Take a ride on the Reading

All Aboard to Steamtown

 

While summering in the Poconos, The urge to travel is reaching fever pitch. But where to go? New York and Philly are about equal distance, but fighting the COVID crazed crowds just doesn’t appeal to me.  On the heels of a newly eletect president who commonly extols the virtues of his blue collar roots in Scranton,   the northeastern Pennsylvania town of 80,000 is jumping off the map.  But, what the heck is in Scraaaaatin?  A quick search and all things point to Steamtown.  Hmmm, what the heck is Steamtown? […]

Georgia Peaches

Georgia Peaches, Pecans, and Prisons

Camp Sumter at Andersonville road trip 

If you add the “rural” designation to about anything I’ll probably like it. Rural Georgia is no exception.   I decide to break up my Florida pilgrimage a little and spend a few days south of Atlanta in the Upper Coastal Plains region of Georgia.  I’m stationed in Elko, GA in a campground that I have visited before.

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Navy vs Air Force Football

Air Force vs Navy Football – Annapolis, Maryland

Here We Go into the Wild Blue Yonder 

After a recent trip to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, I adopt the Air Force Falcons as my new football team.  Just so happens my beloved Falcons are invading the Navy Midshipmen, my second recently adopted favorite team. I have no strong affiliation to either program, as I did not serve in the military, but I absolutely love what these two proud institutions represent. […]

Curious Craig - Christmas Story House

Christmas Story House – Cleveland, OH

You’ll shoot your eye out

Every year my house becomes the Christmas Story house. I look forward to the marathon showing of the 1983 classic, A Christmas Story. Though set in the ’40s, watching the exploits of Ralphie and his quest for a Red Ryder BB gun reminds me of snippets of my childhood. I received my Red Ryder when I was about 10. I recall shooting it for the first time under the back porch light. The sun hasn’t even risen on a chilly Christmas morning, yet I couldn’t wait to fire that BB off into a cardboard box target.

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