Writing colleague Lee Lofland regularly does police procedural reviews of SouthLAnd. I try and comment each week as well. This week’s episode, “Punching Water,” is reviewed here. If you’re looking for a gritty realistic view of life as a cop, check out SouthLAnd Tuesdays on TNT. I’ve said it combines the best of Hill Street Read More
Life
Last Ride
The last ride is over. The Goldwing sits in the garage, looking a little dustier than it did the other day. If I wanted to over-imagine, I’d say it’s leaning over a little more than it did, and any expression it might have is a little more sad. But I’m sure that’s just my imagination.
Milestones
We hit a couple of milestones this week. The first was a truck. We went with a 2006 Ford F-350 Super-Duty. We got it for just under Blue Book value, and with slightly lower-than-average miles (55k). The tonneau cover will be sold to help pay for the hitch, and the bedliner carpet will probably get Read More
A Rigged Decision, Part 2
We spent a lot of time looking at floor plans once we decided on a 5th wheel rig. The basic differences seem to be where the kitchen is located. Some, like the Forest River Blue Ridge 2950RK, put the kitchen in the rear of the rig. Most of those rigs end up being a single-bedroom Read More
A Rigged Decision – Part 1
How did we choose our rig? That’s a good question with a long answer. We’ll take a couple of posts to go over what we did. The first answer is lots of research. Lots of research. We looked at numbers and floorplans until our eyes crossed. We started by reading up on the different types Read More