Mule Hawk<\/a>\u201d, a young couple whom I\u2019ve been following on Facebook! They quit their jobs, sold their house, and took a year off to travel. They set up camp with us and we all chatted outside between our three campers until it got too cold post-sunset.<\/p>\n![\"p1000209\"](\"https:\/\/nodestinationorg.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/p1000209.jpg?resize=640%2C480\")
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Talking with the MuleHawks about their reasons for doing this adventure, got me thinking. There\u2019s this idea \u2013 a prideful idea \u2013 that one\u2019s work has to be significant – \u201ccool\u201d, that it is somehow part of your identity. But what if your life-style<\/em> \u2013 your travel<\/em> \u2013 is your identity and the work only exists to fuel and fund that part of \u2018you\u2019?<\/p>\n\u201cWhat do you do?\u201d is the ever-present question. You go to a party and that\u2019s one of the first questions your new conversationalist asks. \u201cOh, I work in IT at a hospital\u201d satisfies. But what if the answer is \u201cI\u2019m traveling around for a year\u2026 or more\u201d THAT becomes the identity, not the job. I did that when I was younger, but somewhere along the line the societal requirements change and job<\/em>-identity becomes more important than doing<\/em>-identity.<\/p>\n\u201cOh, I\u2019m a motorcyclist\u201d But what do you do?<\/em> \u201c… er, I work in IT.\u201d Ahhhh.<\/p>\nOriginally, I was going to meet my FWC forum friend at these hot springs on Oct 5th<\/sup> but I arrived early. I could have left today and met at his place in Reno, then caravaned to a hot springs in NV, but I decided to just relax and stay another day and he took off a day early.\u00a0 If I hadn’t been relaxed about schedules I wouldn’t have stayed at the hot springs another night and I would have missed meeting Luke and Annie of MuleHawk Adventures. And that would have been a major shame!<\/p>\nSteinbeck, \u201c\u2026 in my own life I am not willing to trade quality for quantity\u201d<\/p>\n
and \u201c\u2026we find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rosh Hashana was the day I started this journey.<\/p>\n
Very fitting, considering this holiday is a time for reflection and change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
…Still at Buckeye hot springs A veritable herd of FourWheelCamper (FWC) neighbors! THIS is what it\u2019s about! We all camped together! My acquaintance from one of my campering forums arrived late afternoon. Argos and his goofy 5 year old Golden ran and ran and ran and\u2026 after the dogs had their dinner, us people were standing around chatting and tail-gate snacking when Argos fell over! It looked like his front legs collapsed under him. He had the look of a…<\/p>\n
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