On May 12, 2022, my photographer and I, along with our good friend Bob Moldenhauer, embarked on what turned out to be an all-day hike just so we could visit President Herbert Hoover’s Rapidan Camp in Virginia’s Shenandoah National Park.…
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228: TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADERS ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
For the past several months, since I returned home from my last trip shortly after Thanksgiving 2022, I’ve been busy with my photographer in the GBS Media Studio in Port Huron, Michigan as we recorded episodes of our show ‘Hail…
227: RUB-A-DUB-DUB, TAFT IN A TUB ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’
There have been times in our past when the President of the United States found himself stuck in a predicament that became rather embarrASSing. That’s right, not all of our Commander-in-Chiefs have been squeaky clean; even when they’ve tried their…
226: ALIENS AMONG US AT HARDING’S TOMB
Sunday November 27, 2022 began when Tom’s alarm rang at 7 o’clock in the morning in our Springfield, Ohio hotel room. For me, it was a bittersweet moment as I figured this was likely my final trip of the year.…
225: ON ‘HAIL TO THE CHIEF’, I JUST WANT TO BE YOUR TEDDY R.
“I don’t wanna be a tiger, ’cause tigers play too rough. I don’t wanna be a lion, ’cause lions ain’t the kind you love enough. I just wanna be, your Teddy R. Put a chain around my neck and lead…
224: A DAY FILLED WITH TAFT, AND GRANT, AND WOLVERINES, OH MY!
My photographer’s alarm went off at 5:45am on Saturday November 26, 2022. Tom and I were anxious to hit the road as he had planned on the two of us visiting several William Howard Taft sites in Cincinnati before we…
223: HARRISONS, HOT DOGS, HEIRLOOMS & HEARTBURN
Once our visit to the National Museum of the United States Air Force had concluded on Friday November 25, 2022, my photographer, his wife, and I were headed south towards Cincinnati. But instead of visiting the sights in The Queen…
222: JUST PLANE FUN ON BLACK FRIDAY IN DAYTON
As soon as my photographer’s alarm went off at 6:00am in our Dayton, Ohio hotel room, I couldn’t wait to hit the road. It was Friday November 25, 2022; which was more than just Black Friday to me. That’s because…
221: MY THANKSGIVING FEATURED THE WRIGHT STUFF-ING
After three long months of relaxation with my bobble head friends, as well as enduring some minor cosmetic surgery along the way, it was time to hit the road once again with my photographer and his wife. I felt like…
220: WHERE IN THE WORLD AM I HEADED NEXT?
It’s been exactly three months since my photographer and I returned home from our last trip that took us into the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, through most of Minnesota, and into parts of Iowa. During that time, I haven’t just…