beemerchef Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 Lake City, Blue Mesa Reservoir, Salida and now Colorado Springs. CO. The heat wave is following us or is it we are falling into it's heated arms? 100 +/- in Colorado Springs were we have stopped for a few days catching up on mail and errands. I feel as they should have a Weather Map for the Country indicating any regions under 70 degrees daytime. Not wanting to be stuck on a Peak we will probably soon move on North, a couple more days here it will be. In the meantime we did spend a few days around Lake City and on down to Blue Mesa Reservoir and Salida to replace a passed away “will join the pile of dead electronics somewhere on Earth” smart phone. I don't know why I seem to have lost a bit of stability. Maybe just have not found yet this space which will talk back to us and invite us to remain a bit longer than we have lately. “Father's Day” has not helped neither these past days. Seemingly, the better the memories, the harder present times are. I feel as we need a fresh start. Summertime and the roads await, we will find those empty spaces appealing to the senses. They are there and as before, they will be “here”. A couple entries: “Postcards from Colorado” and “Salida. CO”. Be well, Ara and Spirit. www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes http://www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 5 years, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted June 25, 2012 Author Share Posted June 25, 2012 On to “Brooks Lake”, WY. Elevation is what we have been seeking, without the crowd and the heat. We found it a bit passed Landers and Dubois, an unpaved road (515) going up to one of the most beautiful scenic Lake we have been able to camp on it's shores. Today the snow has almost melted, but for a few days having to walk on it to get to our tent, well, it is the end of June and “what a feeling!”. We are avoiding Yellowstone and the Tetons, no need for us to get caught in miles and miles of traffic jams because of a squirrel crossing the path. There are dozens of “off shoots” from the main road, I think we are taking roots here exploring the vast neighborhood. After all, we do live on the road, we are not traveling. It is going to be a “hot and dry” I keep hearing. The valleys are indeed warmer than we like it and so was Colorado Springs feeling as an oven. We only lasted three nights with some good Friends, we lasted one night in Landers with more good friends. “Mother Nature's” little self made spaces is what we always seek... and find. Enjoy Brooks Lake and it's surroundings. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 5 years, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted July 7, 2012 Author Share Posted July 7, 2012 4th of July, a Rodeo, Friends and Nature’s Fireworks. WY. No lack of excitement these days. Staying above 9000 feet, trying to and leaving only when Mother Nature decides to throw in her own Fireworks. Spectacular I must say when witnessing Mountains blowing up at Brooks Lake. A little Parade in a little town called Dubois, a Rodeo in another little town called Lander, all this is taking place in Wyoming. Brooks Lake up to the moment when the Mountain erupted only 9 miles from us has been one of the best space found with cool temperatures and many off chute roads we yet have to ride them all. Snow was even present when we arrived. I saw it as free ice even ! Tomorrow starts another leg in the Journey. Salem, Oregon to pick up... ( another surprise for now!) and on to Leavenworth, Washington, for a couple cooking Classes with the combined efforts of Snow Peak and Overland Journal. One day at the time. Schedules? Never... We try not to anyhow. Enjoy the photos of our past days. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 5 years, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted July 17, 2012 Author Share Posted July 17, 2012 A few days in Salem. The road to... OR The stage has been #20 ~ #26 westbound toward Salem. Rural Americana with it's rustic remainders of now almost defunct villages and the farmlands adorning the shoulders mixed in with the entrances and exits of the various National Forests. As sad a bit such little villages are today as I could only guess from the faded storefront signs of their previous wealth, they provide a slice of History never found in books or pamphlets. The price of today's now as an antique standing tall fuel pump denotes the year when slowly the main street folded giving way maybe to a bypass or just the fact of a new generation leaving for the big town where the jobs might be more rewarding. “Sublimity”, “Gates”, “Idanha”, “Unity”, “Prineville”, “Sweet Home”... We stop when the old oaks have enough shade to cover us from the hot sun for Spirit and I to stand all alone within the silence of a non existent traffic and just be, sometimes often still hearing the noises of the past glamor today vanished. We could have spend weeks covering such short distances, but we had to be as we are right now in Salem awaiting for "Terra Explorer”. A surprising turn of events for us as seemingly this Journey has always brought on. More Photos on the Journal... Enjoy. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 5 years, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted July 24, 2012 Author Share Posted July 24, 2012 “Terra Explorer”, Salem. OR From crate to finish. 3 mechanics, 3 days. Welding, cutting, bolting on, soldering, so many hours customizing this road worthy hack. We have already spend a couple days in the Detroit Mountains taking on roads [if they are so called...] where “Old Faithful” would have not adventured herself. Reverse and two wheel drive when needed are such a beautiful thing. #1 in it's custom production this will be a premiere Overlanding vehicle. Is. Truly. After such days in Salem, having the ability to disappear for a few days was a welcome gesture throughout these present times as now, this morning, we are on our way to Leavenworth, WA, for 3 days of Classes. “One~Pan” cooking with the presence of “Snow Peak” and “Overland Journal”. Sunday will be over and we will then start the slow drop to Tucson while we house sit a couple weeks and then on to Munich and spend another couple weeks with my Mother. For such as us who have never a schedule I keep wondering “what happened?”. It is all good though... More photos on the Journal. An amazing progression. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 5 years, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted August 6, 2012 Author Share Posted August 6, 2012 Dropping South, Crater Lake, Mt Shasta. OR. CA. Seems as usual the days of summer get away so rapidly. I savor the long days without much interruption and sleep is curtailed to less hours than ever. I even feel tired at times when I finally realize midnight in the woods has approached and the first sun rays jump start me so early. It has been quite some “couple of weeks” nourishing the relationship with “Terra Explorer”, I must say a more than pleasant one when riding those narrow trails without any apprehension. Reverse and two wheel drive leave me always speechless. Yet we battle with Mother Nature at times. Looking for elevation, escaping the mosquitoes, running away from the high temperatures, summer has it's charm and challenges. I forgot to mention “running away” from crowded spaces also, but when I saw Crater Lake I could not help wanting to spend a few days exploring the circle it makes. It was not too bad, traffic was light, one and only “tent camping” space was fairly quiet. We did escape it before the Friday and Saturday's exodus of the weekend warriors happened and dropped a bit more south to the top of Mt Shasta. As far as the road could take us anyhow. The experience of a Sunset and a Sunrise (so far) adorned with a sky filled with traveling clouds left me just sitting in my chair and taking it all in. Act One, Two, Three and more... I forgot. We also spend a few days in “Plain”, WA, coaching many cook outdoors with provided “Snow Peak” gear and the get together organized by “Overland Journal”. The Photos will speak for themselves on the Journal. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 6ht years, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted August 17, 2012 Author Share Posted August 17, 2012 A serious case of debriefing. CA Our Summer descend South has started. Too early for my taste but... always a but! House sitting a couple weeks for the same Friends who are going to take good care of Spirit while spending 2 weeks in Germany with my Mother. This is what happens when such events are planned right in the middle of Summer. Yet I am finding such a Season to be a difficult one since we like cold. Mosquitoes have never ceased, the heat is always present even if hovering around 10.000 feet, maybe need to switch our path to a different one. Pretty much stay put in the summer and confront the snow and colder elements in the winter in areas we have not seen covered with their white blanket. We now have the vehicle to do it with as “Terra Explorer” is turning out to be an amazing machine with a Old Soul trying to grow up a bit too fast! We spend a grand time in Mc Cloud for about a week in a house loaned by our Friends, and now within the heat of Tucson we are pretty much staying put besides a magical evening a couple days ago North of Tonopah filled with storms and cooler temperatures. Those will be photos for the next time. Right now it is all about Northern California... Be well, always. Ara and Spirit www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 6ht years, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Intermission times... AZ Helping Friends with some house sitting, the same Friends which will take care of Spirit while in Munich for a couple weeks in a week spending some quality time with my Mother. Here sheltered from the heat of the day, reorganizing photo galleries and more, all of it leading to some down time. The local rides however are of many as Mt Lemon provides elevations up to 9000 feet pretty quickly while experiencing the afternoon summer monsoons, meaning buckets of water always a few seconds before rain gear can come on, Arivaca Road, Madera and Box Canyon or just sleep all day and stay up all night! The thoughts are present and yet they are also ahead of these times. Wondering how things are doing at “The Oasis”, looking at maps for winter camping, reading feed backs for better warmer gear for those coming days as now, with “Terra Explorer”, the ability to travel on some forbidden trails are of the past. It is a bit odd as always to be planted in an urban environment. We are enjoying it as much as we can, yet I feel as I am biting my time missing the open spaces. The fever for outdoor living is now permanent and will only get worse. Enjoy the local colors... Be well, Ara and Spirit. www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes http://www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 6th Year, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted September 3, 2012 Author Share Posted September 3, 2012 The mapping of our Lives. Some “hang” photos, we live them. It has become a bit thoughtful all these years. Maybe too much. All is slowly being replaced by contemplating adapting this mental mapping which is taking place. Lately. They are spaces I know of longer times taking roots are of an attractive greater choice. The connections are of only Mother Nature and maybe of a distant village somewhere not too near by. Nothing is holding us back, it will just be a bit more of planning when I return. Bitter sweet it is this afternoon as Spirit is only a couple feet from a suitcase and a carry on ready for tomorrow morning when I will be flying to Munich for a couple weeks. There is much excitement spending some true quality time with my Mother and much sadness leaving my buddy behind. Compromises are always everywhere seemingly a daily ritual one cannot avoid. As someone said the other day, as long as they are “positive compromises”. He is and will be in good care, there are no worries and suddenly before I know it back again it will be so we can both go on to Texas and regroup while meeting “Old Faithful” which I also miss. In the meantime it was a couple evening rides up the Mountains southeast of us when the 100 degree days cooled off, a nice road called “Box Canyon”.(AZ). Be well, Ara and Spirit www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes http://www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 6th Year, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted September 15, 2012 Author Share Posted September 15, 2012 From Far Away... Home? Munich, Germany. All has been set aside, “Terra Explorer”, “Old Faithful”, even Spirit is miles away and these two weeks are times spend with my Mother after a two years of absence. Too long. My Friends have send me e mails with more information than a Travel Agency could entice me, but at 85 the days out are shortened as never before with more time spending talking and reminiscing about past and present Life, planning future Life more than anything else. I am not playing Tourist here. The stories going back to great grand parents have been flying into the night, the present moments in this City which has changed since last time here and specially working on moving this Lady to move to Atlanta, a City she is familiar with, one that she likes. If not now, when? Yet, the Daily Life here in Munich can provide a Photographer with more than enough oddities. I call “oddities” because of them being rarities in the States. Photos of Spirit keep coming in from my Friends who have taken really good care of him. I am just wondering how he is going to feel the hard floors again from the comfortable king size bed he has shared with his Girl Friend “Miya”! Tuesday night... back to Tucson and on to “The Oasis”. Immediately! Stay well, enjoy the Photos. Be well, Ara and Spirit www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes http://www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more 6th Year, the Stars, living under them… Link to comment
beemerchef Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 A blank page at “The Oasis” Kind of limping with a bad shoulder and upper back we made it back to “The Oasis” and it is only just now getting back the ability to freely moving around. More or less! My patience is not the best when it comes to halting everything. Frustrating under medications awaiting feeling better is a better explanation. This space has become the center of my Universe where we are all alone enjoying the silence and these past nights with a Moon getting full all is lit as daylight. It is lounging here as being in a “Twilight Zone” literally loosing all sense of time and days, I cannot even tell how long we have been here. This is what Big Bend will do to most when they let go of their Urban minds and slip into the present covers always so welcoming. It rained like mad, stormed like crazy and today again the skies are blue as I think the good Spring weather is here. So welcoming. Enjoy the Post Cards images of “The Oasis”. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 6 years, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos http://www.youtube.com/user/beemerchef?feature=mhee The Videos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted October 8, 2012 Author Share Posted October 8, 2012 Time to regroup at “The Oasis”. TX Turns out to be a good thing this little piece of land here in the middle of nowhere. Way South in Texas. Once a Year it is that time to regroup, specially with a new Hack which is not quite done, not quite accessorized for our needs. “Old Faithful” is still in Lander, Wyoming, it is going to be a long round trip haul to bring here down. Soon I hope. This “Terra Explorer” by the way is now named “Crusty” and she excels off road, “Old Faithful” is more the touring hack it seems like. I was able to pick up some interesting items while in Germany, at least get to know those items which I am showing in the Journal. They are mostly winter camping gear. Some that have shrunk in size and weight specially my kitchen, some that will keep us warmer. We have some big plans and I always kind of smile at my plans as I know too well none always go as thought. Past experiences are the proof. I am actually writing this from Lubbock, Texas. Tomorrow “Crusty” is getting a much needed side case for more gear! Mr Spirit is doing well. His clowning has not stopped and I think right now he is a bit anxious to get back. All the new gear in this new entry with always many "Thanks" to our kind Sponsors. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 6 years, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 “35”. October 13ht. From “The Oasis”. TX And then they are the times when the Road does not spare the hard times unlike some might think it is always the blue skies with no clouds. Lance's Birthday will of course not stop coming around and down again through memory lane the mind takes it's own Journey. There is no need for avoidance, this is what Life had planned. Learning to embrace the good ones, that is the good memories, and live uplifted by them is always the key to those days. The space here is conductive for such a play of the hours going by. It is “The Oasis” with acres of beauty, miles and miles of roads, paved and unpaved, Friends that welcome us back for those times we will be here in and out this winter. This always has been the ultimate retreat and remains as such. In a day or two we will however be leaving for Wyoming to retrieve “Old Faithful”, one more step to have it all together here. The shoulder is getting better. We were able to take a long ride yesterday through Big Bend Park, always a treat. Paying the price a bit for it today, but this too shall pass. More on the Journal... Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 6 years, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Gray Days, Colorful mind. Texas. Lingering here at “The Oasis” will do this. “This” meaning erasing clocks, calendars, any source of outside interference with our lives. A Heaven of tranquility and ecstasy and more, so much more it becomes harder and harder to describe what these millions of acres laid out ahead of us bring on day in and day out. Some of the past days have been hot, some have been covered with a ceiling of dark clouds, a cold front made it's way for a couple days and too quickly found the exit door, night time riding or daytime, nothing has stopped us from doing so, including a video of a bit longer nature. Winter is not yet upon us, not yet, this part of the Country seems to avoid it for as long as possible. Regardless of it all, today, as this little screen passes on images of the brutality with which Mother Nature has punched the East Coast I start thinking about such unfairness of the devastation. Cost of lives, homes, businesses, health for so many of the elderly, it is all very much so on a speechless path trying to wish everyone affected a speedy recovery. Wishing. Life has it's twists and turns of too many. Doesn’t it? Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Falling into our 7th Year. Texas. “Day of the Dead” in Terlingua was Friday and so was an Anniversary of our past departure from Georgia [Dawsonville to be precise] 7 Years ago, pretty much with no destination, mental or physical for that matter. Aspects of entertainment are at their highest here. One would not think so while crossing 80 miles of Desert from Alpine or Marathon or Marfa Southbound. There is a lot “happening”. At the same time we made new Friends as they have been traveling from London to South America in their little and efficient “Lada” with their Buddy “John”. No need for a Turbo charged top of the line vehicle, this one does it all as you can even watch the video I posted on the Journal with many Photos also of Friday's Celebration which this Year brought in a nice [and painted] larger crowd. In the meantime we are tomorrow morning taking off for the Park. I don't know yet which one, which direction, maybe Spirit will point the way as he always does. Enjoy the Journal, much local colors. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted November 13, 2012 Author Share Posted November 13, 2012 “Fresno” site, Mariscal Mines, Big Bend “Texas” Perfect weather last week was not, still hot into the Park's southern spaces, a few days ago however all turned perfect with the help of a shy cold front. Coming out for some air for a few days, picking up forgotten items as finally a list has become a must [like a jack!] and going right back in who knows where. There are so many choices around us right now while helped by “Crusty” and it's optional 2 wheel drive and reverse. The road to “Mariscal Mines” is not bad at all except while going through dry washes, some broken up trail like situations, a bit of deep pea gravel, “Crusty” made it through it all with flying colors. The nights are beautiful with zero light pollution, quieter than any silence experienced and few are the ones coming through for a few minutes hopefully reminiscing about those Mine workers throughout their hard labor specially in summer times when the temperatures are around 120 degrees. Definitely a destination to be marked on a map, high clearance recommended. Enjoy the Video and more Photos on the Journal. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted November 24, 2012 Author Share Posted November 24, 2012 “Lost” in Big Bend Park, Texas. The ability with “Crusty's” two wheel drive and reverse is keeping us away from this “Internet” aspect on roads and campsites which we have not been able to reach before. “Big Bend” has changed into a new World for us. Here we are though now, out for a few days having put some photos together, a couple videos, a couple new entries into our Journal, these Chapters which maybe some day will form themselves into a thick Book! The latest days were passed on “Old Ore Rd” witnessing the magical changes of a stage so present, from clear blue skies to storms, from hot to cold and all in between and windy curtain calls. It is what we do best at times having to come out for water and provisions, a bit of fuel and then on right back into the silence and quiet that have surrounded us lately. We live in such a beautiful Country which never cease to amaze me. There are no Urban ruffles where we go, it is always Spirit and I and the sights as they were centuries ago. Enjoy, much more to discover. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos http://www.youtube.com/user/beemerchef?feature=mhee The Videos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 A week in between at “The Oasis”. TX I started thinking “in between what?”. Maybe between episodes? A Friend of mine wrote to me that he is trying to stay “Off the Grid”. That was the expression I was seeking for though we “are” off the grid ourselves and yet I long for maybe what I can call “Really 'off' the Grid”! I also call it “deeper in” and “more inland”. This “Oasis” of ours with power trickling from solar as are also showers with hot or hotter water on a sunny day, meals cooked with wood or again solar as a mean of heat, all for some reason, maybe being used to it, seems a bit “urban” as much as it is not. We have been in and out of Terlingua lately listening to some good Music [Video on the Journal] and longing for the past days when spend on “Old Ore Rd”. Now looking at maps and trying to figure out our next destination in a couple of days. With almost 3 million acres ahead of us it is not a very difficult task. So yes, this is a week “in between” with more Dentist and Dr visits giving me the clearance for another Healthy Year. No “hoping”, it just will be, positive thinking always. It is what makes us going, going... gone. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted December 13, 2012 Author Share Posted December 13, 2012 “Grapevine Hills Rd”. Big Bend, Texas Another great space into the Park for a few days. Another interesting road, not as difficult as “Old Ore Rd” but with the prize of a nice hike to the “Balanced Rock”. Once again the weather was more than perfect, the skies allowed for the clouds daily to play around, sunrises, sunsets, all in between could have not been any more enjoyable. Much cooking this time around, the cooler it is, the more I will cook, the better I eat and the more Spirit most likely gets frustrated as he cannot handle Human food. Poor Buddy of mine, sensitive stomach. It is all so well as “Crusty” continues to perform, she was designed for those roads. Hoping to get back in there again soon, maybe lucky enough to get a site around “Terlingua Abaja” right before the Holiday Madness starts. Of course this is not an Urban environment, such madness is limited, yet, it is for us as Terlingua and the Park will fill up quickly. Enjoy the hike and the video. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted December 20, 2012 Author Share Posted December 20, 2012 “La Linda Bridge, a Border “Ghost Town”. TX I had more in mind calling this destination a “Dead End”. As it is. Coincidentally we were there the same day of the horrific saddening [as words escape me] of last week's senseless shooting ensuing the loss of so many Lives. The Children. It has now been a few days and I still cannot wrap my thoughts around it. This healing Desert is slowly allowing me to again face the daily present and not consider “that Day” as a “Dead End” of it all as much as it has felt like it. There are no other avenues here for one's mind to be distracted, as a ball of fire dropping into this landscape the images, physical and abstract have not gone away honestly not understanding much of it all, not comprehending neither how everyone has had the ability to go on “laughing” and “smiling” when there is nothing to do as such. But yes, Life goes on, this is the Society we live in wondering myself if we just have been conditioned toward such tragedies and if we are turning the pages just a bit too soon. It is a bit of a state of confusion I must say. My Heart goes for the Parents, the Families, the Friends and everyone which their Lives are now changed forever as mine did now almost 9 Years ago and still feels as it was yesterday. At the same time the Holidays are upon us, maybe we can balance it all out never forgetting the ones when these times are not of Happy ones. I don't know if all of this makes any sense. I do wish you I am going to say “A Good Holiday”. That is to me the balance of these present times. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted January 1, 2013 Author Share Posted January 1, 2013 And a “Happy New Year” ...as we come out of “Big Bend National Park” after spending a few days camping at “Rattlesnake Mountain”. It is a Day like others yet does not feel as such. Such have become milestones for us, thinking we made it another Year and another one ahead of us wondering where this will take us, at what level will our Adventures climb up to? Some ideas are present, some decisions taken and now one step at the time to apply them all. These past days in the Park were gifted with such incredible scenery, a weather so acceptable considering the snow coming down up North, some good riding and even meeting a few others also enjoying this land always so talkative. A couple videos rendered today, one I am calling “The Moon climbing the Ocotillo”, it was luck being at the right place at the right time. I found some footage from 7 Years ago [or more?] of the days when we received the sidecar, hooked it up and Spirit's first stay in it! I was choked myself watching it. I had to include it in another Video also in the Journal. On to Terlingua now for the Annual “Black Eye Pea” Cook-Off. Why not? Many Friends there and familiar faces, smiling one which I am sure also are welcoming this New 2013 Year. Enjoy... Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted January 7, 2013 Author Share Posted January 7, 2013 The Passion of the Road. TX It is starting to be indescribable to day in and day out have the freedom to roam. Seemingly one would think it would diminish, only the opposite is happening. Could it be the New Year and the thoughts that all these days of 2013 lay ahead of us? and then again, what is time? Dates? We were gifted with some snow a couple days ago. I know the Northerners would not call it a “gift” but here in this vast Big Bend area it is what we call it as being a rarety, maybe a couple times per winter giving us also much water. We of course had to ride it as “Crusty” with her two wheel drive plowed through as being on pavement with much ease and fun. It happened as on cue right after the New Year's Day “Black Eye Pea” Coo~Off by the Porch in Terlingua. A full day mixed in with “everyone” gathering around crock pots, Dutch Ovens, you name it. Big smiles, much chatting and much Music also and games and raffles. This is truly a special area of this beautiful Country we live in and feel so fortunate to have discovered it. The word is out! Enjoy the Videos, Photos... Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos www.store.theoasisofmysoul.com The Recipes www.printfection.com/spiritedoasis T Shirts and more Link to comment
beemerchef Posted January 15, 2013 Author Share Posted January 15, 2013 Language of January Winds. Texas This time around a physical and mental wintery time is setting in. Yet, lucky for us the weather is not near anything as abrupt and severe as the Northern spaces. With heated gear and an electric blanket for Spirit we can still move around. We also have Terlingua which I would almost say is “a town that never sleeps” as there is always something going on. “Farmers Market” on Saturdays, much Music on the Porch on Sundays, we stop by, we chat, we feel it all and then on back here to “The Oasis” trying to sort what I call some “stuff” and “things” out before Spring shows up. The snow is also long gone, the mud is still here more than ever this time around from also much rain, I feel a bit as I am vegetating and spinning my wheels. The shadows of a January of 9 Years ago is dropping by weighing over the present moments as I do not try to escape it but putting in much efforts to have smoother times. They are a bit of “flat times” pushing myself to stay busy, busier keeping my mind off the past, thinking about the good times trying to leave the dark ones tucked away as yet words of wisdom confront me, sometimes they are just a bit harder to comprehend and put to good use. Enjoy the Terlingua Music and one more Snow ride. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Open Mind and “Closed Canyon”. TX Weather in Big Bend! Our path is always about the weather. It dictates our coming and going. Staying put or roll down the roads with an acquired over these past years freedom. Right now after the rains and a bit of snow it has been as Paradise, as in sunny, warm and I might even go as far as saying “hot”. A hike throughout “Closed Canyon” had been on my mind for a while and the perfect day for it arrived. Even more perfect with the company of a good Friend we had not seen in years. The kind “we picked up where we had left off”. Another surprise was in store for us, pools of water adding to the beautiful vision of this Canyon carved from years of waters and debris passing through to finally end up in the Rio Grande. A larger pool however was awaiting about a mile into it. That was the end for us, we were not going to swim in the icy temperatures. Not that day. The destinations are endless within this area, where will we go next? Enjoy the Canyon and another video. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Same Day, another Year gone by. TX Winter in Southern Texas can be these almost warm balmy days and nights following each other, they can be the most exhilarating rides on the many roads present, paved and unpaved, yet the calendar does not spare certain dates coming around year after year. Sometimes it is Nature that wins it all pulling the senses into it's womb exposing herself with all her beauty and appeal, sometimes it is a date throwing a shadow of memories as on the 26ht from 9 years past. That is just how the Journey is and it's acceptance and endurance of such days is making it possible to go on feeling it all as that is what matters “feeling it all”. There is no escape, only awaiting for time throughout it's course to smooth it out when it desires to do so. “Indian Trail” is a path which reminds me of many other spaces we have been to. It is a stretch of road that digs deep into the imagination of how all has been laid out. It takes my mind away from a certain present. The forms and shapes of the rocks are endless regardless how many times one has been there. There is always new discoveries. Enjoy it's Photos and a short Video. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 What this is all about, “Riding”. Texas The prescription for sanity, for the balance in one's Life as ours: “Riding”. Might be other avenues for others, such as driving, sailing, diving, climbing, soaring in the skies and more. So fortunate to be here for these winter times faced with only the decision of which roads to take on. One of my favorite loops came to mind through Alpine, Marfa, Pinto Canyon, Presidio, Terlingua and back up here. Turned out to be a cloudy day, one preferred for fewer stops while the video camera was rolling but not the hand held. It is as the miles can fill void created when not riding. Some paved roads, a bit of unpaved, a stop here and there as it is regardless a must for the both of us, all around a great day only to return when really not wanting to. Those days are near also as Spring seemingly has indeed arrived here, we are just awaiting for it to also make it's mark a bit north of us. “Old Faithful” was purring all day, it was as she has been reborn with an engine only having 30,000 miles on her, not even broken in. A strange concept when actually it's frame has over 300,000 miles. Enjoy the Photos, the Video. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 A wonderful Life at the “Swimming Hole”. Texas Another day gone by, timeless zone prevalent at a stand still, the Big Bend spaces call me, one always has in particular which we here is called “The Swimming Hole”. It is on private property, yet shared by the Locals as the owner has basically deputized everyone to be responsible when enjoying the magnificent array of carved rocks from the violent flash floods of two creeks joining in. The road has been impassable till a few days ago, we now have been back already three times. They are Mother Nature's walls, not the kind poured in with man made angles. They are walls which have taken centuries to mold and now present times are exposed to one's imagination. This area does not stop amazing me me. It is as the seed, the center, the hub of all roads forking out toward the different other destinations throughout this so vast Country always calling me back to step up throughout this Mystery of Life we live. Regardless of it's reason for being on such roads, yes, as many have expressed toward us, it is a “Wonderful Life”. Such choice is always ours. Since you could not be there yourself, enjoy the few photos and a video. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted February 21, 2013 Author Share Posted February 21, 2013 Flavors and Healings from this “Space”. TX Musical winds lately in Terlingua. Not even much time to ride. Amazingly this little town is buzzing non stop. What a change from 5 years ago when we first set foot [wheel?] in this space. From Classical to a Play to all gathered at The Porch or at The Farmer's Market and everything else in between including a huge off road bicycle gathering in Lajitas. I took it all in, we keep the riding for during the week now and even then such incredible talent is popping in from Austin, Dallas and further. Mild winter being, everyone is happy, smiling and feeling good. It is a “win win” situation being here within these times. I caught some on videos, some in Photos, the videos will be around as long as we have such as now a good Internet connection. As we leave here mid April the rendering of them will be much harder and not as frequent. So I take advantage of it right now enjoying myself watching over and over some that have really moved me. Till next time, enjoy. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted February 28, 2013 Author Share Posted February 28, 2013 Unstoppable, TX Amazing fact, nothing much going on, not taking roots yet not moving on. Scratching the door to get out with a resemblance of wanting so, yet, not quite ready. Busy days however with Spirit having had some leg surgery which by now has almost healed since he is again his old “clown” portraying himself, some windy days transforming this stage into one as being from another planet including grinding sand in my teeth, some more Music as the Terlingua season is in full bloom, some riding on “Old Marathon” road and all and all the week has flown by almost overlapping into another month coming up. I am wondering if it is true that with age time goes by faster than ever as it has these past weeks. I feel as belonging to a dear community surrounding us, at the same time enjoying the peacefulness, serenity and silence of “The Oasis” which has only a sundial throughout the days mixed in with some long walks with Spirit, some cooking, staying in touch with Friends. My gear review this time around is about my “One~Pan” recipes trying to explain what they are all about with the hope they will help others in their Home or while camping. I find them interesting “templates”. I think next time will be my kitchen gear. Photos and videos [while they last] on the Journal, as always. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted March 7, 2013 Author Share Posted March 7, 2013 Escaping Big Bend Park! TX What is really in a Title? Not much when a week goes on with so many activities. So much so that an escape to Big Bend Park became a must only to feel invaded by the mega Tourists and escape within such little time spend. Spring Break is around the corner, I should know better, will have to be patient for another 10 days or so. Yet in Terlingua, surrounded by familiar faces, the Music goes on. This time around was a Classical Music Quartet with an unusual and very funny opening monologue and a contemporary piece ending the encore. It is that time however to as I call it “tighten up” and organize some order so we can leave sooner than later. Little details while Internet is present in profusion, moving hundreds of Gigabytes of footage of videos and photos from one space to another, catching up on some e mails, maintenance, once a year the list goes on and on and seems to be greater than the year before as much as I try to keep all so simple. It is a bit like an invasion wondering where all this “stuff” and “chores” came from! There is no escape. Enjoy the videos, there are a few. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted March 15, 2013 Author Share Posted March 15, 2013 “Live Life” or “Social Media”? TX Some might find my writing being at times controversial, it is not it's purpose or object to be as such. Sometimes thoughts have a tendency to crawl in and agitate a present situation as it happened not so long ago. I only know about these two sides of a wall when loosing touch with Friends too busy trying to gain a spot so seeked by too many within this saturated arena of the “Social Media Saloon” for a “throne” of an unfounded importance so superficial it made me wonder why? I still don't know about those “why's”! Why give up one's own Life, the riding it could be, the hiking or for that matter any other self indulged activity to instead “do it” to only bring on the advertising as such of a “look at me” syndrome. The “screen warriors” are of so many, at one point they will and do loose touch with themselves only caring for that seat so seeked perched up there in the middle of nowhere having lost the true feel of a ground, of an Earth bouncing back so intimate it's own feelings. Just some thoughts, nothing else. The “balance” of it all I find as the daily key for a smooth path mapped with much self awareness. Sometimes it is hard as the turmoil of the fonts can too easily absorb one's mind versus just “being out there” for one's self with much growth and true feelings slowly imprinting the present mind. Be well, always. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted April 13, 2013 Author Share Posted April 13, 2013 One more “Star” is shining. Munich. Germany I will be here in Munich for another couple weeks. Life is indeed a ride, sometimes as now absent of words I can barely pronounce. It only takes one phone call when part of a Family as ours scattered around the World. Last Monday was of a somber one my Mother having had a stroke and a heart attack. Yesterday, on the 12th of April, in Peace, in Dignity, with no pain and long good byes I can now watch for another Star in the skies. Not much else to share within these times besides some thoughts which I always continue writing for myself and now to share with my Friends. You stay well, an extra hug for your Family today, don't ever let the present escape you. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
Oldironken Posted April 13, 2013 Share Posted April 13, 2013 You have my deepest sympathy in your time of loss... Link to comment
MT Wallet Posted April 16, 2013 Share Posted April 16, 2013 I'm sincerely sorry for your loss. Fortunately, for both of you, her passage wasn't protracted. Link to comment
beemerchef Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 Thank You. What to say? The inevitable happens as we all so well know.I heard this short story the other day. They were the thoughts of a departed one. "I was happy before I was born within that space none of us remember. My Mother then on gave me Birth and I lived daily going through the Chapters of this Life and it's endless lessons, it's peaks and valleys and all in between. I am gone now, again, having done my time, happy to have rejoined my previous space and my loved ones awaiting for me in the meantime". It is a good sensible story, no harm believing it. It helps me thinking and feeling that now my Mother has passed on back to where she came from. Most likely with Lance, my Grand Parents and a myriad of ancestors brightening up the stars at night watching down as I myself still turning the pages of these interminable lessons. I am still in Munich for a couple more days dealing with a bureaucracy that has the script of a deepest nightmare one can imagine filled with frustration trying to obtain some legal and official documents. Will they ever let her rest in Peace? Spirit is well taken care of in Texas. I will be moving him soon to Colorado Springs where more Friends will take care of him while I need to fly back and put an end to this chapter. The weekdays are filled with appointments meaning a calendar and a watch. The weekends Museums to keep my mind occupied. BMW and Rolls Royce Museum, The Deutsches Museum. I did post many photos throughout these past couple Journal entries. Thank You all for your kind thoughts and well articulated words I have been receiving. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
Nice n Easy Rider Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Ara, I had not seen your recent posts. I am very sorry to hear of your mother's passing. My deepest sympathies. Link to comment
beemerchef Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Ara, I had not seen your recent posts. I am very sorry to hear of your mother's passing. My deepest sympathies. Thank You. “Happy Mother's Day”. Tucson. AZ The Journey runs it's course. The path is often a smooth trail, the colors bright, Mother Nature our guide from shore to shore, from the valleys to the peaks with the barren Deserts in between, anything and everything one could wish when filled with a luxury acquired over time called “freedom”. Yet, as the fabric of Life dictates, such “freedom” is sometimes only a pigment of our imagination when facing another path filled with obstacles we must surmount, the path of “grieving”. A not so foreign one for many, one we must adapt for the times to come if we ourselves want to survive it's consequences. It is “Mother's Day” today and ironically on the same date a month ago I was saying my good byes to my own Mother at this very time when her own path decided to end, that is physically as I know and believe strongly her “Spirit” will always continue on tucked in with us on this Journey for as long as myself will be allowed to do so. With Friends in Tucson today, on our way to Colorado Springs to fly back to Munich one more time for two weeks, this is where we are in the midst of a beautiful backyard filled with the colorful in bloom flowers one needs today. Moments are still mixed up, words are not lining up as they use to, my strength comes and goes, questions with no replies arise helplessly, the logic of it all has been set aside. It will not be till early June for the shade of the boulders I seek. In the meantime, one moment at the time with small and short tentative steps we move forward as we must. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted May 31, 2013 Author Share Posted May 31, 2013 Turning Gears in and out of Munich. Again. I suddenly feel as an International Traveler being back in Munich, I also feel as half of me has stayed behind as one more time Spirit and I are separated for what was going to be 2 weeks, now turning into 3 weeks. It is a halt in the Journey, and yet maybe not as a Journey is the Teacher and I am learning much here from lessons thrown at me without any compassion for the departed through this ongoing Bureaucratic nightmare. I feel more as I am buying a used car or a house or anything else for that matter. “Human Being”, “Mother”, none of those words appear throughout the daily demands. Karma has however also placed some incredible new Friends on my path [Friends with many other Friends in common] who invited me to their Home over the last weekend, the right prescription to lighten up the mind and Soul. Today is the last day in this apartment which I will be giving up tomorrow and on invited again at my new Friends Home for the last week here till I return on the 8ht. I have given up on the wait, on the daily hope, on the notion of bringing my Mother back with me. All hinged on “one” piece of paper. If it happens next week, it will be well, if not, I will need to come back one more time yet only when “ready”. Such is Life, such is also After Life. Strange World sometimes I feel we live in. Till next time... Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
TyTass Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Ara, I had not seen your recent posts. I am very sorry to hear of your mother's passing. My deepest sympathies. Me either. I too am so very sorry. Link to comment
TEWKS Posted June 1, 2013 Share Posted June 1, 2013 Ara, I had not seen your recent posts. I am very sorry to hear of your mother's passing. My deepest sympathies. Me either. I too am so very sorry. Add me please. I'm not sure if this will make you feel better or worse but I lost my mother in Feb of 94. Every single day since that time at some point of the day, she comes to mind. I've reminded friends to go see their mother as much as they can while they have time. (Advice I forgot to give myself) Pat Link to comment
beemerchef Posted June 18, 2013 Author Share Posted June 18, 2013 Thank You... Yes, daily. “Wasatch~Cache National Forest” [utah] The open roads once again welcome us lining the path toward those steps, the ones of grieving I will one by one climb surely as I have before. Two months has gone by which only feels as it has been as a blink of an eye. The fog of these past weeks is slowly rising to make way of a canvas “Mother Nature” and deserted roads are generous with for the tired mind and soul. Spirit is back by my side with now his bell on, a sound so sweet as he is himself. We are headed North, from Colorado to Utah and now in Idaho towards Portland where “Crusty” will be fitted with some new shocks much needed for off road riding in a bit of a smoother fashion. The Mountains at elevations above Bear Lake are a new find for us criss crossed by miles and miles of unpaved roads and welcoming camp spaces free for the taking. Peaceful, silent, everything we missed these past weeks is now again here adapting toward such an unexpected turn of events. “Adapting” being the key word as everything else in Life seemingly is. Much sleep, riding, cooking, seems all is on the menu for these present days. More on the Journal. Till next time... Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Bruneau Dunes, Idaho. The Journey is taking on some certain steps of continuity since I have been back, all at the same time dealing with an emptiness Mother Nature is offering to fill. Some days it works, some days not. The time spend at Bruneau Dunes I must say have been favorable to the senses with their vastness both on land and in the skies while being treated to storms and wind and rains. My favorite components. There was no choice but camping in the State Park, it was a quiet one and showers are always welcome as were the friendly faces of the locals. It is all around a vast network of unpaved roads as I call them “to nowhere”. The more “nowheres”, the better. It feels good to be out, breath the fresh air and just contemplate this World of ours go by forever now slowly without too much of a spin. A quick detour then on to “Priest River” camping and fishing with some good Friends and soon on back Eastward, most likely going for the “Stanley” area, trying to find an out of the way space for the Fourth of July, a time of the year always very populated. More on the Journal... Till next time... Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal Link to comment
beemerchef Posted July 9, 2013 Author Share Posted July 9, 2013 From the “Sawtooth Mountains”, Idaho Two weeks we have not been here! “Sawtooth Mountains” and Internet do not mix very well even if I managed to paste a couple entries in our Journal. [can't help it, writing is my sound board]. There is “magic” here, no, “MAGIC”. A healing space comprising of probably millions of acres. I have not checked. Roads to the right and roads to the left, streams, rivers, ponds and I have started again fishing meaning catching my dinner. How long will we be here? Who knows as I cannot think that far ahead as these peaks and these valley luscious and green mixed with yet standing strong snow caps, all keeps me in this present so needed after these couple of months within the “Urban Jungle”. Spirit is also recuperating from our separation, our bonding is at new heights and his a bit nervousness of me leaving one more time is slowly vanishing. Poor guy! The weather is splendid, the night are literally cold, all is a big welcome from the past times spend in the South. Enjoy the Photos... Till next time. Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7ht Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 “You can't fix stupid”... [bozeman, Montana] So I guess the thoughts as such a title for an entry have been brewing for a while. Camping in much deserted spaces to only then on mix in with the flow of others while moving on to point X brings on the details of a flow encountered with much concerns sometimes! It is the balance of Life. Same with the “healthy and unhealthy”, “rich and poor” and on and on. So we made it to the Bozeman area where we are running errands for a few days, taking a break as it was with much regret we left Idaho where we will stop again when on our way south. The smoke was a little too dense for us and so was the temperatures. The next leg will be toward the "Glacier” area, I am curious about finding this little town north of it which runs on a generator and has this great Bakery. All else is well, August is our hardest month on the road due to heat and the critters visiting us at alarming rates sometimes. I can however feel already the fall at night time. It won't be long. Enjoy the past couple entries and finally a video, some photos also. Till next time. Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Network Connection unavailable.... Glacier, MT. We are slowly falling into what I use to call “into the groove”. Of course looking at Spirit I realize he is always “into the groove”. He is my mentor as bizarre and odd it might sound to many, except I hope the many with a Dog as their Buddy. Feel closely. He is always the perfect definition of “living into the moment”. Not an easy task sometimes as complex and difficult the Human Mind can be, is. The Glacier is always welcoming. A bit crowded for our taste as it is a task to always find those out of the way “forest service roads” where the true beauty of this “Giant” lays. A couple days of rain. Some welcomed cool nights and early morning and unfortunately some mechanical excitement in the form of a wheel splitting as smiling back at me while saying “hey, at least I did not let you crash on those twisties!” Yes, there are a few photos of it in the Journal, I bet no one has ever seen anything like it. No time wasted, it happened on Friday and by Monday noon, 180 miles or so away I picked up a new wheel with tire and tube mounted courtesy of Ural and quickly taken care off by Tom at “Poet Motorcycles”, a good “Old Fashion” Motorcycle shop, a rarity these days. So now as I felt “unfinished” business in Glacier, where to go? Back or move on and leave the unseen and unfelt for the next time? We are on our way to “Bighorn National Forest”, Wyoming, slowly descending back the States. We have never been there, I am intrigued. Will be back here soon, I have no doubt there will also not be much of a connection down there, a quite nice aspect I must say, always. Till next time. Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 American Beauty: “Bighorn Canyon”, WY/MT No mission here to cover all the gazillion States and affix that color cut out on a still white USA decal. No track of the miles for bragging rights, only a nose [as Spirit!] to encounter sometimes surprises as when planning to go up Bighorn Mountains yet instead making a left turn when the Desert sights of “Bighorn Canyon” became a distinct destination for us. It is really that simple. And what a surprise with no crowds, no tourists [maybe a couple] and a deep canyon, the work of waters and erosion spanning millions of years. Sunrises in all colors unimaginable, Sunsets as such and sometimes menacing, roads worthy of any kind of motorcycles and for that matter wheeled vehicles, it has been an awakening on this Journey of forever, as long as I am allowed. As I write this after a week taking in the sights and the road, the Mountain is going to have to wait for another time. It is as an intermission for us with a long road ahead as we have to drop to “The Oasis” for a couple of days via Salt Lake City... A personal matter that needs to be taking care off. So till next time, enjoy the “Bighorn Canyon” Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted August 30, 2013 Author Share Posted August 30, 2013 Passing up 1001 photos... AZ/TX/NM I feel as the wind blowing us through this Hurricane which arrived these past days totally unannounced. Just as we were getting ready to “go up” Bighorn Mountains, while stopped in Lovell, one phone call changed the path. We must drop South as Crusty is now just a memory with a new Home and “Old Faithful”, after an oil/filter, fuel filter and battery changes is again on the road purring. Never thought I would miss her so much. She is not just a machine, she is the third member on this Journey which is slowly trying to resume. South through Salt Lake City, Tucson, on to “The Oasis” for 3 days and now on our way to hopefully sit in Valley of the Gods, Muley Point and surrounding areas till the snow kicks us out. I feel as I have ran a Marathon these past four months and this is the first time while visiting some Friends in New Mexico I am catching up on a physical and mental rest. “Make yourself at Home” they told me as the last time we were here. Words worth a lot to us, more than they can imagine. True Friends are rare... These are. Many miles these past days on the Journal. Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted September 9, 2013 Author Share Posted September 9, 2013 Are we there yet? NM Not yet! Extended stay in New Mexico with “sciatica”, meaning leg nerve inflammation. Good Dr, Bad Dr. That has been the game. Great first visit, disastrous second visit. A Chiropractor. One needs to listen to their body and not follow up “just because”. That has been the moral of the story. There will not be a third visit. The third visit was riding “Old Faithful” for 240 miles yesterday [against Dr's orders...] and today “I know” we will start again heading North. Everything seems to be falling back in place even if not totally healed which in itself will take some time and yet happy to know it will not keep us off “Old Faithful”. It was the route to “Pie Town”. A great ride... and a lousy and expensive piece of pie with a cup of watered down coffee. What else can I say? I would be more than happy if they sued me and I could get my $6's back. Sorry but I have to find the humor in all of this. The “Very Large Array” is always worth a few photos and has an interesting Visitor Center no matter how many times one has been there. Friendly folks in the middle of nowhere listening to our distant neighbors. Getting ready for our favorite spaces in Southern Utah. We will make it. Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Whichever way the wind blows... Utah Amazing aspects of Life. As soon as we reach the Valley of the Gods area the downpours won't let us in. On to Moab area then, cooler higher altitudes in beautiful Canyonland with sights of the White Rim Trail and so much more. Settled, yet my “back” is not. Riding cured it all a bit only to make things worse as the days went on. I figured the Moab “Emergency Room” will be familiar with such, I am sure they get their share of injuries from the many outdoor activities. Lower discs degenerating, sciatica, X rays did not lie. Riding is curtailed, not much anyone can do besides exercises and anti inflammatory meds. This was not really how I wished the direction of the winds would blow us. What an irony. And now almost back into Texas where I will see my own Dr, try to heal, we at least have a space to stay. I enjoyed the couple past entries with many photos, one being an emotional roller coaster as the aspects of these past months catches up with me, the next one being the beauty and serenity of Canyonland and it's surroundings. Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
beemerchef Posted October 11, 2013 Author Share Posted October 11, 2013 Trying to settle at “The Oasis”, Texas. The aspect of being here is a bit different this time around and will be as such for a few months ahead. Life has deviated much since the passing away of my Mother now 6 months ago. Something, for lack of a better word, has changed. An incredible emptiness, a void, a situation unable to yet adapt as the days go on and on without much of a purpose as it was. Writing a Book, one containing our path throughout these past 7 years has always been on the back burner. Every year it has been... next winter, next summer. That time has come for more reasons than one, it has become the purpose of my “now”. Learning the logistics of formatting in itself has been an education as it will be published as an eBook at first. I feel as I was born a bit too early to even remotely understand the jargon of the “how to”. Yet, it is now finally understood, under control as they say. I will keep writing my Journal as always, my sounding board for the months ahead while here, writing, cooking, playing with my Buddy Spirit, some rides here and there as the back and sciatica are getting better with the help of daily exercises. Have to keep this body, this vehicle in shape. My Love for this space keeps increasing always. Silence, isolation, a World detached from it all where we feel having the ability to come through with such project. Stay well. Ara and Spirit 7th Year, the Stars, living under them… www.theoasisofmysoul.com The Journal www.beemerchef.smugmug.com The Photos Link to comment
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