mobiling

After nearly two years in self-enforced Covid-avoiding confinement, I finally took the dive and travelled from sunny Southern California to beautiful upstate New York, which was in its late spring / early summer glory. I was greeted by lush green landscapes, fed by ample supplies of rainwater, both of which are in short supply in my normal (and drought-stricken) QTH.

Unfortunately, I could not drive on this multi-purposed trip, as I am recovering from knee replacement surgery (those high-school sports injuries have a way of exacting their toll), so driving a car some 2,800 miles (one way) with the leg in a fixed position was not a good thing to do. I was relegated to the not-so-accommodating skies, along with the rest of the passengers that filled my flights. In retrospect, it may have been quicker to drive. At one link along the way, the airline had to go through three