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This blog is all about enjoying a light read, having a good laugh, and joining me on a journey. Read my daily posts by clicking on any the links below. The posts are all about my travels, whether local or far. But the destinations are irrelevant. It’s about the stories. If I can make you giggle, I think you’ll be hooked. Email me at michaelrivera1119@gmail.com to subscribe.

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What Was Stonewall Jackson’s Real Story?

John Wayne Bobbitt’s Story Is In The News Again

A Raccon-Squatch Is Living In My Backyard

Leaving the Blue Waters of the Caribbean

The Best-Kept Secret in the Deep Blue Sea

Saudi Arabia Unveils First Humanoid Robot

NYC Subways to Call in the National Guard

“Be Nice. I’m Learning How to Drive Stick!”

Did You Hear the One About the $1000 Sandwich?

Why Is It So Hard Getting Back to the Moon?

Travelers, Let’s Get Serious for a Second

The Countdown to Icon of the Seas

Holy ’60s Batman TV Series!

George Santos and the Real Story Behind Pants on Fire

Largest Cruise Ship in the Universe

What Some Parents Won’t Do to Relive Their Youth

Who Thought a Bridge Made of Glass Was a Good Idea?

Peter Jackson and the California Raisin Man

Alaska Airlines Pilot Goes Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs

NYC Rats Are Getting Way Too Comfortable

I Get Sentimental About the Weirdest Things

Floridians Are Proud of the Silliest Things

Macy’s 34th Street (Reprinted With Author’s Comments)

The NFL and Funny Travel Tales: Natural Partners

Who Said You Can’t Wear White After Labor Day?

Titanic Wasn’t the Only Ship Jumped By An Iceberg

Idalia Part II – The Worst Idea For a Sequel

The Eye of the Storm Looks Like Sauron’s Eye

Russia Made a Right When They Should’ve Made a Left at the Moon

Is There Room For Me in the Barbie World?

Your Mission, Should You Choose to Accept It…

You’re Either a Pajamas Person Or You’re Not

Ships That Pass in the Night…If They Have Room

I Slept Being Anti-Woke

One More Thing Florida is Getting Famous For

The Difference Between Memorial Day and Veterans Day

Fish Gotta’ Swim, Birds Gotta’ Fly, Orcas Gotta’ Orc

What’s a Knickerbocker, and Why Are People Talking About Them?

**Killing Me Softly, But, Please, Not With a Machete**

**Your Children’s Children Will Go to Space**

**The Cheddar at the End of the Social Media Maze**

**The Gang Creates a Situation Outside the Situation Room**

**A Spoonful of Sugar Makes the Airplane Go Down**

**Cruise Ships May Overbook, But at Mi Casa We Don’t**

**“Holy Moly, Batman. You’re So Direct.”**

**It Takes Time to Have a Bohemian Rhapsody Moment**

**A Night With a Top Flight Kind of Guy**

**Do You Want to Be Remembered or Forgotten?**

**The Summer of My Big Lie and the Son of Sam**

**Superheroes Come in All Forms – RRR Movie**

**If You Go Skydiving, Don’t Tell Your Mama**

**A Night at a Homeless Shelter, AKA, the Airport**

**To Make An MLK Speech You Have to Bring It or Go Home**

**I Wish I’d Known Him Better – Now I Can’t**

**Dinner Talk – It Can Mean More Than You Know**

**My Number 1 Cruise Line Complaint**: Earworms

**Countdown to Getaway Day** – There’s so much to do before a vacation.

**History Becomes Me** – And I will become history.

**Help Wanted: Rat Czar** – I swear I didn’t write the job description that NYC just posted.

**Man Overboard** – On a cruise ship, you don’t ever want to hear those words.

**Cabana Wear** – Plus the who, the why, the when.

**The Great Bug Bamboozle** – It’s going on right under your nose.

**Flight to Cleveland** – It was more of a fright than a flight.

**Denali National Park and Preserve** – We had some wild times in Alaska.

**Sanford Zoo Asian Light Festival** – A good excuse to walk around in the dark.

**A Sidecar Named Justice Part II** – Back in the day, sidecars were all the rage.

**A Sidecar Named Justice – Fable or Fact?** – The turns and twists of this tale render it unreal. So, is it?

**Real Estate the Hard Way** – Everyone dreams of moving on up.

Movie Stuff – Wakanda Forever, Avatar, and other movies as good as the one I made.

**Happy Thanksgiving –** Take the day off to give thanks and be with family.

**Attack of the Killer Lawn Mower** – Haste makes waste and leaves a bloody trail.

**Sandy the Sandhill Crane –** We spent three hours with an injured sandhill crane.

**Bringing My Cartoon Character to Life –** What it takes for me to be me.

**Bike Riding Can Be a Thrill** – If the bike rider knows what they’re doing.

**A Stich in Time** – Why does my side hurt?

**Raise a Glass to Freedom, Something They Can Never Take Away** – …and other Hamilton lyrics that are permanently in our heads.

**My Liam Neeson Story** – The NYPD came to my rescue.

**The Artemis Space Program** – It’s going to make the Apollo program look like preschool.

**A Grief Prolonged** – How long is too long to keep a secret?

**A Chance to Shine –** Where does self-confidence come from? Does it wax on and wax off?

**Riverwalk to Riverwalk** – A 2022 space oddity.

**Marvel’s Black Panther** – He was famous before the movies thanks to one man.

**Going Through the Bermuda Triangle** – I do it all the time.

**I Love a Good Work Collaboration** – Donna keeps me busy in more ones than one.

**Things That Go Bump in the Night** – Well, maybe not exactly “bump.”

**The Psychiatrist Made Me Nuts** – My time on the couch.

**Subtropical Storm Nicole –** I thought we were done with this stuff.

**Where Would We Be Without Books?** – Even the banned ones.

**When Vinyl Was King** – We were princes on a Saturday night.

**The Importance of a Smile** – Even a fake one is worth the effort.

**Halloween Hangover** – As long as there’s still leftover candy, it’s still Halloween.

**You Too Can Be a Powerball Winner** – But what a pain in the neck.

**Time to Decompress** – It feels good to be back home.

**Ancient Mariners** – Cruisers are the modern-day ocean explorers.

**A Cozumel Adventure** – A trip to the store turned into something else.

**To Balcony or Not to Balcony** – That is the cruise ship question.

**Celebrity Cruises** – They’ve got a lot more going on for them than you’d think.

**The Philadelphia Phillies Are in the World Series** – But I’ve got mixed feelings.

**The People at the U.S. Passport Office Hate Me** – How else do you explain my passport photo?

**Siblings –** Family sizes have changed, but some things have stayed the same.

**The Midterm Elections Are Here** – Now how can we get more people to vote?

**Returning to the Scene of the Crime** – Still looking for answers in the wake of a hurricane.

**The Cotton Heads –** Hollywood stunt drivers are everywhere.

Cruisers Want a Memorable Experience – Ship size is secondary.

**Orlando International Airport** – Big crowds plus less staffing equal big problems.

**It’s Okay to Be Rude Sometimes** – The alternative can be a bumpy ride.

**The Cookie Story** – Nice guys can finish last and still feel okay about it.

**It’s Finally Feeling Like Halloween** – Is it time for me to get dressed up?

**Call Us Globetrotters** – We’ve got the whole world in our hands.

**Is Reading a Dying Art?** – Don’t make me use more graphics.

**The Statue of Liberty’s Crown Reopens** – It’s not on my to-do list.

**Who Needs the Change of Seasons?** – Not me.

**Who Doesn’t Like Reruns?** But does it work for live comedy?

**New York, NY** – Why do all of our NY trips start out the same?

**All Hail the Mustard Seed** – That tiny miracle worker.

**Dance With My Father** – An unexpected moment at an expected event.

**Time to Reflect** – It was a long flight home.

**Florida Pizza** – I don’t like to complain, but….

**Is a College Degree Worth Having?** – I had some tradespeople weigh in.

**Aaron Judge** – He’s not your typical Yankee.

**My Origin Story Part II** – The right teacher can make all the difference.

**The Eagle Has Landed** – I only wish I knew where.

**Time for a Garage Sale** – If my stuff is in the shed, is it a shed sale?

**My Origin Story** – I owe my education to a lot of people.

**I’d Rather Face a Hurricane Than a Shark** -Hurricane Ian is coming.

**Reporting a Fire During a Hurricane** – Don’t bother.

**I Was Grouchy All Day** – I could’ve bitten someone’s head off.

Maggie the Magnolia – She bent, but she didn’t break.

**The Science of Coincidences –** I was just thinking about that.

**It’s the Simple Things You Have to Treasure** – Like having a good conversation with friends.

**Trumpet in the Wind** – Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps.

**The Hard Decisions** – The ones you make early in the day are the hardest.

**The Key to Cartooning** – Everyone loves a dog.

**Sophie Gave Us a Big Shock** – And we’ve thought about giving her one back.

**My Hemingway Dream** – I keep writing novels and putting them away

**Modelo Man Part II** – Seeing him was like seeing a more colorful version of Bigfoot.

**Some Trips Aren’t Much Fun** – Especially when they require a medical gown.

**The Winey Wench, Sanford, FL** – Located inside a dying mall, this is the only place with any life.

**Doing the Social Dance** – It was kind of a pole dance too.

**Flashing Back to Leah and Paul’s Wedding** – It closed out a crazy 2020 year.

**Time to Hand Out My Cruise Awards** – …and the winner is…

**NFL Week 1** – No, this isn’t an NFL prediction blog.

**Learning to Be More Aggressive** – My encounter with the lumberjacks.

**Lovebugs Don’t Need Moonlight to Get in the Mood** – They’re born that way.

**My Favorite Cousin Jeffrey** – Darren and Jeffrey could be a sitcom.

**Grand Turk –** You can’t get away from NASA, even in Grand Turk.

**Top 10 Memories From Our Cruise** – This cruise has had its ups and downs.

**My Favorite Cousin Jeffrey Part II** – Soon to be a television sitcom set in the Bahamas.

**Our Mexican Jungle Adventure** – With all this talk about cruising, it’s time for a flashback.

**News Flash: NASA to Launch Rocket to the Moon –** Messes up Michael’s vacation.

**There’s a Lot Going On At Port Canaveral** – Maybe even a boat and rocket race.

**Where There’s Smoke There’s Fire** – Someone burned the popcorn in the microwave again.

**Do Dogs Have Emotions?**– I think Pete has all of them.

**Only Murders On My Street Part 2** – A good therapist would’ve helped.

**What Day Is It? Am I Retired Or Crazy?** A story about the Sunset Limited.

**What’s All This Talk About Invest 91-L?** Time for the weather folk to get out their raincoats.

**Only Murders On My Street** – My real-life murder-mystery blogcast.

**International Waffle Day** – It’s a big deal in my house.

**Jury Duty and My Perry Mason Moment** – I’m still waiting for another opportunity.

**I’m the Master of the House** – But don’t tell the rattlesnakes and frogs.

**PF Chang’s Daytona Beach** – Restaurant or museum. Pick a lane.

**We Might Need to Recruit New Players For Family Game Night** – Wimps need not apply.

**Café Du Monde, New Orleans** – It’s flashback time.

**World News** – Not the whole world. Just my world.

**We Went to Red Robin for a Meal** – I didn’t know I’d end up in a contest for world domination.

**The Sanford Mall Isn’t What It Used to Be** – Hey, who turned off the escalators?

**Somebody’s Walking Around the Roof** – A tale of two sets of workers.

**Cruise Ships Are Back in the News** – Please don’t tell me we have a monkey pox alert.

**Time to Decompress** – After a road trip, you need to relax.

**Beware the Food Truck** – Why are we so gullible?

**I’m Not Jelly** – …and you can’t make me go to Jelly School.

**Say Nope to Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon** – We’ve gotten too snotty to say we believe in UFOs.

**I Know Rain is Good for the Flowers** – But it sucks for a party.

**Weddings Don’t Just Miraculously Happen –** It takes a lot of planning.

**With This Ring I Thee Wed** – It’s okay to cry at weddings, even multiple times.

**A Weekend Full of Stories** – We’ll always remember Baltimore.

**Chopping Broccoli** – Johns Hopkins says it’s good for you.

**I Was Assaulted By a Cuban Tree Frog** – And he wasn’t cute like Kermit.

**Traveling Without Your Pets** – It’s tough on everyone.

**What Happiness Looks Like** – You can’t fake that. The wedding that was worth the wait….

**Cruise Ships Start Doing Away With COVID Tests** – And the crowd goes wild.

**School is Back** – …and so is my PTSD.

**The Art of Presenting** – This one’s for you, John.

**Vengeance** – Isn’t that what the Avengers are here for?

**Cats Turned Our House Into a Crime Scene –** It was like an episode of Claw and Order.

**We’re Getting New Neighbors** – They knocked out our power in the middle of a heat wave.

**A Look Back at the Grand Canyon –** Even those afraid of heights should plan a visit.

**It’s Almost Nuptials Time** – Colette and Brad’s wedding is about a week away.

**Travelers Would Forget Their Heads…** – …if they didn’t have me to help them avoid my mistakes.

**Hospitality** Arizona Style – There’s a very good reason we keep coming back to Arizona.

**Southwest Airlines Flight Attendant Training** – Some people really love their jobs.

**COVID is Still Kicking Ass** – When’s it going to stop visiting my house?

**Into the Wild Blue Yonder** – My backyard is a great spot to watch a space launch.

**Calories and Metabolism** – Someone’s lying to us.

**Southwest Airlines** – Never a dull moment.

**Florida vs. Arizona** – Floridians don’t know what the dry heat is.

**Art Imitates Life –** Breaking up is hard to do.

**The 411 on TSA Pre** – Uncovering the truth.

**There’s a Bad Moon on the Rise** – And still they want to send a man back to the moon.

**A Comedian’s Life is No Laughing Matter** – Talk about road stories.

**Supply Chain Issues and the Labor Shortage** – The latest trend strikes an old country store.

Macy’s 34^th Street – It was the summer of ’82.

What’s in a Name? – The Swamp House is hiding some delicious secrets.

**Drumroll, Please** – And the winner is….

**Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again?** – Certainly not me.

**A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words** – Class is back in session early.

**Perfection** – If you want to be happy, stop trying to be perfect.

**One Day Tom Cruise is Going to Crash and Burn** – But not today.

**Order the Blue Drink** – Never mind the blue pill or the red pill.

**The Gang Splits Up** – The Everglades or the casinos?

**Wherever You Go, There You Are** – It’s not a travel quote, but it might as well be.

**Going Out With a Bang** – You don’t have to go home, but you can’t stay here.

**The DeBary Dinosaur** – CLICK HERE to see the video starring me and Donna.

**Boston Fish House, Winter Park, FL** – We ate so much we felt a little eel.

**Sometimes When You Hit the Road, It Hits Back** – To boldly go where Donna has gone before.

**Planes, Trains, and Automobiles** – If you throw a party, they will come.

**Spirit Airlines** – I hear their planes are made out of yellow building blocks.

**Some of Us Want to Be Discovered** – The rest of us just want to be forgotten.

**My Phone and Elton John** – Both are getting old.

**Waffle House** – Come for the meal, stay for the show.

**We Went to See a Play About a Spelling Bee** – I’m a good speller, but even I couldn’t compete.

**The Communication Gap Between Men and Women** – Yet, somehow, we still make it work.

**“So, You’re Telling Me There’s a Chance”** – A flashback trip to Vegas.

**“Come On, Let Me Show You Where It’s At” –** Family Game Night was interrupted by an incredible sighting.

**What Really Goes On at a Comedy Club** – It’s no laughing matter.

**Family Game Night** – It’s not for the faint of heart.

**The Wild West Was Calmer Than Family Game Night** – What do you mean you caught me using loaded dice and marked cards?

**Serendipity** – It’s not just a John Cusack movie.

**Escape from New York** – People hate flying for so many good reasons.

**No Rest For the Weary** – Flea markets. Love ’em. Hate ’em. But you still go.

**In Defense of Space Art** – Tijuana Flats is where I go for art. What about you?

**We Interrupt Your Normally Scheduled Blog** – But did a tree just fly past my window?

**Brazilian Butt Lifts** – I wish I could say I was making this up.

**My Mom** – A visit to Woodlawn Cemetery and a funny story I like to tell.

**It’s What You Do With Your Feet** – Three kids who conquered Manhattan’s streets.

**Sorry, Stephen Colbert** – We would’ve loved to have seen the show. We went to LaGuardia instead.

**An Argument That Really Wasn’t** – Two women were about to brawl in the subway, but, no.

**The Outlaws** – A reunion of friends 30 years in the making.

**Near-Death Experiences** – I know this is supposed to be a humorous blog, but sometimes life gets real.

**The Outlaws Reunion Ends** – We were grown men lucky enough to share our life experiences.

**Seeing is Believing** – NYC has a ginormous rat problem.

**Modelo Man** – I had an odd sighting on the NYC subway.

**Shoeless Joe of Bryant Park** – How not to ask for money.

**Ode to a Lovely Bird** – Being a pigeon in NYC isn’t easy.

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I wasn’t always a blogger. I’ve dabbled before, but my preference has always been for longer works. Years ago I wrote this novella about this amazing dog (Pat), who lived in my home and inspired me to ask the question: Is this amazing dog a supernatural being in disguise? So, I wrote a story that addressed the issue. Click below to read the novella.

PAT AND THE MYSTERY OF THE HOODED FIGURE

4 replies on “Funny Travel Tales”

This tale was hilarious. I was surprised how much I was cracking up. I didn’t know you had such a deep comical aperture. The 10 points were creative and funny – like seriously funny. Dead pan on other comments as well. Keep up the good work!

Thanks so much for the feedback. It means a lot, Andre.

My comment was after listening to man overboard!!!

Understood. And, yes, I’ve always had a comedic aperture.

A person has to know their gummy-bear limit.

We'll blame it on the gummy bears !!

If she had waited a day and told everyone she was going to shoot her dog, I bet a ton…

Of course, she did! That's Donna. I'm just glad I didn't get in trouble.

You've got great taste. But does it put you to sleep in seconds flat?

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