#4323 Crestview, FL

Hello to you lovely folks and humans. I’m very grateful for you to be reading.

Afternoon storm clouds are rolling in as we sit in the twin hills park. The kids are running around the duck pond while the dogs are sticking close. I figured it’d be a good time to write and catch y’all up to where we are and what we’ve been up to!

I had a lovely time visiting Kim in Pensacola. The kids were happy and excited to be playing with immogene and showing off the last years accumulation of tablet games. The neighbor found some bikes in a trash pile and made them rideable for my kids! They rode around the neighborhood until they were sick of seeing the same thing and requested a park. I obliged while Kim and Idgie were at work and school respectively, but it wasn’t enough stimulation. Though I had a lovely time visiting the few days the kids alloted.

The day we were leaving pensacola we made a Walmart stop to see if we could get some fuel in the bus. I was sitting in my doorway, typing a text message to Brian, the mobile repair dude friend we met here in Crestview last year, when I heard someone call my name. It startled me to the point of dropping my phone. It was my friend Angus I’d met a few years ago in Arizona at my friend Jess’ place. He’s a really sweet human and it was such a joy chatting that I ended up asking if he wanted to come camp out here at the wilderness landing with us. He did!

We left pensacola for crestview with a stop at the truck stop for some fuel. By the time we got to Crestview, Angus’ friend Benji had decided to come meet up with us while his partner Moth was going for a hike in the same area.

Galixy forced everyone to play money toss for hours over the weekend. Otherwise they rode their bikes and swam at the little beach. They made some camp friends that were around their ages. Benji gave us their spare hammock and the kids swung in that for hours.

Just being out in nature was so good for me and my mental health. We had some rain storms come through and soak our stuff, but the warmth and sun dried it out pretty quickly again. It’s definitely starting to be a spring and summer feel around.

I did get to see Brian, but it felt like a very short visit. He’d just gotten off his shift with the fire department and was starting to head towards changing tires and breaking off broken bolts. By the time he had time we were already heading to camp. And yesterday he said he’d be back in town later that evening and then I hadn’t heard from him…. Speak of the devil. a message received.

Moth, Benji, and Angus went their own way a bit ago. I really enjoyed these cats and their energies. Like mellow and still full of energy to be doing things. I got to jam with other string instrumenters for the first time ever. Angus played the Banjo while Benji lead us all with guitar and voice and I frazzle plunked on my little ukulele. It was fun. I could use a little more company like that.Friends that gladly friend with my kids while still having a bit more maturity than a lot of other humans.

After having goodbye hugs and loading up, Atreyu said, “great! Now you’re about to cry again.” He wasn’t wrong. I cried. I cried driving from Kim’s to Walmart. I cried leaving Salome. I cried leaving Nola. I cried after dropping my brother off at the airport. I cried the morning before leaving Montana. I’ve been doing a lot of the crying thing…. I can’t say it’s always bad, but I’ve definitely been feeling funk.

I’m grateful to be having my journey….. Though I’m not really sure what or where I’m going or doing right now. easy to say it’s a snaketrail up the cartograph of the US but finding the sleep spots ahead and making things happen and worrying about falling apart….. I’ve been trying to keep my mind off the falling apart. and off the consideration of whether a new and bigger bus is in our future. It’s not really something I want, but I do…. All in all I just feel on precipice and I’m not getting paid to be a fortuneteller so maybe I should abstain from that attempt anyway….

The sun is coming out from behind the clouds and making all the knee and elbow bends and other crevasses sweat. I guess it’s time to start thinking about our move. a little west a little north? Kim did say to try and be down in Pcola next weekend since it’s a longer weekend, but I can’t currently wrap my head around later tonight, try about tomorrow or the weekend? meh…. So I don’t know. I don’t really want to go down the i10 but I don’t see any viable overnight spots in the north western corner of Florida, especially with leaks and stuff… looking pretty fielded and sparse up in there, but isn’t that generally my favorite? Teeny towns? real exploration footwork….

Sounds taxing with mechanical malfunctions…. Gonna do the math homework with Atreyu. We did a volcano explosion, reading and an art/ writing project today already. If nothing else, I feel like we’ve been doing amazing about pestering the kids to keep on track with their homework, especially getting to mix snap circuits, and many documentaries into our reality. We could use some more field trips…………. waaaaait! Our life is field trip….? wtaf that brain is braining up in here.

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