Society

Posted on January 23, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

As I sailed back to camp I had a discovery of the “Captain Obvious” sort. What had seemed, in the twilight of the day previous, to be a series of shoreline trails and fishing docks, was actually for boats. Duh! … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 10: Ticks And Treats

Posted on January 22, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

[Where was I before events in the winter of 2022 poleaxed the story arc of memories from the spring of 2021? Oh yeah, I was in heaven; snoozing in the sun on a distant shore to which I’d sailed in … Continue reading →

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Spring Sailing 2021: Part 09: Bloggus Interruptus

Posted on January 21, 2022 by AdaptiveCurmudgeon

At this point in the story I’m sound asleep on a picnic table; miles and hours from the dock where I’d started. I remember nothing of that necessary and appreciated break aside from a feeling of peace and joy. But, … Continue reading →

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