Today I complete my first broom here at the Territorial Prison. Back in the 1890s, the good conduct prisoners produced brooms on an assembly line here. The profit from the brooms helped support the prison and line the prison Lessee’s pockets (if he was lucky). I calculate the profit that might be generated on the […]
Fun Places to Visit
Pardon Us, Please??
When Matt and Sherry agree to join me here in Laramie, I am not sure Sherry expects the trouble she will experience trying to keep Matt out of a Wyoming Prison. First Matt is sentenced to hard labor making brooms here in Laramie. Next he finds himself behind bars in the Wyoming State Pen in […]
Finally Landed at the Big House
Downtown Laramie has murals on almost every building. This is one of my favorites. Yes, I arrived safely in Laramie last week. Matt and Sherry are also here. I learn this week that Jack and Nina are on their way too so it will soon be a big party here at the prison. Yippee! From […]
Moab Motivation
As many of you know by now, the “culprit” of my weird RV problems in Colorado was a chattering vacuum pump. According to the very helpful young man at Country Coach, this miscreant controls the dash heat in the coach. When he told me that I immediately thought “YES!” I have heard that noise before […]
The Saga Continues – Fun and Folly in Southern Colorado
I spend nearly all weekend reluctantly reading the manuals and schematics for my RV. Tuesday morning arrives at last. I sit anxiously by my phone waiting for the mechanic to call and tell me he is on the way. The phone call that I receive at 10:30 is NOT from the mechanic, but from his […]
Durango Days
Slow and Steady I lead a conga line of frustrated, impatient drivers down Farmington Hill on Hwy 550 into Durango at the end of my 3rd travel day. I am proud that I maneuver this curvy, steep mile slowly enough to avoid using my brakes until the stop sign or running off the mountainside (especially […]
