Sitting in the restaurant on the beach at sunset drinking my second beer, we'd been there a grand total of 2 hours, the vibe was settling into my bones nicely.  The tide was out so the coral was exposed and...

Finally crossed the border from AZ into NM.  We were ahead of a nasty storm and trying to get to a decent hunker down spot before possible snow fell.  Which, by the way, I'm gonna throw the flag on snow...

We have now arrived at that part of the movie where morale is in a nosedive.  Normally we’re fairly immune to small disasters.  In fact, I generally find mishaps charming and funny.  However… we’ve taken one too many broadsides and...