What we did on our summer vacation

[luckyron1]

Hey, Ruth (my wife} checked you in at the Ham Lake Campground. I saw your coach
and we were going to stop by and chat but you were not around. Now I see that
you must have been playing volley-ball up at Oakwood.

Ron & Ruth
2000 LXI

--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, Greg Young wrote:
>
> Here's the tale, told on a map, with pictures and notes from
> every stop along the way: http://www.communitywalk.com/bluefire2009
> The blue lines are travel in our 1986 Bluebird Wanderlodge PT-40, Bluefire,
the
> red lines in the two car. All the stops are color coded for what kind of
> place, and you can click on each for pictures and stories.
> Really, it was more than a summer. From May 5 to October 28,
> we lived inside Bluefire, and traveled the country.
> It started out as an art and business trip and turned mostly
> into an adventure. In January we
> proposed to the folks at Burning Man that we would be ambassadors for their
> event, attending local events spawned off the big event in Nevada and other
> events at which we might meet people interested in the movement. Along the
way we might help out with burner
> communities in need of some guidance. At
> each point we'd be documenting what we experienced with photos, interviews and
> video.
> But like everyone else in 2009, Burning Man had a budget
> crisis that caused them and us to rethink our effort. So instead of setting
up our video wall and
> other art at events every weekend and traveling all the time, we revised our
> plans to be a bit more leisurely. Well,
> that was the thought at the time. Between May 5 and October 29 we travelled
over 19,500 miles in Bluefire,
> plus another 3,000 in the car we were towing, visited 23 friends in 11 cities,
> participated in 5 local burner events, toured 11 national parks and numerous
> state parks, stayed at 8 nudist parks and 44 clothing-compulsive campsites,
and
> broke down 5 times.
> Like life at home, there were highlights and learning
> experiences. All the parks were
> spectacularly beautiful. Glacier NP in
> Montana was our favorite, though Banff in Alberta was a very close second. We
stayed for three weeks at LARC, a nudist
> camp in the Seattle area. The middle
> week was Critical Massive, the Seattle area Burning Man event, our favorite of
> those. Visiting my best friend from
> college who still lives within sight of the Notre Dame campus was a great
> experience for me. And our rush across
> the country caravanning with our friend Jenny to her new home in Vermont was
> filled with adventures and breakdowns and lots of happiness and some
> stress. And when Bluefire needed work on
> the fuel system in Fort Stockton Texas we learned a lot (and spent a lot of
> money!).
> Please explore the map and enjoy the pictures. I hope next trip to be able to
post more
> regularly and include live or nearly live video as we travel.
> Greg & Barbara Young
> Now back at home base in Escondido CA
> 86 PT40 Bluefire
>
> Each time you judge yourself you break your heart.
> -Kirpal Venanji
>