Thursday, September 9, 2010

It's a Virus

When the virus of restlessness begins to take possession of a wayward man, and the road away from Here seems broad and straight and sweet, the victim must first find in himself a good and sufficient reason for going. This to the practical bum is not difficult. He has a built-in garden of reasons to choose from. --John Steinbeck


I'm rereading Travels with Charley. What a GREAT BOOK! If you have not read it, go out and buy a copy RIGHT NOW! Do it!

I obviously made it back from the field alive. I learned a lot of great things on this trip...like Margarita is the BEST fish buddy ever I suckered her into agreeing to the trip with this email:

Do you long to feel the wind in your hair, or perhaps to hit the open road with nothing but a pair of sunglasses and a full tank of gas? Or perhaps you love nature, watching sunsets and frolicking through salt marshes...


It's your lucky day! Right now you can sign up to go on an all-expense-paid tour of the Eastern Seaboard! (I hear the trees are absolutely beautiful this time of year).


We'll be stopping in picturesque Maine, Rhode Island and New Jersey.


Write back for more details...

Also, I stopped in Baltimore to see Anna. She's so freeking awesome, and how grown up we are now, 5 years later.

I learned that cheetos keep you awake when you're sleepy and driving and that dead horseshoe crabs smell REALLY bad when you leave them in a hot car.

I learned that South of the Border has a cheap and IMPOSSIBLY CREEPY hotel and that in Virginia they're serious about their speed limits. Like $140 serious.

I did not, however, learn about hurricanes. We missed Hurricane Earl completely.

Stay tuned, I'm going to keep plugging through the Ireland blogs, and this weekend I'm going to post some AWESOME videos from the field.

5 comments:

Science Funnies said...

Your fans want a new post. Just sayin'...

Anonymous said...

Amen to that!

Ruthie said...

almost a month since you're last post! Wheres the love gone?

Science Funnies said...

2 months since last post... Did a virus kill you? I know that your mom and I have noticed.

Ruthie said...

poor neglected blog. *pat pat*