Editor’s Note: A stern lecture to the independent contracting force entrusted with editorial duties this morning included a stern admonition and reminder that the number “21” comes immediately after “20.” We hope it works. – Vic At our lunch stop diner, Skids, in Cimarron Kansas, we met a self-described motorcycle fiend. Retired (in 1980) 20+year […]

Almost ran over a guy as he foolishly tried to mosey across US-50. L-to-R in front of us, all the way, never once tired to trot, let alone run out of danger. Only hard evasive repeated actions by us saved him from having his shorts browned or his head turned bright red after being launched […]

Editor’s Note: Building Management at Big Ink ran a test of complete Condo Association conversion to Renewable power sources. The initial test, scheduled for dawn on a cloudy day introduced unplanned variation in composition management and iteration control. The mis-ordering of episodes is the regrettable full responsibility of the independent editorial contractors with a distant, […]

May 2001 Detour Version 1.0 Day 19 “Utah has Arizona’s scenery but a better color consultant.” -Marlow to Steve after driving through Utah Grand Junction Colorado and the last of Steve’s friends are our city stops. Stopped for brunch in Delta Utah at the Topps Café. First meal of the trip where the sole coffee […]

May 2001 Detour Version 1.0 Day 17 Go east, young man, go east. -roadtrip guidance from those back in Virginia We left San Jose after light breakfast and headed for Nevada, crossing the Sierras via CA88. In the Stockton area, we passed through a series of ridges covered with monstrously large windmill driven electrical generators. […]