Author Archives: Joe Cummings

One of the neat things about the 300 is that it has a rear view camera. I’ve never driven a car with one before so I wanted to really try it out and see if I could park the damn … Continue reading →

Fired up my writer’s senses and drove south.  Saw tons of neat little things like a memorial built of rocks with a small flower in the center.  Saw lots of abandoned buildings.  Saw the Colorado river.  Noticed what the roads … Continue reading →

Originally I had thought I would get into Vegas, yesterday, by about 5:30, say another hour in customs and half hour to get to my hotel and that still would leave me about 2-3 hours to do some vital shopping.  … Continue reading →

It took me about 5 min to realize that the 300 had a keyless start (after I had jammed the key into pretty much every hole I could find.)  Then, even after I found the button labeled, START, it took … Continue reading →

2nd rookie mistake Alarm clock by the bed actually had the right time. Turns out, it didn’t. Ha! So I got up at what I thought was 8.  I mean, it looked like 8am.  There was sun and it was … Continue reading →

Now being amazingly clever and yet unendingly clueless, I found a Vegas hotel for one night, on the strip, for $30. Oh, how clever, right? How amazing? But if that deal is in a hotel under renovation, is it really … Continue reading →

Why, yes, yes it could, but by now, I was beyond mad, I had abandoned all hope of anything going right and when you abandon hope, there is very little to get stressed about. Sure enough, the luggage area was … Continue reading →

Ok, rookie mistake number one.  I shouldn’t have got hypnotized by the clouds, I should have gone pee.  But hey, I decided to go pee as soon as I got off the plane.  Quick zip, whip it out, szszszszszs and … Continue reading →

3:00 flight delayed until 4:00.  Got there at check-in time.  2:55.  No one there from the airlines.  A few passengers looking confused. 3:40 No sign of any of the airline attendants.  Entire hallway full of passengers looking even more confused … Continue reading →

Well, after telling people for so long that I have to go down and visit the locations I’m writing about, I’m finally in the airport, waiting for my plane to take me to the California desert. I’ll be taking the … Continue reading →