Driving trips, stock market tips?

 ---A fascination with driving trips began at an early age, six years old to be specific. It was a family of three trip to Daytona Beach, Florida in a blue 1956 Chevy with no air conditioning, no radio(one of my father's quirks, "unsafe and distracting" he said), 55mph speed limit all the way along state highways, and going through local towns along the way at much slower speeds. We were going to spend the first two weeks of August there as it was Danville mill town vacation time.  August in Florida, perfect time for low rates at Elinor Village, an Ormond Beach town five miles from Daytona of small interconnected apartments for vacationers. 

It was a two day trip, drive to somewhere in Georgia about a 100 miles away from our destination and stay in a motel. Choosing a motel was a big deal, vacancy signs needed.  Reservations were not possible on those types of driving trips.  Everything was magic on that drive, at least when awake. New sights everywhere, from moss hanging from trees in South Carolina, to roadside stands selling peaches in Georgia, and strange tourism stores(Stuckey's?) and gas stations along the way.  We packed a lunch on the that first day and stopped in a roadside area with picnic tables, a small cooler with ice, a canister of water,  my father's beer, and my 6 and one half ounce bottle of Coca Cola.  Dinner at the motel or at a nearby restaurant, locally owned of course, was exciting, something new!   

Arriving near the end of the drive on Route 1A(?) the smell of the ocean began to fill the air.  Almost there. That first drive was the beginning a long series of driving trips, first major one being a two and a half month trip around Europe with two college friends, followed by a succession of trips over the years.  That includes the trips to and from Arizona for graduate school, written about partially in the previous post here.  It ultimately led to driving trips with Kathy in 1982(France), 1983(Crete), and 1984(Paris, Germany, Holland, Belgium, Normandy coast, and back to Paris.  Reservations on each trip were only made for the first hotel upon arriving, after that all impromptu.

More to come at another time...

---There will be no stock market tips here.  With Bitcoin, Non-Fungible Tokens, Ethereum, SPAC's, plus the so-called Reddit revolution(see Gamestop etc.), and the regular equities that have held my interest in the past, there is no limit of choices, some questionable.  Traditional tech and growth, plus various tailored indexes, are the focus here. Whether banks are considered value or not, they are also a focus here based on my experience in that area.  Healthcare is an area where my expertise and stock picking success are limited at best. 

The market keeps me busy on weekdays.  That's a good thing.