Resurrecting Tippy

The O.R.E.M.

                                                    

"The Thing"
Dedicated to the life and times of the late-great 

Albert "Tippy" Ensell IV

              

     Greetings all, and thanks for stopping by!  The Blunder Factor will chronicle the stories, adventures, and hoped-for epiphanies of my three-week voyage through the bowels of America with my good friend and fellow maniac Gary Hermes, a.k.a Odie. This odyssey will commence on Saturday, August 23, 2014.

    The concept behind this trip, which we've nicknamed "The Thing," is simple; get up each day and follow synchronicity and fate wherever they lead us, hence the blog's title.  At present, the only concrete facts are:  Odie is nearly blind, my arthritic knees and hips threaten to throw in the towel daily, on that Saturday we will depart from Ventura, CA at 4 a.m. in a white, slightly dented 2005 Toyota Siena van (a.k.a. The Ortwatly Random Excursion Module, or O.R.E.M.), and by day's end we hope to have our first campsite established a few miles southeast of Flagstaff, AZ.  Beyond that, the moments of each day belong solely to us; the direction we take each morning sublimely vague, each day's destination as yet an intoxicating cup of mystery.

     

     I'll do my best to update this blog frequently, though not at the risk of missing some grand experience because I "need" to make a blog entry.  Hopefully, you'll feel compelled to check-in from time to time and see what we've gotten ourselves into.  And Tippy...we'll cya out there Brother Man...

Newton