Back to the trailer thing. One item that I must warn you about is everybody in the world will be trying to sell you stuff that they claim you cannot live without if you own a trailer. Everything from All sorts of level indicators ( so you know when your trailer is level). to fifteen different kinds of window blind cleaners. Of course if you bought only one of everything they claim you "need", it would take a Missouri Pacific Locomotive to haul this thing down the road. Luck is with me, I don't need all that, I have a spouse. So far there are eight pillows on the bed and we have been exactly nowhere. There are 6 lawn chairs for the 5 of us.
Later
Friday, February 29, 2008
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Memory is a Poor Substitute for Records
I guess I have to admit something. When I started this blog thing at least one of my reasons was so I could look back at a hard record without sitting down and thinking something like " Well I believe it was sometime around February of last year.. or maybe the year before...". Well you get the idea. I've always been envious of people who religiously keep their day-planner or diary up-to-date. It seems that they usually have all of their other records neatly arranged by year in some kind of filing system.
My system has usually been a different sized cardboard box for each year. If the box desintegrates, then that is the signal that I don't need that year anymore. I think my memory works the same way. Ocassionally I will get some kind of "blast from the past" like when I run across some old photos or hear about a high school reunion. That will wake up some old pile of memories for a short time. However my recollections of things is blurry at best. When I actually run into old friends or see old photos it comes as a shock because my recollections are usually a little different. In my memories my friends were better looking and the things we did were a lot more important than actual records seem to indicate.
So I am trying to do the day-planner thing and this blog thing. My hope is along with easy retrieval of the past, at least keeping up-to-date by occasional reviews may lessen the shock of change. It may also serve as a reminder that my life needs to be fun to live. Because first "I cannot take it with me " except for the records I keep. And no-one else is going to do it for me because choices I made and who I am has kept me in a state of obscurity such that the general public is unaware of my existance. When most of us leave this existance there will be no published biographies lining the shelves of the bookstores. No records of the decisions we made and why we made them. We ( most of the population) are just not important enough for anyone to care. Dang, this is pretty dark thinking huh? So if we all keep little pieces like this blog, diaries, notebooks, photo albums, and stuff, some one might be able ot at least get a peek into what life was like for us.
OK, that's enough for now. I gotta go. Maybe I'll pick back up on this later. maybe not.
My system has usually been a different sized cardboard box for each year. If the box desintegrates, then that is the signal that I don't need that year anymore. I think my memory works the same way. Ocassionally I will get some kind of "blast from the past" like when I run across some old photos or hear about a high school reunion. That will wake up some old pile of memories for a short time. However my recollections of things is blurry at best. When I actually run into old friends or see old photos it comes as a shock because my recollections are usually a little different. In my memories my friends were better looking and the things we did were a lot more important than actual records seem to indicate.
So I am trying to do the day-planner thing and this blog thing. My hope is along with easy retrieval of the past, at least keeping up-to-date by occasional reviews may lessen the shock of change. It may also serve as a reminder that my life needs to be fun to live. Because first "I cannot take it with me " except for the records I keep. And no-one else is going to do it for me because choices I made and who I am has kept me in a state of obscurity such that the general public is unaware of my existance. When most of us leave this existance there will be no published biographies lining the shelves of the bookstores. No records of the decisions we made and why we made them. We ( most of the population) are just not important enough for anyone to care. Dang, this is pretty dark thinking huh? So if we all keep little pieces like this blog, diaries, notebooks, photo albums, and stuff, some one might be able ot at least get a peek into what life was like for us.
OK, that's enough for now. I gotta go. Maybe I'll pick back up on this later. maybe not.
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Everybody Duck! Here He comes again!!
OK people. Bear with me as I try do do the impossible. I'm sure there is nothing to it, but that's what Napolean told the Empress too. Watch carefully now, at no time will my fingers ever leave the hand to which they are attached.
Oops. Got the dreaded error bX-499bh2. I think that means the thought police are closing in and I have less than 2 minutes to get out of town. Let's try that again.
Ooh Look at the pretty picture...
Well dear Reader ( whenever !!) there is "Sasquatch" and his faithful companion "Tow'd". This is my special project for probably the next few years. It certainly is where my money is going for the next few years. So I am temporarially changing the direction of this blog for a short time. Really it is not a change since this is supposed to be about whatever is most important to me at the moment.
BTW Look at the right side for a link to "Tioga and George". A particularly well written blog about extreme RV living. I am not going that far, but it is a nice read.
Later, duty calls...
Friday, February 1, 2008
Oops, thar' she blows!!
OK, so sue me, it's not a whale. It is "Sasquatch" the big old dually truck coming to an RV park or state campground near you! New truck, new trailer, look out world here we come.
I've always been envious of the people I see pulling trailers down the road. Mainly because they always seem to be headed for fun. While I am usually headed for work, or back home after work. I used to enjoy driving but that was a while back. We are going to try to get back into camping and vacationing. Life is too short to spend it seriously all the time.
We have tried a couple of times renting motorhomes, but that can get expensive real fast. Especially when we get one that I can stretch out in. And the only ones that I would like to own run into serious lottery winning kinds of money.
So here we go folks. I'll try to keep this up-to-date but don't hold your breath.
I've always been envious of the people I see pulling trailers down the road. Mainly because they always seem to be headed for fun. While I am usually headed for work, or back home after work. I used to enjoy driving but that was a while back. We are going to try to get back into camping and vacationing. Life is too short to spend it seriously all the time.
We have tried a couple of times renting motorhomes, but that can get expensive real fast. Especially when we get one that I can stretch out in. And the only ones that I would like to own run into serious lottery winning kinds of money.
So here we go folks. I'll try to keep this up-to-date but don't hold your breath.
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