When working from home, you get use to certain background sounds from your coworkers. For example, I know Pixel will ring jingle bells when she wants to go out, followed by a bark if her Dad doesn’t respond fast enough. Then there are the cooing noises and gurgles of one coworker’s newborn infant, and the […]
Yesterday I kicked off Asa’s World Tour of Maine 2025 at Eartha, the world’s largest replica of the Earth located in Yarmouth, Maine. Eartha isn’t the only big attraction in Yarmouth. I also saw a ginormous cross-section of Herbie, the former New England Champion American Elm Tree. Estimated to be approximately 217 years old before succumbing to […]
It is the announcement you’ve all been waiting for! It is time to hit the road for Asa’s World Tour of Maine 2025! Inspired by losing my eye due to GRPU in the winter of 2023, Angel Chuck Billy encouraged my dreams of being a rock star, and wanting to see the world, by embarking […]
It is no secret that I’m a fan of the song “Baby Shark,” but did you know I was once mistaken as a puppy shark? Well at least according to Angel Chuck Billy I was, and it was one of his favorite stories to retell. So in celebration of the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week, let’s […]
Thank you Whitehall, New York for providing Bigfoot and his family a safe place to call home! In 2004, the residents passed a law making Whitehall a safe haven for Bigfoot, by prohibiting the hunting of this shy creature. It kind of makes me think of the lyrics to the Cheers theme song, “Sometimes you […]
Our trip last month to the Adirondack region of New York wasn’t just to tour historical sites. Angel Chuck Billy also planned this adventure to continue his cryptozoology research. Although his primary areas of interest were UFOs and Bigfoot, he also dabbled in sea monsters as evident in his work regarding Cassie, Maine’s sea serpent […]
When you’ve been renting dog friendly vacation places for as long as my family has, you get use to reading the fine print. A place may say it is dog friendly, but take for example the cottage that specifically banned Golden Retrievers because we shed. Or the inns that have weight restrictions that are so […]
On October 17, 1777, Lieutenant-General John Burgoyne surrendered his sword and army to Major General Horatio Gates, an event which marked the first time a British army surrendered in world history, sending shockwaves across the globe. Burgoyne was defeated days earlier at the Second Battle of Saratoga, ending the British plan to conquer upstate New […]
We have reached the turning point in the American Revolution, the Battles of Saratoga, New York! And just like it took the Americans two attempts, our visit to Saratoga National Historical Park also took two tries. Although we weren’t turned back by an opposing side, we retreated on our first visit due to tropical downpours. […]
Spoiler Alert: There will NOT be a test at the end of my history posts on the places we visited in June. But there is a connection to these places! Remember the Fort at Crown Point that the Americans took over from the British during the American Revolution? Well while there, Major General Philip Schuyler wrote […]
