What we did on our summer vacation

[Greg Young]

Yep! I remember Ruth. We talked bit. But we were starved for volleyball - that was the only time we got to play on the whole trip.

Greg

Home is where my iPhone is.

On Nov 14, 2009, at 1:11 PM, "luckyron1" <"luckyron1@yahoo.com"> wrote:

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%40yahoogroups.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

>