MOVIE REVIEW:WAGONS EAST!

 

​Review: Wagons East! – The Great U-Turn

​Rating: 8/10 (The "Candy is King" Cut)

​The Concept: Pure Genius

​Most Westerns are about grit, glory, and Manifest Destiny. Wagons East! says, "Actually, this place is dusty, dangerous, and the coffee is terrible. Let's go home." It takes the bravado of the Wild West and pokes a big, funny hole in it. For anyone who has ever started a project and realized halfway through they’d rather be back in bed, this movie is incredibly relatable.

​John Candy: The Soul of the Trail

​John Candy is, as always, the best thing on the screen. He plays James Harlow with a perfect mix of "I’ve seen too much" and "I have no idea where we’re going." Even when he’s playing a bumbling, drunken guide, you can’t help but root for him. He had this unique way of making you laugh while also making you want to give him a hug. Seeing him lead a bunch of neurotic settlers back toward the Atlantic is comedy gold.

Kids Just being Kids.

 

Just being a kid was so much fun. I remember my friend Allen and I had many adventures. We had a BB gun club.

Yes, did we shoot outside? No, inside in the basement. We set targets four feet away on a metal table. Then we would take shots at army men or whatever and shoot them, being quick to duck under the couch, hoping there were no ricochets. Allen's common phrase, "Oh, my balls," was often heard. It was all fun and games until his mother stepped into the basement and said, "Is that my metal tray?" Then I said to Allen, "I think I need to go home and do something," and I left in a hurry.

That was a fun memory. I still hold onto it and will continue to, as long as my memory allows. That's why I'm writing this blog; if my memory is taken by another stroke, at least there will be documentation of some of the silly things I did in my life.  

A little town called Zillah

I had the best time living in Zillah as a kid. McDonald's and all those businesses outside of town were not there. You had to make a choice what to do on a Saturday. You could rent a movie from a local place in town. No Blockbuster, lol. That was mainly for the nighttime.

I like get a fountain drink from the down town gas station.  Or the "Cherry Patch" convince store.

There was also a grocery store. Locally owned. 

You could do bike riding. Exploring  building a fort hanging out in said fort. 

There was also Nintendo or Atari  😆  Hey Donky King  was tuff.

There also bb guns. Stick fights  and wrestling! Also dares wow so much. 

There was a pizza place "Doc's Pizza ". It has pizza chicken and Arcade.  I like double 🐉 🐲 Dragon. 

There was alot to do in this small town. 

The canal

Let me tell you about the setting in Yakima Valley. There are canals, big canals and little canals. The big canals, two of which run through the lower valley, are for watering the crops. The little canals run through the city. I enjoy watching you water your gardens, etc. The big canals are upwards of fifteen to twenty feet across and eight to twelve feet deep, with swiftly moving water at five miles an hour. If you are thrown into a canal, there is little hope of getting out alive.

So it's a wise choice not to put yourself in that situation. One of the things we did do. Where's in the fall? The cow will dry up.

So we'd walk along the canal for miles, just searching what we could find. Weirdford, fine stereos.

V c r's tape decks. The people we'll throw in the canal. It'd be like a treasure hunt. In some air, the cow, the water sat in there long enough and that when an early freeze happened in the fall, it froze over for the lengths of half a football field and we go and ice skate with their shoes and try to bust it up. Generally have fun as kids. Yes, this went wrong. Sometimes there's many a story of it going wrong. It may not have a lot of water. But it's freezing water that can be upwards of six feet deep, spanning a football field. Did I almost lose my life? Yes, was I thankful be alive? Yes was I cold yes. Did my friend laugh at me? Yes.

Did my friend save me? Yes, and then start laughing me? Yes, he did. Did I get him back later? Yes,  well, that's all for this post. I will do another pose why expand on the danger. A walk in the canal There's more dangerous, trust me. What else you do being  a Gen X  kid.

Geocaching today

HEY everyone i went past my geocaches and one them was gone. It was removed from its location under a rock. It was definitely deliberate. 

So it's so frustrating that someone would take the time to find it and steal it. It's disheartening to hear that some geocachers are taking items from caches instead of following the "trade up, trade equal" principle. Taking only the logbook entry and leaving the other contents ensures everyone can enjoy the thrill of the find. Remember, leaving caches in the same condition you found them helps keep the game fun for all players. Let's work together to protect the integrity and enjoyment of geocaching for everyone. Happy caching!