Category Archives: road life
Stürmish Bewegt
Blazing across southern South Dakota on I-90, I wanted to summarize, for posterior’s sake on my Tascam audio recorder, our mid-day thoughts on listening to Mahler’s 9th — and Mahler’s everything else too. With the Tascam in my one hand, … Continue reading
emptiness
Imagine you’re living in Manhattan. As soon as you wake up, the city assaults you with the traffic noises from outside your apartment. When you draw back the blinds, there’s more activity in the streets below than your eyes and … Continue reading
The road home
The road home is I-40, and we are on it. I will be home tonight. I am looking forward to seeing the love of my life, my wife Dekka (again, that’s her superhero name, not her real name). This trip … Continue reading
Wetlands recovery area
Sadly, we did not get a picture of this, but right after we drove past the sign “Wetlands Recovery Area”, orange traffic pylons partitioned off the a lane of the interstate due to the overflow of a lake onto the … Continue reading
We made it!
Are we there yet? Yes, in fact, we are here. OK, cool. Let’s go home. Sorry this is being posted about 12 hours after the fact. There’s basically no AT&T coverage in South Dakota. Update: it’s a day later, still … Continue reading
disjointed
I realize that the blog posts so far have been a bit disjointed. There are no daily summaries of the places we visited that day. I, as Dr Data, assigned myself the task of doing this early on, knowing that … Continue reading
The documentation of experience and the experience of documentation
On our end, even though little of it has been posted, this trip is extremely well documented, far better than any trip I’ve been on. We often have have an audio recorder on in the car, during meals, and on … Continue reading
The Recorder brushing his teeth
While gyrating his pelvis like Elvis, THE RECORDER brushes his teeth in the parking lot of the Steak n Shake. Just finished a meal at the Steak n Shake. (note to Dekka, my wife: I had a Southwestern Chicken salad … Continue reading
Billboards
We are always on the lookout for interesting billboard combinations. One combination K-Os saw was “If you’re a sinner, where will you go after you die?” And right next to that was a sign for “Chick-Fil-A”. Earlier today we passed … Continue reading
More rushing: D -1
Last night: Trying to get all the tasks done before getting on the road. Just initiated a mortgage refinance yesterday, and trying to get all the documents sent tomorrow. It’s going to be close. Since I live about 30 minutes … Continue reading
The Road to Mt Rushmore, 2010 