A Journey on the road with my buddy Spirit!

Post by **Beemerchef** » Mon Dec 13, 2010 5:18 pm

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The loss of time... TX

Lots of cooking happens always in a nice kitchen and I finally had a chance to go through the photos and post some of the recipes. “Melted Brie cups...”, “Spanakopita...” and more. And on now it is sitting here packing up to go back to Tucson for both the Holidays and hernia surgery. In that order! I will be driving and one more time as when I went to see my Mother in Germany “Old Faithful” will stay behind. Not Spirit though! That is a big break. What happened to the uneventful winter I thought we would have? In my more recent entry I posted a video which I try to watch everyday. It is about living “the moment”. An aspect I am finding more and more so important as the years go by and the unexpected is always around the corner. I hope you enjoy it and opens up a new door with a fresh outlook on the days to come. Short bursts of riding is about all we have been able to do lately, cabin fever does not suit us very well. Amazingly riding is not too bad on the hernia, not as bad as forgetting about it and trying to lift much, as everything around here weighs much it seems like! Winter only made it's mark one day with a morning temperature of... 12! No complains, I do know about the blizzards up north. We are here very thankful and fortunate as we should always be.

Be Safe and well
Peace, Love, Courage

Ara & Spirit

http://theoasisofmysoul.com/ - www.theoasisofmysoul.com Our Journey under the Stars… '

Post by **Jennifer** » Wed Dec 15, 2010 8:27 am

Beemerchef,
I am always to happy to hear your updates!!!
Glad Spirit is going with!
Melted Brie Cups...hmmmmm...
Hugs to you both and extra kisses to Spirit!

Post by **Beemerchef** » Fri Dec 17, 2010 4:55 pm

Jennifer,
Always nice to hear from you... Have some great Holidays...

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Crossroads of Times... Texas

We have stood there at “The Oasis” for days, unable to ride more than 60 miles a day, and that is with paying a painful physical price. A flat tire this morning while on our way to check the mail, and that did it... “White Elephant”, 23” RV, has come to the rescue and we have started our trek back to Tucson where the Holidays will come first followed by my hernia surgery. Great plan! It is comfort, warmth, easy travel, maybe too easy, yet very odd as besides four wheels we are on foot and will make the best of it. We made it as far as Alpine today, a huge 60 miles, some food shopping which “how nice, it can go directly in the fridge”, some hardware stuff as always and a nap which took me almost beyond Sunset, awaken by ambulance and police car sirens, the train passing by and whistling to no end and now for some unknown reason a dog on-stop barking in the distance. Poor Dog, I know his throat is going to be so sore. Spirit here on the other hand is also nice and comfy. I know even with his coat and heated blanket it must be cold for him in the hack. I almost forgot to feed him tonight throughout this new path we are on. The one aspect I have enjoyed so far is the lack of attention we always attract. It is as traveling “incognito”. The main aspect of it all however as I have written in my Journal is the fact that for the first time in years the Holiday Spirit has descended on me, on us.

Be Safe and well
Peace, Love, Courage

Ara & Spirit

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Post by **Beemerchef** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 4:48 pm

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Being “flinchy” today... Marfa, Texas

It was a couple days on the road, everything going through my mind suddenly piled high up, driving instead of riding, Lance again not being present for the Holidays, the thought of his seventh Anniversary coming up, surgery around the corner, more... All is well now, momentary “madness” maybe, “winter blues”... driving blues! When will I ever learn to live the “moment” as Spirit does? That's right... I am only “human”.
If you have ever driven through Marfa and stopped at the “Food Shark” for lunch, well, you are out of luck for the few coming days. Adam and Krista tied the knot on that same evening we had decided to spend the night in town. I was invited for the reception, a full on display of food, a couple wedding cakes and Music which I know went on for most of the night.
Not a time for Adventures I guess, or better “I know”. We will be in Tucson in a couple of days, I think that is where the true sketch of these Holidays will start. I could not be happier we are not spending them alone as these past years.
And just in case “Happy Holidays”... or is it too soon?

Be Safe and well
Peace, Love, Courage

Ara & Spirit

http://theoasisofmysoul.com/ - www.theoasisofmysoul.com Our Journey under the Stars… '

Post by **Jennifer** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:10 pm

Beemerchef,
Not too soon: I read your posts and they remind of how it felt in the seventies in Texas and the route that went to Taos to Austin...other points.....
Listening right now to EmmyLou singing EVANGELINE...with THE BAND...
not to soon at all...
I feel like joining you on the road but I don't know how to fucking ride a bike that has a moter attached!LOL...
an RV perhaps?

Post by **Jennifer** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 6:13 pm

Jennifer,
And I send big hugs and love to you and SPIRIT!!!

Post by **Beemerchef** » Mon Dec 20, 2010 7:49 pm

Jennifer, you are very Sweet. Thank you for your kind words. Yes, the road is a bit rough... the tenting gets that way also but keeps so close to Mother Nature! Spirit loves it... Imagine all the smells he has experienced! An RV sure is comfy though! No denying it. Right now we are in an RV on our way to Tucson for my hernia surgery!!! Bike + tent + hernia do not mix very well...
Thanks for staying in touch... have some fine Holidays, the "moments" and each other is all we have and you cannot buy those!
Let me know when you are ready to hit the road...

Be well... Ara & Spirit

Post by **Beemerchef** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:46 am

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And on Christmas Day and beyond. AZ

I read the other day a good comment expressing our “domestication” onward from moving off the grid for the time being till surgery happens in a couple days. Enjoying the “moment” is always the path we are on and so these days are not any different than previous others. I sure can close my eyes and be transported back into our Desert, Mountain tops and Valleys we have so many times crossed, they are all memories which enhances the present, yet, the Holidays are lived gracefully and joyfully by both Spirit and I, my beautiful Friend Robin, “wet nose” Audrey and Ms. Cool Cat “Lovey”. Always much cooking, seemingly many errands which make me wonder how I manage with so few of those in our “normal” environment. The City must be conductive to jumping from store to store always “needing” something, maybe as jumping from boulder to boulder needing the feel of Mother Nature. I felt it when we took a drive up to Mt Lemon the other day before today's bad and beautiful weather. Just in case... have a Great and Happy New Year as every Day should be.

Be Safe and well
Peace, Love, Courage

Ara & Spirit

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Post by **Beemerchef** » Tue Jan 04, 2011 3:03 pm

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2 4 1... Tucson, AZ

How could I ever turn down a two for one hernia repair? I have to think in a bizarre way about the good Karma of pain a couple days ago when the previously twice repaired right side started to create much discomfort. A quick word to the surgeon only minutes before the procedure about this new incident and now fixed up on both side as the old mesh had slipped away causing a wrongful blood flow. Close call, this could have been happening in the near future needing again another surgery. What good fortune! Slow going, very slow, barely off the neutral switch and happy we had gone out on New Year's Day to visit the Mission San Xavier a few miles south of us. Coincidentally it is where the stabbing pains started. Say no more, Life has it's mysterious ways. Enjoy the photos on the Journal mixed in with also some of my present favorite quotes.

Be Safe and well
Peace, Love, Courage

Ara & Spirit

http://theoasisofmysoul.com/ - www.theoasisofmysoul.com Our Journey under the Stars… '

Post by **Beemerchef** » Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:00 am

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A stroll down 4th avenue, Tucson. AZ

A long intermission these past days they have seemed to be. Laid back while reading a new issue of "Overland Journal", the pages filled with adventures and photos of spaces not so foreign in the past are not helping for me to stay put. So it has only been 5 days since surgery, there is much improvement, not as much as needed however in the patience department. No lifting, none of this and that, even the mind has become a bit slow in the thinking department. We did manage a couple afternoons ago a mini adventure strolling up and down Fourth Avenue in Tucson under perfect weather, a street filled with colorful characters, restaurants, coffee shops and gift shops from mostly local Artists. That has been it... Thinking about the northerners snowed in for the winter helps, yet, I know what is awaiting for us in the south... Fair weather, rides, maybe even camping in those remote areas I seek for. So I can dream for now and wait and wait... Enjoy the photos on the Journal.

Be Safe and well
Peace, Love, Courage

Ara & Spirit

http://theoasisofmysoul.com/ - www.theoasisofmysoul.com Our Journey under the Stars…'