ELVIS IS ON THE ROAD and I'M AN ELECTORAL COLLEGE DROP OUT

sun and shadow play in morro bay

enrolling in electoral college

     I'm waiting for the New York Times or Wall Street Journal to break the news that wiki leaks discovered a check made payable  to Donald Trump for "services rendered" signed by the Clinton Campaign.

elvis and the crusher 

     Friend and former colleague John, once known as Elvis, was a recent guest.

    He was in the midst of a loop of the west that had him log an extraordinary number of miles and hours on what he affectionately calls "the crusher!"

    The day after the frame below was snapped he set his personal best for miles in a day. He was bound from LA to Las Vegas and wanted to beat the expected 112 degrees in the desert. John left LA at 4AM and arrived Vegas a little before 9AM.  He calculated he averaged 85 MPH. He noted that BMW's and Mercedes also inbound to LA from Vegas were flying by him. But that was just the warm up. He decided not to hang around Vegas.
    Before he got back to his truck and bike carrier he drove 849 miles in some 16 1/2 hours. He caught a nap and drove straight through to Indiana, where he proceeded the mow the acerage of his home. 

   John was an ace in his job in television news and smart as a fox, though mostly he was always a very wise cat. On this trip he was a traveling cat-Elvis on the Orange Crush.

another orange cat looking for cool

taking out the trash

     Taking, keeping and then making light of "always wanting" one-the Purple Heart business by trump-is a low point. He mocked the honor, reverence and respect due all men and women who have been injured in defense of the US. How can such a social and egotistical cretin be a potential president? In many ways he is the poster boy for how toxic and dysfunctional American electoral politics has become.

     See you down the trail.