Landlore: Alternative Travel Lifestyles

Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order. This is what life has taught me. ~ Katherine Mansfield

People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering. ~ Saint Augustine

Sayward at Quacks Crossing 2,500 miles with a U-Haul (from Daytona Beach, Florida to San Diego, California) is no small undertaking. Doing it in under 60-hours is what you'd call "impressive". Now, add to that a night resting up in Lafayette, Louisiana... 'n then add a nine-hour stopoff in Austin, Texas to hang out. If we're still talking about making the trip in under 60-hours, then that's what you'd call "legendary". Sayward 'n Mark made the trip look easy. As I said in my previous post , most of the travelers I know don't even set foot inside the States... so it was awesome when I got an email from a traveling friend called Sayward saying that she was going to be stopping off in Austin. W00t! With such a full day (and all the surrounding thoughts), I'm going to break up this post into three parts: An ATX Gathering , Life on Replay , A Game of Connect-the-Dots . All of them intertwine to tell a story thru time. An ATX Gathe...

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls. ~ Anais Nin

"Goodbye Summer. We miss you. Write soon. XOXO ~Life" Song of the Day - " Sidestreet (Mary J Blige) " by ZitanB [ Free Download ] "title" by artist Make no mistake, I am a whiny little pansy when it comes to winter. Not that Austin has a winter. If you showed our weather from December thru February to someone in the Dakota's, they'd call this "fall". Me? I call this "not summer"... 'n that's all that matters. It's NOT! Summer! Did I mention the "whining" part? Fortunately, "not summer" ends when the month of February comes to a close... at the latest, the beginning of March. The above collaboration is a tribute to summer... in all it's warmth and hazy glory. But this winter *ahem* brought a warm surprise. A fellow traveler and a bright soul stopped off in Austin for a few hours on her way West. As most of my traveling friends don't even set foot on American shores, it was a special ...

The longest journey Is the journey inwards. Of him who has chosen his destiny, Who has started upon his quest For the source of his being. ~ Dag Hammarskjold

Most people have that fantasy of catching the train that whistles in the night. ~ Willie Nelson