At the Infamous Third Winter Rubbertramp Rondezvous

I arrived on the 8th and found a lot of my good friends and many others already ensconced in their chosen spots in the area Bob chose for the event....My spot being next to Jerry and Nelda and their Roadtrek right near the main fire pit.

Great group so far with many first timers...some new to the mobile life, some not so new.

There have been a few group meetings and twice daily group dog walks with the dozen or so dogs in the group so far.

This morning there was a seminar on the hows and whys of choosing a home state/address/maildrop, drivers license, vehicle registration, etc. and quite a few showed up for it....looks like something is planned daily with a few group dinners and breakfasts planned as well.

I have already found some of my spiritual fellows here and we have had some nice chats and sharing.

The rigs are phenomenal and I have fallen in rig-lust for one for sure, and two other possibilities. As I think I mentioned it is time to enlarge my space and since I find I am not interested in ranging so far now, I do want it to be big enough to stand up and move around in and be able to pursue some hobbies in and to have Kit join me in some travels in it...

The Mobile Traveler still calls me as always, I see that a Roadtrek 2100 would be nice and then there is the extended full size high roofed cargo van route such as my friend Cheri has...and do the build myself...and the last  is prolly the best idea.

I will have to put the request for something out there and see what the universe has in mind...it is always better than I can invent myself....

More later though,,,

Happy trails,
MWB

Yuma...

I landed in Yuma a couple days ago and my friend Roy (living these daze in his new to him 1989 LazyDaze class C)  is showing me the ropes here....I nice WallyWorld parking lot for the nights and an amazing Kroger store with a bakery/cafe with easy chairs and good wifi with lots of outlets for computer stuff and tv watching. Did I mention it is a bakery???? Well not only that but an actual food court...hehehe....

Lots of good conversation and taking care of business and maintenance. Today a shower at the Flying J, a great steak and egg breakfast at a good local restaurant. And that is only so far....it is 11 AM.

Last night he took me to a very good little meeting at the Foothills Alano clubhouse....a wonderful campfire  meeting with several oldies and a few newcomers...nice!

So about Tuesday or Wednesday I (we) are off to the Q for the RTR....I think Roy may go, but not sure...he has been invited.

Really looking forward to visiting with many old friends and making some new friends...yay!!!!.... life is good indeed...

Blessings from the southern frontier where it is low 40's at night and mid 70's in the sun....ohya, ohya...

MWB

Post Christmas....

I made it to the in-laws as did all those who were scheduled to come for Christmas and it was very sweet indeed. Family is a nice concept....especially when it proves to be a fact.

The thing that has happened for me since the solstice is that I am even more dedicated to that of the spirit and reaching for a more present and vital being.

I have no idea if anything has happened globally but if it is true that you bring into your life what you give and choose to include in your 'dream' As The Toltec's say, I have good feelings about how the future will play out....

"babylon yo' throne gone down..."
One Love,
MWB

Almost the end of the world as we know it.....

Ah, good title....less than two weeks before there is a consciousness shift from material to spiritual. Or something else. I find much to rejoice over today, whatever will or won't happen and I hope I am ready for whatever comes along....

I reflect on the Y2K millennium change.   Kit and I were halfway through an excellent Baja tent camping journey in our little "Jenny Burrita" Suzuki Samurai....

We had been hearing at every AA meeting we went to all down the peninsula about the big New Years Eve pig roast and gratitude celebration near Todos Santos and to be sure not to miss it.

We were there as invited and camped on a hill overlooking the beach at Los Cerritos, a little south of Todos Santos. On New Years eve people started showing up and soon there were 30 or 40 folks all camped around a very accommodating woman's large palapa and the food started covering the tables and when the pig showed up all roasted and crispy from hours in the local baker's oven we had a mother of all feasts. Kit made her excellent guacamole and everyone brought their signature favorite dishes...yeow! It was awesome! 

Afterward we had a touching and heartfelt meeting with gratitude as the topic and  never have I felt more pleased to be with a group of people in my life....and we all sat and welcomed in the new Millenium.....what a way to welcome it!

I do think we are in the throes of big change as a species and we are beginning to see all across the board that systems that dismiss any of our fellow men and women in any way, are not sustainable, ethical or worth saving.

While we are realizing it and while the change is gaining momentum, it is and will get more and more uncomfortable and as with anything that is worth embracing, there is always the chaos before the settling out at a higher and more valuable level.

I like to think that while it very well may be the end of something, it is also the beginning of something much more sane and kind to our Mother Earth, all our relations and the paradise we are charged with tending.


So, I am tightening up the base camp and getting the rig ready for my winter journeying where I will not only meet with some of my actual family but also with my chosen family of vandwellers for a celebration of life and love.

My sons were both born this month and I am fond of it because of that and of course there is the solstice and the welcoming of the peaceful, inward time of year.

I had a great chat with my son Isaac last night and he and I talked a bit about the season and what he sees in the kids in his charge as well as his own children. I don't think there is a better group of people than children that signal what is going on with and around us....

Peace to you all this time of year and I hope you will join with me to welcome a new age of light and enlightenment and shrug off the insanity of a system of commodification that oppresses rather than enables people.

In Love,

ManyWheelsBrian

Thanks to my friends and family...

We had a wonderful day yesterday at Ranchito Cielo Azul (the Kemsley southern homebase). Ten of us gathered to finish prepping the feast and around a table in the front room to eat. Joe P said a blessing and we went around the table giving one thing each we were grateful for. Then we tucked into a beautiful feast of thanksgiving...

A good meal with lots of laughter and sharing and a good time had by all. If you weren't with us there, I wish you were....another day perhaps you will be and for now just know that our love went out to you wherever you are...

Great blessings as we go out from here....

MWB

Happy Thanksgiving....

I was thinking about the Thanksgiving holiday and how it affects some of my friends and need to say that I am finding that the less I allow the past or even ideas to rule me, the freer I am to BE HERE NOW.

I want to wish you all a great day and I hope you stop and try to make just one person smile today...even yourself.....you are loved by those you don't even know....

Blessings abound in the Universe and we can all claim some by passing them on.....

Happy Thanksgiving...

MWB

For some reason I don't understand, my blog page no longer has the little strip across the top that lets me go to the places where I can make a post, do housekeeping with the blog, etc....frustrating and it must be something I did since it still appears on my other computer, the nettie. Weird but not unusual since my computer literacy is at the level I usually can get into trouble but not get out without help. I would have said that it is at  third grade level but in this day and age third graders may well be way beyond me....LOL

So today I will enjoy immensely since my wife and mom-in-law and good friend Jim C are here and I can just hang out...after the morning Men's 11th step meeting I so enjoy, we will all head down to the Arrey café for breakfast and a blast of New Mexico's finest red chile and then Mom will be filling the house with her pie baking smells...egads, heaven on earth....apples from Kit's tree in Durango made into Mom's pies!!!!!

With the really moderate weather now the mineral bath is getting a workout these days...I take one nearly daily and Jim has and now Kit.....Moms prefers cooler water so too bad for her.

Jim has bought the canned ham trailer and now has his own southern home in TorC...in our yard! He has been a great and close friend for nearly 30 years and I love it when he comes to be here with us. We have traveled a bunch of the world together with him and he bought the land next to us in Alaska and lived there until we sold out and headed south. Ordinarily these days he is in Alaska or in Hawaii when not traveling. A great friend indeed.....

So that's it for now, I am trying to get comfy with posting more often and if it is trivial and mundane (as a friend likes to say...filled with minutiae)...sorry but that is my life many days...trivial and mundane, but the job is to stay present in it and if you like to visit...cool beans...if not, I trust you will give it a skip...

Hugs to all...
MWB with two less wheels...