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Don't Quit Your Day Job
Published: April 22nd 2008North America » United States » Kentucky » Frankfort
April 21st 2008
The true way to render ourselves happy is to love our work and find in it our pleasure. -Francoise de Motteville Well, believe it or not faithful readers, Soarpheat, AKA Chris McEachron for the first time ever has a full time 9 to 5 job. Pretty crazy huh? Anywho, I'll get to that shortly. When I last left you, I believe I was about to head off into the wild blue (hot) yonder back in Baja. It was a really cool course actually. My students were a hoot, a lot of fun and a pretty highly functioning group. My co-instructors were great as well, I had a lot of fun and learned a bunch from both of them. One of my co-instructors was a guy named John, and this was actually the second time in a ... read more
May 18th 2006
Day 1: New Brunswick, NJ -- Frankfort, KY (730 miles) So we have finally departed!! Today was quite a day... about 11 hours on the road. We have, thus far, followed the suggested route from AAA, leaving us in Frankfort, KY....about 30 miles west of Louisville. Here is a quick summary of the day's sights and sounds before I crash: New Jersey- We passed about 36 Dunkin Donuts as well as 80 road-kill deer on the way out of the good ol' garden state. We drove SW through PA, stopping at Cabelas "The World's Foremost Outfitters" for hunting and outdoor pursuits. This place was crazy!! 250,000 sq. ft. Full of taxidermied animals and even a waterfall!! (I bought a can of isopropane butan for the stove). You could buy everything in camouflage-- i think they even ... read more
