The Disjointed Rambling of an Indecisive Boondocker...

We're gonna move... we're not... we're gonna move... we're not! It's been kinda like that lil' girls game where they pull the petals off a flower... "He loves me, He loves me not..."

The original plan was to haul out of here sometime... aaaaaaabout.... Now!... or... three days ago...

Uh... didn't happen...

Yeah... Risking the Forest Ranger Fairies wrath I'm sure... cuz at this point... by Federal Regulation... We're campsite poachers now!

Bad Baaaad Cowboy! :)

Yeah well... if the Great Obum can sit in the White house gettin' paid big dinero to do nuthin'... along with the rest of the DC Parasites, I guess I'm not gonna get my shorts in a knot 'cause I travel too slow! :)

It's not like I've been doin' nuthin' here... I've gotten a lot of my chosen "work" done parked in this Bitterroot Montana Camp.

The "Book" has grown into some "New" writing territory for me, at least from my perspective. We'll (spelled...ME)find out later this summer if that's a good thing or not! :) and got some website work done, both writing pages and kicking off my lil' video effort, which, so far doesn't seem to have done any damage...

... as my huge, BK Gore, one worn out Ol' Buster, Cowboy Publishing Empire continues to keep on slowly growing. :)

Yeah, You have to draw lines in the dust, around my tracks... to see 'em move... but.. they are moving, and trending up the hill... rather then down!

So, all things considered, from the number of you folks stoppin' by to see what I'm up to, to the rate at which my e-books are moving "off the shelf" and the contribution google is making to my pantry, * Thank you very much :) *... this lil' deal of ours continues to be sustainable...

Yesterday, was sittin' at the table, doing some of that work, moving the story along, and it started gettin' dark... only... it wasn't much after noon...

*Afternoon Thunder Boomer Rolling through the Bitterroot*

A pair of storms came boomin' through... The kind I just admire. Days of rain, after days of rain get old and dreary... but... When, on a Sunny day... a big, dark, Thunder Crasher comes flashin' over the mountains, Lightening Cracking and the rain comin' down in sheets... and then it passes on by leaving the air fresh and the scent of the pines strong in the breeze... It is Fine! :)

Now that Buck, he wouldn't agree. Makes me just shake my head. A dog that'll take on a Freight train... or a Bull Moose... get kicked in the head and come back snappin'... tries to sit on top of your head... scratchin' and clawin'... quivering like a school boy at his first dance...

... if one bolt cracks... five miles away... just pathetic...

But, after the storm passes and you walk out for a mountain stroll... you can see that it has it's benefits. Even after what is passed around as "thousands of acres destroyed" ... by folks tippin' off the edge of sense... you can see... that life goes on... and even... Life Requires Death... You have to make room for new... so... some of the old has to go first...

There's always something "new" coming along... and there always seems to be some... difficulty... before any "New", worth having makes its arrival...

Like calving... That Ol' momma cow sure bellows at the "Discomfort"... but she seems almighty glad for a while, once that calf is on his feet...

... and, to tell the truth? if the badly overgrown forest hadn't burned out of here... these flowers wouldn't have had anywhere to grow... it's certain the Do-Gooders weren't gonna let anyone WORK... and do any logging to open things up... just sayin'.

So... it's comin' up on the end of the month... and tallyin' up expenses... not likely to spend much in the few hours of June that are left...

Now... I don't publish my whole, every nickle and dime budget like some folks do... that's a little too open for me... but, for those folks, who might be like me, more toward the lower end of the scale of RV economics then the top... Here's a few items of interest for the month of June... if you're wondering "What's it gonna cost me".

If you've followed HOW I travel... here's some of the numbers for how that works for me...

Fuel: I've been Budgeting $500 bucks for the truck... With $4 diesel that part HAD to get raised, while shortening up miles traveled at the same time... We spent, $426.81

Camp Fees: I budget a hundred and eighty bucks($180). In June, we've spent $57.

Groceries: and I don't include dog food or meals out here... Budget - $300... we spent $270.54

Now a guy could get into real Cranial Colonic Inversion territory with budgeting. And, if you spend all your time, worryin' 'bout where every lil' nickle and dime is going... well... It's my opinion, you're missin' the boat..just keep an eye on it... don't get all paranoid...

So... all the Miscellaneous, this and that expenses, like dog food, get lumped into the... ready for it? ... yup, you got it... "Miscellaneous" category! :) ... Budgeted - $400 bucks... we spent $209.23

So far under budget, not too bad for a guy without a college ejucashun huh? :)

Buuuuuuut... it ain't ALL roses 'round here. This year, bein' cold and wet like it's been... my $35 propane budget got dented with total propane burnt of $64.12! :) which still has us a pretty long way under the budget... (uh... that's the WHOLE budget)

So... I'm sitting here waiting on that damned lil' Murphy bugger... He's bound to show up soon ain't he?

Likely we'll be moving Monday. All the long weekend folks will be headed home in the afternoon... and I'll just roll us in to Seeley Lake... and take their place! :)

Gonna park herself with the dogs and the rig somewhere round there for a week or so... while I meet up with some old guys ridin' out of Canada for an Old Guys Ride to the Black Hills...

From the Boondocking Camp of a Rambling Biker Cowboy
Brian

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