Monday, November 23, 2015

Thoroughly Thoreau

In a Facebook status posted earlier today…

The boys and I have been living "Off the Grid" for more than a year... But as we sit in the grip of the Idaho winter and the even colder weather to come... Plans have been made to move into an apartment next week... Details to be announced next week following the move... 

My question... Is this an admission to "getting soft" in my old age??? Luckily, they have pills for that...

Yes, it is for “The Boys”… Riley for sure… And as I have said many times previously, all decisions are based on what’s best for them… Riley’s get up and go hasn’t got up and gone yet… And as long as there’s still a light in his eyes and I can manage his pain with meds… He’ll get the best life I can give him… 

The other two as well, but they are doing fine… And we will be “Off the Grid” again…

One thing to consider/to remember is… Less is more… Don’t fill the apartment with too many things that I don’t need… Things I will have to get rid of when winter is over and it is time to go off grid again…

Whether that is this coming summer or we wait to just head south prior to next winter remains to be seen… And I am already looking forward to it… We’ve learned a lot about this life in the last year… This break gives us some time to make some upgrades and repairs to the RV… So we’ll be ready to head into the next round of off grid adventure with a better plan… And thoroughly Thoreau…

Happy trails to you… Until I write again… Help me get my readership up... Please share the link to my blog... 

Monday, November 16, 2015

Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

Well… Trying to put the random thoughts running through my consciousness into any sensible order is proving quite difficult… So this blog, while sure to be entertaining… May prove to be a very difficult read…

Expanding upon some recent Facebook status updates… The friend’s list trim is complete for now… Though I stand as ready to point and click as I do to point and shoot… hopefully you do as well… Sadly, it’s coming to our shores… Invited and imported… If you are reading this and you voted for Obama… You voted for it to happen here… Proving you weren’t racist was more important to you… Hell, we know you're not racist... One of you never fails to remind everyone your wife is half black... 

“Free Healthcare” was more important to you and now you are surprised to find out it isn’t “Free”…

Sadly, many of the ones cut from the friends list will never admit to being fooled… I guess you just can’t give up feeling smarter than everyone else after taking 6 years to complete community college…  Please just once give me something to respect about you… Just once admit the idiots you blindly vote for are criminals…

I won’t hold my breath waiting for it… This time you’ll vote for Bernie because you want something for free… Or you’ll vote turn a blind eye to Hillary’s criminal behavior and a deaf ear to her lies and pull the lever… Massaging your conscience by saying something stupid like… “I vote straight line American Workers Party”…

How's that been working out for you anyway??? Some of you are living in the ghetto... Some of you are still home with mom and dad... They must be so proud... 

Yeah, whatever makes you feel better…

Moving down the list of subjects I made to touch on today…

Plans for the future…

Well… Who knows what the future holds come springtime… Could be nuclear war…

But hoping for the best… The boys and I will be heading to the mountains somewhere… Washington, Oregon, Colorado or California for obvious reasons… Maybe as a camp host on BLM or Forestry Service land… Or maybe just as a long term off the grid camper…

There are numerous options… I’m not going to list them here… I kind of like people not knowing where the fuck I am… Hell, there’s plenty of times I have no idea where I am… Why the fuck should anyone else know???

While we are doing okay for now living in town… It’s not a big town… It’s much better living far from everyone…

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. - Henry David Thoreau

Ready, willing and able to defend our right to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness… We are stocking up on more than candy bars to take camping with us… ‘nuff said…

Doing everything possible to keep Riley as healthy, happy, strong and with us on our adventures as long as possible…

The boys and what’s best for them continue to be the basis for most of my decisions… I wouldn’t want it any other way…

The blessings continue for us daily… Sometimes simple and small… Sometimes much bigger… Being mindful of my thoughts to manifest good… Aware and grateful for even the simplest good that comes our way… Opportunities, my job, friends, an extended hand, a simple smile and a pleasant conversation… Appreciating it all…

Gratitude is my god and religion… Practice and celebrate Thanksgiving daily…


Time for dinner…