Before it gets too hot to type words of wisdom on my laptop … for fear of sweat shorting out the damn thing (it was 97 here yesterday, supposed to be 96 today!) … let me use the relative cool of the morning to admit something.

I’m ready to leave bus life. Really ready.

Now don’t get me wrong, I love the bus. The Huckleberry. It’s my home. I’m sitting here staring at the creation I’ve built and I’m happy and comfortable. But I also feel like I’m sitting here in the desert hiding. Waiting for something that … well, I don’t know what I feel like I’m waiting on.

Part of the problem is location. We’re just outside of Yuma Arizona, which is a good town for supplies, stores, and things. But where we’re parked is also devoid of people. I haven’t spoken to a single soul except for Nikki and the occasional restaurant server in a very long time.

I just watched a friend’s video yesterday who is in a town called Quartzsite, which is the exact opposite as far as people. It’s filled with nomads, and he was being his usual social self.

I was jealous, to say the least. 😒

We’re here in the great barren wastelands because the initial plan was to remodel the bus and I needed access to materials, which Yuma has. And then of course I decided to not remodel the bus and … well. LOL!

This, by the way, isn’t entirely a whine list. It’s more like realization and motivation. All life, nomadic or not, has the capability of becoming so routine that taking your daily dump becomes a reason for celebration.

I did something big and amazing today, huzzah!!!

The easy answer is to say “I’ll be in Spain soon” and look forward to all of the social hijinks I’ll find over there. But easy isn’t what I need right now. I have exactly nine more days in Arizona and then a couple of weeks in Miami before “easy” happens. I shouldn’t waste that.

Now granted, today’s high of 96 … (which will feel like, ummm, 96) … is going to limit non-air-conditioned activities, but the rest of the week will only be in the high eighties. It’s time to forget I live in a parked bus in the desert. LOL!

Seriously, it’s time for me to do more than just … wait. There is so much beauty out here. Things I haven’t yet experienced. I believe that anything can be an adventure if you only do more than just wait.

So yea, I’m ready to leave the bus.

~ Rick