tingilinde

if you want an idaho-themed vacation..

well ... potatoes

 

 

bicycles vs driverless cars

Major issues in the Netherlands.

General purpose driverless cars are hardly right around the corner.  Perhaps in very constrained systems, but there's too much hype.

 

 

 

crossing the country by amtrak

There must be thousands of 'crossing the US by train' stories.  This one in The New York Times is fun. 

snip

...

Kansas shares a border with Colorado. I never could have imagined that I would one day say this, and I know many people will be disconcerted by the statement. They will wonder if, this whole time, they have been reading an avant-garde work of science fiction, or perhaps a Mad Lib. “Is magical realism always this scary?” they will ask themselves. Some will claim I am lying. Many will assume I am wrong, demented or a clumsy typist.

To all of whom I respond: The truth of our nation’s internal demarcations is stranger than fiction — stranger than even the kind of brilliant avant-garde science fiction I am most likely capable of producing yet choose not to. But the unvarnished fact is Colorado has to start somewhere, and for whatever reason, that’s inside Kansas.

...

 

 

rt 50

America's loneliest road?  I don't know about that - I've been on a few desolate roads.  I've driven it a couple of times and recommend the scenery.

 

 

over-tourism

when tourists overrun a country or city

 

stair-step sales targets

The un-joy of being a car dealer these days.

a tip of the hat to Bertel

 

 

 

 

a very light weight camper

It isn't clear they're still in business, but a bicycle camper.   I'd use a very hefty e-bike to pull it:-)

 

 

tristan da cunha

For really getting away from it all, but still having a few others around.  The remotest permanently populated settlement (except when the volcano errupts)

the ny fall color report

For those in and around New York planning on watching the colors of the season - a fall color report.

 

st helena

It is going to get easier to visit St Helena - the remote island is getting an airport.