Welcome To Blues Travels

First of all, let me say that I have yet to drive the all new (and I do mean ALL new), 2008 Volkswagen R32. Still, this is in fact a review of that very car. Just what gives me the right to post a review of a car I have yet to drive? Well, I think the fact that I owned a 2004 R32 gives me the right to say just about anything I damn well want to say about the 2008 R32. Plus, this is my web site and I can say anything I please.
It’s good to be the King.
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Most of Blues Travels is going to be edited and revamped somewhat over the next few weeks.

When I switched from one web server to another, a ton of formatting was lost and quite a few links were broken. So, the next few weeks I will be cleaning up the site, editing for spelling errors, broken links and the like. So, bare with us.

There comes a time in everyone’s life when you find yourself actually being quiet. Sadly, it doesn’t happen nearly often enough for most of us, what with all of the noise and distractions we find ourselves surrounded by at any given point in a day.

Parental responsibilities, jobs, the demands that life places upon us, all conspire to keep our minds and souls occupied and barricaded from our inner selves. However, every now and then a small miracle does take place; we find ourselves inside a moment within a day where we are at peace just long enough to allow our minds to roam free - visiting the past, peering into the future or just existing in the moment. Whenever this happens to me, I find myself thinking about times in my life when I was the happiest. Invariably I think about the summer of ‘84.
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