A New Life

“We go around the corner and into the shadow. I don’t know what’s there, but that’s the way we go.”

Manchego to his son in the Wind River Range

Why leave a beautiful field of flowers for cold rocks of the unknown? Because THAT’s the journey. This field of flowers is amazingly beautiful but was UNKNOWN just the night before. Discovery only comes from leaving. What beauties await discovery tomorrow? We shall see…journey on…but not as a sadness of leaving, but as an excitement of what is to be discovered.

The youngest of my boys was turning 18 and I knew it would be a life transition for the both of us. I was divorced and stayed to raise them, but now I could leave for something else. But What? All I knew was that it was time to strip away the old to allow the new to emerge. Stripping down is what I did. I sold my mobile home and lot for only enough to pay my debts in entirety. I then sold and gave away most of my belongings. I quit my job of 26 years with zero savings and zero retirement. (I cashed out for a trip to Israel 6 years prior). I had 20,000 dollars from selling my life collection of “things”. camper, motorcycle, guns , furniture, trailer, boats. With only 20grand, I became homeless and unemployed and hit the road 3 weeks after my sons 18th bday. I left a great life, but I wanted to see what was around the corner.