\nI left NW Florida on June 4 in my new-to-me truck \u2013 a VERY big truck \u2013 the kind that makes a man proud. It\u2019s a Chev. 3500 diesel, crew cab, eight foot bed, 4 wheel drive dually with a specially designed motorcycle lift on which my bike rides. I packed\/crammed into the cab everything I think I\u2019ll need for the next two or three months; I\u2019m not sure a snake could have joined me by the time I slammed the last door.
\nI drove up to Ghost Ranch (1,500 miles away and northwest of Santa Fe, NM) for a week-long Quaker gathering that began on Jun 7. Ghost Ranch is one of my favorite places in the universe, and Quakers are an amazingly diverse and kind group of people. How-some-ever, to quote Br\u2019er Rabbit, my life is seldom simple; my only two commitments for the summer (again) fell in the same week. So Tuesday, Jun 9, I drove down to Albuquerque, NM, to catch a 6 AM flight on Wednesday to Orlando (yes \u2013 the exact same Florida I left on Thursday of last week to drive 1,500 miles). Today (Thursday, Jun 11) we completed day one of a one-and-a-half day seminar, Law, Justice and Morality. It\u2019s great being back with old friends from the Bench and challenging to teach again. After lunch tomorrow, I fly back to Albuquerque, then drive back up to Ghost Ranch Saturday morning. When that conference ends at lunch on Sunday, Jun 14, I\u2019ll head towards Tacoma, WA, to pick up a new-to-me RV on Wednesday, June 17. Makes me tired just typing it.
\nTonight, in this very fancy hotel in Orlando, I do not have access to my big camera, so I\u2019ll just post a couple of pictures from my phone.
\nNow that I\u2019m officially back on the road for the summer, I look forward to writing more. Right after I catch up with myself and get some sleep.
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<\/a><\/p>\nThe desert in SE New Mexico<\/p>\n
<\/a>my truck and red cliffs near Ghost Ranch, NM<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>two days later, I’m with a Bird of Paradise in Orlando<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>The motel in Orlando is a bit fancier than my truck<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
June 11, 2015\u00a0 Orlando, FL Running around and around \u2013 \u2018cause that\u2019s what gypsies do I left NW Florida on June 4 in my new-to-me truck \u2013 a VERY big truck \u2013 the kind that makes a man proud. It\u2019s … Continue reading