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DURANGO, Colo. —\u00a0<\/strong>I’m so mad I could spit.<\/p>\n

We hauled our fifth wheel recreational vehicle into the Rocky Mountains for a long weekend, getting away from the hustle, bustle and some of the tussles of the world.<\/p>\n

But surely — clearly, without a doubt — we could land in a spot that picked up the Public Broadcasting Service.<\/p>\n

Oh, no. Didn’t happen.<\/p>\n

We’re in Durango, cooling our jets until the morning arrives. I am missing the premiere episode of a landmark television event, PBS’s epic series “The Vietnam War,” put together by the great documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. It’s going to run for 10 days.<\/p>\n

I am sort of reminded of a comment the late pro football coach Bum Phillips once said of Orange, Texas, where he was born. “It’s not the end of the world,” Bum said in a Playboy magazine interview, “but if you get up on your tippy toes, you can see it from there.”<\/p>\n

That’s kind of how I am feeling this evening as PBS is airing “The Vietnam War.”<\/p>\n

I’ve published several posts on this blog commenting on the importance of the series to a generation of Americans, many of whom served in that war. I am one of those Americans.<\/p>\n

I won’t let it depress me. We’re shoving off tomorrow for another location — in Albuquerque — where I am certain<\/em> we’ll get PBS in our fifth wheel. I know this because we stayed there the other night en route to Durango. By golly, I watched some PBS programming while we were parked there.<\/p>\n

I am going to pray that the weather doesn’t get in the way. You are welcome to wish me luck. Oh, and be sure to watch it yourself.<\/p>\n\n

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