Chapter Ten OUTSKIRTS OF TAMPA It’s treat-yo-self Tuesday. Well, technically it’s Monday night, but considering that for the majority of Friday and Saturday I thought it was a Wednesday means that when RB and I decide to get a motel for a couple of solid beds and a decent shower, regardless of what day it … Continue reading The Fringe 2016: Chapter 10
Oh, Shit Naples, Fl. The fairground charges five bucks to enter. Cars and trucks as far as the eye can see ––one other RV. Whoever’s running this place is making off with some coin today. About 10,000 people in attendance give or take. 3,000 vehicles. Have yet to find myself at a Democratic event where … Continue reading The Fringe 2016: Chapter 9
THANKS OBAMA PLANTATION KEY, FLA I step out of The Beast with my hands raised high above my head and walk towards the police cruiser. Just making sure the officer is aware I’m not holding anything. If we had been driving, I would have stayed in the vehicle. But when you’re already parked, and a … Continue reading The Fringe 2016: Chapter 8
THE BIG LIE NEW ORLEANS Sitting at a bar on Bourbon Street. Shrimp and Grits for dinner. I’m on my tenth beer. The crowds come in and walk through the bar in clusters. Bartenders yell out, “Drinks drinks drinks. How many? What you want? Seven? Ten? Twelve?” The bartenders are fast. I know one of … Continue reading The Fringe 2016: Chapter 7
A CASINO Charlestown, West Virginia. After the week we just had, this is the last place we expected to end up. But when the local KOA costs $65 and is jammed packed for the “every weekend is a holiday weekend in October” Halloween festival, and hotels in the area are $70 or higher, and you’re … Continue reading The Fringe 2016: Chapter 6
OUT OF THE FURNACE AND INTO THE MITTEN We’d been wandering through the elaborate halls of the capitol building in Lansing, Michigan for about twenty minutes. Past the security guards, past the front desk, past the tour-info booth, up one ornate stairwell and then another, we’d poked our heads into a couple of open doors … Continue reading The Fringe 2016: Chapter 4
