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Contemplation of Road Trips.
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Blast from the Past, Harbinger on something to come...
now collecting fall - winter clothes for October Drive to
Methodist Economic Ministries of Maine.
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Welcome to, Salutations from, Obi Wan Can'obie Layke Park Google Blog,
an online magazine published weekly, tackling the hard hitting current events,
sharing photos of sunshine and lollipops and...
Another preview of what's on the horizon
Da Butcha, Dr B, and CAT at Jack K's Place,
Lowell Celebrates Kerouac October 2022;
this year's LCK Oct 5 - 9, 2023
for info:
https://lowellcelebrateskerouac.org/
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and the one blog in billions that dares to tell it like it is and presents...
on the ultimate Thursday of August and Summer,
The final installment of the,
Atlantic City Road Trip
June 5 - 8, 2023
a travelogue
featuring Currier Museum of Art
and Hampton Beach Sand Sculpture
by: Da Butcha
in a special guest appearance
starring
DaS Ginger Mann & Da Butcha
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Saturday & Sunday, June 10, 11, 2023
Vacation's End
Afterthoughts & Commentary
Saturday
Groveland Com Trail
Enterprise Vehicle Chevy Mail'bone returned, Indian Spring Water procured, Market
Basket hit up and back to Think Tank, it's not even 11:00 am yet!
Text Jeffie da Pooh
and he's got something to do,
quick little walkies
sunshine, air, talkies,
rail to trail, mile down, back,
bikes and hikes on track;
Lesbian Housewives
with daughters, live double lives
ride at leisures pace,
escape society's race
girls bicycle chain undone
back to cars not fun;
comrades load into RAV coach
as storm clouds approach;
T'Bone suggests "Eat...?"
Pooh directs to Skateland Street
Steam Punk Station Treat.
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New England Weather...
Wait a Minute
"11 minutes to rain." T'Bone abruptly announces as the quartet waits for their Steampunk
fare, watching dark,pendulous clouds slowly drift in, blocking out the sun, a DownEaster Special
rolls on through, roars past whistle stop on way to Beantown, Bradford not a stop, commuters
only, Jeffie da Pooh says, "We should take it someday..." "To Portland Maine!" Da Butcha
butts in, the idea goes 'round the table, Pooh and his bestie, Little Paul are heading down to
Dominican Republic, the D. R, in a few days, a plan will be hatched upon their return; DaS
and T'Bone took it to Portland, ME years ago, Butcha was hurt...he got over it.
"It's been 15 minutes, where's the rain?" Butcha queries, T'Bone looks at his phone,
Google Weather, just as CRASH! SPLOOSH! The rain begins in an abrupt roar and here's
the food!
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Cubano, Caprese, Pastrami, Fruits
Eat out the deluge
Skateland site mounded with dirt,
miniature mudslides;
Luxury Condos
two-hundred-seventy-plus
stacked apartment homes;
coffshop, cafe
T stop station by gone day
watches construction,
witness to deconstruction,
rail yard roundhouse gone away;
strong, hot, black, java,
conversation and sammies,
Mary waits in truck;
steampunk snacks yummy
fills up four growling tummy
storm seems to let up
muchachos make move, get up,
and split when it's less crummy;
downpour starts anew
as post munch sploogies sparked up,
return Pooh to digs.
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Penultimate Vaca' Day - Night
Not to bore you all
with Think Tank activities
upon return home
suffice to conclude
Chicken Marsala with Broc'
whipped up by Chef DaS
lemon froz' yogurt
gelato, after din' jib,
then...We're the MIllers,
2013 movie
on Netflix, D. A's virgins;
Jen Aniston stars
shatters girl next door image
as strip tease dancer;
Jason Sedakis
pot dealer, smuggler, plan to
get pounds into U. S.
from Mexico in R. V,
faux fam' on vacation trip;
spoiler alert!
he fails...adventure's funny
as critics declared.
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Charcoal and Fluid Sets Tongues Alight
Ancient Aliens bedtime stories, wake refreshed, canadian bacon, flaky biscuits and eggs
brekkie and off to church with Da Butcha and T'Bone, DaS Ginger Mann goes off to spend time
with his old man.
Ballard Vale United Church, where All Are Welcome, Da Butcha is a member since 2020,
September 27, the one and only church or religious organization he's ever joined, he's been
the Hearts Team Lead and currently schedules Readers and Greeters, readers of scripture and
ushers to open front doors and Welcome All into House of Holy; today Butcha is the Liturgist
and hosting a Thank You Luncheon after service, burgers, dogs, and agape.
Butcha reads Matthew verses quite well, Tax Collector, Follow Me! Bleeding woman Faith
Heals! Dead Temple Officials daughter is Alive! Cook out's a success!
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Lost and Found
And so concludes the Road Trip and Vacation week, June 3 - 11, 2023, Atlantic City, New
Jersey and beyond!
Da Butcha secludes himself in his Poet's Garret to finish up Travelogue with decompression
mini road trips and time alone to write, he was feeling a bit antsy until he did on Saturday, don't
want to lose the impressions and memories.
Next up...uploading photos into Google Photos, which is always and adventure in itself, see
previous trips cuz we don't want to bore you, Dear Reader, with upload trials and tribulations.
Meditate on past week, what stands out? Any lessons learned?
Casinos don't want patrons to leave, but to wander aimlessly lost thru their hallowed halls of
chance, perhaps to play their games of chance.
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For Now
(Anyway)
Another road trip for the archives, another good time adventure with Da Butcha and DaS
Ginger Man, always a good time when they're together, no matter the weather, hours in the car,
stop here, or there, check out anywhere, no, not like Kerouac, or Cassidy, we got to be real
and hitching a ride's gone out of vogue.
Rental cars and reserved rooms, play it by ear, come what may, credit cards and cash,
21st century flash, low budget accommodations.
Stream of consciousness taps into any misplaced memories or impressions...none
come to surface as Grateful Dead rock in 1987, New Year's filmed concert, Jerry's alive
and well, Brent Mydland, on the keys...
Writing just to write...
Take Porky Pig's timeless advice...
"Tha-tha-that's all, folks!"
The End...?
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After Google Blog Posting PS:
August 31, 2023
Reviewing entries and photos over ensuing months after AC, NJ Road Trip...
Was the writing something new or different, fresh? It was more prose than poetry, shorthand
sketches, tip 'o' da hat to Jack Kerouac and Arthur Rimbaud styles.
The D. A's Road Trips differ from Da Butcha's Solo Road Trips, in that Butcha heads out
knowing where he's going, but not where he's staying, wings it; whereas, The D. A's have a
hotel room reserved and a plan of what to do and see while out on the road, as well as winging
it and doing come what may, IMPROVISATION!
Recurring images, dark, pendulous clouds, harbinging the incoming stormfronts...in the
northeast; sunshine greeted our heroes as they motored southward to the coast of New Jersey,
perfect vacation weather...until they headed homeward.
Recurring commentary on the depressed vibe of the city, empty lots, abandoned buildings,
including casinos, homeless people, er, "Unhoused Residents", dirty streets, dirty buildings,
dirty politics...my how far the jeweled crown of gambling towns has fallen and tarnished.
Let us not end on that sad note, for that is not all there is to, Atlantic City, NJ.
The World Famous Boardwalk and beach remain as they were back in the day, miles of
walking space, sun tan landscape, surf, shops; mosey further south, acres of wetlands, green
all the way to the Atlantic Ocean, intersected by rivers flowing with the tides, lighthouses dot
the coast, warning ships of impending shoreline and shallows; mini everglades of mid atlantic
states reptiles and aquatic life, waterfowl nesting areas, life, death, rebirth...
"The southern coast of NJ looks like this,
Parker River Wildlife Refuge, Prune Point, MA."
We'll end on this image, DaS Ginger Mann and Da Butcha together as ever after hours in the
car and having adventures, preparing for the next... ROAD TRIP!
"We're the D. A's, join us for the next...ROAD TRIP!"
"Destination unknown."
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Parting Shots
For all your patience and reading all the way through the Travelogue,
the aforementioned Hampton Beach Sand Sculpture Contest Photos!
June 19, 2013
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Thank you, Thank you, Thank you very much,
Your own, personal, Master 'o' da Farce,
Obi Wan Can'obie Layke Park
stand in,
DA BUTCHA!
Someone's idea of a joke photo...
yah buoy!
It was taken 06/19/23 at Hampton B-each, Bee'atches!
I return you now to your regularly scheduled Master 'o' da Farce,
Obi Wan Can'obi Layke Pahrk
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Dionysus offering Brother Coyote a chalice of, Narragansett Boch Bier;
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Salutations From Obi Wan Can'obi Layke Pahrk
since January 7, 2021
just a toddler in blog years.
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I've missed you, brother! I'll see you soon back at BVUC. I'm out of town for the Kerouac festival again; got a wedding to attend. The fates are determined to keep me away!
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