It's been over a year since I sadly had to return to my home in Florida. However I am grateful to have experienced living out of my honda pilot tiny home from May 10 to July 10th. I am most grateful to have met some very amazing people while there. It was hard to say good bye to, yet distance has no effect on connection. Good people are hard to find. The kind that just show up where you are not judge. That is what I view as feeling result of intention to love all living beings. Worth the trip for sure.
I also had a lot of fun times with patrick, who has the short bus. He has since also returned to Florida and it was fun to have him visit. We have made some amazing meals in that bus. Sunday nights there was a car group of about 500 that rolls into this large department of transportation parking lot that holds 900 spots. It was actually really good to see that many people and no conflicts. We had 3 parking lots to sleep at. All with good views.
I certainly miss waking up and going to my morning spot at red rocks. Just having personal spots of peace is such a value to me. I had several and I am glad I got to share some of them too. Those are the things I connect with in that time.
Really getting used to being alone alot, but with out much resistance. I loved to just go sit places. I was thankful for a few always good trips to Manitou springs. My only sense of home away from home with very great company and my favorite other dog. Before I made the trip back I spent a few days here and got one last trip up pikes peak. This time from the crag trail. It starts at about 10,000ft, but is only 7 miles in comparison of the 13 on the barr trail. It was much more scenic. I had a tackle of fear of heights on the last bit of rock scramble at 14,100ft. Also on the way down I felt my hair stand up while passing down devils playground which is known for lightning jumping from rocks. So that was a memory. That was when the rain started and didn't stop. It was steep down. So thankful for the raincoat gift. I'm so glad I had that day before I left.
The way back was the longest nonstop as possible haul I have done. I stopped at friends on the way out. Distance home was 1800 miles. I left at 2pm on Tues and returned to my home at 3pm on Thursday and had 2 good night's of sleep. I am proud of my 1297 miles in one day from witchitaw falls TX to Pensacola Beach in one day. I longed for the ocean as I got closer to home.
That is the results of that journey. I definitely want more time doing that again through out the west. I learned alot about living simple. I will write about that.
So thankful for the people that I met and places I got to be. The red rocks concerts I got to experience. The sense of knowing I can live with very little. Really it is the ability to adapt. To be content is to not be taken from a place of refuge. To desire or to be in resistance will both lead to suffering. You will always have what you need. I viewed things in category of need, amenities and luxury. Like needing water to live, having running water, having a hot shower. To continue to adapt to circumstance by being stable in a place of rest. We can know that life will always be uncertain. Don't be surprised be prepared.
