Introducing the Tour d’Joko: Yellowstone Edition

Yellowstone was magical. At times, I faced challenges that required heroic measures. It seemed to me that introducing the story as a fairy tale was the way to go.

Tour d’Joko: LOTR Edition – To the Campus of Saruman!

I’ve made a remarkable discovery!  I’ve found that anything and everything can be made more exciting when put into the context of a Quest.  Imagine your daily commute to the office as an epic struggle to reach the Kingdom of Workplace.  Picking up the kids from soccer practice as a search for Lost Children of […]

Tour d’Joko: TWIN FALLS EDITION

More Joko tromping around through the forest?  Yup yup! This is my new hobby and it fits in so well with my video making hobby… Today’s Tour d’Joko takes us up I-90, about 50 miles from home, to the Cascade Mountains.  I was the first one on the trail, getting there about 8:30 AM.  Walking […]

Astro Joko: Returning to the Road

About a month ago, I described some seemingly fortuitous coincidences, signs, if you will, surrounding the purchase of a used Pontiac TransPort that would eventually get me back on the road.  Turned out that the thing had a bad heater core and I ended up returning it to the dealership. Well, there are similar good […]

I am Not Going to Die (Part 2)! Although my Bicycle may kill me. New Tour d’Joko.

About a week ago, I reported here that I was not going to die… of starvation.  Well, on that same day I got some other news about why I am not going to die…of a heart attack.  See, when I went to the street fair last weekend, I stepped up to the Walgreen’s Mobile Health […]