Horatio's Drive

Horatio's Drive Not that I've even for an instant thought I knew about everything, but I am still surprised by stories of significant achievement in the USA that I knew nothing about.  Horatio Nelson Jackson 's drive across the United States in 1903 is one such example.  Horatio spent $8,000 of his own money (in 1903 dollars) to win a $50 bet.  Coincidentally,  the Packard car company had been planning just such a trip for ages, and two sponsored Packards left San Francisco not long after Jackson, who was driving a used Winton touring car.  There is then some actual excitement involved, not to mention incredible hardship that would have stopped a lesser man.  A Ken Burns deal.  USA UAS USA!  It's who we were, and will be again after we get rid of Democrats. I think you can watch it here, and certainly on NetFlix. Oh, today?  BMW sued by California man over bike-induced erection