A goodly bunch of Mental Rambling here today folks! :o)
Seems like a lot of folks are thinkin' along the same trails the last week or so... Box Canyon Blogger, Ara over at "Oasis"... Froggi Donna and the list goes on... all seem to be sippin' their coffee while doin' a lil' re-evalutation...
So... it seems kinda natural, that as I was rollin' my Big Red Bike on that wide circle through Alaska and the Yukon, and then comin' back to the Eagle in Colorado... that I'd find my own self walkin' through another period of similar 'reworking'.
I think maybe... even if you've got a good grip on where you should be headed... ever'body needs to stop and take a close look every now and again... to just make sure the trail they're traveling... is still the right one for them...
... and Do Not Be Afraid to make adjustments... Minor or Major... the only shame would be to talk yourself into goin' the wrong way... 'cause you Already started out that way, and it's too late to turn back...
It ain't Ever too late... unless you're dead!
My hope... for me... is that I never quite get to where I'm headed... the trip has always been the treasure to me... getting to my destination has always meant... the trip is over! Bummer! :o)
One thing that really got driven home, one more time, on my 8678 mile Motorcycle Ride to Alaska was that Less is More! for sure and for certain... fact is, that as little as I had with me, packed on my Motorcycle... I was wishin' I had even less! :o)
Living out of a pair of saddle bags and a dry bag...with my ruck for a lil' extra, proved after a Wet month to fit my personality pretty well... I guess I forgot how light I traveled back when I was rodeoin'...
Had I to do it over again... I'd figure out how to cut down and combine the ruck and the dry bag into one bag... sitting on the tail rack... Cowboy Light!
Now here I am... in my third day home... and that experience and thinkin' has me doin' some more re-arranging in the Eagle... in preparation for our impending departure on the first of our many RV Boondocking circles of the next few years...
Distilling even further our 'distilled' possessions... arranging for ever more efficient use of our limited space... and really, really looking at 'stuff'... while asking a few Questions; 1. When was the last time I even used this? #2. Do I Really even need this? and 3rd. Would it be Easier to just scrap This piece... and buy a new one, down the Road... IF... we ever even need one?
I sometimes wonder if I'll ever be satisfied with where I've culled down to... maybe the proper answer is, No? ... maybe... the proper answer is; I'll keep an open mind on this subject... and if somebody can show me a more efficient, Better, way to do the job of living... carrying even less Stuff along to do it... I'll cull again! :o)
Meanwhile, I dropped the Truck off at the Diesel shop yesterday afternoon... for the work of correcting the overheating issue... and maybe a couple of other warts... so we're hoping the mechanical surgery don't dent our meager wallet too hard... but... a reliable truck is kind of a necessity for our way of living... ain't it?
Along with the normal rig and stuff preps for another Leaving... I've got plenty of work to do in the RV Boondocking Income corral! Ever'body knows that a whole lot of folks have really takin' a whuppin' the past few years... this Ol' Buster included... But I'll not complain... too much...
It sure seems to be working out, that maybe the last couple years were simply an education I needed... and has trotted out a couple of opportunities that had not even amounted to a wisp of smoke from a fevered brain... three years ago!
My lil books, that I converted to ebooks a lil' over a month ago, seem to be moving along... even without much Hawking on my part... so far! :o) No barn burners... but... they are getting out there a bit...
Over the next couple of weeks I've got to do some touching up of the formatting of those lil' books... got notified by my e-book publisher they had some warts! :o)
The big job is to completely rebuild my Bookstore so that it does its' job as The Place for folks to find my e-books... and hopefully succeed at the job of producing a greater part of our RV Boondocking income... or to put it another way... My version of "Workamping"... where I'm sittin' in Camp... sippin' a cup of really fine Cowboy Coffee... and the "Working" comes in where I'm also, sittin' in front of my Laptop... tap tap tappin' out another Wild Cowboy Yarn on the keyboard! :o)
There's other irons in the fire... some that may pan out... some that may never see the light of day... but the point is.. the only thing holding me back at this point... is me... and the same holds true for most ever'body else.
Anything worth doing is something that makes you juuuuuuust a mite quivery inside. If it doesn't... look again... maybe you need to reach a lil' farther... If you stay comfortable... it usually means you're not moving... Learning new things... finding New Opportunities... Living through a NEW Experience...
... has one especially critical demand... You have to Choose to take the Risk!
Standing on the side of a Mountain in Alaska... or layin' in my tent at night... out in the middle of nowhere in the Yukon... I wasn't quaking with fear... but there was this lil' poke of discomfort... way down deep... I was, alone... things around me were new and unfamiliar... and let's face it... all 150, Billy Bad Ass, lbs of me... was No Longer at the top of the food chain! :o)
There were things I was a mite concerned about... money, the sufficiency of my equipment... plain dumb luck... of which... my luck is generally pretty damn dumb! The weather... and whether I'd get converted to Bear crap before the next Yukon sunrise..
...There's a million things to worry about....
... That lil' Poke of "Discomfort"? That's that uneasy feeling you get when you're "Pushing the Envelope" a bit...
Here's the real deal... at some point... like I quoted Ol' Gus before... you have to just put all those worries aside... and say; "Let's just go on and go if we're goin'!"... or... resign yourself to existing in that safe, predictable... socially acceptable... comfort...
If that's how it's to be for me... well.. shoot me in the head and call it an accident! I cannot concern myself with all the things that might could blow up on me... Just bow my head, grit my teeth... and ride into the wind!
What's great about all this is this... All that queasy, scary discomfort... is followed shortly by the Glorious Exhilaration you feel... when you Realize... that it's also what you have to pass through...
... to get to the FREEDOM you find yourself Living in when you come out the other side!
When You reach out and take a good solid grip on your fears, your worries, and all the "worker drone" B.S. the system beats you down with, from the time you got to quit using diapers... and shake the stuffing out of all that crap!... You suddenly feel a Power... A Power they never wanted to let you find out about!... and a Power you'll never want to ever let go of again! HooYa!
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
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Showing posts with label Alaska by Motorcycle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alaska by Motorcycle. Show all posts
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Thursday, August 19, 2010
The Ride is Done... and Now There's RV Boondocking Fish to Fry!
Got home last night... This morning my head is spinning a bit with all the chores I've got to get done in a rushin' hurry.
Heidi's been busy movin' the store location, a couple of doors down, while I was gone... and gettin' things ready with it for us to pull out in a couple weeks...
I've got work to do on the truck... overheating causes to find and fix, odds and ends to tie up... Book publishing labors to get done... so we can sustain our wandering... and a whole, heavy pack of other jobs...
... along with an article or two I need to write about observations this Ol' buster made, rolling his Motorcycle along the Alaskan Highway for the last 25 days.
Things didn't work out, on this run, quite the way I'd planned... but they worked out fine, just the same. Pretty much how life goes most of the time, ain't it?
There were unexpected friendships found, and unavoidable bad weather to adjust plans to... all in all, a wondrous, fine month on the Open Road.
... and now...it's back to Work for me!... for a bit! :o)
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
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Heidi's been busy movin' the store location, a couple of doors down, while I was gone... and gettin' things ready with it for us to pull out in a couple weeks...
I've got work to do on the truck... overheating causes to find and fix, odds and ends to tie up... Book publishing labors to get done... so we can sustain our wandering... and a whole, heavy pack of other jobs...
... along with an article or two I need to write about observations this Ol' buster made, rolling his Motorcycle along the Alaskan Highway for the last 25 days.
Things didn't work out, on this run, quite the way I'd planned... but they worked out fine, just the same. Pretty much how life goes most of the time, ain't it?
There were unexpected friendships found, and unavoidable bad weather to adjust plans to... all in all, a wondrous, fine month on the Open Road.
... and now...it's back to Work for me!... for a bit! :o)
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
Visit my "Ribbon of Highway" Blog on the Lil' sister to this site, Motorcycle Touring on Freedom Road
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Alaska Information... for Thinkin' an Dreamin'...
Hey Folks, I've found a couple sites that'll lay out some info that'd be helpfull... when you get to wanderin' and Boondocking around up here in the Great North...
The first has all the State of Alaska camps laid out on a map... with descriptions and sizes etc... and the second is a site that has distances and more importantly, Alaska Travel Times. Truth is... how long it's gonna take is more important than how far it is.
... and the last thing I'll say on this lil' post is clothing... It's early August here in the Great North... and today... I'm gonna put on my fleece long handles... it's wet... and pretty cool as a result...
When you're picking out your gear for your trip up this way... make for sure and for certain, you're packing Good Rain Gear, boots or shoes that keep your feet DRY... and clothes you can layer and keep yourself protected, whatever the weather.
Makes no sense to me... to come all this way... and then be miserable 'cause you're tryin' to impress everyone with how tough you are... forget that! ... put on the long johns if you're cold... put on the rain gear... and enjoy in spite of the weather.
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
Visit my "Ribbon of Highway" Blog on the Lil' sister to this site, Motorcycle Touring on Freedom Road
The first has all the State of Alaska camps laid out on a map... with descriptions and sizes etc... and the second is a site that has distances and more importantly, Alaska Travel Times. Truth is... how long it's gonna take is more important than how far it is.
... and the last thing I'll say on this lil' post is clothing... It's early August here in the Great North... and today... I'm gonna put on my fleece long handles... it's wet... and pretty cool as a result...
When you're picking out your gear for your trip up this way... make for sure and for certain, you're packing Good Rain Gear, boots or shoes that keep your feet DRY... and clothes you can layer and keep yourself protected, whatever the weather.
Makes no sense to me... to come all this way... and then be miserable 'cause you're tryin' to impress everyone with how tough you are... forget that! ... put on the long johns if you're cold... put on the rain gear... and enjoy in spite of the weather.
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
Visit my "Ribbon of Highway" Blog on the Lil' sister to this site, Motorcycle Touring on Freedom Road
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Some Thoughts on RVing, Traveling, Motorcycle Touring and Parking your RV along the ALCAN
I know a lot of folks are Planning their big RVing the Alaskan Highway trip...
For those rolling north to Alaska... or thinkin' on it... don't hesitate or fret, 'cause you're concerned with places to stop along the way...
Your choices are many... Commercial/private RV parks... Provincial and Territorial Parks... and many and frequent rest areas and plain Ol' widespots plenty sufficient for overnighting as you wander...
You say you've got a "Big Rig"? ... apparently the Canadians think that spaces should be a mite larger in their provincial parks than the forest service does down in the states... to my mind, they've built their sites a whole lot larger than what we have to deal with down "South"... so that's not much of an issue either... less you have a 47' triple wide the size of the space shuttle! :o)
But... even for you there's room! :o)
... and If you're wanting to motel it on a bike... or an old fashioned Road trip in the SUV... there's a heavy choice of motels and Bed and Breakfast outfits all along the way... I don't believe I'd worry 'bout reservations in most places.
... such planning usually just trashes whatever sponteneity you started out with. :o) ... Just go... till you're tired for the day... and then... right close by... you'll find a place you can stop... ain't nobody gonna hassle you much up here... that I can see.
Here's the deal for planning your Alaskan trip... the way I see it... 1. Remember this... it's a LOT bigger than it looks on a map... so give yourself plenty of time... 2. It's a Lonely Road... SOLO... unless you (and the folks around you) simply, absolutely Need you to take the time alone for cleaning out the Stuff in your head... take a friend... you'll be glad you had him... or Her! 3. Line out your money for it... and then stash maybe 25% extra... for just in case :o)
Bottom line? You'll find there's No real shortage of fuel stops... snack stops... view stops... bunk stops... or restraunt stops.
Likely... the only shortage will be in the amount of time you can steal from the rest of your life to know this place... an awesome awesome place.
So... what are you waiting on?
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
Visit my "Ribbon of Highway" Blog on the Lil' sister to this site, Motorcycle Touring on Freedom Road
For those rolling north to Alaska... or thinkin' on it... don't hesitate or fret, 'cause you're concerned with places to stop along the way...
Your choices are many... Commercial/private RV parks... Provincial and Territorial Parks... and many and frequent rest areas and plain Ol' widespots plenty sufficient for overnighting as you wander...
You say you've got a "Big Rig"? ... apparently the Canadians think that spaces should be a mite larger in their provincial parks than the forest service does down in the states... to my mind, they've built their sites a whole lot larger than what we have to deal with down "South"... so that's not much of an issue either... less you have a 47' triple wide the size of the space shuttle! :o)
But... even for you there's room! :o)
... and If you're wanting to motel it on a bike... or an old fashioned Road trip in the SUV... there's a heavy choice of motels and Bed and Breakfast outfits all along the way... I don't believe I'd worry 'bout reservations in most places.
... such planning usually just trashes whatever sponteneity you started out with. :o) ... Just go... till you're tired for the day... and then... right close by... you'll find a place you can stop... ain't nobody gonna hassle you much up here... that I can see.
Here's the deal for planning your Alaskan trip... the way I see it... 1. Remember this... it's a LOT bigger than it looks on a map... so give yourself plenty of time... 2. It's a Lonely Road... SOLO... unless you (and the folks around you) simply, absolutely Need you to take the time alone for cleaning out the Stuff in your head... take a friend... you'll be glad you had him... or Her! 3. Line out your money for it... and then stash maybe 25% extra... for just in case :o)
Bottom line? You'll find there's No real shortage of fuel stops... snack stops... view stops... bunk stops... or restraunt stops.
Likely... the only shortage will be in the amount of time you can steal from the rest of your life to know this place... an awesome awesome place.
So... what are you waiting on?
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
Visit my "Ribbon of Highway" Blog on the Lil' sister to this site, Motorcycle Touring on Freedom Road
Thursday, July 29, 2010
A Few Observations... from the Seat of a Motorcycle...
First... there's no shortage of people wandering all over the west... either by Motorcycle... or RV! Times might could be tough for a lot of people... but it sure don't look to this fella... that there's a real big drop in any traveling... the roads have been tee total full with wanders goin' to where the other travelers are comin' from! :o)
One thing I have noticed... is the size and type of outfits. Lot's and lots of Smaller Travel Trailers... lot's more Tent Trailers than I ever remember seeing... and Motorcycles! Everywhere you look... Motorcycles!... Seems folks are finding the way to keep RVing and wandering... and cut the cost/simplify... at the same time...
My first camp in B.C. Canada, at Norbury Lake Provincial Park... is 'bout as simple as I can get it... got there just in time I think!
The only problem all those travelers have made for me, is mostly due to my own missed judgment... I seem to have a way of choosing the exact spots ever'body else is runnin' for!... and they keep outrunnin' me! :o)
It turns out... that British Columbia... and specifically the lakes east of Kamloops, British Columbia... are the Vacation Nirvana for one devil of a lot of Canadian fellers an' fellerettes... the point bein'... finding a campsite 'round here is a piece of work!
I did see a few RV sites, rollin' by... but one gal at an info center in Sorrento B.C. told me, for British Columbia Parks campsites, they start lining up at 3am!
Yup, that's what I said... Oh-Damn-it's-Early three freaking in the A.M. folks! So... if you're goin'... check things out and see if the area you're goin' to is one of the "popuar" ones... and either get a reservation... or... get there early! :o) (I'm hopin' for better "boondocking" opportunities in Alaska... or at least less competition for Nat. Forest sites...
Needless to say... after huntin' a place to pitch my tent for four hours this afternoon... and 400+ miles under my tires... That tent is layin' on the floor of a Motel room... sheesh... it should get easier, north of here...
... and now, a Cowboy Philosophizin tirade...
I overheard a young couple, having a "conversation" in Glacier the other day... hmmm... made me think a mite on my own self... and my own doins'... as I rolled on afterward...
Why do folks come west, or to the mountains anywhere... just to squall at each other 'bout who's gonna carry the baby and the lemonade bottle?
They haven't got a clue. Why climb Logan Pass, to the top of Goin' to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park... just to dump all over your day with that nonsense?
I've decided there are, basically, three types of Travelers...
1. They "Get it"
2. They'll eventually "Get it"
3. They don't have a whisper of a hope of ever... Getting it.
Unfortunately, that third group seems to describe the greater majority...
Why do they RV, or Travel... or wander at all?
They run up there and see trees... and rocks... and elk... and all sorts of other wonders... and all they see... are those... things... but... they aren't IT.
So... what is it that I claim is IT?
Well, for me, it's; Climbing into the High Country, or trekking the Sonoran Desert... or walking down a quiet beach allows me to reach up toward heaven... and feel the Boss lean down... and touch my face.
... to realize that the Boss whispers to you with each breath of a breeze, or scolds with the raging wind. He lives in the tears of a wife... and the laughter of a true friend.
He doesn't teach us with words... but talks to us through the instincts found in an open heart.
He teaches us to Love this Life... by teaching us to Grieve.
For the people in group #1... I'm preachin' to the choir... and maybe we'll just nod our heads together...
The Folks mired in #3? ... sorry... but there ain't a damn thing me or anybody else is ever gonna do to help ya'll... you just can't hear it...
But... you Jaspers with that big Ol' #2 branded on your butts? ... you're the ones I'm tryin' to talk to!
So... folks... when you're in Church don't waste the precious moments you have... in the short time you can remain there... arguing 'bout whose gonna carry what! Put that trivial, useless, sparrin' away... so you can see the sheer glorious Shining Joy that is right in front of you!
... and now... while I've got this time with some wifi... I gotta go build a post over on my Motorcycle Touring site! ;o)
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
Visit my "Ribbon of Highway" Blog on the Lil' sister to this site, Motorcycle Touring on Freedom Road
One thing I have noticed... is the size and type of outfits. Lot's and lots of Smaller Travel Trailers... lot's more Tent Trailers than I ever remember seeing... and Motorcycles! Everywhere you look... Motorcycles!... Seems folks are finding the way to keep RVing and wandering... and cut the cost/simplify... at the same time...
My first camp in B.C. Canada, at Norbury Lake Provincial Park... is 'bout as simple as I can get it... got there just in time I think!
The only problem all those travelers have made for me, is mostly due to my own missed judgment... I seem to have a way of choosing the exact spots ever'body else is runnin' for!... and they keep outrunnin' me! :o)
It turns out... that British Columbia... and specifically the lakes east of Kamloops, British Columbia... are the Vacation Nirvana for one devil of a lot of Canadian fellers an' fellerettes... the point bein'... finding a campsite 'round here is a piece of work!
I did see a few RV sites, rollin' by... but one gal at an info center in Sorrento B.C. told me, for British Columbia Parks campsites, they start lining up at 3am!
Yup, that's what I said... Oh-Damn-it's-Early three freaking in the A.M. folks! So... if you're goin'... check things out and see if the area you're goin' to is one of the "popuar" ones... and either get a reservation... or... get there early! :o) (I'm hopin' for better "boondocking" opportunities in Alaska... or at least less competition for Nat. Forest sites...
Needless to say... after huntin' a place to pitch my tent for four hours this afternoon... and 400+ miles under my tires... That tent is layin' on the floor of a Motel room... sheesh... it should get easier, north of here...
... and now, a Cowboy Philosophizin tirade...
I overheard a young couple, having a "conversation" in Glacier the other day... hmmm... made me think a mite on my own self... and my own doins'... as I rolled on afterward...
Why do folks come west, or to the mountains anywhere... just to squall at each other 'bout who's gonna carry the baby and the lemonade bottle?
They haven't got a clue. Why climb Logan Pass, to the top of Goin' to the Sun Highway in Glacier National Park... just to dump all over your day with that nonsense?
I've decided there are, basically, three types of Travelers...
1. They "Get it"
2. They'll eventually "Get it"
3. They don't have a whisper of a hope of ever... Getting it.
Unfortunately, that third group seems to describe the greater majority...
Why do they RV, or Travel... or wander at all?
They run up there and see trees... and rocks... and elk... and all sorts of other wonders... and all they see... are those... things... but... they aren't IT.
So... what is it that I claim is IT?
Well, for me, it's; Climbing into the High Country, or trekking the Sonoran Desert... or walking down a quiet beach allows me to reach up toward heaven... and feel the Boss lean down... and touch my face.
... to realize that the Boss whispers to you with each breath of a breeze, or scolds with the raging wind. He lives in the tears of a wife... and the laughter of a true friend.
He doesn't teach us with words... but talks to us through the instincts found in an open heart.
He teaches us to Love this Life... by teaching us to Grieve.
For the people in group #1... I'm preachin' to the choir... and maybe we'll just nod our heads together...
The Folks mired in #3? ... sorry... but there ain't a damn thing me or anybody else is ever gonna do to help ya'll... you just can't hear it...
But... you Jaspers with that big Ol' #2 branded on your butts? ... you're the ones I'm tryin' to talk to!
So... folks... when you're in Church don't waste the precious moments you have... in the short time you can remain there... arguing 'bout whose gonna carry what! Put that trivial, useless, sparrin' away... so you can see the sheer glorious Shining Joy that is right in front of you!
... and now... while I've got this time with some wifi... I gotta go build a post over on my Motorcycle Touring site! ;o)
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
Return to the Home page of goin' RV Boondocking
Visit my "Ribbon of Highway" Blog on the Lil' sister to this site, Motorcycle Touring on Freedom Road
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Makin' Progress.... on the Alaskan Ride...
Both outside on the bike... and inside my head... :o)
The routine is different on a long trip on a bike... than traveling by RV... I'm so used to having all the comforts of the rig... just open the door and walk in... plug in the laptop and go to work... it's a bit of an adjustment to living on the bike... for the most part...
I'm slowly getting into the right rhythm though, I do think... which is allowing my head to work on those lil' pieces of work I'm making this ride to sort through... and so... the progress I mentioned...
I expect it's not a whole lot different than for most folks goin' from a house to an RV... it takes some conscious adjustment... and some willingness to bend a mite...
Hmmm... maybe so That is one of this Ol' codgers Issues! Maybe a lil' greater ability to bend with the wind... rather than Always bowing my head, gritting my teeth and shoving Against the Wind as has been my tradition... might be worth a try huh? :o)
Well... daylight's burning... and many miles to ride before I sleep... check out the last day or two of the Alaskan Ride...
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
Help keep goin' RV Boondocking...goin' RV Boondocking!
Have you enjoyed your visits to my camp? I sure hope so. If you'd like to see what else I've written, you can follow this Trail to my "Bookshelf". Just know that any purchases of my lil' books and tales, helps keep me following the Trails of my beloved American West, collecting stories and yarns to entertain you with... and are Much Appreciated.
Many Thanks!
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The routine is different on a long trip on a bike... than traveling by RV... I'm so used to having all the comforts of the rig... just open the door and walk in... plug in the laptop and go to work... it's a bit of an adjustment to living on the bike... for the most part...
I'm slowly getting into the right rhythm though, I do think... which is allowing my head to work on those lil' pieces of work I'm making this ride to sort through... and so... the progress I mentioned...
I expect it's not a whole lot different than for most folks goin' from a house to an RV... it takes some conscious adjustment... and some willingness to bend a mite...
Hmmm... maybe so That is one of this Ol' codgers Issues! Maybe a lil' greater ability to bend with the wind... rather than Always bowing my head, gritting my teeth and shoving Against the Wind as has been my tradition... might be worth a try huh? :o)
Well... daylight's burning... and many miles to ride before I sleep... check out the last day or two of the Alaskan Ride...
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
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Monday, July 26, 2010
Tough Day...
Got away late... really late... Old things I thought were cared for... made it known they were not... I'll make my ride... and hope that I maybe can learn something along the way... about how life and living...
There's so much I don't "Get" I guess... so much I don't know... at this point I just put one foot in front of the other... and hope I can learn how to get through this life... before it's over...
Leaving hours late... I made it to Thermopolis Wyoming last night... road weary from starting out in a "Storm"... I just got a room for my first night on this journey... Hope to find my self in Montana tonight...
Like I said... I'm planning on most of my Alaska Ride posting will be on my Motorcycle Blog
...though I do intend to post here, RV items of interest...
Wandering the Great and Glorious West... in a state of confusion...
Brian
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There's so much I don't "Get" I guess... so much I don't know... at this point I just put one foot in front of the other... and hope I can learn how to get through this life... before it's over...
Leaving hours late... I made it to Thermopolis Wyoming last night... road weary from starting out in a "Storm"... I just got a room for my first night on this journey... Hope to find my self in Montana tonight...
Like I said... I'm planning on most of my Alaska Ride posting will be on my Motorcycle Blog
...though I do intend to post here, RV items of interest...
Wandering the Great and Glorious West... in a state of confusion...
Brian
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Saturday, July 24, 2010
One More Day...
Did some final shopping last night... few odds and ends... Hoping to leave by mid morning tomorrow, and ride hard for a day or two to "blow out the cobwebs"...
Today I'm gonna do a test ride with the "packing" on the bike... test the power plug I've hung on the bike... collect some "cash"... and try and figure out what I'm forgetting... so... a quick lil 'short post... so I can spend the time trying to find what those "forgotten things" are!
Wandering the Great and Glorious West (for the next 30 days on a Motorcycle!)
... so remember to follow the link below to my Motorcycle Blog... most of my "Bigger" posts will be there for this ride :o)
Brian
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Today I'm gonna do a test ride with the "packing" on the bike... test the power plug I've hung on the bike... collect some "cash"... and try and figure out what I'm forgetting... so... a quick lil 'short post... so I can spend the time trying to find what those "forgotten things" are!
Wandering the Great and Glorious West (for the next 30 days on a Motorcycle!)
... so remember to follow the link below to my Motorcycle Blog... most of my "Bigger" posts will be there for this ride :o)
Brian
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Friday, July 23, 2010
Readying the Bike and My Gear for the Long Ride
Just a quick not this morning... as I run 'round in what we used to call "Ruck Time".... when we'd prepare our gear to go out... this time... on a Big Red Raider Motorcycle! HooYa!
... and of course, as is my custom... I needed some more agitation to season the mix... I'm trying to get "Lil' Roadie" the mini laptop ready too... putting in all sorts of passwords, virus protection... hooked up to the accounts I'll need to keep up on... yadda yadda yadda...
...and can I remember those critical passwords?... that I have the 'puter remember for me?... or 'member where'n hell I wrote 'em down? Nahhhh! :o) so... I've been scramblin' since last night doin' "password recovery" operations with a few outfits.
Now... Just so ever'body knows... I'll be doin' the majority of my posts, about this coming Motorcycle Trip... over on my Motorcycle Blog... Kinda makes sense... don't it? :o)
I plan on doing some posts here as well... when I see something that's pretty much focused on RVing and RV boondocking... but the Ride will be on my Bike site!
***just a lil' sidebar here... the ebooks have been selling! Not barn burner deal... but moving, so that's sweet! :o) ... one thing I'd appreciate... if you have downloaded one or more... a little mercenary plug here :o) if ya'll could go back sometime, and do a lil' review, I'd be as grateful as an Ol' Buster could be!
But now... If I'm to leave a day late on Sunday... I better get my butt movin'!
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
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... and of course, as is my custom... I needed some more agitation to season the mix... I'm trying to get "Lil' Roadie" the mini laptop ready too... putting in all sorts of passwords, virus protection... hooked up to the accounts I'll need to keep up on... yadda yadda yadda...
...and can I remember those critical passwords?... that I have the 'puter remember for me?... or 'member where'n hell I wrote 'em down? Nahhhh! :o) so... I've been scramblin' since last night doin' "password recovery" operations with a few outfits.
Now... Just so ever'body knows... I'll be doin' the majority of my posts, about this coming Motorcycle Trip... over on my Motorcycle Blog... Kinda makes sense... don't it? :o)
I plan on doing some posts here as well... when I see something that's pretty much focused on RVing and RV boondocking... but the Ride will be on my Bike site!
***just a lil' sidebar here... the ebooks have been selling! Not barn burner deal... but moving, so that's sweet! :o) ... one thing I'd appreciate... if you have downloaded one or more... a little mercenary plug here :o) if ya'll could go back sometime, and do a lil' review, I'd be as grateful as an Ol' Buster could be!
But now... If I'm to leave a day late on Sunday... I better get my butt movin'!
Wandering the Great and Glorious West
Brian
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Many Thanks!
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Thursday, June 24, 2010
I'm Committed Now...
Or... maybe... I'm about to Be... committed! :o)
Gave notice at the Hardware store yesterday afternoon... Kinda spooky... So much ain't Right... and so many potholes visible up ahead... but... No goin' back now! :o) My last day there will be the 7th of July...
So... either Shining Times comin'... or runnin' hard with Smokey on my tail!
Riding for Lakewood in a couple hours. Taking the Raider down to get the front seat reworked with Dan Ballards magic at Bitchn Stitchn... and, repair the damage to the Pad, from when the Backrest came off a couple weeks ago...
Expecting the Saddlebags today or tomorrow...
Makin' reeeealllly slow progress on reworking/reformatting my scribblings, so they can be formatted for electronic di-semin-a-shun... Not so much the work itself... I just keep getting diverted to other things...
Guess I'm gonna have to just put some sort of blinders on for a while... and maybe hum real loud... so I can't hear ever'body else tryin' to drag me to those Other things. :o)
I'm still hopin' to have one or two of the small books set up in the next 6 weeks (before I roll for Alaska)... and then, shortly after my Try-umphal ride back from the Great Buggy North... have the curtain raising for my first; Great Western Novel! :o)
That is sure a shiny fantasy... to actually be able to put a decent amount of beans on the table... and maybe even put some fuel in, or tires on, the rig... and all coming from folks wanting to read the imaginings of an RVing Cowboy Bikers fevered brain? :o)
But... it's not so Far Out a fantasy... really.
If I can just land myself somewhere between what Rex said he's turning... and the huge ebook successes of a couple of other "Newbie" fiction writers that Froggi Donna and others have put me on to... I'll be as happy as the cowboy that woke up... and found he'd been locked in the Bar when it closed up for the night!
Aw... Hope springs eternal... Right?
... so... guess I'll go look for those dang blinders...
We'll Soon be... On the Road Again!
Brian
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Gave notice at the Hardware store yesterday afternoon... Kinda spooky... So much ain't Right... and so many potholes visible up ahead... but... No goin' back now! :o) My last day there will be the 7th of July...
So... either Shining Times comin'... or runnin' hard with Smokey on my tail!
Riding for Lakewood in a couple hours. Taking the Raider down to get the front seat reworked with Dan Ballards magic at Bitchn Stitchn... and, repair the damage to the Pad, from when the Backrest came off a couple weeks ago...
Expecting the Saddlebags today or tomorrow...
Makin' reeeealllly slow progress on reworking/reformatting my scribblings, so they can be formatted for electronic di-semin-a-shun... Not so much the work itself... I just keep getting diverted to other things...
Guess I'm gonna have to just put some sort of blinders on for a while... and maybe hum real loud... so I can't hear ever'body else tryin' to drag me to those Other things. :o)
I'm still hopin' to have one or two of the small books set up in the next 6 weeks (before I roll for Alaska)... and then, shortly after my Try-umphal ride back from the Great Buggy North... have the curtain raising for my first; Great Western Novel! :o)
That is sure a shiny fantasy... to actually be able to put a decent amount of beans on the table... and maybe even put some fuel in, or tires on, the rig... and all coming from folks wanting to read the imaginings of an RVing Cowboy Bikers fevered brain? :o)
But... it's not so Far Out a fantasy... really.
If I can just land myself somewhere between what Rex said he's turning... and the huge ebook successes of a couple of other "Newbie" fiction writers that Froggi Donna and others have put me on to... I'll be as happy as the cowboy that woke up... and found he'd been locked in the Bar when it closed up for the night!
Aw... Hope springs eternal... Right?
... so... guess I'll go look for those dang blinders...
We'll Soon be... On the Road Again!
Brian
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Wednesday, June 9, 2010
This Alaska Trip... Who.... and a Lil' Bit of the Why...
Sharlotte asked a question... and I thought maybe some others might could be wonderin' the same thing... I thought I'd said it, but maybe I wasn't as plain as I'd thought... so... I'll clear that up right quick!
A long time ago... like 38 years... I came home, with Riding a new Motorcycle up the Alaskan Highway to Homer, as a Brain Straightening Dream. I was a 20 year old kid that was in pretty poor shape...
Now... I understand that a lot of folks are gonna ask; "How does putting your knees in the wind on a Motorcycle... for 9000 miles... straighten your brain?"...
My answer is an Old Motorcycle riders cliche'; "If I have to explain it... you won't understand"... Just accept, that for the people that do understand... It works! :o)
Well, back yonder in '72... Things ... conspired against me that first summer and ambushed the trip... and I allowed them to continue their conspiring for too long... like a lot of us do... and the Dream kind of slipped away... getting buried by life...
It was always there, just sitting in the back of my head... every once in a while poking me... Take a long, Solo, brain straightening, soul searchin' ride... all by my self... and spend that time... Inside my head... bein' honest with myself... and sort out all the Stuff... that had me cranked around when I was 20...
So... now... 38 summers later... all that Stuff (some of which got dug up last summer) ... having been un-attended to for all those years... is a pretty corroded mess! :o) ... but... Heidi and I decided/agreed... for the most part... that I have to make that ride... and put that ambition I've carried for so long into the reality of my history...Sort of a "Back to the Future" kind of deal...
So... Yes Ma'am Sharlotte! I'm making My Alaska by Raider Motorcycle trip... Solo... Just me... that bike... and my... corrosion! :o)
As soon as we circle back from the trip to Mark and Bobbies in Ouray, in July... I'll climb on that big Red Raider... twist the throttle... and roll. Nunn Colorado... to Homer Alaska!
The plans for after that are still pretty unsettled... we're hopin' to go north... maybe around Yellowstone... to finish out the season, before rolling south for the winter... we'll see what happens!
Take Good Care
Brian
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A long time ago... like 38 years... I came home, with Riding a new Motorcycle up the Alaskan Highway to Homer, as a Brain Straightening Dream. I was a 20 year old kid that was in pretty poor shape...
Now... I understand that a lot of folks are gonna ask; "How does putting your knees in the wind on a Motorcycle... for 9000 miles... straighten your brain?"...
My answer is an Old Motorcycle riders cliche'; "If I have to explain it... you won't understand"... Just accept, that for the people that do understand... It works! :o)
Well, back yonder in '72... Things ... conspired against me that first summer and ambushed the trip... and I allowed them to continue their conspiring for too long... like a lot of us do... and the Dream kind of slipped away... getting buried by life...
It was always there, just sitting in the back of my head... every once in a while poking me... Take a long, Solo, brain straightening, soul searchin' ride... all by my self... and spend that time... Inside my head... bein' honest with myself... and sort out all the Stuff... that had me cranked around when I was 20...
So... now... 38 summers later... all that Stuff (some of which got dug up last summer) ... having been un-attended to for all those years... is a pretty corroded mess! :o) ... but... Heidi and I decided/agreed... for the most part... that I have to make that ride... and put that ambition I've carried for so long into the reality of my history...Sort of a "Back to the Future" kind of deal...
So... Yes Ma'am Sharlotte! I'm making My Alaska by Raider Motorcycle trip... Solo... Just me... that bike... and my... corrosion! :o)
As soon as we circle back from the trip to Mark and Bobbies in Ouray, in July... I'll climb on that big Red Raider... twist the throttle... and roll. Nunn Colorado... to Homer Alaska!
The plans for after that are still pretty unsettled... we're hopin' to go north... maybe around Yellowstone... to finish out the season, before rolling south for the winter... we'll see what happens!
Take Good Care
Brian
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Tuesday, June 8, 2010
How's This for Goin' To Alaska?
These folks, the Pedouins, either bought or built, just about the most unique bicycle I've ever seen... piled their family on it a while back... and are people powering their kiesters up the road! and are now... following their own "Ribbon of Highway"... to Alaska!... by... Bicycle!
OK... I may be a Cowboy Biker... and likely to do just 'bout anything... but... one thing you'll never see me doin'... is pedalin' my As... Uh... Bu... uh... art! :o) Yes! Pedaling my ART! across Canada! :o)
Sometimes I like to think I'm a determined sort of guy... keep on runnining against the wind sort of character... but... I gotta say... I'm pretty impressed by such folks as these... They do stand apart!
... and from what lil' I've had time to read of their adventure... they're doin' it on an even thinner wallet than I'm workin' on... gives a fella a tiny bit more confidence...
Now... 'bout how I'll be making communication... on the road... once I get on the road... pushin' my own lil' scooter to Homer...
Canada is a bit of a problem... I use Verizon for my Phone and Internet Card... the problem being, Verizon, except by some sort of "roaming agreements" isn't really - in - Canada... and so... the COST is just way too high... so... my phone and air card will likely be OFF... rolling through Alberta and British Columbia... 'cause I'm cheap!
But... I'll need to camp... where there's plenty of "other" bait... to distract the Bears from me :o) and a lot of those places have WiFi... good setups or not... so... that's the plan... at least every couple days or so... I'll buy a night in a commercial campground... and send up my posts on their WiFi... and... utilize their showers...
...so the waitresses at the cafe's along the way don't have to hold their breath... while they pour my coffee!
But... just the same... I better just get back to work for now! :o)
Take Good Care
Brian
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OK... I may be a Cowboy Biker... and likely to do just 'bout anything... but... one thing you'll never see me doin'... is pedalin' my As... Uh... Bu... uh... art! :o) Yes! Pedaling my ART! across Canada! :o)
Sometimes I like to think I'm a determined sort of guy... keep on runnining against the wind sort of character... but... I gotta say... I'm pretty impressed by such folks as these... They do stand apart!
... and from what lil' I've had time to read of their adventure... they're doin' it on an even thinner wallet than I'm workin' on... gives a fella a tiny bit more confidence...
Now... 'bout how I'll be making communication... on the road... once I get on the road... pushin' my own lil' scooter to Homer...
Canada is a bit of a problem... I use Verizon for my Phone and Internet Card... the problem being, Verizon, except by some sort of "roaming agreements" isn't really - in - Canada... and so... the COST is just way too high... so... my phone and air card will likely be OFF... rolling through Alberta and British Columbia... 'cause I'm cheap!
But... I'll need to camp... where there's plenty of "other" bait... to distract the Bears from me :o) and a lot of those places have WiFi... good setups or not... so... that's the plan... at least every couple days or so... I'll buy a night in a commercial campground... and send up my posts on their WiFi... and... utilize their showers...
...so the waitresses at the cafe's along the way don't have to hold their breath... while they pour my coffee!
But... just the same... I better just get back to work for now! :o)
Take Good Care
Brian
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Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Feelin' Good... So... What Am I Missing?
Well... "Feelin' Good" may be a mite of an exaggeration... but... I do, just the same... and it kind of makes me nervous... waiting for the "ambush" :o) ... The last couple years, it seems every "good" thing was balanced on something, that wasn't so good... two steps forward... three steps back...
hmmm... that Murphy fella better look sharp this time... Got me a brand spankin' new Axe handle... all polished up an' waitin' on that Irish Potlicker!
We've got a lil' bit of a focus that we'd been missing for a bit... Having discovered that sittting in limbo for too long (three years) gets to be a habit that this fool needed to break out of!
At some point a fella has to Set His Priorities... and let the chips fall where they may.
Now, with a loose schedule... and the calendar tick, tick, tickin' away... there's things to do... and only, not much more than a month to get 'em done!
Even get some fun things to do too, not just preparation chores. Went to Costco the other day, while we were at Heidi's agility trial... and acquired a new lil' camera... and Why does the ol' fool need a new camera you ask? Didn't he just get one a year or two ago?
Well... yes sir... and Ma'ams... I did!... but!... :o) ... as it turns out... as small as that Great P80 Nikon camera is... it's still a bit of a hassle when I'm on the bike... it don't fit a pocket and just seemed awkward... so... I got another Nikon! This time the lil' guy is called a Nikon Coolpix S8000.
How come the smaller they get... The Bigger the Name? anyway, this lil' thing can zoom 10X... takes great pics... and drops right in a pocket... couldn't be more convenient... unless they set the thing in my head lookin' out my eyes... It's gonna get a workout on the Alaska Ride! :o)
Yes sir! Things are gonna start hoppin' round here.
Plan is to have ever'thing ready by the 8th of July or so... 'cause that's when we're planning on pullin' west on a circle that will take us to Mark and Bobbies "Wild Flower" celebration... then we'll circle back to a setup along the front range where Heidi will wait... most likely spending a LOT of time with Jillian...
While the Old Buster... Climbs on his Raider and gets his long dreamed of ALCAN Ride taken care of... I sure hope the Boss blesses all my Angels, for carryin' me this far. (Did you see the post from two posts ago?)
Then... we're hoping to spend the balance, of the end of the summer, a bit north...
The economic realities being what they are, we're working at lining up a lil' work to finish out the summer/early fall in some of the North Country we both love.
Now... if you've read my "stuff" for a while, you know I don't really wanna trade one job for another... but... you do what you have to do... and knowing that a "job" is a short term "Gap Filler"... and, it's located in some of the best country a man can breathe in... should make it tolerable for all but the grumpiest Ol' dodgers...
and generally... the folks you get to deal with "up there"... are in a lot better mood, or should be! :o)
Then... come the "end of season" up north (assuming we find a "situation") we are gonna roll south... somewhere... and again... find some piddly, "fill in" chores we can do, to keep the propane tanks full.
Finally!... We're gettin' back to how I used to wander, all those years ago... 'fore I got married... North in the Summer, followin' the Geese... South in the Fall... with those Long necked trail guides pointin' the way, with their Honkin' Formations, flyin' high overhead. :o)
... and in amongst all that... are some twists and turns I'm gonna keep covered up for a bit... and, I expect... some that I don't even know about yet... 'course... there's one hell of a lot... I...don't know about yet! :o)
But then... the Latest Train Wreck keeps things interesting... Right? :o)
Take Good Care
Brian
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hmmm... that Murphy fella better look sharp this time... Got me a brand spankin' new Axe handle... all polished up an' waitin' on that Irish Potlicker!
We've got a lil' bit of a focus that we'd been missing for a bit... Having discovered that sittting in limbo for too long (three years) gets to be a habit that this fool needed to break out of!
At some point a fella has to Set His Priorities... and let the chips fall where they may.
Now, with a loose schedule... and the calendar tick, tick, tickin' away... there's things to do... and only, not much more than a month to get 'em done!
Even get some fun things to do too, not just preparation chores. Went to Costco the other day, while we were at Heidi's agility trial... and acquired a new lil' camera... and Why does the ol' fool need a new camera you ask? Didn't he just get one a year or two ago?
Well... yes sir... and Ma'ams... I did!... but!... :o) ... as it turns out... as small as that Great P80 Nikon camera is... it's still a bit of a hassle when I'm on the bike... it don't fit a pocket and just seemed awkward... so... I got another Nikon! This time the lil' guy is called a Nikon Coolpix S8000.
How come the smaller they get... The Bigger the Name? anyway, this lil' thing can zoom 10X... takes great pics... and drops right in a pocket... couldn't be more convenient... unless they set the thing in my head lookin' out my eyes... It's gonna get a workout on the Alaska Ride! :o)
Yes sir! Things are gonna start hoppin' round here.
Plan is to have ever'thing ready by the 8th of July or so... 'cause that's when we're planning on pullin' west on a circle that will take us to Mark and Bobbies "Wild Flower" celebration... then we'll circle back to a setup along the front range where Heidi will wait... most likely spending a LOT of time with Jillian...
While the Old Buster... Climbs on his Raider and gets his long dreamed of ALCAN Ride taken care of... I sure hope the Boss blesses all my Angels, for carryin' me this far. (Did you see the post from two posts ago?)
Then... we're hoping to spend the balance, of the end of the summer, a bit north...
The economic realities being what they are, we're working at lining up a lil' work to finish out the summer/early fall in some of the North Country we both love.
Now... if you've read my "stuff" for a while, you know I don't really wanna trade one job for another... but... you do what you have to do... and knowing that a "job" is a short term "Gap Filler"... and, it's located in some of the best country a man can breathe in... should make it tolerable for all but the grumpiest Ol' dodgers...
and generally... the folks you get to deal with "up there"... are in a lot better mood, or should be! :o)
Then... come the "end of season" up north (assuming we find a "situation") we are gonna roll south... somewhere... and again... find some piddly, "fill in" chores we can do, to keep the propane tanks full.
Finally!... We're gettin' back to how I used to wander, all those years ago... 'fore I got married... North in the Summer, followin' the Geese... South in the Fall... with those Long necked trail guides pointin' the way, with their Honkin' Formations, flyin' high overhead. :o)
... and in amongst all that... are some twists and turns I'm gonna keep covered up for a bit... and, I expect... some that I don't even know about yet... 'course... there's one hell of a lot... I...don't know about yet! :o)
But then... the Latest Train Wreck keeps things interesting... Right? :o)
Take Good Care
Brian
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Saturday, May 29, 2010
An Announcement of Sorts... My Own Lil'... Back to the Future...
I've let slip a time or two... I think... that I've had an uncompleted ambition... for many years...
A long time back... I came home from the Army... I'd left a shy, quiet, loner of a 'regular' kid... (one gal told me she didn't recognize me that couple of years later... didn't remember me even talking before I left!)
...I came home a hard drinking... angry... brawling... wild eyed... rodeoin'... loner of a Kid... pretty much shakin' his fist at the world...
Luckily, I survived those early years... and it was all luck... 'cause I sure wasn't makin' any effort to! But all that "stuff" just set in there... stewin' and cookin'... and that old "Stew", simmerin' away... was the biggest part of last years' tribulation...
Well... Back in those days... I'd "Had a Dream"... and that Dream... never died... it lives today...
Heidi agrees... I don't believe she truly understands, Don't know that anyone but the fella livin' in my head can... but she agrees... It's time that I chase down that Old Dream... for once and for final... and get it done...
So... if you're curious... 'bout what that is... click over to my other blog... for "The Rest of the Story!" :o)
Take Good Care
Brian
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A long time back... I came home from the Army... I'd left a shy, quiet, loner of a 'regular' kid... (one gal told me she didn't recognize me that couple of years later... didn't remember me even talking before I left!)
...I came home a hard drinking... angry... brawling... wild eyed... rodeoin'... loner of a Kid... pretty much shakin' his fist at the world...
Luckily, I survived those early years... and it was all luck... 'cause I sure wasn't makin' any effort to! But all that "stuff" just set in there... stewin' and cookin'... and that old "Stew", simmerin' away... was the biggest part of last years' tribulation...
Well... Back in those days... I'd "Had a Dream"... and that Dream... never died... it lives today...
Heidi agrees... I don't believe she truly understands, Don't know that anyone but the fella livin' in my head can... but she agrees... It's time that I chase down that Old Dream... for once and for final... and get it done...
So... if you're curious... 'bout what that is... click over to my other blog... for "The Rest of the Story!" :o)
Take Good Care
Brian
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