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Roadhouse New bar in town
There is no lack of bars in San Pedro Town. They come and go like tourists. Some are successful over the long run and others collapse under their own weight. The Legend's location is good, out in the countryside with an unimpeded view of the barrier reef...
Chez Caribe Chez Tortuga
Real estate is booming in San Pedro Town. Jack says, " if you own real estate and aren't keeping it rented you are doing something wrong." Chez Caribe is his old wood and concrete two story house. He lives upstairs and rents six small units...
Martial Arts Morning Lesson 101
Martial arts has moved forward since Bruce Lee dazzled with new fighting styles and choreographed movie fight scenes that are classics. Now, real fighting happens on cable TV and the ancient " Friday night at the fights" has been trounced by MMA cage...
Tropic Air Belize City to San Pedro Town
This ride is not smooth, but it isn't bumpy either. Down below us are little green islands sticking their heads above the Caribbean Sea like turtles, fishing boats, and turquoise water. I can almost see the grassy bottom of the sea from the air. We are...
” The Hammer “ Thrills and Chills
There aren't many rides on this Midway but those that are here give kids a thrill. Precious children are flung through space, turned upside down, and hold on screaming for dear life. This circus has an old time Ferris Wheel. There is the Hammer and the...
McDonalds Washing Windows
Sitting in this Albuquerque McDonalds feels like sitting inside the Diner in the 1942 Edward Hopper oil painting - " Nighthawks. " Early this morning, Javier is busy cleaning this fast food franchise made of glass, plastic, tile, low voltage lights,...
Roswell Football New Mexico Military Institute
Saturday night football has pulled into the station. Leaves are turning, temps dip into the forties at night, football practice consumes players, and especially coaches. This Saturdays game matches the Arizona Western Matadors and the New Mexico Military...
Sandell Drive In Clarendon, Texas
Drive In movies, in the fifties, were a popular family outing and also a place where teens, borrowing the family car, could get away and explore birds and bees in the back seat of station wagons. The latest Hollywood movies were projected onto huge...
Charles Goodnight J and A Cattle Ranch
Not far from Clarendon, Texas is the homestead and ranch headquarters of Charles Goodnight, a pioneer Texas rancher. In the mid to late 1800's, he controlled a ranch of over a million acres, had 180 cowboys on his payroll, and was an industry by himself....
Fixer Upper Good help is Good to Find
This remodel on Shirley, for Alan, is a long, twisted, dirty novel that is taking some work to get read. There are convoluted chapters, hairpin curves, a cast of characters that belong in a Louisiana swamp. This job is not one you want to bring a friend...
Jackson Compaction Dumpster Blues
There are plenty of left behinds at one of Alan's rental properties, and, as a favor, I am working overtime to get things cleaned up for the next renter. The last tenants, Section 8, left two weeks after they were supposed too, left food in the frig, a...
CCC – Civilian Conservation Corp 1936 Rock House Sandia Crest
On top of Sandia Peak is a rock house built in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corp. Coming out of a government prolonged Depression, the CCC was created to provide relief to unemployed men by the U.S. Congress and F.D.R. During a short decade,...
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