Surfer Ralph: now EAST to WEST as of 6/3/09 WASHINGTON, DC TO SANTA CRUZ, CA AND BACK: 6/7/09

Saturday, June 13, 2009

Update from June 8th,2009

We are having a terrific time everywhere we go.Our days are loaded with driving,tours,museums,food,more food and then when we have a free moment we eat some more food.I am having trouble transferring photos from iphoto to this blog.Do not know why;it's a computer thing.I do exactly the same thing I've done before forever,and it,the computer,tells me I cannot do it that way or any way.What really gets my craw is the "na na na na na"sound the machine makes when it will not let me have my way.So until I negotiate a reasonable settlement with my cyber nerd I will be limited to text.This update is 5 days behind because I cannot hunt and peck in my sleep.

Monday, June 8, 2009

What's Eating Gilbert Grape with Johnny Depp

On Sunday,6/7/09,Maree and I left Indianapolis to "cruise" the back roads to Dwight,IL for our projected link up with the other two cars on Monday.Our intent(no pun intended)was to sleep in the teardrop for the first time along with pitching our companion tent for the "actual"first time.The weather forecast was very unfavorable so we bagged that idea.We had one unique mishap when the passenger window fell into the interior body of the door.We pulled under a drive through lane at a bank,and I spent an hour fixing said window.I think Maree was shocked that I actually knew what I was doing.The Title to this Posting resulted from a chance encounter with a farm on IL HWY 47 in the pictures in the prior posting.In the movie "What's Eating Gilbert Grape"the yellow farmhouse reminds me of Johnny Depp's character's home.The photographic majesty of this abandoned homestead was a delight for us.Listening to CD's,cruising along with the windows down,relishing the beauty of newly planted fields of corn,wheat,soybeans;what could be better? AMERICA,LAND OF OPPORTUNITY!