Six days and counting until Christmas…

Six days and counting until Christmas…

Today’s music trivia game is an artist who actually considers himself more of an actor than a singer who got started playing the character Eddie in the original performance of, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”.   His music is specifically written by his partner Jim Steinman, who never really gets his due. His actual name is Michael Lee Aday, but is known worldwide as his stage name, which was given to him as a child by his father. His many hits include, “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad”, “Paradise By the Dashboard Light” and, “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That)”. His albums, “Bat Out of Hell” and “Bat Out of Hell II – Back Into Hell” both have achieved worldwide popularity. Appearing in over 50 movies and TV shows, he has established himself as an accomplished actor as well.  His three-octave range always captures an audience’s attention with over 50 million albums sold, can you name this rock opera and rock and roll musician, singer and songwriter?

Lately I have been writing separate narratives and then cutting and pasting them in.  I try to write when the moment hits me rather than trying to struggle and write when it is not just flowing out naturally.  I sometimes get on a roll of rambling and realize I have pages of narratives. The subject I most like writing about is our upcoming 2015 US Backroads Tour. When I say our, I am referring to Linus (my VW Bus), Snoopy (my pooch) and whoever decides to travel with us at the time. I have had a few friends who have showed some interest in travelling with us but nobody has been officially scheduled or inked as of yet. I guess I’ll have to break the trip into sectors and begin scheduling folks in.  I really don’t expect many people to join us along the way since they would need to arrive at a location and then we would have to meet them there. It could be a logistical nightmare.

Below is a list of Points of Interest that I plan on visiting on our back roads trip in 2015.  Please let us know of any other places we might want to check out along the way…

Road Trip Points of Interest along the way

California

Sequoia Nat’l Park

Kings Canyon Nat’l Park

Yosemite Nat’l Park

Lassen Volcanic Nat’l Park

Whiskey Town – Shasta Trinity Rec Area

Lava Beds Nat’l Monument

Oregon

Klamath Falls

Crater Lake Nat’l Park

Cascade Mountain Range

Washington State

Mt Rainier Nat’l Park

Seattle (visit friend Vernon)

Olympic Nat’l Park

North Cascades Nat’l Park

Montana

Glacier Nat’l Park

Wyoming

Yellowstone Nat’l Park

Grand Tetons Nat’l Park

Montana

Bighorn Canyon Nat’l Rec Area

North Dakota

Theodore Roosevelt Nat’l Park (North Unit)

Theodore Roosevelt Nat’l Park (South Unit)

South Dakota

Black Hills

Wind Cave Nat’l Park

Badlands Nat’l Park

North Dakota

Fargo (Visit friend Kent)

Minnesota

Voyageurs Nat’l Park

UP Michigan

Pictured Rocks Nat’l Lakeshore

Wisconsin

Pattison State Park (Superior, WI)

Illinois

Chicago

Ohio

Cincinnati (Visit friend Jim Woolfolk)

Cuyahoga Valley Nat’l Park

Route Along the Great Lakes to New England

Maine

Mass

Boston (Visit friend Karl)

Appalachian Mountains

North Carolina

(Visit Cousins living there)

Florida

Summerfield, FL (Visit Coach Dale Kadlecek)

Key West

Back to Chicago, Illinois

Visit family and friends near Quincy, Illinois

Drive Old Route 66 back to Santa Monica

Please provide us some feedback and maybe some points of interest to visit.

Bark Less and Wag More!

Until next time… Be Good!

- cb