This Ol' Gypsy is One Confused Pup!

Got goin' late yesterday, what with the last of loading, and things having been moved all around... a bit of the time delay was in figuring out the last of the "New" homes for stuff.

Then... The weather was bad. Cold, raining and blowin'... but what else do you expect in the Rockies in the Springtime huh?

*Shiny spring weather along I-80 in Wyoming*

So we got goin' and rolled along until early evening, and settled... you got it... at Wal Mart, in the picturesque town of Rock Springs, Wyoming! Well known for it's wonderful ambience! :)

Now you might could ask; "Where's the confusion?"

Well... I'm walkin' back across the parking lot of a tire shop from STARBUCKS... through the drizzle and the breeze, other rigs scattered all over the lot... and noticed the grin on my face...

You got one Cowboy... Biker, who much prefers sunshine in empty country to anything "townie", standing at the counter of a Starbucks, in the resort? town of Rock Springs ??? ordering a Cafe' Americano in lousy weather and walking across a bustlin' parking lot in the drizzle... grinning like an idiot...

Why? 'Cause I'm FREE Baby! Hooya! which means... I can stuff all those parts that don't fit together, into one mixed up, Confused Cowboy... and keep ever'body else scratchin' their heads and askin'; "What the...?!!!!!" in the process.  :o)

How do you put it into words? A month of layin' up in one place and I get fidgety and feeling stale and partially asphyxiated... I've come to realize... I've felt that way for more years then I can count... Now, rollin' along... not knowing for certain sure where I'm goin'... and having no time I gotta get there... I feel NORMAL!

Fish were built to swim... Jewish Mommas were built to cook... Eagles were made to soar... and this Ol' Gypsy was tee total shaped to Wander... just took him too dang long to cut loose from all the grasping catch ropes of Soh-sigh-uh-tee! :)

But I'll tell you now... I might could crash and burn. It's still a thin string that's keepin' us keepin' on... but broke or not... It'll still be one hell of a Last Stand battle, to pull me off this Wanderin', Yonderin' Trail!

Grinning and Rolling in Wyoming
Brian

Brian

P.S. A Big Ol' Thorn in my Shorts... A note to SEVERAL RUDE DOG OWNERS!!! You know who ya'll are! If you're NOT going to clean up the Dog Poop... from your three gol' dang dogs... when you take 'em out in the grass that EVERYBODY ELSE walks in... take yourself... and your dogs... go home... and STAY THERE! I don't leave a collection of bio-waste in YOUR front yard... Don't be leavin' yours in MINE!!! I know wherefore I speak... We travel with two big dogs... and clean up EVERY DANG LUMP... JUST FREAKIN' DO IT!   and ever'body else? If you see somebody NOT cleaning up... Jump on 'em! Make it too uncomfortable for 'em not to! SHEESH!!!!!!

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Though I Can't be Described as "Smoking" Today... We Are Headed for Flaming Gorge NRA

Grey, overcast morning. Still a lot to get loaded and put where it goes... and my tail is droopy like an old tired dog... and today is another Leaving.

Though we managed to improve our cargo setup this month... lightened and simplified things a bit while parked here... it still seems like what we have... hits the ground and spreads like a a sea of mud when we sit in one place for too long! :) and then... we have to collect it all back up and fill the nooks and crannies... trying to remember where we'd had it tucked...

... the cure of course being... if we don't own it... we wouldn't have to load it!

The one thing that's got me kinda wiggly though is the scooter. The last time I loaded was back last month over on the Escalante... and that's the ONE time I've ever had a bobble... So... here in a short... with a wiggly, quivering, liver... I'll climb on that big red road burner of a motorcycle... and creep it up the ramp... and...

... try real hard to NOT ride off the other side! ... or soil the seat :)

The new Action Video Helmet Camera, Did, come yesterday... but I haven't had time to look at it much... so there won't be any loading "Blooper" videos... but, I'm sure you'll "hear" about it if there is!

Next you hear from me I'll likely be real close to the Flaming Gorge National Recreation area hunting a good RV Boondocking Camp... if not there. 'cause it's back to Far Country for this refugee from the burden of civilization.

On the Road Again...
Brian

Brian

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Drop Five Zero... Fire for Effect!

Huh? He's Callin' in a Fire Mission? RV Boondocking Artillery? What in Tarnashun is goin' on?!

Sometimes, I've come to think that working out a yondering routine over time, tailored and whittled on to really fit you, is like calling in artillery. Each person has their own rhythm and their own drummer that they dance to. You just have to take your shots to find out what's exactly right... Just like callin' in an artillery fire mission! :)

??? Has that one got you scratchin' your head? :) How has Artillery got anything at all to do with RV Boondocking?!!!!

Think about it!

You call in your first shot and it falls short... then ... you adjust fire... and that shot flies long... Well, now you've got it, what they call, Bracketed... you know what's too short, and what's too long... so, your next shot should be... Bang on! :) Fire for effect!

When we took off late last summer, with a bad case of hitch itch proddin' me on... we rolled too far, too fast.

Here along the Front Range, where we dropped anchor to do some visiting and let Spring catch up, I've decided, we've over corrected.

Only One or two days in a place... constantly rolling, always moving, is just too fast... the flip side I've found... a month without knocking the dust off my tires... is TOO LONG! A ten day camp brushed up, exploring the local area, with a couple or three days of days rollin', hunting the next long camp... is a comfortable, easy pace... Juuuuuust right!

Between Last Thanksgiving and our arrival back in central Colorado just about this time last month... we'd gotten it juuuust about right... with a few long camps of a couple weeks... broken up with a few travel days in between...

That pace, where we were boondocked on the Escalante and down on the Kaibab... and out over on the Desert near Bouse... seems to be the proper pace of things for me...

... and we'll be gettin' back to our slow and easy gypsy livin'... either tomorrow morning... or Wednesday.  It just depends on how the last few chores we have left to do around here work out today.

Where we head hasn't been decided yet... I'm for hangin' up pretty much on this latitude for a few more weeks... and let the recalcitrant spring get a bit more advanced... Heidi on the other hand... is looking more North... More Sooner! ...

We'll Be Loading Camp and Crackin' Out on a New Circle
Brian

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