The Surly Curmudgeon

Sue with doggies beside van with RV in tow

Our journey along the Lake Superior shore from northern Wisconsin to the Porcupine Mountain Wilderness in the upper peninsula of Michigan.

Sue with doggies beside van with RV in tow

After wandering around the headwaters of the Mississippi this morning, we continued eastward to the Wisconsin shore of Lake Superior.

Sue with doggies beside van with RV in tow

Continuing our return from western South Dakota, we visited the monuments to Sakagawea and Sitting Bull in Mobridge, SD before continuing through southeastern North Dakota to the headwaters of the Mississippi River at Itasca Lake in central Minnesota. Along the way, we visited the world’s largest “catfish.”

Sue with doggies beside van with RV in tow

Reflections on our time in South Dakota as we turned eastward across the great plains toward the great north woods.

Sue with doggies beside van with RV in tow

A round-about way of going to visit family in Michigan and friends in Ohio and Virginia by way of the Dakotas and Minnesota.

Cessna 172 flying over Strom Thurmond Dam

In 1974, shortly after arrival at my first US Air Force “permanent” duty assignment – Eglin AFB, FL – I began taking flight lessons in preparation for certification as a private pilot. After logging a little over ten hours, I made my first solo flight while on leave for Christmas at Holloman AFB, NM. But … Read more

Mt. Freedom BC sign

All of us have to do our part to combat the spread of COVID-19 in our communities. Gatherings like schoolrooms and church services provide a potent vector for the spread of the disease. Mt. Freedom Baptist Church in Mountain Rest, SC came up with a novel solution to this conundrum.