Aha, back on me 'horse!

Life is good today. A couple of good friends are back in town and they are peaceful souls...very calming and positive to be around.

After friend Cyndi mentioned the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel with the phrase: "Everything will be all right in the end. If it's not all right then it is not yet the end.", I watched the movie and totally agree with the phrase...thanks Cyndi and my other good friends....

All is well here in the desert! It is currently raining...apparently the Rain Dance Celebration that we all held  on the summer solstice worked and brought the monsoon season a bit early...how cool is that? There was  a main celebration in Silver City with Blue Thunder leading it via Skype as he was elsewhere, and a drum/prayer circle in our local town park. Those of us who had prior engagements joined in prayer and wet thoughts and it has rained twice here in TorC and more than that over the mountain in Silver....it feels very, very good in this drought burned river valley.

Blessings to all,

MWB

This morning...

I have been hesitant to post since my mind is in a dark place these last couple of days. A series of upsets came along and I guess that set me in that direction.

Nothing dramatic but as a friend says, "sometime that will happen in a big operation like this!" Kind of a size check, huh!? Hahahaha

Anyway, I have been reading books and watching videos relating to Druidry and Britain before the Roman occupation. I would like to post more about that but need to wait until I am in a more positive head-space.

"If the path is clear, you are on someone else's!"  Joseph Campbell

MWB

When the going gets tough the tough get more wheels!

Ha, take that old cancer cells!

I'll build bikes at you!!!!

Good distraction and they aren't for me...several for close friends and my fun in helping them build them

I am also considering selling the Chinookie and the Goldwing sidecar rig. I want to get rid of all the extra GL parts...two titled frames, and enough parts to build a nice bike that I will never do....maybe I can sell the hack rig with the parts? It is all up in the air....the less I have around me and the less to do, the more energy I can put on holding off the cancer.

I can't afford to buy another hack until I sell the one I have so it goes on the block....it has done me well....

Anyway...it was long past time for a post and Kit suggested me share what's going on these days.

Love to all and keep on rolling.....

MWB

Quest into the unknown indeed....!!!!

Well my health situation just took another twist and the prostate cancer has taken a jump from wherever the little bastard was lurking onto my spine.

The good news is I am on the right treatment for it, a drug cocktail that has relatively painless but annoying side-effects and I think we can keep it slow growing if not gone. Or so my doc says...

I don't want to get into details much but I really don't know whether I will keep a blog going or just take it down....

I hate reading about or listening to someone's health care drama and I think maybe you do too. If I find that it becomes a primary thing in my life I may close up blog-shop but if not...maybe just hang in there....

Keep to the trail...or wait, screw it,  head out across country, just enjoy your day.....
MWB

More wheels....

My recent replacement for the old Subaru that was sold off about 6 months ago...

It is a 1985 Toyota Xtra cab 2 wheel drive 5 speed that gets a cool 30+ mpg. It shows 250K miles on it but since it was towed behind an RV for much of it's life, it is actually much less mileage on the drive train. Ity is nice and tight and well taken care of and will be my runabout to Las Cruces, Albuquerque and back and forth to Silver City. Those miles add up and at $3.55 a gallon of true petrol sin alcohol, it does add up. Plus it is a really minimalist camp-mobile...that's fun.

I will look for a higher canopy or even a Flip-pac tent camper if one should show up...

Anyway, more as it happens,

Happy trails,
 MWB

Oh Boy!

Now that is what I call, a sweet ride! I had to go back to the DMV to straighten out a glitch in the registration but since I already had the plates, I rode the Alp down to Hatch and back...a 75 mile ride on State Hwy. 187, the old hwy, a nice two laner through chile, cotton and pecan growing areas....

I have to say I am absolutely thrilled with this bike. It just wants to be ridden and the rider quickly becomes a part of the bike.

My Alp has a Supertrapp exhaust that sounds just like a moto should...like a trumpet! I had a hard time keeping it down to speed limit or just over...it wanted to rip.

I knew all this was true but it was quite a while ago in 1994 I last rode one...my friend's first as I mentioned. It made an impression though and I am really amazed that riders didn't demand the Honda USA bring these in again.

Anyway, just a report of my first ride on Alpenglow and I can hardly wait to head out again....

Peace,
MWB

A new family member...

Alpenglow...my new-to-me 1990 Honda XL600V Transalp has made her appearance in the garage....she has been sorted out and tidied up a little and is ready for our first ride tomorrow morning.....

I have admired and desired one of these ever since I saw my first....my friend and Alaskan riding buddy Doug C. bought one in the 90's....I rode it one time and fell in love with the model.

I bought this particular one from Doug...his third and am quite happy with it so far.

The model is one that Honda designed to compete with BMW  R80G/S back in the mid 80's...Honda brought it in to the USA for two years only, 89 and 90, sales were flat so they dropped the importation of them. The rest of the civilized world got them until as recently as 2008 possibly later, I'm not sure....

It was intended as a enduro with the emphasis on the road part but I know that that they hold their own on rough single track as well as the BMWs and the other heavy "Adventure Tourers" although none are designed as a technical off-road machine.

I may hang a hack on it but will keep it as is for a while...maybe pull a trailer so Dina can go with me....

More later,

Stay well and engaged,

ManyWheelsBrian