Little Sister

Trump has finally driven my poor little sister nuts.  Patty was at the community pool with four Trump cultist.  Their idiocy got to Patty and she gave them the full blast.  Kadizzle has never heard his sweet little sister go on such a rant.  It is shocking when you find out how uninformed, and brain dead a good friend is.  At this point you would have to keep your head in a bucket not to know what a worthless con man Trump is, but the cultist can do it.

Here we sit in Lusk, Wyoming baking.  The fireworks will keep us from napping.  Kadizzle got way too far into the bourbon last night and recovery is needed.  May have to turn on the Earth Module air conditioning.

The Plan

The plan was for a different life style.  Bike riding in the western mountains is the new plan. Today Winky and Kadizzle too the most excellent ebike ride in Wyoming.  The trials were a lot of fun, and thankya Jeesus for ebikes.  Kadizzle hopes to explore more areas on the way home. Perhaps we can explore up around Sheridan, Wyoming.   It is raining right now and the rain is badly needed.  Had no idea there was such nice country around Cheyenne and Laramie .  Had a great time with Sylvie.  She is going bonkers because she gets a puppy today.  If you are an old goat like Kadizzle then get yourself and ebike.  Kadizzle saw a younger guy with his kids today on the steep trails struggling to pedal the old fashioned way.  An ebike takes thirty years off your belly.

The wind died

Waking up to a peaceful no wind day.  A miracle to awake in such a wonderful area. Yesterday we drove around the countryside.  Very pretty area that must have amazed the original settlers.  After a great supper we had some custom made bourbon and did some singing with Sylvie.  Took Sylvie on a hike and taught her some hiking and navigation skills.  Sylvie is getting good at compass skills and the GPS.  My have to get Sylvie a GPS for Christmas.

At this point it appears our house in Hazen may be sold.  Winkie wants a house in Payson, Arizona.  It will be a lot of hassle moving and making the transition.  Not looking forward to that.  The housing market in Hazen is terrible and it feels like we gave the house away.  Recently we have put a fortune into the place with two new bathrooms, new windows,  a nice kitchen, and redid the garage.  Such is life.

Today looking for ebike fun.  May do some more exploration.  Yesterday we found an area with a lot of ebike trails. 

Looks like Trump is on the run.  If we can bring that rat to bay the country may be on the rise again. Do your part fight the rat every chance you get.

Insane Wind

The Kadizzles are nested in a wonderful spot, one major problem, insane wind.  The Earth Module is rocking and The Pop up camper is suffering.  Sylvie slept over with granny and gramps.  Winkle says the wind is 28 mph.  Yesterday Kadizzle took a neat ebike ride around Turtle Mountain.  Kadizzle and the gang went for a hike along a stream yesterday.  Sylvie jumped in and got cooled down.  Part of Kadizzle's plan on the hike was to see if the trail could be ebiked.  The trail looks good, but at one point you have to cross the stream.  The crossing point is part of a beaver dam.  Kadizzle figured he could lower the water level by destroying the dam.  Kadizzle got a lesson in beaver dams, and learned to respect their building ability.  The little beast really know how to weave twigs and stick together.  Beavers seem to build a base for their dams out of mud, and surprisingly rocks.  Kadizzle was amazed at the size of rocks the beavers could move.  Kadizzle finally had to give up on the dam destruction project.  The water level did go down about a foot.  Maybe if the blasted wind goes down the fat man will try that trail today.

Hope they have Trump on the run

Wind, wind, and more wind here in Wyoming.  The area is fantastic, but the wind just does not let up. Fran and Erin are staying in their soft sided pop up camper.  The wind is driving them nuts.  Last night for the second night Sylvie transferred to the Earth module. 

Now for the good news, it appears even some of the brain dead Trump supporters are waking up to the fact he is a hopeless mess.  Trump ignoring the fact Russia placed a bounty on American soldiers should get to the most simple minded, but reality does not sit well with Republicans. 

More hiking today.  Kadizzle may do an exploration run on the ebike.  When we climbed to the top of the rugged peak the other day Kadizzle got a great overview of the area and the trails.  Hopefully the trails will support a ebike ride.  If only the blasted wind would go down.  Fun teaching Sylvie outdoor skills.  Sylvie loves hiking and outdoor activities so she is having a blast. 

Sylvie

Be sure to click on the picture to enlarge it.  A very nice picture of my Sylvie.  We went to the Snowy Mountains today.  More good hiking, eating, and campfires. 

Wyoming Wonders

The Earth Module sits on top of a small rise with an incredible view.  Fran, Sylvie, and Erin are camped next to us in their pop up.  Yesterday we took a fantastic hike to the top of a huge boulder mountain with a view a hundred miles out onto the plains. The internet service is poor here.  So much fun seeing Sylvie.  The wind was so bad last night she had to come to the Earth Module to sleep.  Nice ebike riding here also.  Got to see a baby moose with the mom from about twenty feet away.  Everyone really likes the area.   It is dispersed camping which is nice.  When Sylvie got up we sang some songs and gave Sylvie a lesson on Halley's Comet.  We did the Comet study because of a song that mentioned it.  Also have been teaching Sylvie how to navigate with GPS.  If Kadizzle can get around to it he may post some pictures later.  The solar panels are doing a great job of keeping us charged up.

Slow down the testing.

Dusk in Lusk

Here we sit in Lusk, Wyoming.  We are right on the corner of some skididly RV park.  The people who run the park are real touchy about parking on their grass. The sites are skinny and there was not much room for our slide out.  Kadizzle did not know they were niggifiddles about the grass and inadvertentloy got a wheel on the grass.  Pap came running and complained, and ma showed up a little later to guide us in for a third try.  Finally we settled in and had a good night.  So we are off to Vedavoo to camp with Erin, Sylvie, and Fran.  First summer trip with the camper.  Since we sold the sailboat this is a different life style. 

Awakening

Kadizzle is up, it is around six in the morning.  Winkie is still in bed.  Waking up as an old lump is like coming out from under anesthesia. Kadizzle feels like pie dough that has just been rolled out.  Gravity seems to be everywhere.  Walking toward the kitchen feels like a boulder with legs.  Dreaming wears Kadizzle down to a frazzle. Kadizzle dream, and dreams, and dreams.  The dreams are so bizzare and detailed that Kadizzle awakens every night and wonders how does the brain invent these elaborate movies. The complexity of the scenery is incredible.  How does the mind make a movie?  How does it do it night after night?  Last night was a classic.  Kadizzle dreamt he was walking past a factory that made rebar.  Where in the hell did that come from? About fifty years ago along the Ohio River Kadizzle did ride a motorcycle by a factory that made rebar. Why did the mind drag this up fifty years later and incorporate it in a dream? Strange.  The sun is coming over the right shoulder.  This means the sun is on the North side of the house.  The Earth has tilted to the extent that the very sun that shines in the southern windows now shines in from the North.  This giant rock is hurtling around the Sun, the sun is blasting off in space, and Trump is lying at the speed of light. 

Right here in engine room things are scattered all over the floor.  The stuff is from the go bag.  What in the hell is a go bag? Well the preppers, if you know who they are have a bag full of crap they can pick up and run with when the shit hits the fan.  Kadizzle sort of likes the idea.  In Cottonwood at a garage sale Kadizzle got a seventy dollar bag for one dollar.  It was brand new.   Now in the bag are things that might get you out of a bind.  There are two way radios,  a space blanket, a GPS, pencil, paper, earphones, a water filter, snacks, gloves, a balaklava, a swiss army knife,  a headlamp, pulling tape, and on and on.  We all face that moment when we say " If only I had a...."  Well a go bag should have that magic thing that gets you out of a bind.  So the go bag is in the truck most of the time.  Actually there are two go bags. A smaller version is a backpack with a few essentials.  The problem is these bags have to always be rearranged.  Sometimes things in the backpack go to the go bag, and vice versa.  Anyway there is a big mess on the floor of the engine room because the go bag is getting checked for the trip to Wyoming. 

Is the cult cracking?  Somehow Kadizzle want to believe people are leaving the Trump cult.  His lies have become so blatant, that maybe there is hope. His Tulsa event was so pathetic.  The fact that teenagers supposedly fooled his gang is a good laugh.

Over at Stroupini's the carpet is down, should say upside down. Stoupini has lad carpet all over the yard which will soon be filled with gravel.  The idea is he carpet will keep the weeds down.  When the gravel shows up the project will be complete.

How Can You Tell?

Below is a song by John Prine.  Now if you encounter someone who is a John Prine fan you know they are basically a good person. A few people have hit it out of the park.  Kadizzle would say John Prine, Leonard Cohen, and Bob Dylan are three people you can count on. The ability to combine words and music to perfection is a rare treat.  Some people can crank out one or two or even three great ones, but these guys have dozens.

John Prine - Summer's End Official Video

The Trump Honor Roll

Put up a Trump flag to show people you are on the Trump honor roll.  Sadly we have about four on the honor roll here in our hamlet. On this honor roll you don't get honored for reading, thinking or checking facts.  You are honored for being a good cult member.  You believe. You believer there was a biggly crowd in Tulsa.  You believe what the man behind the curtain says.  Believing lies is a skill the Trumpsters have mastered.  Flags are great.  A simple pieced of cloth will identify a racist, an idiot, or a Nazi.  How convenient.  You may have always thought Willy was a little simple, but to have Willy self identify makes life easy.

Solar Bike

Yesterday Kadizzle figured out a way to recharge the ebike with solar power.  Since the Kadizzles are going to do some dry camping in Wyoming this will be a good breakthrough.   Our two solar panels are hooked to a twelve volt battery, and the battery runs an inverter into which the bike charger is plugged. It is kind of a long way around the barn to get the job done, but it seems to work.  No doubt it is not the most efficient way to do it, but any port in a storm.  Off to Wyoming we will go with two ebikes.  

In Wyoming we will meet our talented little granddaughter, Sylvie.  Sylvie is at her first acting job today.  At age 11 she is being paid $150 an hour to act in a public service add for a hospital. Grandpa expects a nice birthday or Christmas present this year.  Everyone was delighted to find out Sylvie was accepted to the Denver school of arts. 

If you believe it, it is true

What is the explanation? How do the cult members stay in the cult?  Every day the evidence of Trump's incompetence, crookedness, lying, and immorality just pile higher.  How do the cult members ignore a pile of evidence that obscures the sun?  Most amazing are the religious dingers.  Kadizzle knows several people that are " washed in the blood of the lamb".    These people march to church and get their tank filled with mythology, then they go home and turn on Fox News.  Delusional is the only explanation. Today Kadizzle came across an article about Trump's niece writing a book.  The niece is a psychologist.  She tells tales of how rotten Trump has been his entire life.  Today the big deal is Bolton's book about the Trump rot.  Everywhere you turn someone is leaking the truth about the rat in the White House, yet the cult still believes.  Republican has become a religion.  You just believe contrary to any evidence.  You just have faith that Trump's rot is god inspired. 

"Pilgrim"- Steve Earle and the Del McCoury Band featuring Emmylou Harris

Have we become a police state?

Yesterday Kadizzle took off for Taylor, North Dakota with Stroupini to get some trees for his backyard. As we drove into the little town of Dodge, North Dakota Stroupini slowed down, but not enough.  As luck would have it an officer of the law was driving East while we were going West.  It was apparent the sheriff's deputy was going to stop Stroupini.  Stroupini pulled into a side street and the patrolman followed.  After asking Stroupine for his drivers licence the deputy asked Kadizzle for his.  This seemed like a very strange request and Kadizzle questioned the officer as to why he would as for the passenger's license.  The officer said it was for his protection.  Protection from what? He had already asked if we were armed.  Of course we were not.  Two men in their seventies would not pose much of a threat.  The deputy was a big man and could probably have knocked Stroupini over with a fart.  It might have taken a little work with the night stick to subdue Kadizzle.  Kadizzle gave he officer his license.  When the officer went back to his car to print out a ticket for Kadizzle he started to take Kadizzle's license with him.  Kadizzle asked why? Apparently the officer was going to call in both license.  Kadizzle told him no, Kadizzle wanted his license back.  There had been a little discussion earlier and the officer said Kadizzle did not have to give him the license. The officer said it was for his safety, so Kadizzle agreed saying indeed he did want the officer to be safe.  Now all of this raises he question, what if it was a van load of people, or a bus load of people?  Would everyone on the bus or van be checked?  Were it a van load of Mexicans or black people how would it be handled? There is nothing wrong with good police work, and in this encounter everyone was polite and cordel, however it did give the impression of a country run by Trump.

A ride in the Badlands

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Click on the link above to see a nice video of the bike ride with Winky yesterday in the Badlands. We had another great ride. Good weather, scenery and a setting that rivals any in the country.  

Let's flag stupidity

I am an idiot.  If that is the message you want the world to see raise a Trump Flag, a Confederate Flag, or just put on a red Trump hat to let people know you are simple minded.  Almost forgot, you could put a Trump bumper sticker on your car.  We live in a society of symbols.  The NRA sticker on a pickup lets you know what is inside.  Food is labeled, and a lot of people like the idea that you can pick up a package and know how much salt is in the chips.  When people label themselves you can tell how many beans are in the jar with ears on it.  It is nice to know right away you are talking to an uneducated idiot.  Kadizzle has his anti Trump shirt.  It simply says Impeach on it.  When the shirt supply is low and most of the T shirts are in the laundry Kadizzle pops on the Impeach shirt.  It is fun to wear it around town and troll for dingers.  The shirt does identify Kadizzle as whatever he is, certainly not a Trump fan.  Now here comes the propaganda problem.  Idiots are proud to be idiots. The idiots want the world to know they are simple minded.  Here in Trumpville the idiots drive the loudest trucks and motorcycles possible to bring attention to themselves.  Like the gun totters that you encounter in Arizona with a side arm, you know right away you are looking at an idiot, an armed idiot. What could be finer.  Kadizzle was in Auckland, New Zealand and there he was an old goat from the U.S. with his Trump hat walking down the street in downtown.  Kadizzle could not help it. Kadizzle told the simple minded fellow he was an embarrassment to the United States.  What have we come to when people proudly declare they don't have an ounce of intelligence?

Political facemask

It is Sunday morning.  Winky just wandered into the kitchen.  Kadizzle is sitting here reading The Economist.  A short little article on facemask caught his attention.  The article said facemask are more to protect other people than yourself.  Boing!  That explains it. Republicans don't care about anyone but themselves.  That is why they don't wear facemask.  Democrats care about other people, that is why they do wear facemask.  Could there be a simple way to identify people?  Republicans believe, I got mine, the hell with you.  Democrats believe the more people are happy the more they will be happy.  So now we have a system that is wonderful.  The idiots wear red hats, so you know them instantly. The selfish people don't wear mask, so you know them instantly.  Then there are some who take it one step farther and put up a Trump flag or a Trump bumper sticker.  They are making it clear they want nothing to do with reality. This is a great system we have in place.