U S of A
Well, I’ll be a Monkey’s Uncle!
You don’t hear the expression very often anymore, which is a pity. When people encounter something surprising or learn an unusual fact, it is fun to tell the world you are so incredulous you could be another species.
Bear and I hope to rekindle use of the phrase this week as we look for oddities in the U S of A.
Join us as we drive west from Las Vegas, through the Mojave Desert, then north along the Sierra Nevada Mountains in central California. Once we leave California, we will take a serpentine route through parts of Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and Montana, looking for unusual items, people and places.
We will be driving a motorhome along highways that roughly follow the western portion of John Steinbeck’s route when he was gathering inspiration for his book “Travels with Charlie, in Search of America”, but backwards.
John Steinbeck showing a neighbour his new camper truck, in 1962. The author named his motorhome Rocinante, after Don Quixote’s horse.
This is our Rocinante. Jump in, let’s go find …
… A Monkey’s Uncle.
I will try to post updates each day of the journey, usually about 8:30am.
Each time we spot an unusual item along our route this week, we will give it a Monkey’s Uncle award. Let’s see how many we can find.
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