Monthly Archives: November 2008

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What an experience!

Yesterday I had one of those amazing life-moments when you are just suddenly hit by where you are and what is happening. Since very early on in the “ALife4Sale” project, I have had occasional contacts from movie and TV producers interested in doing something with the story. I really did not know how to handle […]

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Another goal achieved, but…

Another goal achieved, but… this one cannot be ticked off my list of one hundred goals, as it is someone else’s goal that I have been proud to be part of. I have been in LA for a few days now, and am sort of finding my way around. My best friend Maggie (Magellan) is […]

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Goal 19 achieved – The City of the Angels.

Wow, three goals achieved in three days! I’ll be finished by Christmas if I can keep this up!! On Saturday I experienced indoor skydiving in a vertical wind tunnel, yesterday I completed my journey across Route 66 by finally arriving at Santa Monica, and today I headed into Hollywood to complete my goal of seeing […]

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San Diego.

I arrived at Evan’s house just north of LA yesterday afternoon. Evan is a PR guy who specialises in quirky internet stories, and he had contacted me very early on during “ALife4Sale” and given me a lot of help with some of the internet publicity for the auction. Evan is actually number 8 of ten […]

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Viva Las Vegas!

I still had a lot of things that I wanted to see in Las Vegas, so on my last day there I was up early and headed out to Red Rock Canyon, which is just a few miles to the west of the city. From Simon and Myles’s house it only took minutes to get […]

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2 Only in Las Vegas!

Well, another interesting day here in the land of make-believe! I have sort of become intrigued and slightly horrified by the US gun laws, but also have developed a sort of fatal attraction to the subtle lure of these amazing weapons! So when I came across an advert suggesting that a visit to a Vegas […]

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Goal 16 achieved – Las Vegas.

Wow, what a culture shock! At lunchtime yesterday I was in the Badlands in South Dakota, utterly alone, hardly a sound except for the slight noise of the wind, and within a couple of hours I was wandering up and down The Strip in downtown Las Vegas! I arrived in Vegas on Thursday last week, […]

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TV script writers running out of ideas?

Back in May 2008, during the build up to my “ALife4Sale” auction I did a blog article about an event organised in New York Grand Central Station by a group called Improv Everywhere. The event was called “The Big Freeze”, and you can see what was involved in the video below: I read more about […]

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Pretty dam spectacular!

Another beautiful sunny November day, I am being so lucky with the weather. I drove north from Kingman, where I had stayed overnight… guess where… that’s right, Walmart’s of course! My next destination is Las Vegas, and on the way, I got to travel across the Hoover Dam. It’s pretty spectacular, and well worth the […]

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Goal 14 completed – Grand Canyon.

The Grand Canyon is simply stunning. Without a doubt it meets and surpasses all expectations. It was a beautiful crisp clear morning as I drove up from Flagstaff, and by the time I arrived at Little Colorado River Canyon, just before the Grand Canyon itself, it was lovely and warm. I had been very lucky […]

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What a beautiful morning!

What a beautiful morning! After a long evening in the pub last night I headed back to the RV, warmed by the beer-jacket I was now wearing! It was still parked in the bank carpark where I left it late yesterday afternoon, and as a bank customer I decided I would be fine to stay […]

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“and Gallup, New Mexico…”

I saw Gallup, New Mexico. Once again, like Amarillo, perhaps I am doing the place a bit of an injustice, as I had a lot of miles to cover, but a quick drive-through was enough… However, the drive through New Mexico on the almost desolate parts of old Route 66 was quite stunning, and very […]

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Albuquerque.

A long day of driving took me into New Mexico, and it was late Saturday evening by the time I arrived in Albuquerque, and made my way to my overnight accomodation – Walmarts carpark, of course! On Sunday morning I met with Sharon, who had contacted me through the website, and was keen to show […]

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“You’ll see Amarillo…”

I saw Amarillo! It didn’t take long to do so, a quick drive-through was enough! But I had been told that I should go about twenty miles south-east of Amarillo to see Palo Duro Canyon State Park, so after another night in another Walmart carpark, this time with at least ten other RVs, I was […]

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Guntastic!

Well, well, how quickly plans can change! I had had lunch with Lorraine in Oklahoma and was about to head out of the city, and on the way back to the RV I passed a coffee shop with a big sign offering free WiFi access – a quick coffee before departure would be nice, and […]

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Election Day in Oklahoma.

After the hawk flying event on Saturday I finally got to meet Rose, who had sorted out mu RV accomodation in the beautiful Sequoyah State Park, along with her husband Lance. They took me on a bit of a tour around the area surrounding Wagoner, including going to see Route 66 iconic attraction The Blue […]

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Goal 13 comes swooping in.

I was a bit worried about finding the location for trying to achieve my next goal, as I hadn’t heard from Aaron, my hawk-flying contact. He had emailed me a few months ago and told me of a hawk-flying event he would be attending on 1st November in Wagoner, Oklahoma, just off Route 66. So […]

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