A Homer’s Odyssey… “Oh Lord, I’m stuck in Moab,” is not the title of a country song; it’s where I am for the month of May—by choice, not chance, or fate, or any of those things beyond my control. To bring things up to date, I have been traveling in my condo on wheels, which I have disaffectionately named the “Big Pig,” (BP for short) for nearly a month now. Thirty-six feet long, this white elephant weighs some 14,000 pounds soaking wet and presents new opportunities every time I take it on the road. I resurrected some of my old Navy vocabulary while trying to navigate BP around tight turns, backing into dark places, or jumping over some “whoop-dee-doos” at 60mph. Believe me, trying to emulate Steve McQueen’s car chases from “Bullitt” is not something you
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