With the House flipped, committee memberships and leadership change dramatically, almost always for the better in the case of cannabis. Bills to address the marijuana situation have been filed, some for several years, but haven't got any committee action. So those are ready to go. A significant obstructionist was Pete Sessions (TX), but he got beat yesterday. Several new members are specifically on record supporting de-prohibition, but likely...

I've spent some time near Tombstone/Sierra Vista, and will now head to Q. That'll give me a nice long drive to listen to election results. Marijuana issues and candidates are my main interest. Michigan should pass a full-blown legalization measure. North Dakota has it on the ballot, but I doubt it will pass. However, ND is always a mystery. Missouri has a mess on it's hands with three proposals on the ballot, and voters can vote for all of them....

I finally left Deming, night temperatures are dropping a bit. High on my list was a stop in Willcox for some BBQ, but the restaurant had a fire last May and isn't re-opened yet. So I've got one night at one of my favorite rv spots, Cattlestop RV. Since I'm the only one here, it told me that another favorite spot near Tombstone will be quiet, so I'll head there tomorrow. In New Mexico I held myself to 2 green chile burgers. I really wasn't ready...

A distant relative of mine who I met when he was an infant, tracked me down to interview me on camera about the story of my mom and dad. He graduated with a degree in documentary-making (or something similar) and wanted to work on this story. So he flew to Denver and then chased me as I went south from there, winding up in Deming, where he lived on my couch for three days. He has a load of video and computer equipment, and I sat for several...

I've had two weeks of rain, thunderstorms, snow, below-freezing temperatures, and almost constant cloud cover. Each of those have been mitigated lately as I work my way south and down in elevation. But as I got to Santa Fe, the wind kicked up and high-wind warnings were announced. I'm getting really sick of this crap. I'll be sitting in Deming, come hell or high water, for at least a week.

Everyone will be made aware Canada legalizes pot this week. As in not being jailed for possession, not as in readily available from legal outlets. BC, which I'm most familiar with, will only have one store open on the 17th, that in Kamloops. Not to worry, BCers know how to cope with this issue. This illustrates the difference between the US and Canada in handling these things. Canada announced the federal policy, and the provinces and other...

There was a lot of snow and it was cold (21F), so I hang on for yet another day. Primarily because I have a pass in front of me 3000 feet higher than I am. Tomorrow it will just as cold, but the skies will be sunny and the snow melted away today. There might be some rain here and there in front of me, but the main pattern has passed.

I got caught in a pincher. Very cold air from the north would have pushed me quickly to the south. But a wet disturbance was coming from the south. I was trapped. So tomorrow it snows here, anything from a dusting to a foot. On Monday the sun will come out and I'm heading south to Deming. That's the plan.

I went into Aurora to get a replacement tire, which completed the repair on my RV. Then it was due south to Pueblo when the snow started falling. It's been cold and wet for over a week now, and I'm tired of it. This is one of favorite rv parking places. It's along US 50 as it heads up to the mountains, and features wide sweeping views of grasslands, yet is only 10 miles from services. It's a favorite place to chill out and do nothing, which I...

I'm outside (east) of Denver. Today I made it up and over the mountains and then sailed through Denver. The weather is bad, with snow on the peaks last night and more expected this week. I'm out on the plains now, away from mountains, and will decide which way I'm going...

I liked the title of this post, so I'll try to write something about it. Enough Utahns signed an initiative to legalize medical marijuana to get it on the ballot this election. Polls predict it would pass easily. The terms were quite typical of other medical marijuana states. Today, all sides agreed on a legislative solution, where a law will be passed wiping out the initiative results. At this point the whole idea of legal pot in Utah is...

My rv was dropped at the axle alignment place in the middle of a nasty thunderstorm, the kind you usually see on the other side of the Rockies. They wouldn't put my Farmington (it was built there) on the axle-bender because the axle was welded. Then, they pointed out I had truck tires, not trailer tires. I had to laugh when they told me this. I have been through a lot of tires, wheels, and axles, and have discussed my problems with mechanics all...