Sunday, November 29, 2020

Back at the Earth Module

 Here we sit back in the Earth Module.  The regular wake up, maybe a trip to the executive suite, to sit on a cold throne.  The moon was spectacular last night, so clear you could see astronauts walking around.  The heaters are running to take the chill off.  The fake fireplace is putting out lots of fake heat.  The Colorado gang made it back to Denver early enough to get Danny, their new dog.  They all are in love with the dog.  He is a Wheaten Terrier, or as Kadizzle says a Wolly Brumpus. 

What to do on a nice sunny day? Perhaps a spin on the ebike.  Brother in law Ned built himself two ebikes.  He made them from regular mountain bikes and they turned out well.  Sister Patty bought hers and the two of them are now full blooded ebike fans.  Ned mentioned to Kadizzle that age has transformed him into an ebike man from a motorcycle man.  Ned loves to tinker with motorcycles in his garage. 

The ebike trend will probably take over the country and Kadizzle's nephew may go into that business.  The Nephews, son in laws, and other young relatives are now wanting to move to the country and take jobs where they can be outside.  Kadizzle could never have made it in an office job.  Kadizzle has been very lucky and never had to work in an office all day.  Kadizzle considers himself very fortunate since he was his own boss most of his life.  Although Kadizzle worked for coal and power companies he generally made up his own schedule and did what he wanted when he wanted.  It was a good life. Coal mining was the best.  Most of the year Kadizzle could make the daily schedule whatever he wanted.  Driving around the 10,000 acre mine took up as much of the day as you wanted.  Kadizzle often took wildlife tours with the mine superintendent while we checked the mining activities out.  As a safety person Kadizzle's work very much involved watching other people work.  Not a bad way to spend a day.  Kadizzle wandered around watching people.  It was sort of like a policeman, but the criminals were easy to deal with. 

Thursday, November 26, 2020

Turkey day.


Dear Leader will pardon all the white meat today, but don't forget Black Lives Matter.  Hope everyone has a great Turkey Day.  The Kadizzle gang is awakening to another wonderful day.  It is chilly out, but that is giving the hot air balloons a great ride in the perfect sunshine.  Winky and Kadizzle explored yesterday and did not see how the other half lives, we saw how the one percent lives.  Huge houses empty so much of the time in a wonderful location.  

Sylvie insisted grandpa play monopoly for the first time in forty years.  We can all be happy many of the billionaires are now trillionairs as a result of the virus, and just plain greed.  Sylvie is off to a good start charging Grandpa outrageous rents.  

Entertaining the gang in the time of plague is not easy.  We manage usually to get in one good hike and bike ride a day.  Kadizzle's little sister from Cottonwood may come for a visit today.  It will be a sit outside mask conference.  Patty's husband Ned has become an ebike enthusiast and has built two of his own. 

Once again Kadizzle wants everyone to have a great day with what family they can.  Thankful?  Can we all be anymore thankful than getting the worst possible turkey out of the White House? Stoupini asked Kadizzle what his new obsession will be now that the con man is gone.  Who knows?  There are two or maybe three rats in North Dakota that need to be driven from office. 

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Homes in my hometown

 

Old Kadizzle was always amazed by the number of mansions in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Wheeling was the most wealthy city in the United States in 1894 according to an article in the Wall Street Journal.  Dozens, and dozens of incredible homes were in the wealthy section of town.  Wheeling was the origianl jumping off point to the West.  As a result a lot of people made a lot of money.  Many of the countries large companies started in Wheeling.  Steel, and coal also contributed to the wealth. 


The Quest for the most stupid

Tony Bender's column today goes into the stupidity epidemic in North Dakota.  It far surpasses the virus.  A good read put it on your google. Yesterday Honest Omar called to tip Kadizzle off that Kevin Cramer would be on MSNBC.  Cramer lived up to expectations.  Imagine Senator Cramer on the Titanic.  A reporter ask Cramer if the ship is sinking.  Cramer answers " Sure we hit an iceberg, but all the evidence is not in yet". " There is still plenty of ship sticking out of the water, no need to panic" " We will not know the results until the entire ship is under water, then the courts will have to decide if the ship sank".  " Just let the process work itself out"

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Ebike madness

Winky and Kadizzle took off into the Sedona wilderness near our vacation rental on the ebikes.  Two people pushing 71 were about to be on trails ment for teenagers.  It did not take too long before Winky had a pretty good crash.  Fortunately nothing but pride was hurt.  Parts of the trail were a lot of fun, and parts were from mountain bike hell.  Gradually Kadizzle began to realize ebikes were not supposed to be on these trails.  The way we entered there were no signs restricting the trail, but the little stickers showed up too late. 

Now this brings us to the question, why does the Forest Serviced want to keep ebikes off these trails?  The ebikes enable old goats to do what they could do twenty years ago.  It is good exercise.  In every sport you have the purist.  The peddlers are so proud of their physical ability they want exclusive access to the wilderness.  There is a bit of a dilemma here.  Very few people want noisy motorbikes, or four wheel buggies in a nice forest.  In general the Forest Service has done a good job of regulation.  Anything can tear up the natural setting when used with abuse.  Horses can ruin a trail, as can the jeeps, and four wheel gang.  However, Kadizzle would argue ebikes are no harder on a trail than regular bikes.  The bottom line is people need exercise.  Kadizzle is a bit of a lumper.  You do get a good workout on an ebike when you are 71.  Remember these bikes are called peddle assist.  That means you do have to peddle, and sometimes very hard.  Secondly, you can adjust the amount of assist.  So if you want the battery to last, you better peddle to the best of your ability.  At the top of an incline Kadizzle is breathing hard and the heart is pounding.  That means some work was done.  

Last, but not least the ebike enables people with heart conditions, or other physical limitations to get out and have fun.  Kadizzle read of a family that had one son with heart problems.  He could ride with the family on an ebike.  Why not?

We do need to protect our environment, and if you have seen the damage done by dingers with four wheelers you know what the Forest Service is up against.  There are people who will not wear mask, drive loud noisy trucks, and have no respect for the rest of us.  We all live on this one piece of rock circling the sun, and we all need to respect each other and the rock. 

Monday, November 23, 2020

Army of ignorant

 Imagine 70 million people willing to suck up lies, and oblivious to science and math.  Indeed this is a scary picture.  These are the people the Republicans aim to keep, the dolts, the Rush Limbaugh fools, the KFYR souls drunk on delusion. 

Can Dear Leader keep the cult without the presidency? Trump's ability to make trouble if they get him out of the White House may be diminished, but he will still be there to wreck what he can.  The cult members love the idea of someone as idiotic as they are.  It makes them feel normal. 

What will be fun is if Trump starts his own TV empire trying to out lie Fox News.  To see Fox and Trump battle to win the hearts of idiots will be like a game show.  Dare to be stupid will be the name of the show.  

Sunday, November 22, 2020

Awakening

 Well here we sit in the lap of luxery.  With Snoocher Bear, Sylvie, and Fran the Kadizzles made it to Sedona.  Sylvie wasted no time jumping in the pool and insisted Grandpa join her.  Kadizzle highly recommends the video below.  Honest Omar you will enjoy it because it compares the Trump cult to the Seventh Day Adventist. 

Although this luxury home has some years behind it the views are what runs the price up.  Erin is sitting here like an old lady making some kind of craft project.  Sylvie has been doing some neat animation with a computer program. 

Kadizzle seems to have lost hearing in his right ear.  It seems like the sensation you get when you have water in your ear.  Kadizzle made about a two mile trek on the ebike to get some equipment to flush the ear.  After about five tries no luck.  Hope the hearing is not gone forever.  

Winky is getting the itch to hike.  There is some incredible hiking here, but the place crawls with tourist.  Somehow the Pink Jeep thing gets on the wires.  Seems like every person who has never been in the west before takes a bumpy jeep ride.  It just don't seem right.  People should get out and walk to really understand this country. 

Sylvie just appeared in her swim suite and is begging grandpa to participate.  Too early.  

Back to the ear.  Put enough water in the ear to put out a fire. May try one more time.  Deaf in one ear can cannot hear out of the other. 

New Rule: The Great Disappointment | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Saturday, November 21, 2020

Can you rent happiness?

 A few times a year the Kadizzles get to live like the one percent.  Today we will be moving into the world of the one percent in Sedona.  We will rent a home to meet Sylvie, Erin, and Fran.   We have taken all the precautions for the virus with people tested and masked. 

Can money really bring happiness?  Test say once you have an income of seventy thousand dollars you don't get any happier.  One friend has had a nice home with a pool for about seven years.  They used the pool once.  Can you watch television in a multi million dollar home and have a better experience than in your RV?  The scenery right here in. our mobile shack is about as good as it gets.  What do you get for a million or two?  You might get a hot tub, a view, a fancy kitchen, a nice outdoor space and so on.  The question is how long will the buzz last?  Old Trumpster has it all and he is a mean miserable man trying to make everyone else miserable.  How many people reeking with wealth  you know who are not happy?  One reason they are not happy is they never have enough.  Would one or two more bathrooms make you happy?  Seems like health and activity make people happy.  We know so many people who are simply delighted just by hiking through the mountains.  How can you be happy when you know you took more than your share?  Who gets to decide what the shares should be?

Friday, November 20, 2020

The light at the end of the tunnel

 Ah, what a wonderful day.  Kadizzle went down to the Men's office and decided to have a musical experience.  Then back to camp to sit in the chair outside and soak in some sun shine.  What to write about? Thankful we are rid of Trump, Kadizzle came up with the idea the light at the end of the tunnel. Long ago and far away Kadizzle was an underground coal miner.  Most of the time we rode in and out of the mine in some sort of mechanical conveyance.  However, there were times when we walked out at the end of the day.  Kadizzle actually walked toward the light at the end of the tunnel. The image is still in the mind.  As one would imagine the light was small.  When you first saw it the light only looked like a flashlight, but you walked and walked and the light gradually got bigger.  Finally you were outside in a different world.  When Trump walks out of the White House he will be in a different world.  Hopefully they will handcuff him.  We will be in a different world that might resemble normalcy.  Hope will return, the engine can go forward.  Thanks to every person that fought the Republican evil Trump represented. 

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Niggifiddle Madness

 Everyone see the world differently.   The bane of Kadizzle's existance are the extreme niggifiddles.  Let's review, a niggifiddle is someone obsessesed with little things that really don't matter.  Everyone knows about OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder.  Winky is a niggifiddle. This morning's first discussion was " What is dirt?".  Niggifiddles see dirt everywhere, just like germs are everywhere.  This brings us to weeds.  Kadizzle pointed out to Winky there is no such thing as a weed.  A weed is something that someone has decided bothers them.  A dandelion is a classic case.  Some people eat dandelions, some people hate them in the yard.  So to some people it is a weed and to some people it is part of a salad.  As Kadizzle walked to the men's office today he noticed some sandy dirt on the sidewalk.  It occured to Kadizzle that bricks are just sandy dirt compressed and glued together.  We do not call bricks dirt, but we call them bricks even though they are " dirt ".  In the end it is perception.  For some reason people love order.  Order and cleanliness are fine, but when do you stop.  Kadizzle knows a niggifiddle that loved to constantly clean the windows.  Look at motorcycle riders.  Many of them look like scruffy bums, but they must have a super shiny motorcycle.  You can see the same thing with the simple minded pickup and car people. They look like a bum mauled by a mountain lion, but their vehicle is spotless.  Kadizzle has no problem with order and clean, but a sensible limit must be imposed.  At some point you cannot get anything done if you are obsessed with order.  A classic is a garage.  Some mechanics have spotless garages where everything is in place, others look like the laws of physics do not apply.  All this brings us to the worst obsession of the niggifiddles and that is imaginary dirt.  Imaginary dirt is everywhere.  It is on your hands, your shoes, under your arms in your underwear, your beard, your ears, it is everywhere.  You cannot see it, but it is there.  The problem is you can never clean enough to get rid of imaginary dirt. 

The universe is not orderly. The universe operates very much on random events. For the niggifiddle this is a disaster.  Trying to make a universe orderly that is not, can bring a lot of frustration. 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

One of the best

 Tony Bender lives in a little town in North Dakota.  He writes opinion pieces for the Fargo Forum.  He is one of the best and should be writing for the New York Times or some major paper.  Today he commented on how the greed of the Republicans works.  Highly recommended by Kadizzle.  Bendery has a great sense of humor.  In North Dakota were stupidity thrives more than the virus Bender is our only hope for a vaccine. 

So here we sit.  It will be our first official day of work for the Forest Service.  Winky, Rita, and Ken will start to rebuild a little bridge.  Kadizzle will start up the weed wacker and do some local trail work.  Looks like another hot day. 

Someone ripped Kadizzle a new one in the Bismarck Tribune.  A simple minded Republican said Kadizzle was destroying unity.  Yep the Republicans were all for unity in the Obama years. 

Tuesday, November 17, 2020

There he was


Hiking toward the Four Peaks Kadizzle sat down to lunch with the rest of the crew when Ken said look a coatimundi.  To everyone's amazement there it was at the bottom of an old burnt out tree.  It looked like a racoon with a two foot long monkey tail. This is only the second coatimundi Kadizzle has ever seen in his 71 years and thousands of miles hiking.  Kadizzle could not get to his phone camera quick enough. Rita did manage to get a poor picture.  The animal was fairly close and was curious about as as we were about him.  After a short time he took off into the wild. 

It has been many years since Kadizzle got to the base of the Four Peaks.  It was a spectacular hike where you could see for a hundred miles in every direction.  Earlier in the hike Kadizzle got a glimpse of something Winky scared up.  It might have been a mountain lion.  It did not run like a deer, and was a big animal.  This has happened before you just don't get a clear view. 

The burned areas on the mountain are reminiscent of those battlefield scenes you see from World War one when an area was shelled mercilessly.  The fires last summer were huge.  What is interesting is how the fires did not burn everything.  A hundred acres is burnt here, and another area right beside it is still green. The fire seems to have skipped and burned.  Seeing the raw ground is a new experience and old trails, and Indian ruins are easier to spot.  Kadizzle rode the motorcycle up into and area that was burnt about two years ago.  It is amazing how quickly it recovers.  Rain will be a disastor.  With nothing to hold the water flash floods and washouts will be immense. 


Monday, November 16, 2020

Flat tire in the wilderness

 Yesterday was about perfect except for the flat tire on the ebike.  It was a strange flat tire, the tire stem came loose because the little round nut came off. We were up in the mountains on the most spectacular cliffs and canyons.  On a smaller scale these canyons are just a nice as the grand canyon.  The bikes took us along the top.  Once Kadizzle put his bike down and it about got away and fell eight hundred feet into the canyon.  If it had someone would be greatly puzzled when they came across an electric bike at the bottom of that canyon. 

A few years ago Kadizzle was watching a reality show on television.  The show supposedly featured two men lost on a trip in the same area we were in.  Since Kadizzle had been there before he knew there was no way you could actually get lost.  However, the tv show dramatized these men and it was obvious how these reality shows are faked.  The two men were amazed when they found civilization.  There is no way they could have descended into the canyon without knowing there was a lake and small town within site. 

As luck would have it the flat tire occurred 2.4 miles into the ride, which meant the bike had to be pushed 2.4 miles back to the truck.  It was a pleasant walk and the slower pace just made the scenery better. 

Today we are going up on Four Peaks.  Since Kadizzle is with some severe covid nuts, we will take two people in each truck just for protection.  The Four Peaks area was burned and it will be interesting to see the damage.  From the Four Peaks you can see Phoenix about thirty or forty miles away. 

Saturday, November 14, 2020

Porkchop reunited with his mom

A wonderful day unfolded and Winky and Kadizzle decided to ride our ebikes up by Peter Bigfoot's compound.  After a truck ride about five miles up Campaign Creek we parked the truck and mounted the bikes.  In the spectacular mountain valley we peddled about two miles up to Bigfoot's nirvana in the valley.  Last year Peter said he would like to see Kadizzle's ebike.  We found Peter working in his garden.  As usual he has a couple of interns on the property helping him.  The garden was the garden of Eden.  After many years of hauling cow manure he has created a vegetable paradice.  As Winky pointed out what she wanted from the garden Kadizzle slowly pedaled down the trail. On the trail was the dark haired bearded tall skinny guy from Texan who was living with Peter for the winter.  Engaging in conversation the young Texan told Kadizzle about Pork Chop.  Pork Chop was a baby javalenia he adopted.  It seemed the javelina pack had gone through and somehow Pork Chop got left behind.  Tex got in the habit of sleeping with Pork Chop and briefly made a pet of him.  Then one day the pack of javelinas came back through. Tex said that since he had been sleeping with Pork Chop he must have smelled like a javelina.  Since he had the right odor the pack was not afraid to come to him. When the pack approached Pork Chop's mom recognized him and the family was reunited.  So now Pork Chop is in the wild again. 

Normally when we visit Peter Bigfoot there is usually just one large Turkey roaming about, but today there were thirteen in a cage.  Never thought of it before but usually we visit after Thanksgiving.  Peter explained the Turkey population was about to be hit by his version of Covid, an axe on the neck.  So back down the road we went where Kadizzl rode his bike up a canyon. 



An idiots convention

Amazing times we live in. Isn't it wonderful when the simple minded self identify?  The simple minded are going to have an idiot's convention in Washington, DC.  In the old days you had to sort of guess how stupid someone was.  Of course there were clues, but now the seriously stupid put on a red hat, or fly a flag with Trump on it to let you know they did not do well in high school.  The saddest part of the new nation is how the politicians pick on the ignorant.  Republicans harvest the ignorant like squirrels gathering acorns.  How do you bait the mentally challenged? Just use some key words like guns, religion, and make up a lot of silly conspiracy theories. The simple will flock to you.  Drive down the highway in foggy conditions, there is a guy with no headlights on.  That is the guy under the red hat.  He is proud to go against logic and common sense. 

Just a nice day

Cliff and Kadizzle finished up a pleasant sail in his new trimaran. Winds were very light, but it was a nice sail on a nice day.  Kadizzle has been reading Laso the Wind, the first book in a long time.  The book chronicles the development and rape of the west. For the  last twenty years Winky and Kadizzle have visited just about every spot mentioned in the book, so it is a lot of fun to read someone else's perspective. 

Just finished up a quick bike ride to show some campers the nice bike trails Kadizzle has been working on.  What good are trails if no one uses them.  Still we are living in isolation waiti

Thursday, November 12, 2020

The defeat of stupidity

Yesterday was ride the motorcycle up the mountain day.  Winky warned Kadizzle not to try to go clear to the top.  The day was perfect and the ride was a nice outing.  When Kadizzle got close to the top he dismounted the cycle and took a little walk up the last terrible part of the road.  If he could make it to the peak the view would be rewarding, but he might make it he might not.  About fifty percent of the time there is a crash.  Fortunately the brain worked.  It was not a good idea to crash alone in the mountains. Maybe some other rider would show up at the campground and we could go back and crash together.  It is so nice to have someone help when you crash.  The brain won, Kadizzle turned around.  After the mountain Kadizzle decided to ride up towards Peter Bigfoots.   Sand is the problem on that ride.  Motorcycles do not like dry loose sand.  The cycle begged Kadizzle to crash in the sand, but he made it up the wash until he came to a side road he liked.  Up the side road was a nice ride to a very productive spring.  To see that spring still putting out water in this amazingly dry period was a pleasant site. 

If you would like to donate Kadizzle is collecting money to hire twenty U-Haul trucks to park in front of the White House. 

Wednesday, November 11, 2020

If you read this blog you know Kadizzle had a problem with the little sailboat Stroupini brought to AZ for him. Yesterday the little band took the boat to Rusty to see if he could repair it.  Rusty could out talk Kadizzle and spent about thirty minutes recounting his hunting trip. Somewhere in the conversation Rusty explained he was Rusty 1 and there was a Rusty two. Rusty two was his assistant and went on the hunting trip. 

There is a subspecies of humans that lives on the edge of the Earth.  The fruit of their life is social security.  If you are just barely making it a warm climate is a must, and that is plentiful in rural Arizona, and New Mexico.  If you are on the edge at least you can be warm.  Here is a place you can live in a tent for months on end. 

So our truck pulled off the good road and down the bumpy gravel road to a nest of deplorables.  Trump signs were too plentiful.  For some reason every deplorable thinks they have stuff someone wants to steal. Every yard has a broken down busted chainlink fence.  At the very end of the road was Rusty 1's business.  Junk was scattered everywhere.  The most amazing edifice was a dump truck load of beer cans that seemed like it had been dumped in the yard.  Old broken down boats and half finished projects were scattered about.  The main office was an old mobile home.  Like so many mobile homes he roof must have leaked so the common solution in the southwest is to build a shed over the mobile home.  

This was the kind of place where nothing ever got thrown away.  It was a mechanic hoarders paradise.  Inside the junk strewn office the Wizzer immediately catches one's eye.  A Wizzer is an old moterbike made from a bicycle.  As a kid everyone wanted a Wizzer motor for their bike.  However, this was not a motor, it was a unique bike made by the Wizzer company.  Kadizzle saw the bike and figured it was worth ten grand easy.  It was dusty, but in good shape.  Rusty 1 confirmed the bike was worth a lot. 

Now for the puzzle.  What do the deplorables see in Trump?  Perhaps they see a person like themself.  A person with a delusional view of life, a fuzzy view of reality, and willing to give the finger to the world.  Trump is like them, he never read anything. He uses foul language, and has no sense of taste.  Trump is a cheeseburger deplorable.  

After awhile we discussed the boat repair.  Rusty 1 said he would have his dad and Rusty 2 take a look at the damage and they would come up with a price. 

All of a sudden it has occured to Kadizzle what these people are.  They are desert hillbillies. This thought raced into the mind of Kadizzle when he recalled that Rusty 1 told him the deplorables relied on hunting deer for meat. Recently the Forest Service closed all the roads in the forest because they feared floods from the recent fires.  After the deplorables explained they would starve the Forest Service relented and opened the roads.  One result of the fires is the wildlife has been forced into closer contact with humans and Rusty 1 said the old mountain lions are down here in the valley living on the house cats that have gone wild.  Duane did see a big old mountian lion here a couple days ago. 

A cooked landscape

The day looks like perfection.  The sun is peeking over the Eastern mountains.  Yesterday Kadizzle and Winky jumped on the ebikes up the desert valley about three miles.  The entire area was burned from the summer fires.  However, this is not one hundred percent bad.  Now you can see what you have never seen before.  You can see the ground and the homes of the ancients.  Right away on the bike ride we found a big Indian site.  It was right beside the road and we had driven by it many times.  It was a big site with an amazing amount of pottery shards.  The ancients always liked being near streams, and here they had a steep drop down to the stream.  Farther up the same stream we found some more small sites.  This winter will be one of discovery.  The fire did in days what takes us months.  The trails have been cleared by fire. 

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Good Morning

It seems like the Earth is stalled. Biden won, but we cannot move on.  Trump will not slink out of the White House.  We live in such a strange world.  The Earth Module sits in one of the largest campgrounds in the United States.  Kadizzle looks out the window on this chilly morning and sees what were once very well kept, nice places to park campers falling apart and being overgrown by weeds.  What is wrong?  How does a country let itself just crumble? Like so many failed countries we allow all the money to go to the military and the rich.  The days of building dams, interstates, colleges, and housing are gone.  Republicans have developed a cult of " I got mine, the hell with you".  Republicans hate the concept of everyone prospering.  All they want is more for themselves.  Can Biden cure this, who knows.  

Monday, November 09, 2020

Waiting for stupid.

 Today's topic is stupid.  Insight first.  Kadizzle is fat, but does not see himself as fat.  The revelation came this morning that stupid works the same way.  Stupid people do not realize they are simple minded. 

Trump is bound to do something stupid soon.  Kadizzle can't wait to see what it is.  You can count on it.  A major disappointment are friends who are in the cult even now.  How can anyone still maintain the delusion?

Cloudy day here in the desert where we had a light rain all night.  The desert always smells so good when it rains.  Cliff came over this morning and was nice to have a chat with him.  The trail crew so far this year will be Cliff, Rita, Ken, Cissie, and Mike.   We will miss David beyond belief.  The Forest Service has been very slow in getting us going. 

The mind of old men is foggy.  Kadizzle went up to Cliff's in Springerville to pull the little sailboat Chuck brought us back.  Like a demented old man Kadizzle forgot Chuck took the straps the boat to the trailer.  A gust of wind hit the boat going down the road about sixty and the back of the boat drug on the pavement.  There is a hole in the transom and Kadizzle now has to find a fiberglass man to fix it. 

Sunday, November 08, 2020

The Whistler

 Not sure if this is bragging, but Kadizzle is an excellent whistler.  Kadizzle loves to be in a room with good acoustics and whistle.  Around Christmas last year Kadizzle was at the courthouse in Globe.  Christmas music was playing in the background and Kadizzle started whistling.  As has happened many times a woman came up to Kadizzle and complimented him on his whistling.  Kadizzle told her the lie he tells everyone who gives him such a compliment.  Kadizzle said " I used to whistle of the New York Philharmonic orchestra.  It is fun to see how many people believe this lie.  Sometimes lying like Trump is fun.  Kadizzle usually tells people the truth in the end.  Now the Youtube posted below features some whistling.  It sounds exactly like Kadizzle and Kadizzle loves to whistle along.  If you want to hear Kadizzle whistle, listen to the video.  Kadizzle was going to lie and say he did the whistling, but lying can be a nasty habit, Trump proved that. 

Jack-A-Roe

Out damned spot, out

 Faith restored.  America is great again.  Let the rat golf while we celebrate. So refreshing to be back in the real world.  To see the deplorables fenced in.  Hope is back, so much wreckage to repair.  

The desert is refreshed and Winky is plotting something to do.  Looks like she is going to make French toast.  How is it we have French Fries, and French toast? Kadizzle likes them both.  

Kadizzle saw the video of the Trump rally at the capitol in Bismarck.  How sad to see the deplorables still in the cult on a different planet.  Amazing what North Dakota has become.  Cult leaders Kelly Armstrong, Kevin Cramer, and John Hoeven are despicable.  Kadizzle would like to tell them in person what low lifes they are. 

The relief is amazing.  Recently Kadizzle and her lordship Winky drove across much of the United States.  The Trump signs were like a rash on the country.  Watching the celebrations yesterday felt so good. Republican selfishness is ruthless. So many people in our country suffer from the unrestrained greed of the Republicans.  To see people worship a rodent like Trump is heart breaking. 


Friday, November 06, 2020

Morning in America

 Up early as usual.  The morning is cool and the sky is hiding the sun. Kadizzle jumped on the ebike and toured the trails he has been clearing at Windy Hill.  So nice to glide though the desert underbrush effortlessly.  Hoping to see some wildlife the wish was fulfilled.  Of course there were quail, but the coyote was a nice surprise when he ran out in front of the old man.  Last night maybe it was the same guy right withing one hundred feet of our camper howling.  Record high temp was yesterday, and today will be warm.  In Globe yesterday we replenished out stockpile of food.  The tattooed deplorable were out in force.  Don't mean to use deplorable in a bad fashion, but it is even a moniker they have adopted.  Kadizzle will never get over tattoo people busted flat and spending thousands on ink.  Winky overheard a couple deplorables  talking about the ink art.  One said he figured it cost 100 dollars an hour. Imagine spending one hundred dollars and hour for ink when you are making minimum wage and cannot afford gas for your car.  What is wrong with this picture?

So we are pretty snug here in our Earth Module.  After fighting the leak in the shower for days it looks like we finally got it secure.  Still sad to sit here about one hundred yards from Dave's trailer.  Dave's death has hit us hard.  Dave was such a key member of our trail crew.  The Forest Service is really going to miss him.  Dave was a very good mechanic and he kept a lot of stuff running.  It cost the Forest Service nothing for Dave's volunteer work.  If all the right wing selfish people would just take a moment and think about what good people like Dave do for free.  Kadizzle has a lot of admiration for people who volunteer.  Our old friend Ray always comes to mind. Ray did so much for the community he lived in, and few people know it. Old Colonel Klink is another one.  Klink is still alive, and a nut case if ever one existed, but he always chipped in to get projects done.  Even the old Wease deserves a lot of credit.  His wife whipped him into action, but Kadizzle must give him credit.  Kadizzle butted heads many times with The Wease.  The people at the plant called him the Weasel.  His wife was a real hero.  She made things happen in Hazen.

Winky got a hell of a good deal on mushrooms yesterday.  A great big box of wonderful ones for $1.15.  She is over there by the stove making us a good breakfast right now.  The clouds will lift, the heavens will part, and the sun will shine when they announce we are rid of Trump.

Thursday, November 05, 2020

Staggering

The Level of ignorance in the United States is staggering.  Basic logic, truth, and science are totally lacking from almost half the population.  The simple fact that a con man can so easily con the simple minded in this country is a scary prospect.  People believe total nonsense. In the state where Trump is winning his supporters say stop the count, in the state where he is losing they say count the vote.  Trump can look his people in the eye tell them he is going to lie, then lie, and they believe him. 

Kadizzle has more respect for the mental capacity of a dog than a Trump voter.  Even if Biden wins we are in for a bad time trying to overcome the gravity of stupidity.  People should have known including Kadizzle how bad stupidity is. Casinos were the thermometer for stupidity.  People go to a casino and slowly give away their money.  Does that tell you something?  It tells you people do not understand basic math.  North Dakota has been a massive disappointment.  First, the state cannot comprehend it is a welfare state.  North Dakota prospers from Federal handouts.  Yet, the people of North Dakota fear socialism.  Nothing is more socialist than the coops that cover North Dakota.  Religion takes the cake.  Religious people supporting Trump.  Someone explain that one. 

Wednesday, November 04, 2020

Peter Bigfoot

 

This is a nice picture of Peter Bigfoot.  Peter lives up a mountain valley near here off the grid.  Peter has a wonderful garden and teaches classes on survival in the desert wilderness.  Peter did Kadizzle a great favor when he helped rehabilitate a hiker suffering from mental problems.  Bigfoot's little reserve way up Campaign Creek is a very interesting place to visit, and if you get the chance you should.  To be a good visitor be sure to buy some of his wonderful produce. 

The Poor are comfortable

 Down at the boat ramp the nice pickup trucks back nice fishing boats into the water.  As long as you have a fishing boat and a pickup life is good.  Add a six pack of beer and why would you ever need to vote against Donald Trump? Until the poor are cold and hungry, and there is no gas for the fishing boat ignorance will reign supreme.  Revolutions need pain for fuel.  Nothing changes until poverty reigns supreme.  The last time people awakened was the depression.  Things changed.  Look back in history.  All change that matters comes only from great pain.  When the Vietnam war raged people went to the streets.  For young people the prospect of getting killed in a senseless war awakened them.  I got my gun, my boat, and my truck.  We now live in a world of poor fat people in comfortable clothes they bought at Walmart.  Everything is OK, of course evil socialist roam the land trying to get our guns,  running child sex rings, and promoting sharing, but we have God and Donald Trump. 

Tuesday, November 03, 2020

Stalking dinner

On the bike ride today Kadizzle encountered Duane.  Duane is an old camp host and has been a volunteer for years.  Duane informed Kadizzle a mountain lion crossed the road near our encampment in front of him today.  The fires have been hard on all the wildlife and the mountain lions have been driven towards the lake to survive.  It would be fun to see one.  Duane said there were six around here.  Also he said professional hunters killed three.  Leave them alone is my plan. 

So the country is waiting tonight for the Trump enema.  Just took a nice bike ride in the dark. The air is wonderful and hopefully that is foreboding for the evening. 

The shower on our new RV is driving us nuts. It is leaking somehow to an outside wall. Kadizzle has tried everything to stop the leak.  Tomorrow a professionail may give it a try. 

Will the country get the enema it needs?

 Today the toxicity of Trump may be flushed from our system.  It will be a glorious day for the country.  The sun will shine, the heavens will open up. Dead brains will come alive. There will be hope.  Old Kadizzle is 71 years old, and never has there been a mental plague on our country like the years of Trump.  A tidal wave of stupidity swept our country in 2016.  Kadizzle had a strange dream last night about huge ocean tides.  Hopefully this dream has good implications. 

All is quiet in the desert and if a civil war breaks out we should be safe for awhile.  However,  we are surrounded by an incredible number of deplorables.  Gun toting deplorables with brain weevils.  Brain weevils enter the ear and chew into the brain.  The weevils love the tender brains of Republicans.  You can spot a brain weevil nest because the weevils usually signal the other weevils by putting a red hat on top of the nest. 

Monday, November 02, 2020

I Pity the Country (You do not have a choice, you must listen to this0

Shocking news.

Our existence is fragile.  We just got a call our good friend Dave fell from a ladder yesterday and died.  Dave has been an outstanding member of our trail crew.  His generosity is surpassed by no one.  People abused Dave by asking him to do favors. He always complied with a smile.  He helped Bill do a water pump on his truck last year.  He spent weeks welding on the dumpsters here at the park for free.  No doubt he will get an Easy Pass to heaven.  This will be a big blow to our trail crew.  Dave was a worker and loved to exert himself clearing the trails.  Among other things Dave was a good mechanic.  He could fix diesel, outboard boats, small engines.  It was just a day ago he sat here with us at our evening BS session. Dave loved to play cards.  Impossible to imagine the winter without Dave. 

Sunday, November 01, 2020

Hot in AZ

 Windy and hot in the desert.  Today is laundry day.  Rode the ebike all over hell's half acre.  Kadizzle is promoting an idea.  The New York Times had some dramatic pictures of idled cruise ships being scrapped. Why not move these ships to big cities and house the homeless.  Kadizzle is thinking of starting a Go Fund Me fund raiser.  What a waste to tear these ships apart for scrap steel when so many are homeless. 


Saturday, October 31, 2020

Let the hiking begin

  Winky and Kadizzle took a steep hike up Vineyard trail yesterday.   Kadizzle realized that coming down is as bad, if not worse, than going up.  The view from the top was worth the effort. Today Kadizzle tooke the ebike on an extensive review of the area.  Hopefully checked an Indian site.  Nothing new turned up and it was a bit disappointing.  The lake is still high and a ride down to the canal showed the water was still in the canal.  Hot, it is 85.  Winky and Kadizzle are at war with the pack rats.  Yesterday we put a smoke bomb in their hole and they shot out like rockets. 


Thursday, October 29, 2020

Settled In

Kadizzle just returned from the nice little private restrooms the Forest Service provides us with.   It is a glorious day with crystal clear sky and sunshine spilling everywhere.  We had a good swara yesterday.  Bill stopped by and had a beer with us.  Bill says the local Forest Service will bet a 7 million dollar blessing so we may be able to fix some things up.  Social distancing has become the norm in our little group.  Rita wears a mask even outside.  Winky went nuts yesterday protecting the sewer line.  She believes it may be attacked by the Javelinas.  They have damaged some in other places. They are brave and Bill showed us a picture of one trying to get in his camper. The hummingbirds have not shown up and that has Winky concerned. 

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Christmas in six days

 Just cannot wait for Christmas on election day.  If Trump is run out of town it will be better than any Christmas. The sun just popped up in the desert.  The sky is crystal clear, and it looks like a wonderful day.  Today we install the sewer hookup.  Oh, what fun.  Yesterday we went to Globe for supplies.  Diesel fuel was less than gas.  The Walmart in Globe was a big surprise, they were making the simple minded wear mask, and they were enforcing it.  Globe is another planet, with strange people, and an up and down economy that depends on the price of copper.  One person there once told Kadizzle the streets were laid out with a snake. That seems to be true the street system makes no sense.  Like so many mining towns houses popped up anyplace.  Sitting here in the Earth Module for the first time with brilliant sunshine.  We live in a strange place isolated from everything, no traffic, no neighbors, no noise.  The isolation can be boring, but also tranquil.  The future of the planet could hinge on getting rid of Trump and his band of thieves. With global warming Trump could be the man that tips us toward the end. 

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Electric Flames

 Never thought Kadizzle would see the day Winky would praise a fake fireplace, but she likes the one in the Earth Module.  It actually will put out heat.  It does give our little nest a more cozy sense.  Remarkably you can adjust the color of the flames or even just have the logs glow.  If we had been given a choice we would not have one, but we are growing to like it. 

The view from the Earth Module is pretty damn good.  The new Earth Module has better windows than the old one.  On the North we have an excellent view of the lake and mountains, to the south are the cliff dwellings and more mountains. 

If Trump is run out of town on election day it will be such a wonderful day.  The clouds will lift, it will feel like we can breathe again.  The stupid people will go back into hiding.  Oh, what a glorious day.  On the other hand it could be the beginning of a civil war.  The gun nuts are armed to the teeth just waiting to shoot.  Trump insanity is very heavy right where we sit.  Strangely the people that suffer the most from Republican policies support the idiocy the most. 

Monday, October 26, 2020

The Earth Module has landed

 Here Kadizzle sits at five in the morning local time.  The Earth Module arrived late in the day at Lake Roosevelt.  The desert is scarred all around us from the fires. The desert burns in a strange fashion.  The fire burns in patches.  What seems to be the problem is grass.  The grass grows so fast and thick that it is the grass that spreads the fire.  

Today we will have to get the module into place, and hook up the water and sewer.  Dave greeted us when we pulled in.  It was good to see a member of the trail crew.  Rita and Ken pulled in a few hours earlier and Winky walked up to cackle them. 

A little rain is falling and the desert has that nice fresh smell. All the roads and trails are closed in anticipation of flash flooding.  The fires create the situation where the rain just runs off too fast.  The trail crew will have a new boss and it will be interesting to see what are assignments are.  More than likely we will be trying to rehabilitate the burnt trails. 

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Over The Pass

 Wind is rocking the Earth Module in Raton, New Mexico.  Snow is chasing us south.  After watching Sylvie play soccer we headed down through Colorado.  Two traffic jams on the interstate caused by vehicles catching fire.  We met our friend from Nepal for the nice lunch he fixed us.  In a nice city park we had lunch with Barat.  We met Barat two years ago when camping in Colorado Springs.  Barat has not seen his family for four years.  Trying to eke out a living in various jobs in a foreign country takes persistence.  Today we face horrendous head winds.  Hopefully we will not get blown over.  The urban sprawl all over the country is staggering.  The East side of the Rockies seems like one continuous shopping mall.  Today we will be going through some isolated country for relief. 

Friday, October 23, 2020

Campaigning at Sam's Club

Just got back from Sam's club.  Talked to about ten people and asked them to vote out the rat.  My favorite was a black woman running some sort of sweeping machine.  I asked her if she voted and she said she was going to vote for  Biden.  I then said something about getting the rat out of here.  She said " We need to get his ass out of here".   My sentiment exactly.  Speak up, speak out, or you have no one to blame but yourself if we have four more years of this disaster.  

Earth Module lands in Denver

The huge new camper settled onto the street in the Snoocher Bear's neighborhood.  Grandpa had to give Sylvie a walking twenty for her perfect grades.  The budding actor got another job doing a promotional video for the Denver Science Museum.   Kadizzle is very hopeful the country twill be rid of a bunch of rats after the election.  People remarked it was amazing to see Dear Leader act half normal during the debate.  Perhaps a shock collar would work for him. 

In our travels we met a gentleman from Nepal.  He has offered to make lunch for us tomorrow.  Awhile back he cooked us a Nepalese dinner.  We are looking forward to it.  Sylvie's dog is a Wooly Brumpus, at least that is what Kadizzle called the Wheaton Terrier.  The pup is full of energy and a handful, but very smart. 

The price of housing is booming here in daughters neighborhood, and they may go the housing bubble burst one more time.  It creates a false sense of wealth that can have some bad results. 

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Wagon Prep

The Earth Module sits out there beside the house.  Between is snow.  Today final prep is being made for blast off tomorrow.  Just like at the Cape weather is such a big factor.  Old Kadizzle has learned not to drive in snow.  The plan is to light the ignition tomorrow morning and head for a warmer planet.  Today will be a day of cleaning,  packing, and making sure last minute details are attended to. Good by  Hazen, Good by North Dakota.  Hopefully the rednecks will come to their senses.  Going to miss sitting by this fire.  Winky criticised Kadizzle for sitting here too much, but had to chase her out of my chair to get my place.  Vote, vote, vote.  Tell your friends to vote.  It is critical that the rat in the White House be removed.  This is the most important election in my lifetime.  The clouds will lift.  It will be better than the rapture if Trump is gone.  Trump has threatened to leave the country if he loses.  Could there be any better ending to the rat in the house?


Monday, October 19, 2020

Cutting Wood

Brian fired up the old pickup truck, and we hooked up the flatbed trailer.  Down to the woods we went.  Winky, Brain, and Kadizzly started chainsawing some heat.  Trees are the ultimate solar machine.  A tree can capture sunshine and save it for a wintery day.  Once the logs were dragged from the treeline into the field we used two chainsaws to cut them into warmth.  Brain spent the rest of the day splitting the wood.  Kadizzle is sitting here at 4:30 A.M in front of our harvest burning in the hearth.  Today Winky and Kadizzle have to make an early trip to Bismarck to see some doctors.  Hopefully the PSA is still under control and more year lie ahead.  The gas station in Stanton apparently had no gas so we have to drive the diesel to Bismarck.   The new truck already has eight thousand miles on it. 

It is looking very good for ridding the country of Trump.  Kadizzle is mulling over the possibility of making a bet in the stock market on Trump's demise.  Kadizzle thinks the market may surge on the news the country has be rid of the lying plague Donald Trump.  Since we are homeless we have to keep some powder dry to buy a house if we find one in paradise somewhere.  Don't want to blow the wad on a poor investment.  

Sunday, October 18, 2020

Burn that wood

Winky and Kadizzle are up early watching the Sunday news.  Snow is on the ground.  The fire has been burning strong for days.  Can we cut the wood as fast as we are burning it?  Sitting in front of the fire in a rocking chair has been very pleasant.  Add to the fire some nice music in the background.  Today we will help Brian refresh the wood supply.  In a few days we will start our escape to the South.  Sylvie got all A's at here new school so Grandpa will have to give her a " Walking 20".   Someone used to give Kadizzle money and say you need some pocket money.  That became walking money.  As a Dad Kadizzle sometimes would surprise the kids with cash for a good report card.  It did not happen every time, but it worked. Both kids graduated top in their class and went on to great colleges.  The rewards were from the classic random reward text in college psychology. 

Beginning to feel good about the election, but Trump showed us how many idiots are out there.  Not only are they idiots, but they are proud to be idiots. 

Saturday, October 17, 2020

Girl in the Mirror (Wow, this will melt a Trump Republican)

My costume for Halloween


 

Kill Granny

 It's all a hoax, and nothing to worry about until it kills granny, then we will have to get serious.  Mercer County where we live was doing great, but the stupidity caught up.  Too many people are still in the cult.  You can spot a cult member from a mile away, no mask in the grocery store.  Who cares, it is just a Democratic hoax.  Fly your Trump flag high.  Kadizzle has come to believe the only thing that can penetrate the mind of a Republican is cold and hunger.  That was what the depression did.  Our of the depression came the realization we need to care for each other.  Republicans have attacked and removed every social safety net they can get their hands on.  Driven wild by greed the rich have pillaged the poor.  Let the peasants suffer from virus, we will fly to our second or third home on a private jet, but even Dear Leader got the plague.  Will we awaken, that is the question, or will granny have to die?

Friday, October 16, 2020

The Silver Spade

 Once upon a time Kadizzle was the training director for Consolidation Coal in Eastern Ohio. Kadizzle had to do safety training for about 2,000 people, some management training, and run a training center. As part of that job Kadizzle had some opportunities to go on the Silver Spade.  It was the largest earth moving shovel ever built.  If you view the video below you can get an idea of its size.  To get on the machine one went on an elevator up through the center pin.  Too lazy to write down some of the interesting stories about this machine, but if you ever want to hear them in my presence let me know.  Sitting in front of the fire just happened to come across this video.  Reminds me of how old Kadizzle is.  My time in Ohio was when I was about 23.  It was an interesting job and created some good stories.  

H Q VIDEO OF SILVER SPADE

He is Dead

The virus is raging in Hazen, yet the Trump flags still fly.  Yesterday Kadizzle learned a guy he used to work with at AVS died from the virus.  The guy had underlying conditions, but it should be a wake up call for the cult members in Hazen.  If you get the virus in Hazen and have to be hospitalized they will send you to Fargo in an ambulance.  Imagine that.  The hospital system is being strained in North Dakota, yet the Republican lying goes on.  It is just the flu.  What does it take to bust the cult.  Last night Trump's mental illness and inability to tell the truth were once more displayed for the public.  What does it take to bust a cult member out? Stroupinin and Kadizzle were going to go to Bismarck today, but old Kadizzle is going to back out.  No point in driving into the hornet's nest of virus in Bismarck.  If the country awakens and votes the rat out of office it will be such a breath of fresh air.  To have a government that funtions as a government will be wonderful, a government that protects us, a government that is truthful.  The clouds will lift, the sun will shine.  

Thursday, October 15, 2020

How about some thought and poetry

Below is a video called New Years Eve.   Kadizzle loves songs with good lyrics.  A song writer that can put together music and words in perfect fashion is to be admired.  Listen to the song and hopefully you can hear the lyrics.  In our temporary home my old friend Ray left me a nice stereo system.  That means Kadizzle gets to sit here in front of the fireplace Ray built and peck away on this computer.  Kadizzle misses Ray and never thought the day would come that Kadizzle would be temporary living in Ray's house.  He was an incredible man with so many talents.  His son Brian has been so gracious to us.  Ray built his own cannon with the utmost of detail and authenticity.  At Ray's memorial we fired the cannon out in the front yard here.  Ray went out with a bang, and he lived his life with a bang.  Ray told it like it is.  Kadizzle often recalls a story Ray told.  In Beulah Ray waited in line at a store.  Somehow Ray got in a conversation with someone in line about politics.  The person he was talking too was a typical redneck Republican.  After politely trying to reason with the may Ray gave up and simply said to the man " Your a f**king idiot".   Ray generally stayed away from politics, but he knew where the bear did it's thing in the woods.  Ray did so many civic projects few people know about.  One day when we were building the Pocket Park in Hazen Kadizzle told Ray he was having a problem making certain bricks fit in the patio. Ray went to Stanton got his tools and came back and did a nice job of giving the patio a finished look.  That was Ray. Now here Kadizzle sits in front of Ray's fire thinking of the past and all the good things about Ray.  Ray loved to solve problems.  When Kadizzle had to fix the hatch slide on the boat Ray took care of it.  Kadizzle needed an oddly shaped piece of wood.  Ray took on the challenge and made the wood.  About 75 feet away is the room where Ray died.  The world needs a lot more Rays and a lot fewer right wingers. 

New Year's Eve

Hope Springs Eternal

 Kadizzle is feeling we may be rid of Trump in a week or two.  Even the dumbest ones seem to be awakening a little.  The tidal wave of lies Trump has told have to have some effect on the terminally stupid.  There is no lie to low for Trump to tell. 

We are back at the North Dakota estate our friends are kindly letting us use as a temporary residence.  Yesterday we started a fire to warm the place.  Hazen has had a lot of virus cases.  It would seem when you see your friends struck down by Trump's stupidity you might get a little smarter.  The Trump cult is truly amazing. The willingness to stay in the bubble is hard to believe.  As this is written Kadizzle sits in front of the TV.  Republicans are doing all they can to suppress the vote. 

Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Rolling On

 This is the last day.  Mud Dog and Kadizzle found a very nice hotel for ten dollars more than the bum house by the interstate.  Sitting here with morning coffee. Winky had to put her mud dog suite in the shower to clean it.  We are in St. Cloud and need to get back to Stanton.  Hotel prices seem to be more reasonable with fewer people traveling, The fall colors have been great all along the trip.  Miss my little Evie, and our new grandson Quinnie.  Had a lot of fun with Evie.  We played a lot with the peanut butter bear fantasy. The peanut butter bear would come in the house at night and steal the peanut butter.  You could see him in the woods with peanut butter all over his face.  Our first offspring of the male persuasion is chubby.  There is fear he may turn out like Grandpa.  Not to worry, his mom Cheech was chubby and a prettier girl would be hard to find.  When they stretch out the chub gets used up.  Quinn has big bones like grandpa and will be a big guy.  One more cup of coffee, and not to long be for the final blast home.  

Monday, October 12, 2020

Mud Dog

Kadizzle had to rename Winky today.  Her new name might be Mud Dog.  On our way back to North Dakota we stopped to ebike near Eclair Wisconsin.   We found some very nice trails.  At the top of a hill Kadizzle looked down and saw a specially constructed mountain bike bridge.  It was obvious some skill would be needed to cross the bridge.  Kadizzle warned Winky that when she got to the bridge she needed to be extra careful.  Needless to say she ignored Kadizzles advice.  Kadizzle had the pleasure of seeing Winky drop about six feet off the bridge into deep mud.  It was a spectacular crash and thankya Jesus she was not hurt, but she was covered in mud.  Kadizzle asked her to give advance notice the next time so he could do a video. 

Sunday, October 11, 2020

Ebiking the USA

This morning after we alighted from our hotel room we headed for some wooded ebike trails.  They were not the smoothies we  had the last time.  The trails must have been designed to challenge the younger set. Winky was bleeding from both legs when we got done.  There were hump, and bumps, and jumps, but we made it.  For awhile we were lost in the woods in a maze of trails.  After the bike ride it was back on the road.  Here we sit in Elkhart, Indiana home of every RV in the world.  Hate hotels, would much rather be in our Earth Module.  Every hotel uses the same stinkum in the rooms.  Last night the people in the next room blared the TV until Kadizzle had to talk to management to get them to turn it down.  Tonight we have a room with a window we can open.  Although Kadizzle was born and raised in the East, he is done with it. Too many people, too  much traffic,  and too much the same.  Really the East Coast is not much different from Florida to Maine.  Will be good to be back in ND.  Good article in the NYT about Trump's thieving corruption. 

Friday, October 09, 2020

The Cult

 As a young person Kadizzle used to listen to WWVA radio in Wheeling, West Virginia where Kadizzle was born.  The crooked stump preachers preyed on the ignorant.  Never did Kadizzle think in his adult life we would have a president with a cult following that preys on the ignorant.  No matter how obvious Trump is about his lying, his cheating, and his disdain for the working class the cult remains loyal.  To the cult Trump is the Pope.  Trump is infallible.  All decent people have left his administration, but he has Barr and other lickspittles perfectly willing to do his evil.  

Thursday, October 08, 2020

Morning has Broken

 Up and at em.  The two little monkeys are full of energy for a new day.  Hot tubing, biking, and races will fill the day.  Quinn is already busy exploring the toys.   Quinn has mastered his little car he pushes with his legs.  With an art major and designer for a mother,  Evie is busy all day with art projects.  The house which was very orderly when we came now has children detritus scattered everywhere. 

Of course we watched the debate last night.  Will people wake up and leave the cult?  Pence told all the regular lies and the cult soaked them up.  It will be nice when the election is over.

Monday, October 05, 2020

Project Lady

 Evie is forcing Grandpa to color constantly.  In the project room we have ninety six crayons we have to keep busy.  Entertaining a three year old is a full time job.  The leaves up here in Vermont get nicer every day.  Yesterday we hiked up the ski slope aways.   How did we ever do it?  Hard to believe we went through the insanity of raising two children.  Here goes.   Imagine Trump with little children.  He would first teach them to lie, then to steal, then to call other children names.  Feel sorry for Baron having old Donald as a father. Never see them together.  Baron probably doesn't even know Trump.  One thing is clear.  Trump would not destroy the country if he had any love for his children.  Driven wild by greed Trump is so self absorbed he could take a job as a sponge for himself. 

Sunday, October 04, 2020

The Old Grandpa

Here we sit in Vermont with the two grandchildren.  Being a grandpa is a lot of work.  Entertaining Evie is a job.  In the hot tub, building with Legos ,  telling bear stories,  chasing around, it is all a lot of work.  An  Eastern fall is a pleasant change with all the trees.  We rode the ebikes up the mountain for a nice view.  We have been very worried about the Trumpster.  Who could replace him as a liar?  Without the Trumpster we just could not understand the world, we would not know what the Chinese are up to or the liberals.  

Friday, October 02, 2020

There is no housing shortage

With Dear Leader coming down with the virus that would seem to be the topic for today, but old Kadizzle has something else on his mind.  Winky and Kadizzle are planted at a very large ski resort in Vermont.  Of course there is no snow and no skiing.  What is amazing is the vast number of empty homes, apartments, and various lodging.  If someone took inventory of all the nice housing in this country they quickly find everyone could have a nice place to live.  Across this country high quality housing sits empty.  Even more amazing are the people working from home.  This means thousands of office buildings are empty.  That means even more potential housing.  Poverty in the United States is a distribution problem.  When those on top take it all there is little left for those on the bottom.  We pile up the poor in the cities, and live like kings in the country.  

Thursday, October 01, 2020

Another Blast off

Winky is packing today's supplies.  The pickup packed with Megan's treasures sits outside ready to go the last six hours to Vermont.  Once there we get to see Megan and her family of two little pumpkins.  The leaves are turning and the scenery is great.  Not looking forward to the drive back to Stanton.  The TV is on inches away and Trump is back pedaling as fast as he can.  North Dakota has it's version of the Proud Boys, Kevin Cramer, Kelly Armstrong, and John Hoeven.  These guys are the perfect lickspittles for Trump.  Vote the rat out.  Dear Leader has to go. If you don't realize Dear Leader is mentally ill by now, you are. 

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Bike Riding Summer

 This has turned out to be the summer of the ebike.  Today Winky and Kadizzle took a wonderful ebike ride along the shore of the great lakes.  Near Marquette we found some absolutely wonderful trails through the forest.  Met a nice biker girl yesterday at the visitor center of the National Forest.  Hi, if you are reading this. Had a great discussion on politics and the need for young people to fight the evil of the Republicans.  Crossed the Mackinac bridge and are headed south then east to Vermont. 

Monday, September 28, 2020

Fun at Breakfast

Picking up our breakfast at the Inn Kadizzle was having a discussion with the kitchen help.  A Trump Cult member overhead Kadizzle talking and broke into the conversation.  Kadizzle confronted the Trump cultist about the breaking news on Trump's taxes.  Kadizzle got into a shouting match with the cult guy.  The cult guy took off down the hall and Kadizzle had fun yelling at him "  Your in a cult".  The world is under a spell of idiocy.  Fox News so far has refused to report on the Trump tax scandal. 

 

Sunday, September 27, 2020

Major homework assignment

 You must watch and share the video below.  The information will be on the test, and if you fail the test you will automatically be assigned a D for the course.  This is the most important video in a long time.  If you want to help defeat Dear Leader you have to make this information go viral.  At Kadizzle headquarters we have top secret computers that monitor everything you are doing and we will hold you responsible if Trump is elected.  We know who you are and see what you do, don't take any chances. 

Registered Republican: Disappointed With Donald Trump and Disheartened B...

Registered Republican: Disappointed With Donald Trump and Disheartened B...

The Wagon rolls East

 Shortly the wagon will head to Vermont.  Going to be a long trip. The new diesel should be a pleasure it has every bell and whistle.  Winky wants to go the long way up north to avoid Chicago.  This will be the first drive East in over fifty years.  Sad to drive across our country and see it crumbling under the Republican dictatorship.  Read the NYT today and see the article on China and what China is doing. China is going to be the world leader in no time. China is addressing infrastructure while all we do is build yachts for the rich. Republican delusion, idiocy, and greed is rampant. Winky and Kadizzle did their best ot vote out the rats in North Dakota, but the system is rigged and our votes are meaningless.  Democrats don't even bother to run, it is hopeless. In North Dakota the mice vote for the cats. The biggest crop in North Dakota is now rednecks. 

Friday, September 25, 2020

The Day went by

Up early we hustled to town and packed daughter Megan's Earthly treasures so we can haul them to Philadelphia on Sunday .  This summer has seen some long driving. Two trips to western Montana, and now one to the East coast.  The rack is on the back of the truck for the ebikes.  

Every day when you think things cannot get much crazier Trump out does himself with lies and fraud.  The latest is on TV in front of us.  Trump spinning the ballot nonsense in Pennsylvania.  Stooping low is his favorite trick.  Such a lying scum and his good Christians eat it up.  Proud of my two preacher friends who are fighting the Trump evil. 

Have been putting solar on the Earth module.  If we have to dry camp we should be able to pull enough power from the sun to survive.  

Watch Thomas Friedman

 Thomas Friedman is a scholar and not a KFYR radio mental case.  Watch his comments on CNN.  Friedman says we are on the verge of a civil war.  If old Kadizzle can post his video here he will. 

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Sorry

Sorry to beat it to death, but the insanity in this country has become scary.  Watching the news this morning and seeing how this conspiracy theory insanity is spreading is frightening.  People are believing total nonsense.  The claims that the Democrats are running a sex ring are beyond belief.  Tune in to right wing radio for just a minute or two if you can stand it.  The lies are flying like leaves in the fall.  In our lifetime North Dakota has gone from reasonable to absolute stupidity.  No lie is too big.  The bigger the better. 

Tuesday, September 22, 2020

Insanity

 Kadizzle is back to our country estate.  Winky and Kadizzle are up extremely early in the bizarre world of Trump.  CNN just broke the news about Putin directly supporting Trump.  Not an ounce,  Kadizzle does not have one ounce of respect for anyone who is still a Republican.  We have friends inflicted with the disease of stupidity that causes them to support the Republican party.  You do not abandon someone because they have a disease.  You try your best to pull them from the cult.  It is so sad to see people you know in the cult.  Yesterday a good friend made remarks about the scary negroes in the big cities.  Of course they said it in a subtle way, but this is what the country has come to.  People who just want to be treated fairly are scary.  The reality is the rich fear the poor are going to take back what the rich have stolen.   You do not make 100 times what someone else does without stealing.  Make up any story you want, but the reality this is a class war.  Trump is a dictator for the rich.  You can spin it any way you want, but the facts speak for themselves. 

Monday, September 21, 2020

Sunday, September 20, 2020

At the mercy of the sun

 Solar power is the new norm for the Earth Module.  We bought a new solar panel and are relying on it to charge the ebikes.  Winky's bike is charged, but Kadizzle has to wait for the sun to fully charge his bike.  Kadizzle is thinking of buying one more panel, but Winky is resisting.  Harvesting sunlight is kind of like growing a garden.  We have a generator, but prefer not to use it.  Today may be another ebike adventure.  Kadizzle is amazed about the excellent ebike riding here in the Badlands.  The views are amazing, and the trails are very good.  A lot of good planning went into these trails.  The trails are not for the weak of heart or those afraid of high places.  You could make a mistake and be in big trouble in some places.  In a few places you are riding on the edge of a cliff.  Of course you could do this on a regular pedal bike, but you would need to be in good condition.  This summer we have probably done more than one hundred miles on the Ma Da Hey trail.  The 21 mile ride yesterday was our longest continuous ride.

If people do not wake up and vote Trump out we are well on our way to a dictatorship once they sew up the supreme court. 

Saturday, September 19, 2020

Adventure Abounding

 The Earth Module sits deep in the Badlands.  Winky and Kadizzle just completed 21 miles of ebike riding through some fabulous country.  Shanika showed up and slept in his truck,  Lauren and Pat came in their Glamper and we had a nice campfire.  A visit by a couple drunken cowboys was a highlight.  The two cowboys have recently starred in some films being filmed in the badlands.  The cloud of boredom has lifted and there are tales to tell.  Shanika and the Donoviches have taken off for home so we are alone deep in the Badlands.  The trail riding here is indescribable.  Unquestionably it is some of the best riding for bike in the universe.  Winky and Kidizzle have done more than a hundred miles in the Badlands this summer. If you have some energy and a bike this is something you need on your bucket list. The cowboys were going to sell us some beef, but we are too tired to get over to their place and get it. 

Thursday, September 17, 2020

Our Country is melting

Not only are the flames melting the country, but so are the lies.  Kadizzle briefly turned on the local propaganda station yesterday and heard Rush Limbaugh lying at a pace Trump would be proud of.  Rush was making up conspiracy theories so fast.  Of course the simple minded want a second helping of lies.  Kadizzle finds it hard to believe KFYR radio spews lies for four hours every morning.  It must work they are still in business.  If you want to see the fruits of the lying just look at the Trump flags spouting across the landscape.  The Russians must be dancing the troika.  Using the voluronable minds of the fundies the Russians are enjoying their dream of destroying us with propaganda.    

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Life in the country

 Kadizzle has become comfortable in our new temporary home.  Mrs. Kadizzle is looking at some pretty pricey homes in AZ.  May as well go out in style.  The smoke in the air yesterday was remarkable.  Below is posted a video on West Virginia.  There are some good shots of my old home town of Wheeling toward the end of the video.  If you are bored you might enjoy it.  The video brings back memories of growing up.  The video mentions that Wheeling was the richest city in the country in 1894.  

Winky is making an expedition to Bismarck today.  Kadizzle will stay back here and try to entertain himself.  The Earth Module is packed and ready for our trip to the Badlands.  The plan is to do some more trail riding on the ebikes.  

One of the nicest things out here in the country by Stanton is the quiet.  Once in a while the train goes by, otherwise the silence is deafening.  

Change is in the air.  The election will be a lifetime event.  The country will sink into the deepest swamp ever or rise above the ignorance that has spread quicker than the fires.  Our ability to become oblivious to disaster is amazing.  The planet is being destroyed, we have a mentally ill president, the economy is in shambles, and no one cares.  We don't need a president to lie to us, we do a good job of lying to ourselves. 

Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Aerial America: West Virginia (Full Episode)

Aerial America: West Virginia (Full Episode)

He lies to protect us

It has become clear President Trump will lie to protect us from panicking.  This creates a big problem.  How do we know when he is lying to protect himself or lying to protect us. President Trump has declared himself a stable genius. It gives me comfort to know we have a stable genius to decide when to lie and when to tell the truth. Sometimes adults lie to children because we love them and want to protect them.  We are all just children in president Trump’s mind and we can be thankful he would risk his reputation to protect us. Politics is a team sport.  If you support the Trump team, fly your Trump flag proudly.  Trump’s lies that protect us cannot be effective if he does not have the support of our North Dakota congressional delegation.  Every good citizen of North Dakota should be thankful for Kevin Cramer, Kelly Armstrong, and John Hoeven.  Our delegation risks their reputation supporting the lies Trump tells to avoid panic among us.  We must all understand not everyone can handle the truth.  Thankfully we have leaders that know when to protect us from the truth. 

Monday, September 14, 2020

Packing the wagon

 Now that the Earth Module is our only home it has to be packed carefully.  Maybe yesterday we solved the big problem of how to pack the electric bikes.  It seems we will have to lay them horizontally behind the cab of the truck so the fifth wheel can swing over them. 

Woke up to a world totally insane.  The west is on fire.  Climate no problem.  The president is mentally ill, no problem.  Trump cultist are popping up everywhere, no problem.  Russia is defeating us with stupidity bombs.  If you believe it, it is true.  Science, math, and history have all become very flexible. 

Trump lies, and tells tall tales.  Think about it religion does the same thing.  Why are we surprised that about half the population will believe anything.  Half the population has always been prone to religion.  Maybe it all started with Santa Claus.  Children accept being lied to as part of life.  People send children to church to be indoctrinated with nonsense, then we wonder why they believe Trump?  A strange world we live in where those with some sense of reality exploit those without.  History is replete with instance of leading the simple minded down a rat hole.  So one more time we have a mentally ill massiah feeding the masses an illusion.  Fiction is always better than reality.  

Sunday, September 13, 2020

Dear Leader

 We have entered a new era.  Americans now live in a cult led by Dear Leader.  Dear Leader loves us and lies to protect us.  We don't need science, math, or history anymore and should burn all those books.  Dear Leader knows what is best for us.  What is best for us is tax breaks for the rich.  Democrats are evil because they are not nice to Dear Leader.  Dear Leader calls women who are mean to him nasty, reporters who ask hard questions are nasty. Dear Leader knows nasty when he see it.  If we would accept the new religion of Dear Leader all of us could be happy.  Why are you reluctant to join Dear Leader's cult? You get to wear a red hat, you don't have to wear a face mask, you can carry a gun, and you get pardoned for anything you do if Dear Leader likes you.  

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Where did they go?

What about the dead, those who passed on? Where did they go?  Sitting in the home of a good old friend who went on listening to music on his stereo.  The night before in the home of another friend who went on.  My brother went on, my father, two of my sisters,  so many crossed the line.  As a young person one never thought of crossing the line, but now so many Kadizzle has know have crossed.  What is on the other side?  You can make up what you want, that is what religion does.  In fact religion does it for you.  On the other hand you can admit, you just don't know. That is the school Kadizzle is in.  The most likely thing is we are no different from the squirrel run over on the street.  Maybe it just simply is over.  It would sure be nice if all the answers were known once the body left us.  So many mysteries could be revealed.  So much is unknown.  Really what is gravity, what else is out there.  Maybe we get to know once we give up the ghost.  Sitting here with a mild fog outside contemplating.  The days are numbered.  Once you cross that line at 70 you begin to realize the glass is not half full or half empty, the glass is just about dry.  Deny it all you wish, but you can feel your body falling apart like an old house, and old car, and old pair of shoes.  You just don't last forever.  Kadizzle keeps telling the younger gang, retire enjoy, you never know when the plug will be pulled.  Money, money, money, it is always just a little more.  Look at the people with gobs of money, are they any happier.  Look at Trump a miserable rat obsessed with greed.  Where did greed get that rat?  It motivated him to lie, to cheat, to be a despicable human.  Look at the people who love him.  They can see what money did to him, and they actually wish it on themself.  Trump sits on a golden toilet.  Wow, does life get any better?  There is a lot of world out there and most of it is free.  

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Dina turns eighty today

 Today we head off to Dina's sequestered birthday.  Dina is an old sailing friend, no pun intended.  First we are going to go biking at Harmon Lake.  Dina and Bill were some of the first sailing friends we had and we sailed together for forty years on Lake Sakakawea.  Sitting around the campfire we always told stories about all the Chinese fire drills we had.  Dina like Winky is an excellent cook and must be blamed for many of the pounds around Kadizzle's waist. Dina has been very active in politics and with her group the badass grandmas she has made some serious progress in cleaning up the political mess in North Dakota.  Bill has gone on to the lake in the sky, and now Dina is running her home as an AirB&B as well as carrying on the family investigation business. 

Wednesday, September 09, 2020

Thought they were better than that

Seeing a friend sucked into the Trump cult is a sad thing.  One of the scariest things about the Trump cult are the people in it.  At one time Kadizzle had some respect for these people.  He knew them as business people, plant managers, mayors, and what seemed like normal rational people, but now they are in the cult and refuse to leave no matter what motivation Trump gives them.   Trump lies, cheats, steals, rapes, and disrespects women, military personnel and these people still stick with him.  A mental aberration is the only explanation. 

Tuesday, September 08, 2020

Morning in America

In our home for the homeless Winky is asleep up in her nest. Kadizzle is down here in his nest with the Earth Module sitting outside the window. Kadizzle awakened about five A.M.  The silence is wonderful here in the country.  A warm morning shower felt good.  Now we face another day of gradually getting ready to migrate.  Before we migrate we have to make a trip to Vermont to see Cheech and her two little snoochols.  Son Quinn is getting so big and Evie has a blast with her other adoring granny. 

What the world could be if the rich did not insist on stealing everything.  The incredible wealth disparity in this country is insane.  

We are living in a nice house that normally sits empty. How many nice houses sit empty while people are homeless? What we have in this country is a distribution problem.  Time to see if Winky is awake and have some coffee.  

Monday, September 07, 2020

Toys headed south

In a couple hours Stroupini will stop by to load up the motorcycle.  Along with the cycle Stroupini will take the little sailboat he has donated for the Kadizzles to use.  Both will go to Arizona.  Stroupini is nuts, he is going to make this long drive and sleep in the cab of his pickup truck. God bless him.  Hopefully he will get to do some sailing on the four lakes down in AZ.  That little boat will be a lot of fun.  You can pack some stuff and camp on the shore of the spectacular canyon lakes. 

Winky and Kadizzle have hiked two days in a row at the Knife River Indian village.  Walking through the woods where the ancients camped in the summer makes one think about the past.  For some strange reason they will not permit bikes on the trails.  It would be fun and harmless. Perhaps Kadizzle will have a talk with the park superintendent. 

Winky and Kadizzle have been busy preparing the Earth Module for launch to AZ.   The new camper is now equipped with two huge batteries and a new solar panel.  

Dina Butcher will turn eighty soon and everyone needs to wish her a happy birthday.  Dina is Kadizzle's political hero in North Dakota.  She is the bravest woman in North Dakota fighting for democracy.  Dina has received national recognition for her fight to the ethics commission.  Dina is a lifelong Republican that has turned against the Trump cult.  By any standard a brave intelligent woman who gets things done. 

Sunday, September 06, 2020

Kadizzle pitched from Facebook

Kadizzle has been banned from Facebook for thirty days.  Apparently the Facebook computer does not understand sarcasm.  The Fargo Forum had an article about homeless people in Fargo.  People were complaining about the homeless people.  Kadizzle suggested that the problem would be solved if people voted for Trump.  Kadizzle said Trump would round up the homeless and kill them like Hitler killed the gypsies in Germany.  Well it seems Facebook has entered a touchy area of censorship. 

Saturday, September 05, 2020

Nazi Flags Flying

 The fags are flying.  People publicly declaring their stupidity is an amazing sight.  Kadizzle is now hunkered down near the little town of Stanton, North Dakota.  The local businesses have cranes with the boom raised high flying Trump flags.  It is a sickening sight.  Simple minded people proud that they do not read, comprehend or understand.  The Nazi Trump flags have sprouted.  These people declare the truth just does no matter.  Living a world with cult members sprinkled among us gives and uncomfortable feeling.  What did it feel like in Germany as the country marched toward disaster?  Years ago when Kadizzle moved to North Dakota it seemed like a reasonable place.  Back in West Virginia, that state seemed like a reasonable place, but we have slipped into redneck heaven. Gun toting, flag waving, Republican Jesus hell is now the standard. 

Now there is a good sign.  Kadizzle knows two preachers well.  Both of them have seen the evil of Trump and are pressing their flocks to wake up.  It seems that some Republicans are coming out of the fog.  Trump's insanity seems to get worse every day.  At what point do people finally wake up?

Thursday, September 03, 2020

Hello Russians

Good morning Russians.  Kadizzle just checked the statistics on this blog.  There are about 900 Russian followers, and 500 people from the United States.  Please Russians don't help Trump get elected this time.  If you help defeat Trump you will be eligible for a Kadizzle T Shirt, a trip to Kadizzleland,  a signed pair of Kadizzle's under garments, and many other prizes.  So get to work and do some good hacking this time.  

Moon Launch

Outside our country dacha sits the new Earth Module.  Daily Winky and Kadizzle prepare for the launch.  When the module is finally launched toward Arizona it must be equipped with everything to survive.  A new solar panel has been purchased and the motorcycle rack has to be built.  Winky is trying to find where to store all the essentials.  One thing about the new module is we have better sleeping accommodations for a guest.  Stoupini is enthusiastic about pulling a small sailboat to Lake Roosevelt for us to use.  That will be a great addition to our winter fun. 

 

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Rain will come and the wind will blow, deer will die in the winter snow

 The tranquility of the country is soothing. The Kadizzles may be developing a bad habit of sitting in front of a large TV in the morning. Never in our hundreds of years of marriage have we done such.  The styrofoam deer is out in the yard grazing. Brian put genuine deer antlers on it.  Kadizzle remembers when we fired an adle adle at it.  If you don't know what an adle adle is you need to look it up and learn.  Yesterday the Kadizzles made a trip to Bismarck and reminisced about how small it used to be.  Now urban sprawl is the norm.  Dina made some great margaritas and Mexican food was ordered.  Of course this resulted in a night of digestion problems.  We are preparing the new Earth Module for the next run somewhere.  Storing our Earthly possessions is a big project.  Kadizzle is building a rack for the motor cycle.  Sleeping out in the country away from the noise is very pleasant.  

At some point the plan is to make the long trek to Vermont, or Philadelphia to see Cheech, Chuba Bubba, Evie and Sam. That will be a haul.  It does not seem right to drive into the dementia of the East when we are out here on the prairie safe and sound.