Happy National Fishing Day, 2026!

And no catch and release in this family. We catch it, we clean it, we eat it.

I grew up fishing. But it has actually been a long while since I have fished.
Just not been in the cards. But I love to fish
and I love me some rainbow trout.

Celebrate the day!
Go catch a fish!

And here is another picture that I took with my Swinger Polaroid Land

Camera in 1968. This is at Prop Plaza, the halfway point on the Universal

Studios Tour (Los Angeles) at that time. You able to exit the tram and

walk around to see a lot of props used from movies and TV shows before

boarding another tram to continue the tour.

The prop in the photo above is a giant (you will have to take my word
for it) bus bench that was used for the TV show,
Land of the Giants (1968–1970).

~ National Flag Day, 2026 ~

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America,

and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under

God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

On the last day of my First Ever Mid-Year Vacation
I decided to go to town and eat at Tom's. One final time
to let myself totally. oink. out. I made my way inside and placed
my order at the counter. I then chose a table and took a seat.
Minutes later as I was looking at my phone I felt a
presence to my right. I looked over and...

...well well well. Tom's has some robot action goin' on. This

threw me for a minute. When my bewilderment subsided

(this WAS my first ever restaurant robot encounter), I removed

my order from Mr. Robot's shelving, pushed the "FINISHED" button

on his face, he smiled, beeped something I couldn't make out
and I bid him a farewell as he rolled back
to wherever it was he came from.

And this is what he brought me: a double bacon burger with

a side of french fries. Major oink out and SO good. Anyway,

that was my Blade Runner moment. Never saw it coming.

But you know what I DID see coming? All of this
poundage from so much vacation food. Yikes. Now the
time comes to work it all off. Not my first rodeo
as they say.

I can't wait to see what my NEXT
vacation has in store!

I also went to the new REI location and found

something that I have been looking for in the wild

for a few years. This is an Opinel #8 Knife. I really

wanted a carbon steel blade, but I will take stainless

for now (especially since it is all they had in a #8).

And here is the nice little knife out of it's package.

From end to end the knife is about 7.5 inches long.
The blade measures 3.25 inches. The blade is INOX.
"Inox is a shortened form of the French word inoxydable,
meaning "stainless" or "resistant to oxidation (rust)."
Oooo la la. Fancée!

I love the way the wood ages on these knives.
So glad to have this knife in my collection.
Oh yeah... I paid $22.00 for the knife.

That's right! I did it!

A Jack in the Box chocolate shake.

Vacations were MADE for chocolate shakes.
(I guess they don't put cherries on top anymore.)

Good.
Home Depot for the win.

This is the saddest looking
lollipop I have ever seen.

I am on vacation so today I had Mexican food out.

I ate here on my vacation in January and I wanted to

try it again. Two cheese enchiladas with rice and beans,

one beef taco, a flour tortilla on the side (a meal in itself),

tons of hot sauce and an Orange Crush.

And no, I didn't finish it all, just most of it. And I am so
full that I will never eat again, until tonight, when I watch
the movie Terror Tract, and have popcorn.