Along The PookaTrail

The names have all been done: “Ramblin’ Rose”, “Wheel Estate”, “Cram-A-Lot Inn”, “General Lee”, “Herbie”, and “Red October." We were looking for something different. “More Cowbell” climbed the charts in the early running. Finally, maybe more as a placeholder, we opted for the working title, "Pooka", based on a shared memory.

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Those up on classic American film will recognize that term from Jimmy Stewart’s “Harvey” (Universal Studios, 1950). It's early in the comedy that we learn "Harvey" is Elwood P. Dowd's (Jimmy Stewart) name for his six-foot- eight inch tall imaginary rabbit friend. Later, we learn that Pooka, in Celtic folklore, is a fairy spirit in animal form, always very large. There’s a further explanation, as haltingly quoted by veteran comedic actor Jesse White in the dictionary scene: "The pooka appears now and then—to this one and that one. A benign but mischievous creature.”

We thought the nature of the Pooka might fit our RV travels, as we appear now and then to this one and that one along our miles of travel. So, as we await a more graceful and distinguished moniker, we ride with Pooka - Along the PookaTrail.