My companions got out of bed around 6:30am on Tuesday July 28, 2020 at the SpringHill Suites Hotel located near Charlotte Motor Speedway. Although we had several NASCAR-related sites to visit in the Charlotte area, that was the day our…
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132: A-JAX, A SQUATCH, AND AN OLD DOPPELGӒNGER
For most of Sunday morning July 26, 2020, I had some alone time in the friendly confines of my camera case. After a full week with Tom and Vicki’s grandkids, I surely wasn’t complaining; even though it seemed to take…
131: SUN, SURF, SAND, AND SURGERY IN THE OBX
My photographer refused to set the alarm on Sunday July 19, 2020 because my cranky friend wanted to spend as much time as he could in the $500 room. When the cleaning service knocked on the door, he shouted and…
130: WE WALKED WITH WYTHE IN WILLIAMSBURG
When my companions awoke on Friday July 17, 2020, it was one of those rare days where Tom didn’t have much on our agenda. I knew that my photographer had planned on arriving at our rented beach house in Avon,…
129: MIDNIGHT RIDE OF THE PHANTOM OF FREEDOM
For the first time in a while, my companions got an extra hour of sleep as Tom had the alarm set for 7:00am on Thursday July 16, 2020. As soon as my photographer got himself ready, however, he decided to…
128: SEVEN PRESIDENTS ON THE JERSEY SHORE
The morning of July 15, 2020 got off to the usual 6:00am start as my companions got themselves ready and our Ford Edged packed for departure. During normal times, hotel breakfasts aren’t great; but during the COVID-19 pandemic, the morning…
126: A TALE OF TWO COTTAGES
Once the alarm rang and my companions got packed for the day, Vicki headed to the lobby of the Hyatt Place hotel in Poughkeepsie for some breakfast. But it was Sunday July 12, 2020 and due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
125: I LOVE INTERCOURSE – PENNSYLVANIA
Our alarm went off at 6:00am on Friday July 10, 2020; but for once I didn’t have a bounce in my step. The day before I heard my photographer tell his wife that Friday would be her day to enjoy…
124: “FOUR SCORE AND SEVEN YEARS AGO”
Thirty-three days had passed since my trip with my photographer and Mongo to Canton and Kent, Ohio. While the COVID-19 pandemic had seemed to slow a bit in the past month, it was definitely not over. Luckily for us, hotels…
123: MAY THE FOURTH BE WITH YOU
When my photographer and I returned from our trip to Buffalo, New York on January 11, 2020, he placed me on the shelf with the rest of my Presidential bobble head buddies. As a matter of fact, I stood in…