Thanksgiving....stop, look and be grateful!

I wonder why people who talk non-stop and completely monopolize the rap, invariably say, "Oh I love to travel and meet people and learn about them!!! LOL! Amazing!

I am getting ready for a houseful of folks over the Thanksgiving holiday. I just got a call from friend Jim from AK/HI that he is on schedule for the morning picking up in Las Cruces.... Kit and her mom will be down Tuesday and then a bunch for dinner on Thursday...

Excellent....very big fun coming up!

I'll say it now so I don't have to remember: I hope your holiday is one that you can be grateful for. I know mine is, as well as my amazing life on this spaceship...earth....

Peace,
MWB

Oh man, I don't like the feeling of not having my van in the yard...she's back now and fixed but whoa....weird!

Part of it is not having the van itself, but a lot of my personal stuff resides in her and when she is not handy, neither is my stuff...

I had my sidecar rig and my tiddler and bicycle so I was not going to be immobile but I feel like my van is a part of me.

That is why I take such good care of her, she is faithful and dependable but I need to do my part of keeping her in good running shape....

Happy traveling...

MWB....

Well old Chinookie goes in this morning for the last of the mechanical things for now. She gets a rear brake cylinder leak fixed and a checking and replacing the rear brake shoes if needed....

She is getting antsy for some travel....um, wait...that's me that is getting antsy...

My traveling genes need to be recognized once again.....

Travel well and smile,
ManyWheelsBri and Blue Sky Expeditions

Relief.....is just a click away...

I quit the last forum I was on and the relief is palpable!

I finally realized I was way too attached to what was said, and my role in it all....

Pesky EGO!

I feel much more present and able to be here for the people in my F2F life. Amazing how distractions can seem so important when what is really important is in being here now.

Nothing that profound but it needed doing....and I am here!

I am getting ready for having some family...especially my bride...and friends here in TorC for Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday...not because of some early pilgrim drama but because I love it when gratitude is talked about so much and I can break bread with those close to me. 

Some of my Amerind friends hate it and I don't really blame them, but all that very real and terrible history aside, I do like the harvest festival/thanks-for-my-life-and-all-in-it....event...

Also readying the van for some vanliving this winter, maybe Mexico, maybe not...but some nice desert camping and traveling.

Nothing promised but I will make the effort to keep up my blog...I am so inspired by some of the bloggers that I follow....George & Tioga who posts every day...Glenn with To Simplify who is also a daily blogger...

I try to remain apolitical on here but I think I can say that I am greatly relieved to have the political season over with and my president is back to being a president and not a politician...I hope he keeps his head on straight and continues to do right by the 99% and not so much the 1%.

Blessings to all and a very good and healthy holiday to you....

ManyWheelsbri

Kiva....

I joined Kiva.org some time ago and it is really huge fun.Here is a link to them.

Kiva.org

OK, I think this will work....

Kiva is an organization that allows one to make small loans to various folks around the world. I started with an extra $25 I had and have made 3 loans so far....two of my own money and one from the paid back money.

It works so that the money you invest in others is paid back and you can again loan it to help someone else....if you are interested I hope you check it out. It is easy, and for the cost of a few lattes that you will never miss, you can help make a big difference in someone's life who is, just like you and I, trying to feed their family and grow their tiny little businesses.....

Not a commercial....nothing comes to me except I feel really good knowing others may enjoy this too.

Enjoy,
ManyWheelsBri

These last several weeks....

I have been selling on ebay and enjoying the heck out of it. Getting rid of a lot of excess baggage is always good, no?

I bought a jacket the other day and once I got it, realized that it was far too heavy for here and for a trip to old Blighty so I resold it and doubled my money....jeez, I could become a businessman before you know it....


Funny stuff....It does feel really good to sell some things and clean out the storage shed and the shop, etc. a little at a time and not have so much stuff around.

I found we had five extra backpacking camp stoves from upgrading and all so they are all gone now....I still have a few Honda shop manuals from several boxes of them I bought from a shop that was liquidating....I made a fair amount of money on those.

More to come...

Happy trails,
ManyWheelsBri

Change up.....

Hi friends,
I made an interesting change the other day. I withdrew from my online vandwelling forum involvement and I deleted my Facebook account.

I am feeling a bit of a disconnect from my present and I am finding these things too much distraction. I tend to easily get caught up in politics and right now this seems to come from all sides....again, I think it is a distraction.....from what we are doing in and to the world. This "we" is a big, all inclusive..."we"....and I need to grasp firmly my part of it and take a good hard look and see where I can improve. 

I have been doing some studying and researching and while I have no idea what the future will bring, I feel a huge pull toward the spiritual and my own particular path and the practice involved. Of course that happens in the present.

As I journey through life, I have found that when I am hearing the same thoughts, ideas and concepts from many sources, it is time to take notice and see how what I hear may either affect me, or what I can do in regards to what I am hearing...to maybe be of service...at least pay attention..lol.

I know this is esoteric and oblique, but I am not comfortable enough with what I am experiencing to name it yet. That may come later but meanwhile, I am urged outside, to look up and see what manifests as I pass along in my daily moment....

I will make the effort to post more often. I am amazed at the good blogs I follow....I am really enjoying The Adventures of Tioga and George, and Glenn Morrisette's
To Simplify. Both men are bloggers supreme and let us into their days and minds as they go along their paths...George in Mexico with  a Class C Tioga and Glenn in the states with his Chinook Class C.

Happy trails to you all and  God speed,
ManyWheelsBri