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31 December 2019

Ramble on to 2020 New Year ahead

I’m not one to make New Year resolutions but am ready to ramble on to 2020.  Big changes in life can happen any time I choose.  Well, almost.  Naw, what the hell.  Who am I to think I’m in control?  I AM!  Or at least I try.  Death occurs.  Accidents happen.  I have less control over them than they over me.  How I react is in my control.  Maybe not if clumsiness causes an accidental trip over a wire then falling down and breaking both wrists.  However, I did have control over my attitude about healing and tried to stay as positive as I could.  There were days when you wouldn’t have wanted to be a fly on my wall.  Yet I am healing.  Yesterday was my last PT and assessment with the left, and most severely injured, at about 65%, and the right at 85%.  I will keep working it completely on my own now.

Over the last decade just posted about, I feel incredibly fortunate having traveled so much, meeting amazing people along the way.  I am full of gratitude that I can still live the way I want in my nomadic lifestyle.  Though it is getting more difficult to find free, remote, uncrowded, boondocking on public land.  The word is out on how wonderful RV living really is.

I am rambling on and gone astray with this post, having lost direction.  Maybe that’s because I’m not sure what direction to go.  Wouldn’t be the first time.

Gaelyn's Disney glasses Never Grow UpMy Disney glasses

Still want to follow my travel dreams which haven’t changed much in many decades except the list keeps growing.  Although as I age my physical abilities change.  I recently slowed down but don’t want that to stop me.  I have gotten physically lazy.  The longer I sit inside, the less I want to go out.  Yet once outside, I am happiest.  What the hell is wrong with me?

There’s healing going on, physiologically, psychologically, emotionally, spiritually…

I turn 66 years young in March and start to collect social security, yet I don’t know about living on social security.  Seasonal Rangers don’t earn government retirement.  I really don’t have a Plan B.  And I’m still trying to figure out what I want to be if I grow up.

Now it’s time to look forward and ramble on to 2020.

tree boulders moon reflection Watson Lake Prescott ArizonaI want a new camera and not sure what the budget will allow.  Breaks my photographer heart to think of all the DSLR cameras that were bought and little or never used and probably sit in the original box in a closet.  Maybe after I get back to work.  I want to try more night photography.

I see some coddiwompling in the near future to enjoy the healing apricity found in the desert.

My rent at North Ranch is paid until January 2nd.  Though I could extend that.  It’s been nice here although I really didn’t mingle or get my lazy ass outside enough.  I’m thinking next stop will be boondocking on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge south of Quartzsite, Arizona.  Perhaps for full moon. And if the nights don’t drop below 40°.  Then slowly work west to Joshua Tree, California to meet up with a friend during the third week of the month.  From there who knows.  Do I stay in expensive California?  I’ve become comfortably spoiled with electricity providing heat so will see how boondocking goes and how low temperatures go.  My mind and body don’t deal with cold.

As usual, I am open to suggestions, friendocking, and company.

Gaelyn at PT Wickenburg ArizonaMe at PT making a fist and twisting my wrist

Thanks for letting me ramble on.  And thank you for leaving comments so I know somebody is listening.  You long-time readers know a lot about me, and I a bit about some of you.  But if you’re not a blogger, I don’t know much about you.  Feel free to introduce yourself.  If not in a comment here maybe go to the contact tab for a private message to me.  Social media is a conversation which to me is easier if I at least kind of know who I’m talking with.

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09 July 2019

Half-way through the season and where next?

About halfway through the work season and I’m thinking about where next.  That’s not because I’m anxious to leave Bryce Canyon.  However I am trying to think just a little ahead for a change.

Logistics

shed Art sign house Yarnell ArizonaI no longer have a home base in Yarnell.  Best friends are gone and property will soon be for sale.  I’m not looking to buy real-estate.  This special little town and it’s people will hold a place in my heart forever.  I’m just not ready to return anytime soon.  I won’t miss the scorpions.

truck 5th-wheel site #4 Bryce Canyon National Park UtahOwning two RVs I can’t move at the same time by myself no longer works.  The big 5th-wheel has been a delightful home for over seven years but it’s much bigger than I truly need.  Those who follow my life journey know I tried to sell it last winter with no luck.  Even with the troubles and expenses getting it moved last spring, it sure has been nice to live in the spaciousness compared to the truck-camper.

Sierra on hood of truck Marble View Kaibab National Forest ArizonaYet that truly is a large enough space for me and Sierra, just not for all my stuff.  I’m really not into paying for storage space which makes me question the need to be owned by some of this stuff.  I suppose the 5th-wheel could go into storage but I don’t want to pay for that either if I don’t need it any more.  I will try, but it’s not easy to sell anything from a national park.  Feel free to spread the word to folks that it’s for sale again.

Time to rearrange and downsize once again.  I think the next ideal combination might be a slightly smaller slide-in camper making it easier to tow a moderate sized bumper-pull trailer for longer stays.  Maybe with airbag suspension on the Dodge it could pull a trailer now with an extended hitch.  Why do I need two RVs?  Right now I don’t.  At this time, it’s all just a dream.

And I need a new address so am thinking about a mail service.  Been a while since I had to go that route.  Not like I get a lot of mail these days but need to keep licenses up to date.

Desires

Mount Adams & Takalak Lake Gifford Pinchot National Forest Washington 07-1996Mount Adams & Takalak Lake Gifford Pinchot National Forest Washington July 1996

I’m trying to plan a journey to the Pacific Northwest this fall after my season is over, a trip I’ve been wanting to do again for several years.  The current truck-camper is adequate for that.

map of western USAI’m looking at two possible routes north and inland, and a coastal return south, with many side-trips.  States I’m considering include Utah, Nevada, California, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.  All weather dependent.  Of course I am open to suggestions and visits along the way.

Speaker topic listI want to travel and make photographs.  Would dearly like to get paid for that.  Thinking about speaker gigs, prearranged while traveling.  That’s the tough part, writing and sending pitches, then committing to be somewhere on a specific date.  Think anybody in your community would be interested.  My list of topics is long.

Obstacles mostly of the self-made sort

Berta on beach Coquille Point National Wildlife Refuge Bandon OregonMaybe I’m just feeling lost and alone right now.  Lost my best friend in the whole wide world a year ago.  The person who knew me best.  I could talk to Berta about my concerns and what to dos.  I still miss her every day.

view from Yovimpa Point Bryce Canyon National Park UtahView from Rainbow Point Bryce Canyon National Park

I’m not even sure I want to keep working.  This season of 40+ hours a week is kicking my butt.  I love being a Ranger, but I’m tired and think of retirement, if quitting a seasonal job can be called that.  I could always volunteer for shorter seasons.

And through all these thoughts, I am totally lacking motivation to do much of anything at all except get up and go to work in the morning.  Well, and play a little on days off as you know I love to do, but not until after staying home and resting first, and sometimes second.  And there are things to do.  Write and send those pitches.  Some minor work on both RVs.  Start making fall plans.  I have the “I don’t wannas”.

Sometimes solo is exhausting.

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14 November 2016

Colorado River teaches life lessons

Colorado River from Lippan Point South Rim Grand Canyon National Park ArizonaWhether looking deep into the inner chasm carved by water, at a wall of concrete restraining the water, or watching the swift flow of water, the Colorado River teaches life lessons for me about life’s journey, lack of control, and ultimately the freedom to flow.  Because water is life, and life is about learning.

Colorado River to Echo Cliffs from Lippan Point South Rim Grand Canyon National Park Arizona

Life is always about the journey

Bill and I met at the South Rim Thursday for the weekend events of the Grand Canyon Historic Society, more on that event soon.  We had all day Friday to play tourist at the canyon even able to walk Sasha on the Rim Trail.  Although not as crowded as summer, still busy enough I chose not to venture onto overlooks.  I am reminded about life’s journey that brought me to this special place to be enjoyed with a special person, and dog.  This gentles me to the hordes who have also journeyed here.  I can distance myself like the Colorado River so far below, ancient and wise it has carved through billions of years of rock revealing a geologic story of change.  The Grand Canyon is a destination for many yet the river below tells of a journey longer than any of us have traveled.  I felt the need to learn from the river, about rapids and riffles like the bumps along life’s journey, then flow on with constant change along the way.  No need to rush the final destination.  Life flows far too swiftly to the end with changes along the way and we have choices to make.

We have limited control

Sunset Lake Powell Lone Rock campground Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Utah

Moon at sunset Lake Powell Lone Rock campground Glen Canyon National Recreation Area UtahYet here we were, Sunday afternoon caravaning east along the rim with only a few viewpoint stops.  Instead we focused on getting to Lone Rock Beach camp along the shrunken Lake Powell before dark, just barely.

Monday morning at Glen Canyon Dam I looked for a good place to see, and photograph, the water release.  A patio behind the visitor center offered a very crowded and limited view, especially for short people like me.  Saw the first of four tubes release water.  The bridge is right on top of the tubes.  I felt frustrated by the lack of visibility.

 

 

2-tube water release Glen Canyon Dam overlook Page ArizonaA friend and Ranger recommended the Dam overlook which provided a good window and big show, although I could wish for a bigger lens for really closeups.  I was not disappointed.  The sound was clear.  The vibe and energy beyond good to Grand.  The water’s negative ions brought positive energy.  Saw two tubes running, then went to lunch.  Looked into staying at Marriott with my reward points but not enough of them for this #7 fancy smancy place.  Oh well, go with the flow.  No control, even with the best laid plans, shit happens, we adapt.  Plans change for all kinds of reasons, sometimes by choice and other times not.

4-tube water release Glen Canyon Dam overlook Page ArizonaReturned to the Dam overlook to see all four tubes shooting out water.  The Colorado River then flowed at ~38,000 cfs (normally ~13,000 cubic feet per second).  More like the wild river it once was before the dam of man altered its temperature, salinity and ecology.  Yet the river does not judge the dam.

Floatsom Colorado River Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaFloatsom washes ashore like discarded junk from our lives maybe picked up again and dropped further down stream.  Sand and sediments are moved and redeposited in the hopes of rebuilding sandbars and deltas.  And yet, if too fine they’ll be moved again.  If large they may be dropped early on.

Colorado River just below Glen Canyon Dam overlook Page ArizonaLife is full of contrasts like the deep blue-green river against towering sandstone cliff faces topped by a clear Arizona blue sky.  It can all change in a minute.  Do we judge nature’s changes as good or bad, beautiful or ugly?  Maybe there’s no room in the NOW for fear, anger, and hatred.  Even if we have no control over change we can control how we react and deal with it.  There is power in that.

Two Red-tailed hawks Glen Canyon Dam overlook Page Arizona

Political rampage

I don’t usually talk about politics.  In fact as a young person I said “politics weren’t part of my reality.”  As I matured I did figure out that they were.  I never chose a party, Republican or Democrat.  I’ve always been  Independent.  Until I had to choose from the two to vote in a Primary.  And so I chose to be a Democrat.  Which to me is in name only.  And I do realize that they both have different agendas that I don’t always agree with and I’m sure some of you don’t either.  I’m about to be more opinionated in politics than ever but I have no intention to offend anyone and will not apologize for my opinions and feelings.  Read on if you choose.

Probably comes as no surprise that I supported Bernie Sanders.  I didn’t have to vote Democratic.  Except for the fact the Republican Presidential candidate I find very scary in all his pomp about fear, anger, and hatred.  And I don’t want to live in a World like that.  No judging people by the color of their skin, religion, sexual orientation or anything else.  The river doesn’t judge a rock or tree.

I have been uncertain about the future of our country for decades.  In fact I’ve been waiting for a revolution like the 60s, since the 60s.  However, now I feel even more confusion about what the future will see.  And yet I know I can get my calm by reconnecting to nature.

It seems we’re always in a hurry, rushing off to our next destination.  Something the river does as well.  Yet to its final death where it meets the sea.  Sometimes the river experiences slow, swirling back on itself in an eddy to search out something that needs more attention.  Around, around, and around until a solution is found and release sent on to the journey of life.

Think about when you’re making big ultimate goal plans and how things change like a dam gets put in the way and you need to fight for the right to flow like the wild river you are.  The babble of the river is audible.  It may speak different words and language to all who will listen.  Be careful that the ceaseless babble of the river doesn’t become the white noise of your life.

I will try to work with instead of against this quasi Democracy where We the People can make change by respectfully working together.

Colorado River upstream shadow Navajo bridge Marble Canyon Arizona

Be free to follow your heart

California Condor #54 girders Navajo bridge Marble Canyon ArizonaSwirls & sediments Colorado River below Navajo bridge Marble Canyon Arizona

Monday afternoon we drove down from Page to Marble Canyon with a stop at Navajo Bridge where we saw two condors roosting on the bridge girders and sedimentary swirls in the river below.

Upstream Colorado River view from Lee's Ferry campground Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona

Colorado River view from Lee's Ferry campground Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona

Downstream Colorado River view from Lee's Ferry campground Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaWe set up camp at Lee’s Ferry and sat enjoying the river view as the westering sun put on a show of light and shadows.

Colorado River River trail Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaThe next morning we hiked up river.  I was surprised to see the river still so blue when it dawned on me we were only seven miles downstream from the dam.  The water was high and moving swiftly along.

Truckcamper & Colorado River Lee's Ferry campground Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona

Debris on rock Colorado River Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona

Colorado River Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaCactus Wren Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaIn the afternoon Bill left for home and I decided to stay then followed him 10 miles down the road to Cliff Dwellers for lunch but they were closed.  So I returned to camp and explored the beach by the Paria Riffles.  I was joined by a Canyon Wren singing its song and paid scant attention to the news of the day.

Last light Colorado River from Lee's Ferry campground Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona

Sunset Lee's Ferry campground Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaWarm sunset temperatures made it possible to sit outside until well after dark.

Wednesday morning I read the election results in shock.  I felt confused and couldn’t focus.  It was like my brain absolutely shut down.  I could not think.  Should I leave or stay?  Where to go, what to do?  Down to the beach, be with the river.

Chatted with a fellow Ranger who felt as shocked as I and encouraged me to stay another day.

Sediment swirls Colorado River Navajo bridge Marble Canyon Arizona

California Condor Navajo Bridge Marble Canyon Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona

California Condor Navajo Bridge Marble Canyon Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona

California Condor Navajo Bridge Marble Canyon Glen Canyon National Recreation Area Arizona

California Condor Navajo Bridge Marble Canyon Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaBut I left camp and drove five miles to Navajo Bridge, where I saw Condor #54 a 12 year-old male.  Talk about wild and free.  Soaring over rock and river.  Warmth of sunshine and Condor soaring mingled with swirling sediments called me to stay.  I returned to pay for another night of camping.

Gaelyn's feet Paria Riffles Colorado River Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaThen I spent the day with the river.  Found a couple of boulder-seats to take in the view, sound, and feel.  My fingers went quickly numb as I dipped them into a shoreline eddy where the water felt like cold silk.  My mind was also numb as I tried to wrap my head around the election results.  I don’t want to go backwards to a time of discrimination like being caught in a river eddy.  Enough human caused floatsom comes ashore our ocean, lake and river shores defiling the life of nature that supports us.  That’s all of us.  All people of the Earth.  As we rely on each other to care for each other and our planet.

Note the height of the river over what is typically beach, deposits from the Paria River which form the riffles below (not yet large enough to be called a rapid by the likes of us).  Who are we to judge and call names?

Warmed by the sun, cooled by the breeze and low 54ºF water temperature.  Simply perfect.  The rock would get harder under my butt as time and the river flowed pass.  Must I always find complaint?

The water level had already dropped some from the first fierce flow dampening shorelines where vegetation grows, including some invasives.

Paria Riffle Colorado River Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaMesmerized by the water, never the same yet always flowing, freedom of shape no matter what obstruction gets in its way, lifting and splashing, dipping and churning.  (The river is quicker than the camera’s continuous shutter click.)

[Imagine a video here and click the link to see an eddy.]          https://youtu.be/pVFyMLw07jk

Does the water have choice for swift downstream in the powerful current, or slipped aside over rock to the shore getting caught in an eddy, or both?

Cactus Wren Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaAgain I was visited by the Canyon Wren, this time putting on more of show as it flitted about my boulder seat.

 

 

 

[Another video of the fast flowing roar of the Colorado River.]           https://youtu.be/AKLhqHrWz5o

And still I sat with the river, sun westering and shadows long.  Watching it dance with wild abandon.

I will play by most of the rules as I flow along this journey called life, trying to lift and splash my way over obstacles to survive and perhaps carve some rock along the way.  I will make my own choices, within reason, and be free of fear, anger, and hatred.

Life lessons

Gaelyn's shadow upstream Colorado River Lee's Ferry Glen Canyon National Recreation Area ArizonaI am just a tiny speck on this world.  The flow of the river.  Water in my veins.  Pulsing with energy.  Never ending.  Even beyond my day.

Had I stayed longer I’d surely learned more.  But the river healed me, being with nature energized my spirit while calming my soul.  No more dis-ease or in-tension.  Stress makes me physically sick and nature de-stresses me whether desert, forest, mountains, beach, or river.  So like the wild adapted river, rise and fall, carrying a load and dropping it along the way I left my angst behind and drove home to a new day with Colorado River lessons on my mind.

Life is short for us compared to the river.  We all have a journey and choices to make.  And life really is about the journey.  In the end, we only have the journey.  So we make the most of it as we flow along this river called life.

 

You know how when you hear really good music it moves you.  You go to another place.  Your mind expands like an acid trip from the 60s.  You see the world with different eyes and ears, you smell and  taste things differently?  Everything around you is new, ever changing, and you are open to it.  I want to be full of love, peace, gratitude, and compassion.  To bring together a division so clearly present and embrace a better future for all.  That’s what the Colorado River taught me.

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