The sun also rises

An incredible view greets us as the sun comes up.  We are surrounded by jagged mountains in all directions and can see from the Superstition Mountains to the Four Peaks and clear to the west to many more ranges. McDowell Mountain Park is inundated with the dirt bike crowd peddling to nirvana.  The Commander is going absolutely nuts trying to figure out what bike she should buy and get a good deal on it.

A North Dakota friend is holed up in acute prosperity in Scottsdale and we will have supper with her tonight.  Plugged into power makes life simpler. We have electric heat, TV, and don't have to worry about harvesting electricity from the sun.  When you don't own the land you sit on sometimes you are forced to move.  Since are reservation for today expires we have to move the whole shebang to another site until Monday.

As unusual Kadizzle has been a very good boy.  When Kadizzle has been good it is only appropriate that he buy himself a present.  A monocular is on his mind.  Hiking with The Commander sometimes we get separated and have to find each other across a valley or a mountain.  Being able to spot the little bumble bee is sometimes useful.  A monocular is lighter and will not take up as much room in the pack.  Cheech bought me one a couple years ago and it got lost.

This all gets us to the point.  A favorite saying of Kadizzle is " A man is rich in accordance to what he can afford to do without".  When Kadizzle sits down and thinks about what he wants, it turns out to little or nothing.  So Kadizzle is rich.  That is not to say Kadizzle could not use an autopilot for his sailboat, or maybe a KTM 900 dualsport.  However, a recent article put it very well.  The article said that when people reflect on what made them happy it was experiences not material things.  A lot of truth is in that idea.   Ask yourself this question " If I just had a ---- I would be happy"    Things don't usually make people happy, that is why Kadizzle likes to visit with the bums.  The bums can be so happy with so little.  The other day the two bums had sunshine,  a portable radio, and 24 cans of beer.  They were as happy as many kings in their castles, and many people in their McMansions.