BRAZIL

Surfer Bob was getting antsy. Where to go, where to go? How about Brazil where the samba is hot, people are friendly and where there is another iconic landmark. An added incentive is that Christ the Redeemer is #3 on the list of modern wonders of the world. Maybe Bob should make it his mission to visit all the wonders while he is on sabbatical. Truth be told, this writer has been to 3(4)** of the wonders, but that doesn't mean SB can't have his picture taken at every one!
* Brazil is not on the trip adviser map with a few other places Surfer Bob has been when he is not carrying marrow.
**Great Wall, Petra,Christ the Redeemer, Machu Picchu,  Chichen Itza, Colosseum,Taj Mahal
honorary mention Pyramids. How does the only original wonder still in existence only get an honorable mention???????

Just one more thing

For those admirers of Surfer Bob, sing along ....

Bob is so cool he even has his own theme song. It goes something like this: If there's a wave he can ride it, if there's a beach he can find it, Surfer Bob, Surfer Bob. He can hang ten, then he'll do it again, Surfer Bob, Surfer Bob. He's a cool dude with a good attitude, Surfer Bob, Surfer Bob. Bob's on the job! Surfer Bob is a 4-1/2" tall plastic surfer riding a permanent plastic wave. Blonde, tanned, and in a classic surf pose, Bob rocks back and forth on your dashboard as you drive.

Yeah he rocks so hard he lost that wave early on in search of the Big One. I'm thinking of adding music and posting a video on You Tube. He could be the next contestant on America's Got Talent.

Hiatus

As I stated before, Bone marrow Bob is taking a break. Hopefully it won't be for long. Not to worry, the donors will still donate and the recipients  will still get transfused and some couriers will still be flying. Let's  call this a respite, breather, a little downtime, courier interuptis, recess, time off, intermission or maybe a furlough or sabbatical. Let's hope its not a departure or farewell. So Godspeed, adieu, adios, bye-bye, cheerio, farewell, happy landing, happy trails, sayounara.
until we meet again...............................

Last trip to San Antonio

Iconic picture no. 47 Surfer Bob and cousin Dwayne at the Alamo. They didn't find Peewee Herman's bicycle and they didn't have a Phil Collins sighting but it was still a nice trip. There were a few Brits visiting. I guess its like Americans visiting the Tower of London without the jewels. No trip to San Antonio is complete without a stroll on the river walk.
So this is Bone Marrow Bob's last courier trip for a while for reasons I can't explain. Hopefully he will get reinstated next year and be back on the road. In the meantime he will have to settle for searching for the perfect wave.

Bob and Dwayne go to the Olympics

 Sometimes being a courier for the NMDP really pays off. Bone Marrow Bob was fortunate enough to make a delivery during the Olympics. He brought Dwayne along because he is such an anglophile. Here is their swanky hotel(not!), but the boys can always dream.
*sadly the pictures are a bit out of order but try and bear with me.
Surfer Bob scored a ticket to the men's synchronized diving final. Dwayne had to stay at the hotel because he gets so excited he might have jumped right into the pool. The next day Surfer Bob went alone to Wimbledon because he knew it was useless to try and get a ticket and didn't want to waste Dwayne's time. Sure enough there were no tickets to be had but at least he saw the famed tennis courts. No trip to the Olympics would be complete without a visit to the mega store for souviners. The line to get in was as long as Space Mountain in July but thankfully it moved quick so we could hurry in to elbow people out of the way and spend, spend, spend. There are a couple of things that Bob does not get about the London Olympics. One is the mascot, Wenlock. Its ugly and scarey even when dressed like a beefeater. The other thing is... what is the orbit? What is its purpose? Why is it there?
After an exciting day at Olympic Park, Bob and Dwayne went out for photo opts around town, surfing on the Thames, eating ice lollies, and almost getting run over by a couple of flowered bicycles. What an exciting time to be in London.It was a whirlwind trip but well worth it!

El Lay

 The glamor stops here at the Ramada Inn. BMB jumped on a first class flight to LAX , was picked up by a shiny black sedan and whisked to the City of Hope(Dopes), only to be deposited here in Culver City. It is border line Marina Del Rey, which would be ever so much more fashionable. The pool, right outside my room, was a green hot tub. The room had that sickening sweet motel smell and the one window look out on a wall. The upside was it was only a mile from the even more fashionable Venice beach.
City of Dopes? Well, they weren't expecting Bob and the product so early. I hope the recipient didn't have to anxiously wait longer than necessary.

New York City in the summertime

It is a busy time in the courier business. Fortunately for Bone Marrow Bob there were no weather delays this trip. In fact, the flight crew was very receptive for a change. There are so many good places to eat in New York and I guess you could call it the original food truck city. If you are hungry at midnight and you are walking down 6th Ave you will find a variety of cuisines. Of course these trucks are all over the city at all hours. Too bad Surfer Bob was full from one of his favorite standby restaurants Orzos.

He never tires from walking around at night and taking in the sights like the iconic Chrysler Building. Alas, one night is all he had because he had to rush home to prepare for his next adventure.