Showing posts with label Traveling. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Traveling. Show all posts
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Traveling
We were driving south in California today but luckily our route didn't take us into smoke that much so I could barely smell it as we drove south from the SF Bay area. And it was really beautiful along the ocean some of the way south. I had tried to drive north but realized it was just going to be too many hours of smoke for me to want to navigate and I couldn't even visit Mt. Shasta going north because of the altitude and smoke combined there now earlier this week. So, when I hit full smoke in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Valley I realized no matter what I did I would have about 6 hours of driving through smoke or more (possibly as much as 9 or 10 heading north and I wasn't prepared to face that alone especially since my sprained right knee is still healing. So, when I had stop and go from an accident ahead of me for 1/2 an hour my knee acted up and I realized between the smoke and my knee, that even with using cruise control 80% or 90% of the time this just wasn't going to work for me. I had promised my kids to go to Portland and visit them this month but I guess I have to put it off for another month until my knee is better. Thought about flying but then realized I couldn't stand in line for security check that long and with summer there are so many people at SF Airport that this just wasn't going to work for me. I also could have asked for a wheelchair like my wife when she had a knee replacement but that isn't me so I didn't do that. Also, if I'm in pain and discomfort from my knee and the heat and the smoke this isn't going to be fun for my kids to see me either because I can get ornery under those circumstances. So, I want everyone to have a great experience when I visit including me. That way I can still be seen as a great Dad all around and everyone will be happy to see me and I them.
Sunday, April 1, 2018
Traveling
Traveling can be wonderful or terrible or both at the same time. Like many people say, "An adventure is a difficult experience well managed."
And Traveling is ALWAYS an adventure if you are somewhat satisfied and don't die or have serious problems that aren't easy to rectify.
So, Traveling usually becomes an adventure and a challenge sort of like playing chess. So, I'm thinking people liked the idea of a challenge in life rather than to be bored doing the same thing over and over day after day.
Also, as you get older the more you challenge yourself both physically and psychologically the longer you will tend to live as well. It doesn't mean traveling is easy, sometimes it can be very very difficult especially the further you get from home where people might not even speak your own native language at all.
I think one of the harder times for me was the first day or two in Thailand in 1985 when we first arrived. When I flew through Japan to get there at least there were some people willing to speak English to us at the Airport in Narito. But, in Thailand we could find almost no one willing to speak English to us which we found to be quite a challenge, especially finding which bus to get on in Bangkok going which direction because we were then trying to get to the Nepalese Embassy to get a tourist visa for the whole family at that time. I had already gotten a 2 or 3 month visa for India in the U.S. but since San Francisco then I think didn't have a Nepalese Embassy I couldn't get a tourist visa for Nepal until I got to Bangkok Thailand. On the bus we met a lady who was about 35 to 45 and a Student who spoke English from College in Cairo, Egypt who was from Malaysia. So, we wound up hiring the student to travel and bargain for us because there were no set prices for food and taxis and other things then. This way we wouldn't be taken advantage of financially as foreignors to Thailand.
Nairoosee(the college student traveled with us to Koi Samed Island off the coast of Bangkok where we snorkled in amazing tropical waters for a week there. So, being adaptable and innovative sort of like playing chess is really really important while traveling in this style. So, by traveling this way often you can save up to 50% by being innovative in the moment using Lonely planet Travel guide.
Note: What you will often find in Asia is people who can understand English but are embarrassed to speak it because they don't want to be shamed for having an accent or just a fear of Western Barbarians in general. So, because you often are bigger than them (average height often 4 foot 6 to 5 foot 6 in Asia), if you are taller like 5 foot 10 to 6 foot 5 like myself, you will be seen as a giant and either very fearful or King like (either of which might terrify the locals, especially those uneducated or who have not yet traveled the world.
And Traveling is ALWAYS an adventure if you are somewhat satisfied and don't die or have serious problems that aren't easy to rectify.
So, Traveling usually becomes an adventure and a challenge sort of like playing chess. So, I'm thinking people liked the idea of a challenge in life rather than to be bored doing the same thing over and over day after day.
Also, as you get older the more you challenge yourself both physically and psychologically the longer you will tend to live as well. It doesn't mean traveling is easy, sometimes it can be very very difficult especially the further you get from home where people might not even speak your own native language at all.
I think one of the harder times for me was the first day or two in Thailand in 1985 when we first arrived. When I flew through Japan to get there at least there were some people willing to speak English to us at the Airport in Narito. But, in Thailand we could find almost no one willing to speak English to us which we found to be quite a challenge, especially finding which bus to get on in Bangkok going which direction because we were then trying to get to the Nepalese Embassy to get a tourist visa for the whole family at that time. I had already gotten a 2 or 3 month visa for India in the U.S. but since San Francisco then I think didn't have a Nepalese Embassy I couldn't get a tourist visa for Nepal until I got to Bangkok Thailand. On the bus we met a lady who was about 35 to 45 and a Student who spoke English from College in Cairo, Egypt who was from Malaysia. So, we wound up hiring the student to travel and bargain for us because there were no set prices for food and taxis and other things then. This way we wouldn't be taken advantage of financially as foreignors to Thailand.
Nairoosee(the college student traveled with us to Koi Samed Island off the coast of Bangkok where we snorkled in amazing tropical waters for a week there. So, being adaptable and innovative sort of like playing chess is really really important while traveling in this style. So, by traveling this way often you can save up to 50% by being innovative in the moment using Lonely planet Travel guide.
Note: What you will often find in Asia is people who can understand English but are embarrassed to speak it because they don't want to be shamed for having an accent or just a fear of Western Barbarians in general. So, because you often are bigger than them (average height often 4 foot 6 to 5 foot 6 in Asia), if you are taller like 5 foot 10 to 6 foot 5 like myself, you will be seen as a giant and either very fearful or King like (either of which might terrify the locals, especially those uneducated or who have not yet traveled the world.
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Traveling
Though it is only a couple of hours from where I presently live on the coast, usually when I visit San Francisco I stay with my wife in a hotel, (even though one of my daughters lives there and goes to college there.)
So, my youngest daughter's birthday (21) was this week so my older daughter, and my wife and I each came in from different directions to San Francisco to celebrate my younger daughters birthday. Also my older daughter is only born 3 days earlier than my younger daughter so in a way we were celebrating both birthdays at the same time.
My younger daughter is busy studying now, so often we only see her at most once a month or once every few months now which is difficult for my wife because this is our youngest. However, this is real life and not a fake life so we live with it.
It was a clear and sunny day after driving through what looked like storm clouds to get here but by the time we got here or even halfway here it was sunny 101 had about 6 accidents showing up on the GPS at Google Maps so we diverted over to 85 and 280 to avoid all the accidents even though this route is a little longer but also more picturesque up against the coastal range and nearby Stanford University.
Tonight the fog came in and it was more difficult to drive in but also Fog is something you often have to expect, especially at night in San Francisco too.
So, my youngest daughter's birthday (21) was this week so my older daughter, and my wife and I each came in from different directions to San Francisco to celebrate my younger daughters birthday. Also my older daughter is only born 3 days earlier than my younger daughter so in a way we were celebrating both birthdays at the same time.
My younger daughter is busy studying now, so often we only see her at most once a month or once every few months now which is difficult for my wife because this is our youngest. However, this is real life and not a fake life so we live with it.
It was a clear and sunny day after driving through what looked like storm clouds to get here but by the time we got here or even halfway here it was sunny 101 had about 6 accidents showing up on the GPS at Google Maps so we diverted over to 85 and 280 to avoid all the accidents even though this route is a little longer but also more picturesque up against the coastal range and nearby Stanford University.
Tonight the fog came in and it was more difficult to drive in but also Fog is something you often have to expect, especially at night in San Francisco too.
Wednesday, October 19, 2016
traveling
My wife finally got over being sick but being sick had eaten too much into the time we had planned for Santa Fe, so we only had a few days until next monday or so before more doctors appointments and stuff and so decided to head north to Shasta while there is a window between storms for a few days. Arrived tired tonight after some traffic heading north but welcomed by friends for a nice dinner at a local restaurant which was good. We listened to the Debate driving up on the radio but realized that Trump is putting himself in various kinds of potential danger by not saying he will concede the election if Hillary wins the vote. It's as if his hold on reality is slipping even more than in previous months which makes me wonder if his kids realize he might be entering senile dementia too along with most of the world now realizing this too. This doesn't mean he isn't a genius, it just might mean taking him seriously about anything is a problem.
What kind of sane person would EVER say he wouldn't concede this election if Hillary won. He is self threatening his own safety in a variety of ways just by saying this to people. Doesn't he understand anything about what he's saying? Saying these things have consequences beyond which he doesn't seem to understand.
Is he this clueless?
What kind of sane person would EVER say he wouldn't concede this election if Hillary won. He is self threatening his own safety in a variety of ways just by saying this to people. Doesn't he understand anything about what he's saying? Saying these things have consequences beyond which he doesn't seem to understand.
Is he this clueless?
Sunday, August 7, 2016
Traveling
I haven't been blogging as much because I had to travel to southern California for a Wedding. One of our God daughters was getting married on a cliff overlooking the ocean. The traffic heading south on 101 was awful especially around Soledad which I had never seen this much traffic in this area before ever. So, we had to add 1 or 2 hours to our travel time from this. However, the wedding day (yesterday) was as nice as the previous day was awful from a variety of things. So, life has a way of balancing out in the end. Today we head home once again. Have a Great Day!
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Traveling
Traveling
sometimes it is helpful
Sometimes it is not
Does your heart yearn to be free?
Or are you worried and needing
the security of home?
What's going on in your life?
sometimes it is helpful
Sometimes it is not
Does your heart yearn to be free?
Or are you worried and needing
the security of home?
What's going on in your life?
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Traveling
We decided to leave the Desert about 1 day early because our some of our plans didn't work out with our God Daughter and to visit her and her husband nearer their work in L.A. and also to visit my cousin and his wife. Luckily, since my wife and I could drive the diamond lane because there were two of us in the car and because that time of day people were heading from work out of town into the suburbs all or most of the traffic was going in the other direction so we were able to whizz right back into Los Angeles because of this very quickly near the end of the day Tuesday.
The desert was a little hard for me and reminded me that my son is out of state, my father and mother (who I helped build a retirement home on Yucca Mesa above Yucca Valley are also passed away. So, until I can bring more family (like maybe my grandson to the desert) or something like that maybe the grief of my son being out of state and my parents and my wife's parents being gone might be dredged up by going to Palm Springs.
However, the weather was beautiful and we ate at Johnny Rocket's across from The River which has 1950s cuisine like from the Soda Fountain days with Root Beer Floats, Grilled cheese and french fries and Hamburgers like they were made in the 1950s. I even ordered fried pickles which my stomach didn't completely thank me for that were breaded and fried dill pickle chips. But, it took me back to the 1950s and early 1960s with Bob's Big Boy in Glendale and watching all the guys and babes in their hot hopped up cars for street racing then in the early 1960s then. My best friend eventually built up several street racers, mostly 1956 and 1957 Chevy's and I used to ride with him sometimes while he was street racing with the wide 12 to 15 inch racing slicks burning rubber and spewing black rubber smoke off the line until cruising and street racing became illegal in California.
Life in the early to mid 1960s was pretty much exactly like "American Graffiti" back then.
George Lucas lived it and so did I. Also, Friday or Saturday nights back then we would cruise Hollywood Blvd and the Sunset Strip because that was also all the rage back then too from my age 15 on.
Also, we went to eat at the Cork Mill which is also a nice place to eat in Palm Desert.
The desert was a little hard for me and reminded me that my son is out of state, my father and mother (who I helped build a retirement home on Yucca Mesa above Yucca Valley are also passed away. So, until I can bring more family (like maybe my grandson to the desert) or something like that maybe the grief of my son being out of state and my parents and my wife's parents being gone might be dredged up by going to Palm Springs.
However, the weather was beautiful and we ate at Johnny Rocket's across from The River which has 1950s cuisine like from the Soda Fountain days with Root Beer Floats, Grilled cheese and french fries and Hamburgers like they were made in the 1950s. I even ordered fried pickles which my stomach didn't completely thank me for that were breaded and fried dill pickle chips. But, it took me back to the 1950s and early 1960s with Bob's Big Boy in Glendale and watching all the guys and babes in their hot hopped up cars for street racing then in the early 1960s then. My best friend eventually built up several street racers, mostly 1956 and 1957 Chevy's and I used to ride with him sometimes while he was street racing with the wide 12 to 15 inch racing slicks burning rubber and spewing black rubber smoke off the line until cruising and street racing became illegal in California.
Life in the early to mid 1960s was pretty much exactly like "American Graffiti" back then.
George Lucas lived it and so did I. Also, Friday or Saturday nights back then we would cruise Hollywood Blvd and the Sunset Strip because that was also all the rage back then too from my age 15 on.
Also, we went to eat at the Cork Mill which is also a nice place to eat in Palm Desert.
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
Traveling
I was set free by my wife after many doctors appointments dealing with recovery from Burst appendix and recovery from a Laparoscopic operation and checking with my cardiologist and Nurse practitioner Aryuvedic Specialist and my general practitioner that I was doing okay on my present carb free diet and still either maintaining my weight loss or increasing my weight loss so I don't get diabetes. So far everything is okay and I was able to move from lifting 30 pounds over my head back up to 40 pounds over my head (barbells) and I want to get back to 50 pounds over my head with several reps every other day so I don't tear down my muscles by doing it every day but instead build up.
So, I set off and found that it was pretty warm and hot and beautiful once I got away from the foggy cloudy Northern Coast of California and went inland 10 or 20 miles the temperatures went from about 57 degrees Fahrenheit on the coast up to 70 then 80 then 90 and finally around Williams it hit about 100 and then 102 degrees by the time I got to Redding.
Then I set out for Mt. Shasta where it was only 86 degrees which is perfect swimming and kayaking weather there in the lakes and rivers. So, when it gets hot each day that's likely where I'll be with my friends. Because it will be too hot to be anyplace else outside there especially Thursday and Friday where it is supposed to be 113 or 114 in Redding and over 100 here in Mt. Shasta which likely will melt a lot of the snow off.
This is what Mt. Shasta looks like a few minutes ago (about 8:45pm) but by Saturday it might look very different with 100 degree temperatures hitting the little City of Mt. Shasta. That likely means the lower snow levels will be getting temperatures at least into the 70s so a lot of it might melt by the end of this weekend.
So, I set off and found that it was pretty warm and hot and beautiful once I got away from the foggy cloudy Northern Coast of California and went inland 10 or 20 miles the temperatures went from about 57 degrees Fahrenheit on the coast up to 70 then 80 then 90 and finally around Williams it hit about 100 and then 102 degrees by the time I got to Redding.
Then I set out for Mt. Shasta where it was only 86 degrees which is perfect swimming and kayaking weather there in the lakes and rivers. So, when it gets hot each day that's likely where I'll be with my friends. Because it will be too hot to be anyplace else outside there especially Thursday and Friday where it is supposed to be 113 or 114 in Redding and over 100 here in Mt. Shasta which likely will melt a lot of the snow off.
This is what Mt. Shasta looks like a few minutes ago (about 8:45pm) but by Saturday it might look very different with 100 degree temperatures hitting the little City of Mt. Shasta. That likely means the lower snow levels will be getting temperatures at least into the 70s so a lot of it might melt by the end of this weekend.
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Traveling
A week ago my wife and I went to Half Moon Bay and to visit an older sick friend in the hospital in the Bay area. This week we headed south to Santa Barbara on business and to meet with friends there.
We shared the sunset at the beach again but found the route down very kind of hazy and wondered whether this is from China blowing across the ocean or from a fire or what. I looked online but couldn't find a fire nearby. But, it is possible it is blowing over from slash burning inland in the Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin Valleys where most of the farms in the state are.
After watching the sunset at the beach in Santa Barbara we went to the cottage we rented which is sort of a treat because they afford a great deal of privacy which is a commodity this far south towards Los Angeles in Santa Barbara.
Coming down on 101 we stopped at an In N Out Burger in Atascadero. If you haven't been to California and you like old fashioned burgers and fries (I'm more of a vegetarian) (my wife loves the burgers) they make one a lot like you would get in the 1950s with sort of Home made fries where they turn potatoes directly through machines into fries right before they cook them just like in the old days. They also make Strawberry, Vanilla and Chocolate Shakes like the old days too.
However, since I'm now gluten free for 2 years now I get what is called a Protein style Grilled cheese sandwich there now and sometimes a Vanilla or strawberry or chocolate shake with french fries. I was really surprised they made something like this but then again the first In n Out burger was in Pomona where my wife went to college in the 1970s.
So, likely the progressive thinking of the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas and so many people being gluten free who don't eat any wheat products anymore, so they make a grilled cheese and then put it inside lettuce (which is like a wrap like a sandwich) and I usually have them leave out the onions. So, I wind up with a grilled cheese with lettuce, a tomato and thousand island dressing inside a lettuce wrap which is a lot like having a burger only without the burger bun, or the meat (or in my case without onions too.
When we arrived at the cottage we had stopped at a supermarket to buy some frozen foods for dinner. Since this is a business trip it has taken a lot of preparation (especially by my wife) so instead of a restaurant tonight we are pretty tired so I'm going to hop into the tub and read or blog on my computer or read on my Ipad. Sometimes I read stuff on my Iphone through wifi too.
We found Amy's new Gluten Free Thai Pad Thai which is one of my favorite Amy's frozen foods here in California. Also, my wife bought gluten free Macaroni and cheese because here stomach wasn't right after the long drive.
I'm just happy to have a lot of work done getting ready and then driving down here for business. We haven't been down here for about 8 months I think because of my wife's full knee replacement surgery and my youngest daughter going off to college.
I told my wife after always raising somebody younger than 18 since 1974 that I feel like a lost puppy sometimes which might be another definition of "Empty Nest Syndrome". However, We have made it now since August and also since June since the Knee replacement surgery.
So, basically on a lot of levels the last 11/2 have been an emotional and psychological ordeal to say the least. I'm really grateful our finances have been okay during this time because that might have been too much to deal with on top of everything else.
A friend of ours is driving down on Friday to meet us here so we can show Santa Barbara to her. Her life has mostly been in the Bay area and Texas. So, Santa Barbara is basically an unknown for her.
Whereas my wife grew up a lot here and I grew up mostly in Glendale even though I also spent time before I was 19 in Seattle where I was born, San Diego where I started kindergarten and Santa Fe where I spend a year in a religious private school there from 1965 to1966 when I was about 17.
So, it's sort of a relief to visit Santa Barbara again after so much has happened in the last Year especially. But, several people close to my wife and I have also died in Santa Barbara and the Greater Los Angeles Area Starting around 1995. So, remembering them all is a bit much too for us. IN 2008 I think I lost 2 and one in 2006 and one in 1995, one in Seattle and one in the Bay area in 2008 also.
So, this was very hard at the time when my mother and my wife's Dad passed away within months of each other and then I also lost an Aunt I was close to and a cousin I had been close to as well (all in the same year!)
So, going into the great recession we were financially okay but sort of shellshocked from all the deaths that year!
However, just in the last year literally everything has changed here in Santa Barbara for us on multiple levels. In the end for all of us it is: "Adapt or die"
In the end this is the only choice we have in life. Not only for us but for everyone.
I thought of going north to ski with my friend between Half Moon Bay and this trip but he said the snow wasn't good enough for that and I'm still trying to heal my knee so it is strong enough for skiing without problems. His girlfriend also has the same problem with her right ankle being strong enough for skiing this year too. So, hopefully my knee and her ankle won't prevent the three of us from skiing together in March sometime up north on Mt. Shasta.
We shared the sunset at the beach again but found the route down very kind of hazy and wondered whether this is from China blowing across the ocean or from a fire or what. I looked online but couldn't find a fire nearby. But, it is possible it is blowing over from slash burning inland in the Sacramento Valley and San Joaquin Valleys where most of the farms in the state are.
After watching the sunset at the beach in Santa Barbara we went to the cottage we rented which is sort of a treat because they afford a great deal of privacy which is a commodity this far south towards Los Angeles in Santa Barbara.
Coming down on 101 we stopped at an In N Out Burger in Atascadero. If you haven't been to California and you like old fashioned burgers and fries (I'm more of a vegetarian) (my wife loves the burgers) they make one a lot like you would get in the 1950s with sort of Home made fries where they turn potatoes directly through machines into fries right before they cook them just like in the old days. They also make Strawberry, Vanilla and Chocolate Shakes like the old days too.
However, since I'm now gluten free for 2 years now I get what is called a Protein style Grilled cheese sandwich there now and sometimes a Vanilla or strawberry or chocolate shake with french fries. I was really surprised they made something like this but then again the first In n Out burger was in Pomona where my wife went to college in the 1970s.
So, likely the progressive thinking of the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas and so many people being gluten free who don't eat any wheat products anymore, so they make a grilled cheese and then put it inside lettuce (which is like a wrap like a sandwich) and I usually have them leave out the onions. So, I wind up with a grilled cheese with lettuce, a tomato and thousand island dressing inside a lettuce wrap which is a lot like having a burger only without the burger bun, or the meat (or in my case without onions too.
When we arrived at the cottage we had stopped at a supermarket to buy some frozen foods for dinner. Since this is a business trip it has taken a lot of preparation (especially by my wife) so instead of a restaurant tonight we are pretty tired so I'm going to hop into the tub and read or blog on my computer or read on my Ipad. Sometimes I read stuff on my Iphone through wifi too.
We found Amy's new Gluten Free Thai Pad Thai which is one of my favorite Amy's frozen foods here in California. Also, my wife bought gluten free Macaroni and cheese because here stomach wasn't right after the long drive.
I'm just happy to have a lot of work done getting ready and then driving down here for business. We haven't been down here for about 8 months I think because of my wife's full knee replacement surgery and my youngest daughter going off to college.
I told my wife after always raising somebody younger than 18 since 1974 that I feel like a lost puppy sometimes which might be another definition of "Empty Nest Syndrome". However, We have made it now since August and also since June since the Knee replacement surgery.
So, basically on a lot of levels the last 11/2 have been an emotional and psychological ordeal to say the least. I'm really grateful our finances have been okay during this time because that might have been too much to deal with on top of everything else.
A friend of ours is driving down on Friday to meet us here so we can show Santa Barbara to her. Her life has mostly been in the Bay area and Texas. So, Santa Barbara is basically an unknown for her.
Whereas my wife grew up a lot here and I grew up mostly in Glendale even though I also spent time before I was 19 in Seattle where I was born, San Diego where I started kindergarten and Santa Fe where I spend a year in a religious private school there from 1965 to1966 when I was about 17.
So, it's sort of a relief to visit Santa Barbara again after so much has happened in the last Year especially. But, several people close to my wife and I have also died in Santa Barbara and the Greater Los Angeles Area Starting around 1995. So, remembering them all is a bit much too for us. IN 2008 I think I lost 2 and one in 2006 and one in 1995, one in Seattle and one in the Bay area in 2008 also.
So, this was very hard at the time when my mother and my wife's Dad passed away within months of each other and then I also lost an Aunt I was close to and a cousin I had been close to as well (all in the same year!)
So, going into the great recession we were financially okay but sort of shellshocked from all the deaths that year!
However, just in the last year literally everything has changed here in Santa Barbara for us on multiple levels. In the end for all of us it is: "Adapt or die"
In the end this is the only choice we have in life. Not only for us but for everyone.
I thought of going north to ski with my friend between Half Moon Bay and this trip but he said the snow wasn't good enough for that and I'm still trying to heal my knee so it is strong enough for skiing without problems. His girlfriend also has the same problem with her right ankle being strong enough for skiing this year too. So, hopefully my knee and her ankle won't prevent the three of us from skiing together in March sometime up north on Mt. Shasta.
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Traveling
I was wondering if I would be awake enough to drive about 4 to 7 am this morning but luckily I fell asleep about 7am and woke up when the phone rang at 11:50 am and was on the road by 2 pm. Still dealing with Jet Lag from South Korea. So, my worries were not a problem and I had a wonderful trip driving north. I noticed the temperatures were nice 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit driving north until I got to about Redding and there It was already into the 50s by the time I stopped for gas. Then as I drove up to Mt. Shasta it went down to 45 and then 41 when I arrived and is supposed to be 35 to 31 by the time morning arrives so the ground might freeze tonight but not deep just on the very top inch. My friend and his girlfriend were trying to harvest everything else of their vegetables and fruit before this first really good freeze that might happen tonight here, except for inside their greenhouse. So, I'm happy to arrive and happy everything went well and happy to see my friends before they go out on their next music tour.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
Traveling
As I headed north on Interstate 5 from the SF Bay area it seemed different then any other year I had done this. Farmland didn't look right even the wild oats along the way looked short and too dry and stunted from the drought. Fruit trees looked very unhappy without enough water and I wondered how many of them would still be alive next year this time including almonds and olive trees alongside of interstate 5. I noticed that it was starting to get a little smoky as I neared Red Bluff and Redding in the distance to the North. I saw a map online tonight after I stopped for the night and there are fires in both Oregon and Washington along both sides of Interstate 5. I came through a year or more ago through Grants Pass and Medford and the smoke was so thick I couldn't afford to even stop the car and I had to leave the recirculation button on for about 200 miles so we weren't coughing the whole way from the smoke. Finally then, by Ashland I could open a window and breath regular air again without problems. I felt very sorry for any people or animals in that 200 miles stretch then.
I might be in for this tomorrow again this year.
Also, Shasta Dam and the Sacramento River are lower than I have ever seen in my lifetime which means since I was 5 in 1953.
I might be in for this tomorrow again this year.
Also, Shasta Dam and the Sacramento River are lower than I have ever seen in my lifetime which means since I was 5 in 1953.
Tuesday, August 20, 2013
Traveling
All my life I have been guided by God to supernaturally help people. I kind of followed my mother's lead until I got childhood epilepsy and sort of felt that God was trying to kill me for about 4 of the 5 years I had it and then to stay alive and not die I invoked God to come live in my body full time and immediately all my seizures stopped but then I had to deal with God living inside my body which is sort of like if you imagine what it was like to be one of the prophets of the old testament was like or something. However, personally my life is the most similar in some ways to Moses. So, I think I relate to Moses the best in this sense.
You don't have to see me as Moses, it's just that I relate to what happened in relation to me the best. For example, he left Egypt where he was a Prince (I had to get kicked out of my childhood religion for being to progressive and 1960s for them). He saw the burning bush (I saw the burning bush on Mt. Shasta) in August 1970 and I have never been the same ever since. For example, after the burning bush appeared to me it said, "You have to leave now or else your nearness to me might harm you." I obeyed knowing it likely was some kind of spiritual technology. After a time I realized I had seen probably the same type of burning bush that Moses had. But, what happened to me sort of scared me because the "Holy Spirit" in my hands from this experience made my hands for months feel like they were on fire. It became so painful that I thought my hands and arms were spontaneously going to catch on fire. I didn't know what to do with this energy and I found it very difficult to deal with. If your arms hurt like they were on fire after you were exposed to the Burning Bush on Mt. Shasta what would you do?
So, learning what to do with this kind of energy with God took some time. AFter a time I realized I didn't have to have all this energy inside my body and that I could leave the energy literally everywhere so I wouldn't literally catch on fire. This took time to understand how this was possible. So, when I learned this I realized that I was the universe and the universe was me. This has to be experienced because otherwise people aren't going to understand what you are talking about. So, what I realized was that the Holy spirit is literally everywhere but that God had commanded that I be able to invoke it and use it. But what I learned is that I didn't have to run this energy through my body and catch on fire and die from it, I could simply experience myself as the universe and direct it as God willed me to. This is how I survived the Holy Spirit from the Burning Bush. IT took me a few years to figure this out.
It is safe for me to write about this because only those who God chooses would survive this experience. The rest would either spontaneously catch on fire or just have a heart attack and die or meet with an accident and die. So, this is safe for me to write about this for any of you who might be frightened about what I'm sharing about here. So, likely one or more of you who God has chosen will read this and move into a state of Grace like I did. By God's Grace.
You don't have to see me as Moses, it's just that I relate to what happened in relation to me the best. For example, he left Egypt where he was a Prince (I had to get kicked out of my childhood religion for being to progressive and 1960s for them). He saw the burning bush (I saw the burning bush on Mt. Shasta) in August 1970 and I have never been the same ever since. For example, after the burning bush appeared to me it said, "You have to leave now or else your nearness to me might harm you." I obeyed knowing it likely was some kind of spiritual technology. After a time I realized I had seen probably the same type of burning bush that Moses had. But, what happened to me sort of scared me because the "Holy Spirit" in my hands from this experience made my hands for months feel like they were on fire. It became so painful that I thought my hands and arms were spontaneously going to catch on fire. I didn't know what to do with this energy and I found it very difficult to deal with. If your arms hurt like they were on fire after you were exposed to the Burning Bush on Mt. Shasta what would you do?
So, learning what to do with this kind of energy with God took some time. AFter a time I realized I didn't have to have all this energy inside my body and that I could leave the energy literally everywhere so I wouldn't literally catch on fire. This took time to understand how this was possible. So, when I learned this I realized that I was the universe and the universe was me. This has to be experienced because otherwise people aren't going to understand what you are talking about. So, what I realized was that the Holy spirit is literally everywhere but that God had commanded that I be able to invoke it and use it. But what I learned is that I didn't have to run this energy through my body and catch on fire and die from it, I could simply experience myself as the universe and direct it as God willed me to. This is how I survived the Holy Spirit from the Burning Bush. IT took me a few years to figure this out.
It is safe for me to write about this because only those who God chooses would survive this experience. The rest would either spontaneously catch on fire or just have a heart attack and die or meet with an accident and die. So, this is safe for me to write about this for any of you who might be frightened about what I'm sharing about here. So, likely one or more of you who God has chosen will read this and move into a state of Grace like I did. By God's Grace.
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