This is a shout out to Davis Towing, LLC in Ashtabula, OH and to their amazing driver, Mike. For the second time in my life I broke down in Ashtabula. The first time was back in 1972 or 1973. This time, at exit 223 on I-90 in Ohio I had my alternator fail which was at once unfortunate and pretty amazing. You can drive for quite a while on battery power but it does eventually run out. The tow truck company sent Mike who on arrival tried to get the alternator fixed by a 24 hour shop but they did not have the part and would not have it delivered for two days. On hearing that news he said he would just fix it himself. He drove me to a hotel made sure I had a room then the next morning he called and let me know he was on it. He went to a parts store, picked up the part and by 10 am or so I was all set. It worked perfectly all the way home. Also a shout out to the Ashtabula Ward of the LDS church which sent the father of the second counselor in the bishopric to check on me ( I had called them for resource management reasons in case I needed information about local repair shops) that man was just a pleasure to talk to. He and his wife have 16 children - mostly all grown now and several were wrestlers so we had a lot to discuss. It was a welcome distraction. There are superb people in this world and I feel blessed to have met two of them in that situation which was a little stressful. The media makes you believe that this country is full of hateful violent people, it's not. The good people out there far, far exceed the bad. I am grateful for the blessing of being a fellow traveler with all of you. read more