Roberto had a small going away party last night with close friends, said he was on his new journey this morning, good luck amigo, hope you find the peace and happiness you are looking for.
Life is adventure. I hope Roberto has a safe and pleasant journey in this new chapter of his adventure. I do know it's something he's wanted to pursue for a long time now and I'm happy he has been been able to make it come true.
Thanks for the good wishes, but the DOG is spinning a tale !!! Still here, kitting out the van,doing a tune up, suspension upgrades and a few other details. Mostly deciding what else to get rid of. How many shirts do you really need? Towels, skivvies, dishes, glasses, cups, tools ? It's a real adventure already.
I will report that all in all I am very happy with the choice of vehicle. Drives like a regular truck or van, good power, good milage, comfortable seats and fully equipped with toilet, shower, cook top, generator, water tanks, two batteries. What more could a guy want?
Took a short spin out to the Morua yesterday and took a nap in the van. I intend to start a blog and if anyone is interested I'll send a link.
stop by my ranch on your way to new mexico...Take the bowie exit,drive to middle of the "town" head south on apache pass road 12 miles,take a left on to dirt at the Fort Bowie sign...go 2 miles and I'm on the hill with the metal gorilla sculpture.
My love of writing motivates me to try to do it. Depends on how complicated it becomes as I strive for the simple life. I have often thought about recording daily life in this era for any great-great grandchildren who wonder what it was like for long gone relatives of another era. Don't think a blog will last that long.
I have often wondered about what ordinary day to day life was like for my great grandfathers and before. Like what did they eat, what did they wear, where did they live, even what did he wipe his a_ _ with? This is the stuff that archaeologists tell us about today.
I was lucky enough to inherit about 700 pages of letters written at the end of WWI (Sept 1918 through Dec. 1921) that detailed almost every aspect of life at that time. They were written by my Grandmother and 2 Great Aunts. One Aunt was in the Red Cross stationed overseas in Sept 1918 till March of 1922 - she talks about avoiding uboats, greeting the first released POWs coming out of Germany into Switzerland, Russians trying to escape the Red take over in Russia, learning to ski and going up in an airplane for the first time etc. In the meantime her sisters were writing about everything going on in the States, especially St. Louis and Chicago. They gave the prices of items, dress styles, descriptions of furnishings in homes, movies, troop movements, riots and strikes plus a few scandals. They even mentioned Mexico.
Fortunately for me almost all the letters were typed, except at first for my Grandmother. When my Grandfather brought home a typewriter for her the whole family cheered.
Some of the events were really funny and some had you crying as friends were lost to the Spanish Flu (fortunately none of our family caught it).
So Roberto, do the blog but you also might want to keep a hard copy for the 'greats' to come along later.
Nice to have those letters. Transcripbe them into a book. It might be a best seller.
Already did that :) The World After WW1, 1918 - 1921 - available in paperback as well as Kindle, ebooks, etc. The letters have so much history in them that I could bare to let them molter in a closet. Retyped them all - some of the pages not in great condition due to age. There is even a letter from James Thurber (a friend of my Great Aunt - she met him in Paris around 1919 - he hated being overseas. Another letter was written by a friend of my Great Aunt on Christmas Eve in Siberia, describing conditions there. Beautifully written.
You're very lucky, Gato! I wish I had more info about my grandparents' lives! My dad's 85 and my mom has passed, so I wish I even had more info about their day-to day early years. :(
El Gato said:
Already did that :) The World After WW1, 1918 - 1921 - available in paperback as well as Kindle, ebooks, etc. The letters have so much history in them that I could bare to let them molter in a closet. Retyped them all - some of the pages not in great condition due to age. There is even a letter from James Thurber (a friend of my Great Aunt - she met him in Paris around 1919 - he hated being overseas. Another letter was written by a friend of my Great Aunt on Christmas Eve in Siberia, describing conditions there. Beautifully written.
Roberto, enjoy your adventure! It was nice having met you and listening to your pearls of wisdom! Please DO write a blog or Facebook page of your travels!
mis2810 said:
I hope the blog idea isn't an April Fool's joke too. In my premature post wishing you well I thought about asking if you were going to do a blog.