I won’t be blogging much for the time being as I have a lot of things to sort and work through in my personal life. So very much is changing, some for the good, some for the bad, but the rapidity of it all is too much to fathom. Before this I had a certain degree of base-line depression (for lack of a better word) but the number of changes hitting all at once I have just been too much)
I am though (Lord willing) hitting the road very soon for a few days of spiritual/personal discovery and soul searching. I think I’m going to drive down to my family’s land (my mom inherited her parent’s old farm in Western Oklahoma) and then take off by bicycle from there southward to the Wichita Mountains and camp there the first night. After that I’m not sure. I’ll either just be in the mountains for a few days, or might ride west to Great Plains State Park and then Quartz Mountain State Park, before heading back east (maybe passing near Rainy Mountain, a sacred place for the Kiowas). If all goes well, I’ll be back home on Saturday night (we have a church meeting on Sunday that I do not want to miss).
As far as the bicycling end of it goes, I’m undecided whether I will just pack really light (I can fit my sleeping bag and tent in my milk crate that is attached to the back of my bike but much else, unless I just bungee cord things on), or if I will buy a bicycle trailer for the trip. I hate to spend the money but it might be a more comfortable trip that way.
I used to do fine for a week’s tour with an aluminum rear rack and saddle bags. (Of course I’d have to find a food store every few days.)
Tube tents are very light and compact, and cheap. Another handy thing is a small handlebar bag.
I never heard of a tube tent but did a google search for one and boy those are neat. Less than $10 to buy and would pack really small.
I know myself it’s way easier said than done but learning not to worry so much is definitely worthwhile.
But no worries, it’s okay to pay that tax (sorry, I couldn’t find original post, so it’s all right if you don’t publish it, it’s intended as more of a private message). Tax strike only leads to trouble and the State does good things with the money, too. The time of Susan B. Anthony’s father, who did a tax strike, are past, haha…A friend of mine told a friend of hers that she’d rather not do that tax strike though she’s so angry with the government because in her apartment, there’s so much stuff the bailiff could take for auction, haha!
Susan B. Anthony’s father got a visit from the guy from the taxation office. Since he was not happy with the Government about a war, he told the officer: “I shall not voluntarily pay these taxes. If you want to rifle in my pocket book, you can do so.” And he handed a purse with enough money over to the tax guy. I told that friend of mine when she talked about the issue of her friend and also that I verily don’t recommend this kind of thing and we laughed so much. It was great fun!