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4100 MILES IN THREE WEEKS. WHAT I LEARNED:

October 25, 2023 by David Gillaspie

e How it started. Wife: We could fly to Albuquerque and rent a car to see Monument Valley. Me: Or we could drive down and see what we miss from the air. Wife: You drive and I’ll meet you in Albuquerque. Me: Then I’m taking the dog with me. Wife: What?

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: Albuquerque, America, boomer blogger, David Gillaspie, dog, driving, education, gas mileage, history, MARRIAGE, Oregon, Portland, reservation, Santa Fe, travel, vacation, vacation blogger, writer

SCREEN LAND UNCOVERED IN MAP

October 21, 2023 by David Gillaspie

When a map comes to life what happens? Wonder happens. Awe happens. Unreal happens. In Southern Utah it all happens around every corner.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, car, driving, education, geology, history, Oregon, smith rock, Utah

AMERICAN LETTERS FROM THERE

October 13, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My American letters began sixty-eight years ago. But that wasn’t nearly old enough. So I pulled a college history degree, American History with an emphasis in NW History including seminars on the Origins of WWI, and post-WWII Germany. Was I intrigued, or just taking classes that fit my time frame? Both. And it still […]

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, american letters, baby boomer, blogger, boomerpdx, David Gillaspie, dinosaurs, education, facebook, letters, Love, petrified wood, writing

REST STOP AMERICA 0R PIT STOP

October 4, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Rest stop America doesn’t get much better than Idaho. With a speed limit of 80 mph, and regular traffic at 90, getting off the road is a relief in more ways than one. Or two.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, comfort zone, driving, Idaho, rest stop, rest stop america, sweet spot, travel

ROAD SONGS FROM HERE TO THERE

October 1, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Road songs define generations. Baby boomer road songs? Still the best? Let’s take a drive around the block and find out.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, Baby Boomers, boomerpdx, boomers, driving, generations, Oregon, road songs, road trip, soul of America, train song, travel, traveler

AMERICAN SOUL SEARCHING CONTINUES

September 30, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The American soul is elusive. One time it’s here, the next time it’s there. More than one searcher has found it, only to discover what others have: “They are wrong.”

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, American, american soul, American tune, commitment, common ground, family, gone wrong, just married, Love, MARRIAGE, married, messy, soul, travel, trust

AMERICAN DREAM — 2023: THE GOLDEN RULE

January 16, 2023 by David Gillaspie

THE American Dream remains the same: Be Somebody. Be someone you’re proud of. If you’ve been the good example bringing someone back from the edge, keep it up. If you’re the reason someone was out there, keep reading.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: all-america, America, American Dream, american dreamer, american flag, American History, blogger, boomerpdx, care, civil rights, Civil War, equality, Gettysburg, golden rule, historical, historical reality, Martin Luther King Jr, public school, true history

LONELY PEOPLE: WHERE DO THEY ALL COME FROM

August 14, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Lonely people come from the same place you come from. How can that be? They didn’t seem lonely. Why would they be lonely? As if you need to ask.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, Eleanor Rigby, history, lonely, lonely people, Oregon, pop music, Portland, sound of silence, the Beatles, writers

AMERICAN LIFE PLAN FOR LIVING UNGUARDED

July 5, 2022 by David Gillaspie

An American life, yours and mine, is based on a certain freedom. Those freedoms are listed here in the National Archives Museum. If that’s not enough freedom, you might ask ‘what is enough?’

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, American, american life, freedom, life, mass shooting, mass shootings, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon, unguarded

PRESERVED LAND FOR THE AGES

May 21, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Preserved land, or land preservation, needs help. You know the old saying, ‘they don’t make more land?’ It’s never more true than land holding Native American sites. And that’s the problem.

Filed Under: What's Up Tagged With: America, archeological site, Arizona, artifacts, historical preservation, indigenous people, land preservation, museum, Native American sites, native people, native sites, preserved land