Travels

Neil Armstrong Is Gone, And Toads Still Need Water

So, I’m re-writing this post. Bluehost, the web-hosting company I use, went down for two days because of a bad server database. They lost my previous post on Neil Armstrong, as well as some other posts. They told me they are very sorry. I think I need to find a new web-hosting site. “Armstrong?” some…

A Trip To Cannon Beach

We knew our cousin Joey was an Armstrong. But he proved it when over an Xbox game he was playing against his brother he said, “Okay, I’ll be there in three hours.” Tyler and I had made it to Portland and were staying with our Aunt JoAnn. Joey and his wife live near Seattle. But…

Grandpa: You Better Start Making Me Some Great Grand-Children!

We’re here. One of my favorite places. My grandpa’s assisted living center. I’m don’t mean it sarcastically. Staying here (and this isn’t my first time) beats any accommodation. The people here are awesome. When I’m old, I’m going to be as crazy as I can. Even if I am completely lucid, I will feign a mild…

Ultimate Jenga in Denver

Remember Jenga. Do you remember being rushed to the hospital after an errant blog of wood became lodged in your face? Then you don’t remember Jenga. Not real Jenga. Not Jenga for men. Jenga took this guy’s face off. But he’s still playing. And Jenga for men was played last night in Denver, CO at…

Holed Up In A Resort While CO Burns.

Here we are, holed up in a resort, while Colorado in every direction burns. I can see the smoke from my balcony, where I’m typing this. TK is here for a business conference and since our road trip brought us to the area he invited us to crash here for  few days at “The Broadmoor.”…

The End

It wasn’t supposed to happen. I did everything I could to avoid it.  I generously budgeted the precious commodity–time–to have plenty of it to spend with friends grabbing a last beer, or final coffee, a closing conversation, a definitive night of debauchery etc.,  where we could all sigh nostalgically and offer mutual allowences of how…