Paraguay…officially the Republic of Paraguay.
Real quick.
A couple of quick things to think about, and then we’re going to Paraguay!
Just keep moving!
As one gets up there in age, it’s probably normal to think about how you’re going to maintain, and maybe even lead the fullest lifestyle that you possibly can. To me, that means moving from point A to point B and figuring out how to do that most entertainingly and affordably.
What’s a typical month of activity for you?
I do a pretty good job of moving around. Someone asked me recently what a “typical” month of activity looks like for me.
This was my schedule for the past month or so. Please don’t think that I’m choosing an unusual timeframe for analysis. This is what my entire year looks like.
Fri, Oct 10 – Fly LAX to Detroit
Sat, Oct 11 – UCLA football game at
Michigan State
Sun, Oct 12 – See a race in Ontario, Canada, and attend an Adam Sandler concert in Toronto
Mon, Oct 15 – Fly Detroit to LAX
Tue, Oct 14 – Dinner with a friend visiting from Iowa
Wed, Oct 15 – Nothing!!
Thr, Oct 16 – Fly from LAX to Miami
Fri, Oct 17 – Fly from Miami to Ecuador
Sat-Sat, Oct 18-25 – National Geographic Expedition cruise in Ecuador
Sun, Oct 26 – Fly from Ecuador to Ft. Lauderdale
Mon, Oct 27 – Fly from Ft. Lauderdale to LAX
Tue, Oct 28 – UCLA basketball game in Los Angeles. Each of these games involves a 3-4 hour round-trip drive.
Wed, Oct 29 – World Series game 6 at Dodger Stadium. That’s a four-hour round-trip drive, too.
Thr, Oct 30 – Beach walk with a friend who visited from Las Vegas
Fri, Oct 31 – Fly to St. Louis
Sat, Nov 1 – See a race in Illinois
Sun, Nov 2 – Fly to New Orleans, see a race in Alabama
Mon, Nov 3 – See a Tulane University basketball game in New Orleans. I also had tickets to a UCLA basketball game in Los Angeles, but I couldn’t be in two places at once!
Tue, Nov 4 – Fly to LAX from New Orleans
Wed, Nov 5 – Relax and meet with the termite guy
Thr, Nov 6 – Dinner with friends who live nearby
Fri, Nov 7 – Fly LAX to Monterrey, Mexico
Sat, Nov 8 – Tour Monterrey
Sun, Nov 9 – See a race near Durango, Mexico, and drive eight hours round-trip in Central Mexico
Mon, Nov 10 – Fly from Monterrey to LAX
It’s evident that if I’m doing all of this, I can’t do as many “traditional” activities at home. Everyone has to choose. If you do one thing, you might not be able to do other things.
Credit card update.
Carol and I just received our 24th credit card. The card came via UPS the day we left on a nearly two-week trip/cruise to Ecuador. That envelope sat outside for all that time near our front door.
When we got back, we opened the package and activated our Alaska Airlines Atmos Summit credit card. That card comes with a variety of benefits, including a substantial 100,000-point sign-up bonus. This card will pay me 3% on all foreign purchases. This is not cash back. The rewards come as airline and hotel benefits. Since I’ve been out of the country more than 140 days this year already, that could come in handy. Now, let’s talk about Paraguay.
Paraguay, here we come.
As a kid, I grew up watching auto racing on a short, high-banked quarter-mile dirt track in Peoria, Illinois. Did I imagine at that time I would be traveling to a place like Paraguay just to see a car race? I did not.
We didn’t have the money to travel back in the day. If I wanted to see auto racing, it was going to be at the Peoria Speedway.
Then, after graduating from college and securing a good sales job in the business world, I traveled frequently. I did the Monday through Thursday travel grind, staying out two or three nights for the fundamental part of the job.
Every couple of months, we had meetings at the finest resorts in the United States. Visiting those resorts for business wasn’t nearly as much fun as if I were spending a family vacation there, but it certainly exposed me to the finer things in life.
I don’t have to attend the meetings!
Fast forward thirty years, and when I retired, I was reminded that I had really loved traveling for business. The only thing I didn’t like about business travel was attending the meetings after I landed.
For the past 24 years, since retiring, I’ve traveled as much, if not more, on a personal basis as I did in business. However, and this is the key ingredient. I don’t have to go to the meetings!
Car racing, travel, and planning the trip.
I’ve taken my boyhood hobby of auto racing and combined it with my love for travel. Before my trip to Paraguay, I had seen auto racing in 90 different countries and visited over 100.
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Fragile.
I’m now down to those countries where I might like to see auto racing, but the race promotions are a little unpredictable. The governments in some of those places are even more unpredictable. This unpredictability makes for a very fragile trip.
I would love to see racing in Venezuela. They race there, but that might be a little risky at this point. Don’t get me wrong. I’ll probably show up there sooner or later, and the smart money is on sooner.
The most important planning ingredient?
In a country like Paraguay, finding a reliable contact with whom I can communicate in English or even their own language, Spanish, via Google Translate is more than challenging. Finding that person “on the ground” is the essential first ingredient of a good plan.
I’m a fisherman.
I use Facebook as a “fishing” mechanism. I have several ways to search out people who may have some information about the faraway places I would like to visit.
My buddy Manolo from Bolivia.
When I went trackchasing in Bolivia, which borders Paraguay, I met up with a young man, Manolo, who raced in Bolivia. By the way, I saw racing at one track that was located at an elevation of 14,000 feet. That’s up there.
My Bolivian friend and I had discussed taking a trip together to Paraguay, but we were never able to make it happen. When I was in Bolivia, I was invited into this young man’s home for dinner with his family. I even took his entire group out to the circus one evening. Trackchasing and traveling create memories!
Yes, racing brought me to Paraguay.
I wanted to see an auto race in Paraguay. That single race would likely occupy only a portion of one day of my entire trip. The auto race was what brought me to Paraguay. However, what I will remember about the country won’t have much to do with the racing. The trip will be all about the people I met, the experiences I had, and the sights that I saw.
I had my “guy” located in Paraguay.
I mentioned these trips are fragile. I don’t have a travel agent. What I “have” is a person whom I have “met” on the Internet. They give me information and answer my questions about a potential visit. Then, based on this information, I commit to spending thousands of dollars on a faraway trip!
I like to talk to people. I want to ask them questions. I have to believe that the person I’m talking to is a good person and is doing their best to help me with a potential visit.
Yes, my trips are fragile.
It is always possible that I will receive a message three days before I am expected to depart, stating that the race date has changed, been canceled, or some other update.
Fragile? Here’s an example.
I actually went all the way to Algeria once. After I arrived for my seven-day visit, I was informed that the race had been canceled. That was a bummer, but I did enjoy experiencing Algerian culture. Algeria is a world away from what we experience every day in the United States.
In Algeria, my contact at the Sheridan hotel volunteered to be my tour guide. She told me she could take me on a tour on her day off. On the touring day, she asked me to meet her about three blocks from the hotel. That seemed strange. We had a great all-day tour. Later, after I returned home, I got a message from my tour guide. She told me she had been fired from her high-level position at the hotel because she took me on a tour. I could go into more details, but I have probably already shared too much.
Carol understands!
Carol would tell you that I get the most fun out of what I do by just planning the trips. She is absolutely right. I can spend hours planning these trips and enjoy every minute. The race, flights, hotels, and every aspect of the journey must align with each other, or problems will arise. There can frequently be issues. That’s not a bother to me. I’m the most laidback guy you know. My overall life strategy is that I will “figure it out.”
There are lots of ways to spend money.
On any given trip, I have seven categories of expenses and logistics that I need to account for. Those are:
Airfare
Car rental
Gasoline
Airport Parking
Hotels
Food
Race Tickets
Every trip begins at the airport.
Each trip starts with parking my car at the airport in Los Angeles. My home airport is the Los Angeles International Airport. You may know it as “LAX.”
I’ve got a sweet deal for airport parking. I pay $75 a month. I can park my car in the garage for as long as I want. Believe it or not, I average having my car in that garage for all or parts of 18 days every month. Yes, I do travel more than most. One more thing. Are all of my “deals” available to the public? Nope.
Would you be willing to fly standby?
Airfare will always be a challenge. In the United States, I would probably fly standby. I am an airline dependent with our son being a captain at a major United States airline.
When I fly standby, I can get on board if there’s an open seat. I can fly for a discounted price. If there is no open seat available when I arrive, I won’t board the plane, and all the planning I’ve done for this vacation will shift to option B.
This is how I would get to Paraguay.
To travel to Paraguay, I would take a Copa Airlines nonstop flight from Los Angeles to Panama City, Panama. That’s a flight of more than six hours.
By the end of October, I have flown just over 225,000 miles this year. If you think of an average flight as being 1,000 miles, that’s 225 flights for the year. I tell people, and I believe this to be true, that I have averaged flying on three flights every week since I was 23.
Thursday.
Panama City would be my layover location.
I arrived in Panama City late in the evening. The plan was to grab an Uber and take it to the Hyatt Regency in Panama City.
That all worked well. I stay at Hyatt hotels whenever I can. I’ve been credited with 168 Hyatt stays with two months to go in 2025.
Hotels can be a significant expense. Hotel prices, along with car rentals, have gone up more than any of my other expenses. They have skyrocketed to what seemed like astronomical prices.
Getting “deals” is my game.
I am always working “deals.” The Hyatt frequent stay program is rated by most points and miles podcasts as the most customer-friendly and lucrative of any airline or hotel frequent guest program. I carry their highest frequent stay title of Globalist. Hyatt treats their Globalists VERY well.
I’m going for a PB record.
My all-time record of “overnights” for a single year since I retired is 213. I expect to break that total in 2025.
More often than not, Hyatt upgrades me to a suite. They did that for me in Panama City, and it was lovely.
Been there; done that in Panama.
I didn’t have much time to stay in Panama. Carol and I have cruised through the Panama Canal a couple of times. We’ve seen two races at two different locations in Panama, on separate trips from our cruise visits.
PP is one of my “deals.”
One of my travel benefits is something called “Priority Pass.” Priority Pass is a company based in Europe. They offer free visits to over 1,000 airport lounges to PP members. Some lounges are better than others, as you might expect. The Copa Airlines lounge in Panama is one of the best.
Priority Pass also offers a restaurant program, which provides me with a $28 credit and the same credit for a guest at various airports worldwide. Most major credit card companies have dropped their restaurant programs because they are too expensive.
I hold the Barclay’s MasterCard Black card, which still offers unlimited Priority Pass restaurant access. The annual fee for that card is $495. I will earn more than twice the fee in benefits, so it remains a good idea for me to hold that card.
Friday.
Arriving in Asunción, Paraguay, today.
Day two of my trip would take me from Panama City to Asunción, Paraguay. That flight is nearly seven hours long.
Getting from LAX to Paraguay would involve two flights, totaling nearly 14 hours in length. Some folks tell me they can’t sit on a plane that long.
We’re not headed across town for gosh sakes.
C’mon people. We’re not going across town. We’re traveling to frigging Paraguay!
Have you ever held a Guarani?
I rarely carry much local currency when visiting countries. In today’s world, almost everyone accepts a credit card. Nevertheless, I did stop at a money exchange location in the airport. I exchanged $20 in U.S. currency for Paraguayan currency. What do they call their currency?
The Paraguay Guarani (PYG) is the national currency of the Republic of Paraguay. The Guarani is abbreviated as PYG. Twenty bucks got me about 140,000 Guarani. It will hurt my brain to make that conversion.
Would this scare you?
Once again, I planned to take an Uber to my Aloft hotel in Asuncion from the airport. Asuncion is the capital of Paraguay.
It was past midnight when I cleared Paraguay airport border control. I stepped outside into a warm and humid night.
I love my AT&T international calling plan.
AT&T is my cellular carrier. I love using them for international travel. The daily international charge is $12.50. After 10 days in a month, there is no more daily charge.
My AT&T phone plan allows me to use my phone exactly as I do at home. I use my phone a lot at home and when I travel. I can make free calls from wherever I’m visiting back to the United States. I think this is one of the most valuable travel benefits that I have. I would never want to compromise on not having unlimited data or all the capabilities that come with my AT&T international calling plan.
Yes, this was a bit edgy.
So now I am standing outside the Paraguay airport. It was 1 a.m. The pedestrian and travel traffic were beginning to diminish rapidly. I pulled out my Uber app and selected the lowest cost option.
Flash Moto…I didn’t know what that was, but it was cheap.
I ordered Uber’s “Flash Moto” option. I waited and then I waited some more. Finally, Uber came back and said there were no units available. What would I do now? I would figure it out.
After some thought, I realized that what I had done was order an Uber motorcycle ride. That’s “Flash Moto.” That would’ve been a poor choice in a place like Paraguay in the early morning with a heavy computer bag and an even heavier 22-inch rolling bag. That’s the fun part of these trips. You learn as you go.
I almost always encounter friendly people.
Once I discovered my error, I ordered an Uber CAR. They sent a very friendly driver who spoke a little English. I always get the impression that people from all around the world view it as a special treat to meet an American.
This was a good deal.
I was going to be staying at an Aloft hotel. There are no Hyatts in Paraguay. Aloft is part of the Marriott program. I was able to secure three nights for only 6,000 Marriott points for each night. If you redeem Marriott points, you know that 6,000 points is a super, almost unbelievable bargain.
Saturday.
Touring the capital of Paraguay.
Day three of my trip would be reserved for touring of the city. I also wanted to eat in some authentic Paraguayan restaurants.
By the time I rolled out of bed, it was nearly lunchtime. My plan for discovering a new place to eat was ready to implement. Once again, I took an Uber over to a place that was recommended through my Google searches.
Pisco Sours and more!
By the time I got there, it was nearly 2 p.m. It was past lunch for the most part, but too early for dinner. I began with a Pisco Sour, which is the national drink of Peru and is also very popular in Paraguay. Then I had a steak and fries, and one of the most delicious and attractive dessert orders: flan with a side of vanilla ice cream. If you get to this part of Paraguay, don’t miss the Low de Osvaldo restaurant.
Seeing the city.
From there, I took another Uber to a downtown area near the Paraguay River. It is this river that separates Paraguay and Argentina in some areas. The overall vibe of Paraguay reminds me of Mexico. I’ve been to Mexico tens of times and all over the country. I’m going there this weekend.
If you don’t ask, you don’t get.
I did learn that you can ask the police, even if they are holding an M16 submachine gun, if you can take their photo. They will be pleased to accommodate. I think that’s pretty cool. That’s probably not something you could do in the United States. I considered asking them if I could fire off a couple of practice rounds…but there was no reason to push it.
There wasn’t a lot going on in Asuncion. People were hanging out in parks, enjoying lunch with their families. As I walked closer to the water, I noticed an amusement park of sorts and a lot of slum type housing nearby.
An event was taking place in a church. Since I don’t speak the language, I couldn’t tell exactly what it was, but it might’ve been a funeral of sorts. There were many military personnel and flag-raising ceremonies at this activity.
As I continued my walk, I saw large groups of police in what I would describe as riot gear. I asked someone what was up. The best they could tell me was that it was just for the general protection of Paraguayans. I’m not sure about that!
Food courts!
My hotel was next door to a vast shopping mall in Asunción, Paraguay. This was one of the most upscale shopping malls that I’ve ever seen. This all seemed a bit unusual, since the area where I had been walking around all afternoon was old and pretty well worn out.
Many international shopping malls that I visit have huge food courts. I’m not talking about McDonald’s, KFC, and Pizza Hut. These are, for the most part, serve-yourself restaurants featuring a variety of ethnic foods. The mall was busy.
How about a movie?
The mall also had a movie theater. One of my hobbies is seeing movies in foreign countries. I bought a ticket from a young woman who was extremely helpful, even though we didn’t speak the same language. I ended up purchasing a ticket for the wrong time based on my schedule, but she was nice enough to let me change it.
I can now add seeing a movie in Paraguay to my list, which doesn’t really exist except in my memory. I’ll guess I’ve done that in 15 or 20 different countries. I can’t imagine many international travelers have done much of that. Luckily, the movie’s audio was in English with Spanish subtitles.
When I got out of the movie at 10:42 p.m., my path took me past the food court again. Even at that hour, the place was buzzing with activity, and families were eating and socializing. We have an upscale mall where we live. I suspect that just about the last person having any food in that mall’s food court would probably happen about three hours earlier. It was interesting to see the cultural differences between my country and a place like Paraguay.
While I was in the mall, I could see that a major thunderstorm had hit the area. The rain on the roof almost made it seem like a hurricane was approaching. By the time I walked back to my hotel, the rain had stopped, but the mud puddles were a foot deep or more. I had to be careful walking on the sidewalk to avoid getting sprayed by the passing traffic.
Big day tomorrow.
Tomorrow’s a big day. The plan is to see some auto racing in Paraguay. Once that’s finished, I will have seen car racing in 91 different countries. I was looking forward to that.
Sunday.
#91 here we come.
Anytime that I can see a race in a new country for the very first time, that’s a pretty big deal for me. This morning, I would be heading to the Autodromo Rubén Dumot track in Capiatá, Paraguay, to see racing in my 91st different country.
How would I get to the track on this Sunday morning from my hotel? Uber. Uber rides are affordable and readily available in Paraguay. The track was only about 20 minutes out of Asunción and easy to find.
Hola, ¿cómo estás?
For the past several weeks, I have been using WhatsApp to communicate with the track promoter in Spanish. I use Google Translate. It almost seems as if the recipients of my messages think that I actually speak Spanish, and I don’t.
At the track, I paid my admission price of 35,000 Paraguayan Guarani, or about five bucks U.S. The admission price to the races I see in most international countries is extremely low. Almost always less than $10. Seeing a Formula One race in a foreign country would be a notable exception. Tickets for these types of races start at $500 and increase rapidly.
Checking out the competition.
The grounds were wet from last night’s heavy rain but the races were still on. Once I was inside the track, I took my time just walking around the paddock area. I wanted to see what kinds of racing machines would be competing today.
The rules. Follow the rules.
“Counting the track” is the most essential aspect of my trackchasing hobby. Trackchasing is all about “counting.” Trackchasing has a whole bunch of rules. One of the most crucial things for being able to count a track is that I must see a “wheel-to-wheel” race. What is that?
A wheel-to-wheel race requires all competitors to start the race at the same time and run for a specified number of minutes or laps, with the first to cross the finish line declared the winner.
Many other types of racing do not count as part of my hobby. Any race where the lowest elapsed time is used to determine the winner, like rally racing or drag racing, would not count. Motorcycle racing, boat racing, demolition derbies, and the like do not count either.
A very narrow look at auto racing.
The people who started this hobby, primarily residents of Pennsylvania, took a very narrow look at what constitutes a race. Why? I don’t know for sure. Maybe their view of “racing” was limited by what they had seen when the rules were made. If your experience is small, you can’t see much. I don’t agree with many of the rules, but I try to play by them. Why? If everyone counts their tracks using a set of standard rules, comparisons can be made more accurately.
Meeting one more international friend.
Today, it wasn’t long before I was able to track down the race promoter. His name was Maurico Barreto. It’s always nice to meet someone with whom you’ve probably shared more than 50 messages online.
A young man named Miguel Barragan, who spoke to me in English, took me to meet Maurico. Later, and for much of the day, Miguel would be my tour guide at the track. I had a million questions for Miguel, and he patiently answered each one of them.
I brought the promoter one of my souvenir trackchasing T-shirts. He gave me a nice-looking Paraguayan hat and a beautiful sleeveless zipper vest. Each had the Peruvian logo.
Maurico and I didn’t get a chance to spend much time together. He was busy with his track organizing duties. He ran the entire program inside a shed, filled with all kinds of computers. Additionally, for the most part, we didn’t speak each other’s language, but it was nice to meet up.
Miguel was a great person to meet at the track today.
After meeting Maurico, Miguel (above with his dad) took me under his wing. Miguel was a local Paraguayan, but spoke English well. He spent much of the day showing me around and explaining how racing worked in Paraguay.
For the longest time, I didn’t think they had any wheel-to-wheel racing in Paraguay whatsoever. I had done some searching, and a friend of mine from Bolivia had done the same. We came up with nothing in Paraguay.
Autodromo Rubén Dumot background.
This is what Google told me about the history of today’s track.
Key Information
- Location: Capiatá, Central Department, Paraguay, near the capital city of Asunción.
- Track Details: The current actual track is approximately 1.8 km long and is primarily used for local events.
- Major Events: It regularly hosts national championship races and is a designated competitive section for the prestigious Trans-Chaco Rally, one of Paraguay’s most traditional rally events. It has also been used for events related to the new Rally del Paraguay, which joins the WRC calendar in 2025.
- Usage: The venue is used for various activities beyond racing, including large events like concerts and sports competitions. It was notably utilized as a key center during the pandemic.
- Ownership: The circuit is operated by the Touring and Automobile Club of Paraguay (TACPY).
- Historical Name: It was previously known as Autódromo Aratirí.
Only six cars, but that was enough.
There was only one group of cars, just six of them, that were racing in an event that I could count for my trackchasing. These cars all look to be “asphalt” race cars. That was good. They would be racing on an asphalt track today.
Only six cars?
Some might ask, “You went all the way to Paraguay to see six cars race?” If I get that question, I know the person asking it just doesn’t understand.
Trackchasing, for me, has nothing to do with seeing six cars race. Nothing. This trip, and all of these trips, are all about meeting new people outside of my cultural zone, seeing places few Americans will ever get the chance to see, and planning and doing the whole adventure. That’s why I do this.
Paraguay one more time? Maybe.
However, Miguel told me that they also have wheel-to-wheel dirt racing in Paraguay. These very same cars compete on dirt tracks. I’ll stay in touch with Miguel and maybe return to Paraguay to see the Formula RS cars race on dirt. The dirt tracks are located near the Argentina border. If I could somehow swing a weekend of dirt racing in Paraguay along with another race in Argentina, that would be quite the trip.
I was able to move all over the interior of the track, getting photos and video clips of the countable racing. That was fun. Paraguay! Trackchasing country #91.
When the races were finished, I bid Miguel a hardy farewell in the hopes that we would see each other again. He told me that if I flew into the main airport in Paraguay, Asunción, he would use his truck to drive me to and from the dirt races in Paraguay. That’s a five-hour drive. That part of the adventure alone would be worth the trip!
My last night in Paraguay.
I was heading home tomorrow, but still had another evening in Asunción. This was a short trip as my international trips go. I left home on Thursday and will return to SoCal on Monday. I wouldn’t say the Paraguayan capital is a tourist attraction. There really didn’t seem to be much going on.
However, just 100 yards down the street from my Aloft by Marriott hotel was a vast, very upscale shopping mall. Last night I ate at the mall’s food court. I figured that might be a good place for dinner tonight.
I will reiterate that food courts in foreign country shopping malls are not very much like what you might find in America. The food court in Paraguay offered a wide variety of food to choose from.
Monday.
Who leaves their hotel at 11 p.m. to begin their trip?
Monday morning came early! How early? My flight from Asunción, Paraguay, departed for Panama City, Panama at 1:45 a.m. I’m the kind of guy who doesn’t get out of bed on most days until 8 a.m. With such an early departure, I kept my hotel room on Sunday night so I could nap until I left for the airport at 11 p.m. on Sunday night. One of the best things about traveling solo is that I am the only person inconvenienced by a schedule like this.
Maybe you shouldn’t try this?
Mind you. I was flying standby on this flight. If I showed up for my 1:45 a.m. flight and DIDN’T get on, I would return to the hotel and then try again for the 6:45 a.m. flight. O.K., be honest. Would you sign up for this travel plan?
I made the 1:45 a.m. flight and landed in Panama City seven hours later. I flew on Copa Airlines. They did a decent job with my flight in coach.
Oops. Missed this one.
I was also flying standby from Panama City to Los Angeles. When I got to Panama City, I missed my first flight back home. There wasn’t a seat for me. At that rate, I could have been in Panama for the next two weeks!
Not a problem, I would wait for the next one. This gave me a chance to explore Terminal 2 at the Panama City Airport. This is a modern airport terminal with a wide range of amenities, including the Copa Airlines lounge. T2 opened in 2023.
I have the Priority Pass benefit on several of my credit cards. This includes admission to more than 1,500 PP lounges all around the world. It’s always nice when you’re in a crowded and busy airport to have a private space where you can relax and kick back.
Time for reflection.
From PTY, I hopped on a seven-hour flight from Panama City to Los Angeles. During the long east-to-west flight, I reflected on the trip.
Keep moving!
At any age, you’re going to have to have a spirit for adventure and a willingness to “keep moving” to do what I do.
When the plan goes astray, my strategy is simple. “Figure it out.” For some reason, I have the ability to do all of that. Once option A doesn’t work out, I immediately switch to option B, and sometimes that doesn’t work out either!
An eye on the future.
I’m already working on trackchasing countries #92 and #93. This requires constant WhatsApp translations and searching until I can find a person or persons who seem reliable to help me with the logistics of the trip. Yes, for me, just planning the adventure is most of the fun. Until everything gets booked and completed, I never really know for sure if it’s going to happen. This type of travel is not for everyone, is it?
Yes, I could be called anal with the numbers.
I am currently projected to spend 155 days out of the country this year. I will fly somewhere around 250,000 miles. What do I tell my grandkids when they ask me about my hobby? I tell them, “I’m just a kid.” They tell me I’m not! Then we giggle.
See ya next time.
Randy said this from Paraguay.