2015 Road Trip Day 5
Missoula Montana
Poor Washington and Idaho! The smoke is terrible! I feel so sorry for what the people are going through.
Got up this morning and drove to the Grand Coulee Dam. Sure would have been nice it it weren’t so smokey, but I was able to get close enough to get a good view. Yet another feat of engineering. I remember reading in grade school all about the Aswan High Dam. I saw the Aswan High Dam in the 90’s. It’s nothing compared to Hoover Dam or Grand Coulee Dam. Just think. We built a lot of dams in the 30’s. Most of them came in early and under budget. Of course, that’s before gummint became a hindrance to construction projects. I can’t imagine us doing any prpjects like this now what with the EPA, OSHA, and the environmentalists. Back then, a stimulus actually resulted in construction projects and not boondoggles. Check out nuclear plant construction. We have two new reactors being built in Georgia that are already three years behind schedule and over a billion over budget.
I left the dam and backtracked to Spokane and headed East. To get to Glacier, I should have turned off I-90 at St. Regis, but I continued down here to Missoula. The reason? Since I’m traveling in my chair, I like to stay in crip friendly rooms. The best way to do that is to stay at one of the big chains. To do that, I need to stay in larger cities. I do wind up spending more on rooms but as you all know, I am a SRF© so I can afford it. At my age comfort and convenience is essential and I’m willing to pay for it.
So what do you think? Correction or crash? I’m talking about the stock market. The liberals progressives rat bastard commies have been pointing to the stock market as proof that Obungler’s policies are working. The growth numbers are bogus as are the unemployment numbers. The only thing they really had was the market and that’s up ’cause the Fed has been printing money. Is the market now gonna collapse as well? Or is this China? I read a book two years ago called Currency Wars that stated that the next war was gonna be a monetary war between us and China. This could be the opening salvo. Or not.
What about those American heroes in France? Once again Americans have to save the French. Didja hear that the French crew locked themselves in a special compartment and wouldn’t let any passengers in? Typical French.
Tomorrow, I’m driving up to Glacier National Park and driving the Going to the Sun Road through the Park.
