TRAVEL YOUR DREAMS

A true travel food story from 1982 Food is serious stuff in my family. Dad is not feeling well. I keep hearing him get up in the middle of the night, going to the bathroom.  After my bedtime snack and during our nighttime talk, he tells me he needs to have a minor surgery. And, asks if I will drive him to the Hospital. Of course I will. Then I sit there stunned as scary questions float in my teenage mind. What is minor surgery? What is going on and is he going to be ok? Why? When? OMG As if he can see the swirl of storms in my mind, he calmly explains what the problem is. He can't stop going the bathroom - its a prostate thing that needs to be removed. I just thought he was drinking too much water at night. Dad said he'd pack his overnight bag in advance so we could be ready to leave Saturday afternoon. Friday night I could hardly sleep. I tossed and turned. I just wished I was at my fast food job at KFC and bringing him leftovers from when I closed the restauran...

CALL OF THE FOREST Forests were always my favorite place. I remember my first road trip. In the back seat of my Dad's purple-blue Chevy Impala, my nose barely above the chrome framed window, I watch life getting greener. We are on the Interstate going to Indiana, which feels like a foreign country. To a place called Enchanted Forest. On a concrete road called I-94, we cruise through the Southside of Chicago, and over the Indiana state line. A metal “Welcome to Indiana” sign stands at the border, greeting us with a view of monster steel mills, smokestacks like giant cigarettes puffing dark smoke into the sky, and burning smell of melted steel and fired coal. Out the back window I see City life erased in the rear view mirror. Past houses poorly built and jammed onto small spaces of land, windows with dead end views of brick walls. Windows like glass eyes looking over concrete, rusted skeletons of buildings, and metal chain link fences, hum...

This book reflects my adventures on the road and observations in Nature, on my 4th cross country road trip across the US. Composed from travel journals, notes, photos, explorations hiking in wilderness, and visiting historic places. Book in progress Publishing target date - 2017 available on Amazon.com Stay tuned for updates!

World Co-ordinates:  41° 50′ 24″ N  -    87° 57′ 11″ W Oak Brook, IL   Its is a rare Indian Summer day, in late September. Warm sunny 75 degrees. Cool breezes. On the edge of Autumn, I drive.  While traveling from Chicago's West Suburbs to the Southwest Suburbs on this beautiful day, I spontaneously stop at Oakbrook Mall to enjoy sunshine during lunch.  To my surprise, I find a Tesla showroom! Tesla's vision began in 2003, unveiling the Roadster as the first all electric sports car. Based in California, Tesla reigns as an independent innovator in US electric car design and manufacturing.   Website: http://www.teslamotors.com/ Here are their latest cars and amazing technology!       TESLA SHOWROOM   TESLA MODEL S LUXURY SEDAN 0-60 mph in 4.2 seconds Love the Made in California plate! UNDER THE HOOD - O...

World Co-ordinates : 9° 56′ 0″ N -  84° 5′ 0″ W Rainforest between Pacific Ocean and Carribean Sea Central America I am excited and honored to be a Guest Speaker on Sunday's radio show from the Rainforest!  Join me on Carribean Radio Show CRS hosted by Roberta and Daniel of La Reserva Forest Foundation - for a dynamic discussion on "Climate Change WE CAN Solve It!" Broadcasting live from Costa Rica, connected to Chicago and the World via the power of the Internet on Sunday July 28th, 2013. Time  12pm CST/1pm EST Click blue link below to listen online, or call in and join the fun from the Rainforest! http://www.blogtalkradio.com/caribbeanradioshow/2013/07/28/climate-change-we-can-solve-it  Photos Copyright La Reserva Forest Foundation www.lrff.org

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