Leave the lap of luxury

Today we leave the lap of luxury.  No more TV in every room, deluxe show,  expensive views,  or home with every imaginable convince.  Back to the Earth Module.  The Earth Module has it's virtues.  There is a lot to be said for the peace and quite of the middle of nowhere.   Sedona is nice, but overrun with tourist.  The worst aspect of Sedona is the traffic.  Every wanna be rents a four wheel something or other and drives like an idiot.  The trial we took yesterday was like the traffic, jammed with people.

Fribble shops are what amaze Kadizzle.  Tourist must buy fribbles.  What are fribbles?  Fribbles are silly little things you really don't need.  Usually they are shiny and useless.  Ideally they must remind you of the trip you took.  Perhaps a T shirt, or maybe a rock that looks special.  Look closely at your fribble and it may have come from China.  Indian jewelry is a classic fribble. Probably 90% of it is fake and made in China.  The worst thing in the game are the Pink Jeeps.  People who never rode anything but a subway car come to Sedona and take a Pink Jeep ride.  Some guy who dresses like a cowboy fills them full of BS as they travel on rough bumpy "scary" roads.  Once we were here and near a jeep driver.  This guy actually had six guns.  I asked him why he was armed.  Rattlesnakes was his reply.  Of course this gives the rubes a thrill to think there are rattlesnakes everywhere.  We have never seen one after hundreds of miles of hiking around here.

Well back at the ranch things will be peaceful.  Kadizzle discovered to his dismay that ebikes are banned on so many of the trails here.  There is really no difference between an ebike and a full pedal bike.   Apparently the purist fear people will go too fast on ebikes.  News break.  Kadizzle is almost 70.  The young wooper snappers ride their bikes over three foot rocks.  Old Kadizzle stops and pushes the bike.  One answer to the purist would be to allow anyone over 65 to use an ebike.   The electric assist allows old goats to get some exercise.  There is always a conflict in any pursuit between the purist and the lazy.   There must be a better word than lazy for people who do not stick to the strict diet of yuppie life.