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Most importantly I am in Quartzsite Arizona Live for the biggest RV show of the year. But I arrived here a week early! Join me for a Quartzsite primer in Quartzsite-Arizona-Live-Bob Davis Podcast 976.
Firstly I have heard this story differently before.
Secondly the truth is even more bizarre.
To clarify Camels and Quartzsite go back to 1850 and then Secretary of War Jefferson Davis.
Above all Davis had the bright idea of using camels to transport people across the rocky desert terrain out here. Click here for at least some the details.
Even more Quartzsite figures into the story of violent outlaw Gary Tisen. Here’s a link to the 2017 movie.
Meanwhile as I sit here in the desert in front of a fire every night I am reminded that every place seems to have its own history.
Certainly discovering unique stories of the past and regional differences are what make travel so great.
Further I can’t wait to get into the RV culture and look for some Mobile Podcast Command creature comforts.
In the same vein there are many different people and unique types of nomad travel vehicles here.
Finally thanks to my friend Neil Seven I’ll be headed west to the California desert for the most bizarre and intense off road race in the country. Lots of other RV people and nomads headed that way as well.
In conclusion call it wandering, being a nomad or just road school. Hanging with Mobile Podcast Command and going where I want is pretty damn good therapy for whatever ails you.
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Firstly listen to Nomad-Avoids-National-Insanity-Bob Davis Podcast 975. And to my New Years Podcast here.
Secondly I have new respect for nomads and travelers who seek the peace of the campground.
Above all this podcast continues some of the themes of my new years podcast.
I don’t think the craziness is over, for example.
And we’re not going to resolve our differences anytime soon.
As a result I have gone on the road. Permanently.
In short most of the things that are driving people crazy right now aren’t touching me.
In the same vein sitting by a fire and watching the sunset will cure almost any neurosis!
For example a few years ago I would have been all over the mess in the US Capitol this week.
No more.
To clarify many of my new listeners and subscribers don’t want the bad energy political talk brings.
Even more many of my long term people are just sick to death of the whole thing.
I don’t blame them.
Moreover when I put the sunset, coffee and fire together, who cares?
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Finally I would be a fool to deny we’re living through a significant period of upheaval.
But if you allow yourself to be triggered by every event you’re going to have a tough time.
In addition it’s not a good idea to attach our attention to outcomes.
Most importantly we have to stay flexible.
That is to say even more change and challenge is ahead.
Pace yourselves.
Meanwhile getting out in the wilderness anywhere can’t hurt.
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Certainly we can all agree this New Year is a Happy Nomad New Year. In addition saying goodbye to 2020 and heralding 2021’s arrival takes a different tone. Join me from Organ Pipe National Monument for Happy-Nomad-New-Year-Bob Davis Podcast 974.
Firstly this moment calls for a more sedate and perhaps philosophical tone.
Secondly I’m down here in Arizona at a campground. There’s not a lot of social interplay going on.
Meanwhile I am live from Organ Pipe National Monument. Local Arizonans told me this used to be the most dangerous park of all. Well, the Ambassador explained the origins of that moniker. I’ll fill you in during Happy-Nomad-New-Year-Bob Davis Podcast 974.
On the other hand there’s a lot to think about this New Year’s.
Most importantly a blanket ‘thank you’ to clients and supporters of the podcast, especially since I started traveling full time.
But there’s also the undeniable feeling we’re living through one of those epochal changes.
Therefore a new time line. Even more, new ways of thinking.
To sum up it feels like heavy attachment to any one thing, or way of thinking, makes this journey even more difficult.
In the same vein this has been a theme in my podcasts for a while now.
For example the shift away from political talk to travel and other topics. I’ll explain how fresh and freeing it feels to me not to discuss topics that won’t win anyone over and will do nothing but divide listeners and subscribers more than they already are.
However I don’t let go of those subjects lightly. In short I am not a light talker or thinker. And despite all the talk of 2021 having to be ‘amazing’ just because 2020 was ‘so bad’ seems a little silly to me.
Meanwhile the park is settling down. People are starting their fires. Kids being called back. Hikers are back from the trail.
In conclusion given the fact that there won’t be any big celebrations as it previous years, hanging here at a National Park inside Mobile Podcast Command, seems like a great idea.
Finally, happy New Year.
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Firstly holiday season means many avoid travel restrictions with a road trip so it’s a perfect time for a nomad meetup and New Mexico is the place. Join us for Nomad-Meetup-New-Mexico-Bob Davis Podcast 973.
Secondly Las Cruces New Mexico turned out to be the perfect place.
Most importantly I’m doing the nomad thing and my friend Don Anger is doing a variation of the nomad thing.
Don works in the oil fields in Midland, Texas and lives in Case Grande, Arizona.
Even more my old radio buddy works two weeks on, and gets a week off.
Certainly like a lot of other workers these days no one’s taking any risks. Therefore Don is not alone migrating from the job, down the I-10 and back again at least twice a month.
Therefore my friend and I could meetup in Mobile Podcast Command for some coffee, and conversation.
As a result we got to share stories of the road and life’s challenges.
In addition why do guys do what we do? For Don it’s about feeding a family and doing what has to be done.
But for me it’s about the open road and pure freedom.
Most importantly in this time lots of people are on the road.
Whether they’re working in one city and commuting to another or hitting the road in the same vein as I am, it doesn’t matter.
Finally even though it seems foreign, strange or even scary to some…It’s home to us.
To sum up we both get a lot of questions about life on the road. Time for a freewheeling conversation with two road warriors about what it’s like, why we do it and why we love it.
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Most importantly welcome to Truck Stop Nomad Radio! Spending a lot of time in truck stops these days. Getting some good shots of the ruins of twentieth century America out here in the South West. Learn more in Truck-Stop-Nomad-Radio-Bob Davis Podcast 972.
Certainly I get a lot of suggestions. And I welcome the support and interest in this nomad life effort.
Firstly, one of recent suggestion was, get a camera in the truck. Just turn it on and record. That would be my ‘video’ channel. I appreciate the fact that people want to help and participate.
Secondly it just doesn’t work that way for me.
However the mind resists. Makes noise. Produces various reactions.
But until I hit the road permanently I never really fully understood.
In the same vein these are intensely personal experiences.
As a result the memories are also personal. Although I work in the audio medium it’s very difficult to relate those internal processes, let alone produce videos about it.
Finally we’re living through a challenging time. I don’t feel it as much because I am mobile. But it’s there.
To sum up nomad life for me has been a jumbled collection of visual memories. Sights. Smells. Feelings.
From Minnesota all the way through the middle of the country and deep south, to the deserts of the American Southwest.
In short like life itself I’ve covered a lot of ground but it feels like I’ve only just started.
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