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On saturday the 18th,  My good friend Don had come down from New Hampshire so I could treat him to a Jimmy Buffett concert experience for his birthday. It was good to see him and spend the day with him. I think he had a good time, as I know I did. It was nice to have my house with us, to have our own facilities with us, it sure made the whole experience much better. There were many campers and motorhomes present as this seems to be the only way to go at an event like this. I can't wait for the next time.............

 Our neighbors for the day, They were also celebrating a birthday that day.

 My friend Don with his new friend!

 Some people go to the extreme, so cool...

 This is the way go if you must drink and drive.......

 Synchronized shots, a new Olympic event?

 Somewhere there is a giant missing his drink!

    What the well dressed camper is wearing these days...

Needs and Gravy

    Who doesn't  like gravy?  Most everybody likes to have the latest and greatest new fangled thingy  or whatchyoumacallit. I've been guilty of that, but not to the degree of others I know. Always having to get the latest bit of technology that comes along. I have always let others pay the higher price for the new gadgets,          I would wait for it to be proven before I would jump onto that Train. It wouldn't stop me from lusting after the latest and greatest gizmo though.
   All the money we spend on toys trying to fill some kind of void in our lives usually ends up leaving us unsatisfied in the end. That new car smell is gone far sooner than the bills. The thrill of the ride is gone too soon.   I hate to think of all the hours wasted working to pay for all the things I no longer even have. Its life gone past that I will never get back. Its a shame that some of us dont realize this at a much earlier age, some don't at all.
  I look at things different now, and have for some time now, when i lust after something now I don't ask how much is that?,  I ask myself how many hours of what little life I have left do I have to slave for this new thingy that will lose its luster too soon anyhow.
   It took years to get out of that hole, buy now pay later. Its been a couple of years now being credit card FREE. I feel so much better, I could have financed a small country with the interest I've forked over to those big banks. I'm NEVER getting on that ride again.
   Now I focus on my needs first. While I still have to work, my monetary requirements are smaller than ever which means less life force given to The Man and more I have for myself because time is something we never get back. My free time is more valuable than any " Thing" can ever be.
   While I'm still working on divesting my self of years of accumulation, I've come a long way. Now that winter is gone by, the final push is on to get rid of the crap that's been hanging around way too long. My hope is that by fall I'll be footloose, and That will be my Gravy!!

How Lucky

      Sometimes we have to stop and consider how lucky we are. Just to stop and enjoy the moment and be thankful for what we have, its not inconcievable to think that it all could be gone at moments notice.
      I haven't watched TV much since November, except for a short house sitting assignment, but its hard to ignore whats happening around the world like the earthquake and devistation in Japan.
Its comforting to know that I can pick up and move quickly and have my home and supplies with me.
      There hasn't been much going on, just trying to finish up some small projects to the camper and the truck to be ready for the camping season. Its going to be in the 60's today and I have the day off from work :-)
I may go for a Motorcycle ride today.
The picture is of my camper on a truck I no longer have, It hauled it ok, but I thought it was to small.

This was last September at a biker get together on a private mountain top camp, with many live music acts and food and drink and good friends. I could of rode my bike and slept in a tent but i'm glad I took the camper because it got very cold at night and I was toasty warm. However my coach battery did not last the night, so I will be upgrading my battery to have more storage and adding a solar system over the summer.

The Harley Rendezvous in New York, good times!

On the path

I've followed many blogs, mostly by travelers and full time RV'ers, but have never blogged myself
I thought I would see how it goes.
   I am making plans my self for a life on the road .I've already sold my house last year and bought a Truck camper, (TC), and a Truck to haul it with. This would be my third TC to date, I have tried other campers
but seem to come back to a TC. Its hard to beat the versatility. I have lived in a fifthwheel trailer for a couple of years, But seeing that I fly solo, I don't need that kind of space.
   I have been fulltiming in my Bigfoot TC for over a year now and I love it. It may be small, but it has all the comforts of home and is easy to heat, cool, and clean. So I wont be having Thanksgiving dinner at my house, but that's OK with me!  
  I am very fortunate to have good friends to help me out, A very good friend lets me summer at his house with plenty of water and electricity and good company. I have only done short trips around my area, New England, as I still have a fulltime job that I will keep, God willing, until the weather turns cold this fall/winter.
   The winters are getting too tough to take the older I get, I've seen enough snow to last me the rest of my life.This winter has been one of the snowiest in the last decade.  I rented a big garage with water, electric, and heat for this winter and I have my home parked inside.
   Its been great as I can tinker and get some projects done that you could not do in the dead of winter.
As my ongoing quest to simplify continues, I have been selling things on craigslist and getting rid of things that have been hanging around that i have no further need for and its been going well so far.
  Since selling my house I have been paying off all my debts and have no credit card accounts or car payments, and for seven months out of last year had no rent to pay thanks to my good friends. So as spring is about to arrive I will soon be leaving my rented garage and saving all that rent money for my future Travels.
   Growing up we were taught to be good consumers and to keep up with the Jone's and to work work work, all the time being in debt and paying lots of interest and taxes to the powers that be. I just don't see the point anymore. The less thing I have the happier I'm getting, the lower my income requirements are the more at peace I feel. I no longer feel like trading fifty weeks of my year so I can have two to myself. Although I'm much too young to retire, I'll still have to work, just a lot less.
  So this blog will be just a place for me to jot down my thoughts and misadventures along the way.
There will be a bit of a learning curve.
   Oh, and if you were wondering about the blog name, It means, Bigfoot, in my ancestral tongue of the
Lakota Souix.                                                                                                             




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