Friday, June 12, 2009

Info on das AQUABLAZE

We are in Pearisburg, after many soggy miles. Forcast is 5 days of lightning, so we had better get used to it. We have officially set a date for the aquablaze. We will be leaving on June 30, so it looks like that won't time out for my cousin bringing the boats. Thanks so much for the offer Carey! So, if anyone has access to a vehicle with a hitch and a little free time, we would be exceedingly grateful. We should be in Roanoke on the 18th or 19th, and will do a nice long blog, because I'm sick of this sticky keyboard and broken mouse already. Thanks Doris for trying to apply balance to our rejection of modern day living. We are well aware of our necessary reliance on corporate America, or rather the products brought from overseas by ungoverned trans-national corperations. (My whistle is the only thing I have that is Made in America) However, we are trying to move ever so slowly towards freedom and self-reliance. It is truly liberating to not have bills and leases, and other obligations. Once I wasn't wasting brainpower trying to juggle my income and outcome amongst a multitude of needs and wants, I felt freed from something I didn't even realize I was enslaved to. Plus we have had lots of time to discuss how silly many of society's conventions are, but I suppose they exist to protect the bottom 10%. Warning labels on toothbrushes? Honestly. It all seems so simple to us, surrounded by people we trust, free of debt, free of dependants, unbothered by anything anyone else does out here. If we don't like it, we don't whine or make rules, we just walk away. Transient life is stacked with hardship, but I feel more alive than I ever have before. So please excuse us wanderers and dreamers our discontent with average America and the white picket fence. It is, after all, just a matter of taste.

3 comments:

  1. Dear Julia & Jess,
    We find your blogs extremely interesting. No matter how you look at life you will still have responsibilities. If you don't like something you cannot just pick up and walk away. Right now you're caring for each other on the trail is a demonstration of that. You wont just walk away from one another. There is an answer to meeting your needs. It is found in Jesus. In Matthew 6:25-33, He said it all, with an emphasis on v33,"Seek first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness and all these things [food, clothing and shelter, the necessities of life, needs, not wants] shall be added to you. We love you, Grandpa/ma:)

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  2. Dear Julia & Jess,
    The blog was from me, Grandpa, not Grandma. Love you:)

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  3. Dear Jess & Julia,

    As professional hikers, I assume you know that today, June 21st, is National Naked Hikers Day. According to Fox News, the holiday is celebrated primarily around the Hagerstown Maryland area. Activities mainly involve not getting caught.

    Happy Holiday! No pictures please.

    Love from Aunt Andy

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