Migration Complete!

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Thanks for following along here... It's been fun, but it's about to get FUNNER. :P

Photoshoot Synchronicity

A dreary, rainy day kept me trapped inside the van, doing computer work and meditating. I had my photoshoot scheduled for 3:30pm so we could get sunset shots, but the weather did not cooperate. We still went on-location to get some photos, but time will tell if the quality is good enough.

I had a great time with Stacy Burk and his partner. They were both awesome and fun to hang with. We even did a crazy shot where we stopped traffic to get me standing in front of my van for a Travel Blog cover photo.

While stepping out onto an amazing rock outcropping that showed incredible views all around us, who did we see but Ethann Fox and Micheila Sheldan enjoying the views themselves!

They were pretty far away when I first set foot out there, but I immediately recognized Ethann. I thought *maybe* it was just someone who looked like him, because from my angle, it didn't look like Micheila. They didn't see me at first, so I just kept wondering if it was them as we got set up to take the first few photos.

As soon as Micheila turned around, I knew it was her and I yelled out, "Oh my gosh, you've got to be kidding me!" It was a fun and shocking reunion! I knew they were going to be in town for their weekend workshops, but those don't start until Friday, and today is Tuesday. 

Ethann, Micheila, and I (photo from January 2019)

The shoot itself was interesting. We got some cool shots with Whisper, and I'm sure there will be some pieces we can use, but I still feel we'll need to do another shoot with a sunset. Unfortunately, Stacy is booked until after Thanksgiving thanks to family photo requests, so we'll have to see how it goes...

Looking forward to seeing the shots we got!

Signing off from Whisper's favorite spot in the van. Head resting on my lap.

Sedona Arrival and Conference Invitation

Got on the road after a truck stop shower and watched the landscape change as we traveled from New Mexico into Arizona. Maybe I should say that we would come upon interesting mesas, mountains, and hills. But it was always desert. 

It was desert until we got off of Route 40 and started heading south to Sedona. This was a dramatic and immediate shift. It went from desert to pine forest, instantly.

Arizona pine forest - So weird

During this day of travelling, I pulled over to take a little break and my phone rang. It was David from 5Devents.com -- He was calling to accept my request to be a speaker at the International Symposium of Quantum Consciousness and Healing in Las Vegas April 3-5. I get two speaking slots, a table at the expo, and 10 VIP passes for friends/family.

Here's what my two talks will be about:

Soul Essence Activation

Join Xane as he awakens, invigorates, and powers your light body using his unique modality, Soul Essence Actvation. This group experience brings the best versions of your past incarnations forward into your current incarnation as it relates to your life's purpose. Using the sound of his voice and the power of the Hathors, Xane and his extra-dimensional support team will remove negative entity attachments, clear mental blocks, crystallize your DNA, dramatically raise your vibration, and enhance your divine feminine energy. If you are unfamiliar with Xane, this talk is the perfect introduction to his powerful energy healing modality and his high vibrational insight. Xane will tell his fascinating origin story from being raised by scientists and spending the majority of his life as a producer in the video game industry to an Ayahuasca experience that changed everything and set him on a path toward enlightenment.

Unconditional Love

The path to 5D goes through Unconditional Love. So many people on this path of ascension suffer because the world is suffering. This is the nature of life as an empath. When we see people being abused, we feel their emotional trauma. When we see animals being mistreated, we feel brutalized ourselves. How do we move past all of this abuse, suffering, trauma, and damage to the Earth to feel unconditional love for ourselves and for all, including the abusers? Join Xane Daniel as he delivers multiple downloads directly from the Hathors and the Ancients to help us reconcile the pain and find ways to truly love ourselves and the world unconditionally. Woven throughout the hour, Xane will perform multiple 5D activations to expand the heart and convince the subconscious that you deserve to love yourself truly, deeply -- and unconditionally.

Back on the road!

The arrival into Sedona was absolutely amazing. It's like there's a functioning town built right in the middle of a national park. Stunning, beautiful, powerful, and something that everyone should see. The beauty is ridiculous.

As seen from a street corner in Sedona.

I got to swing by a couple of shops and met some local store owners. A crystal shop and an energy healer. I spent some time with the energy healer, Penny, and her brother. They both fawned over Whisper the entire time. 

Then went out to eat and retired to the van. I found parking on a street very close to the downtown shops. It's totally normal for campers and RVs to park here, and one pulled up shortly after I arrived.

Wellness Fair and Filmmakers

I stayed an extra day in Albuquerque because Cat Jones and Barbara Kerford from AuraPhoto invited me to be a vendor at their first ever Fair. The title, Wellness and Arts, worked perfectly for my two offerings. My comic book and my energy work!

What a great day it was! I got to see some of the friends I've made throughout my week in Albuquerque -- from the first Psychic fair the previous week and the Full Moon Meditation. Plus wonderful new friends as well, including Michelle Belmont, the talented actress and writer, as well as Price Hall, Ranch owner and filmmaker!

Michelle Belmont

Price Hall

Albuquerque has become an extension of Hollywood, making this a hot spot for many actors, actresses, writers, production designers, directors, producers, and filmmakers in general. It so happens that Cat and Barbara are actresses and are tied directly to this group. And this group is also open to Unconditional Love and spirituality in general.

I was able to give some activations to both Price and Michelle that I believe will help them moving forward. Michelle is going to read through RIGHTEOUS and possibly lend her writing skills to help! After Price Hall generously offered his ranch as a place for me to visit and stay the next time I'm in town, I jokingly suggested he create RIGHTEOUS as a movie or TV show. He had already purchased Volume 1, so he pointed to it and said, "Yes. The storyboards are already done."

So not only was this a financially successful fair (I sold multiple copies of Volume 1 and did a few paid lightwork sessions) but I met and reconnected with some incredible people! Cat discussed the idea of getting the comic book into libraries and has some connections that might be able to help along those lines.

QUITE THE DAY! I'm so glad I stayed just a touch longer!

As soon as it was over, I packed up the van and headed west toward Sedona. It's finally time to move to my next destination and see if I can ingratiate myself with another incredible community. Here we go!

Excursion to Tsankawi Trail

Picked up Alana at her apartment complex at 8:30am to head north to Bandelier National Monument where we could hike an unexcavated trail called the Tsankawi.

The nearly 2-hour drive was beautiful

My great friend, Alana, was a trooper. She managed to get her 83-year old body all around this rocky terrain like a champ!

Here's the champ with Whisper

A well-deserved break!

There were a number of caves and evidence of the Pueblo people who occupied this land 700 years ago.

One of the many small caves along the path

Outside of one cave entrance you could see the notches used for ceiling beams along the rock face.

Inside one of the caves were even smaller nooks that could have been used to store things. (At least that's what I'd use them for! Closets.)

I was able to climb up to the very top of the mesa while Alana and Whisper waited below.

The view from on top

The drive home into the sunset

After our hiking adventure, we stopped in Taos for a late lunch and then headed back to Albuquerque. Overall it was a great day, and my last day seeing Alana until next time I return to the region.

Tomorrow another fair... Wellness and Arts. Then I leave for Sedona on Monday morning. I'm excited to see the next location!

My talk in Albuquerque

The majority of the day was spent migrating the blog over to my website. I wrote a large opening post, entitled, The Traveling Lightworker - A Manifestation Story. It explains all that I went through to go from living in a 3000 sq foot house to living on the road in a camper van.

Then it was time for my talk! Alana was the first one there, and for a while I thought she might be my only attendee. But then, to my shock and surprise, Thayer Hutchinson showed up! She had booked a session with me about six months prior, and she has been a frequent participant in various Facebook posts. While I didn't remember her session, I definitely recognized her name from all the Facebook interactions we'd had! She lives in Santa Fe, which is less than an hour away.

Two more locals and friends of Michelle attended as well, so we had four people from the outside, plus Michelle for a total of five participants. I got to practice the workshop aspect of the talk and I was provided a white board that I used to invite the participants to contribute to the topics.

It was a little less structured and a little more impromptu, which I think worked great for a smaller group. If it had been larger, I probably would have needed to involve a little more planning and structure for best results.

Here's Thayer and I after the event

Tomorrow I get up early to get ready to see the Tsankawi Trail at Bandelier National Monument with Alana!

Merkabas, Greyhounds, Blogging and Photography

Had to wake up early for an 8am session. Kathy (fake name) didn't have any particular reason for booking a session. She just wanted a crystal activation. She works in the field of readings and energy healing and she uses her crystals frequently in her practice. But she booked a full hour through Judy Anderson's telesummit, so I wasn't about to let her waste all that time! Turns out she grew up somewhat neglected by her family and even her teachers. She felt invisible. She had learned to suppress her feelings, thanks to the Catholic church and her family. This all manifested as pain in different parts of her body. We did three burden release activations, focused on different pain areas of her body. Her jaw, her throat, and her spine. Then we worked on some statement activations, including Loving herself unconditionally, aligning her with the energy of money, and loving all of existence unconditionally. She definitely had resistance to the last one. She wanted to hold some grudges!

Her crystals were fascinating. When we did the first one -- a giant quartz -- she said, "I feel it making a connection with my thoughts." The next one she showed me she proclaimed cured cancer. I didn't argue. It felt right to me. As soon as I closed my eyes to give it an activation, I heard the crystal say to me, "I cure other diseases, too." So for this one I gave it an intention to enhance its ability to cure diseases. She explained that after the activation she had visions of pillars coming up out of the ground and that her body was being encased in an energy shield or Merkaba. And with each activation, she received a LOT of downloads and information. She was definitely very connected and my activations seemed to enhance that.

This is a merkaba - A sacred geometry that is pure divine energy, constantly spinning, harmonizing, balancing, flowing, moving and expanding in all four directions at all times supporting you where you want to go.

I took a nice long walk with Whisper. During our walk we came upon a woman who was walking two greyhounds.

Love that ever-present mountain range!

For the remainder of the day, I worked on my website. I added a few new features: A pop-up menu to ask for people's email addresses the first time they access the site, and a membership area so people can register and have accounts. This was so the site would be ready for something big...

SOMETHING BIG??

Yes! I've decided to migrate the BLOG over to my website so everyone can see it! When I have mentioned it to clients, they seemed excited about it -- moreso than I expected. And the website service provider I use has a really nice blogging feature. It will even send updates to subscribers when I make a new post. Yay! 

The other thing I thought was that when I describe specific sessions, I could picture potential clients reading it and saying, "Gosh, I want me some of that!" Because it's still hard for people to know what I can truly do for them. This could help that immensely. So I've begun creating the back-end of the BLOG. I would guess that by mid-next week I'll have it all set up. So for now I will continue to update my blog HERE. You'll be the first to know when I've fully migrated it. :)

Then I had another idea. 

I wanted at least one portrait of me in some sort of travelling theme/scene as a signature shot for the travel blog. Something with a beautiful landscape. Maybe something with the van? Maybe include Whisper. 

That's difficult for me to take by myself, so I would need some assistance. Maybe someone I've met here in Albuquerque could help me create this image? But I'd have to train them on how to be a good photographer, and I'm not even that good of a photographer. Hmmm... Maybe I could hire a local photographer and we could go out in the desert to get a shot. 

Wait. If I'm going to do that...

How about Sedona?? MAYBE I should hire a photographer in Sedona to take amazing sunset pictures of me as a traveler! WHOA. 

So I spent the afternoon looking for photographers in Sedona, and I found one that I thought was absolutely amazing. So much so that I assumed he was going to be hella expensive. But I reached out to him anyway. Country singer Stacy Burk. (Yes, I said him.) And to my shock and surprise, he was the LEAST expensive of all the photographers I'd been looking at. Most ran at least $500/hour. But Stacy quoted me $200 for an hour and a half photo shoot at a beautiful spot. So we'll be meeting up on Tuesday of next week!

Here's a Tracy Burk sample

Check out more of his awesome work: https://www.stacyburkphotography.com/weddings-portraits

Oh, and I ran out of business cards the other day, so I designed some new ones and had them sent to Resonant Essentials since I was going to be here all week. They arrived today...

Booyah!

Social Day

I parked my van behind a supermarket last night. Blended right in. This particular supermarket was close to Alana's house -- who I had plans to visit this morning. I had met her a few days prior at a small spiritual event, and she had offered her shower and laundry machines to help me out.

We had a very nice morning. She's super pleasant and interesting -- especially her stories about her time spent with her friends Tom Kenyon and Gregg Braden. (Two of the more famous figureheads from our Awakening Movement.) She's shown Tom and his ex-wife all around the area -- different rock formations, vortexes (vortices?) and she offered the same service to me. So on Saturday, we will be journeying to Tsankawi, the un-excavated part of Bandelier National Monument, near Los Alamos.

Alana, 83, and I

After our pleasant visit, I left for an online session at 1pm. This was a lady who had never scheduled a session with anyone before. She wasn't completely convinced spiritual people would be able to help her, but she was able to feel the Soul Essence Activation I performed on Judy Anderson's show and she was surprised she did. Ellen (not her real name) had a negative entity attachment, intense full-body pain, and stress pain due to criticism from her nearly bed-ridden mother that Ellen had been caring for.

Removing the negative attachment was the first order of business (like always) and then I performed a burden release activation. When I was asking Ellen where she could feel the pain from her mother's criticism, I immediately felt pain in my own chest and upper back. While trying to isolate it herself, Ellen said her chest and maybe her shoulders? I volunteered, "How about your upper back?" She was amazed! Yes! She definitely felt it there but hadn't realized it before I said something. 

Then I did an uncommon procedure. A Soul Essence Activation focused on the meridians. I will do this on occasion when people complain of full body pain that isn't necessarily associated with any obvious mental/emotional issue. She received a lot of relief from all of it, and admitted that she was surprised how effective it all was.

I also gave her a Clarity Activation -- this was new. She was interested in exploring her gifts, and I asked my guides how I should approach this. The message was loud and clear. Request for her to get clarity! So I did. I'm looking forward to hearing results.

After this, I had another opportunity to go out to dinner with a friend I had met the day before at the Moon Meditation. Alice (fake name) had spent a lot of her life struggling and suffering. The abuse she received as a child was horrific and unthinkable. Yet she was doing remarkably well. It's just that she had a lot of fear. She was also super skeptical of my gifts. She was interested in Ayahuasca, but she didn't believe that I could make any difference just by making noises and calling them "activations." 

We did the activations in my van, which she was a little nervous about thanks to her fear issues. Strange man in a plain white van. Of course she had a negative entity attachment. I also did a burden release activation and a few statement activations. I love myself Unconditionally. and I feel safe, even around men. She felt like nothing had worked. That's OK! It had done SOMETHING -- whether she felt it right then or not. It would be part of her journey, and she may never know if it helped.  

During dinner I saw her shift. She had been keeping her emotions in check -- guarded -- but then she started gushing about how good she was doing. She was smiling. And it hit me. Oh shit! This wasn't normal. She was feeling the effects of the activations. Then, at that precise moment, she said, "Huh. I think maybe your activations worked."

Booyah.

I love you unconditionally, dear reader. Thank you for following my journey. So much more to come!

Video Games, Breaking Bad and Moon Meditation

I had an opportunity today to speak to a fellow in Los Angeles who is creating a conscious video game. His mother had heard me on Judy Anderson's show, so he reached out. It was a great conversation where I got to review some of the progress on his game's proof of concept, and I got to bring him a little of my video game experience. We also discussed my Ayahuasca involvement as it relates to what I'm doing today. He said he had participated in ceremony, but every time he does, he has the exact same experience. He's going to be travelling to Peru to try it again to see if he can get something different. We are likely to meet up when I make it to Los Angeles.

I spent the majority of the day promoting my upcoming appearance here in Albuquerque.

I've had some good responses so far, including one of my clients and subscribers who is thinking about making the trip from Canada to see me! :O

Before heading over to a full moon meditation with Cat and Barbara (who I had met at the fair a few days prior -- they do Aura photography,) I wanted to stop by and see some Breaking Bad sights. The TV show was filmed primarily here in Albuquerque, and a few of the houses and buildings are easily visited. The first one I noticed was the car wash that Walter and Skyler purchased in the show. I had seen it while driving around randomly because it's such a giant building and so unusual:

As far as Walter and Skyler's house, I had heard that the current owners ran into a lot of problems with people stopping by to get photos and possibly harrassing them. In the show, Walter, in a fit of rage, throws a pizza on the roof of the house. Supposedly that has been a thing with people stopping by and throwing pizzas on their roof. When I arrived I could see the damage that had been done. There was a fence around it now, and signs in the yard that said things like, "Take your pictures from across the street. Please do not bother us." -- The unfortunate part of becoming famous.

After this, Whisper and I went to the full moon meditation, and while it was very nicely guided by Cat and Barbara, Whisper was not having it. She was whining, refusing to sit still, and constantly wanting to get up on their sofa. Since Barbara had a dog allergy, she requested that Whisper stay on the floor... which is definitely something Whisper isn't used to! So we left the room so as to not distract the other guests.

Nonetheless, I had a nice time and met a few more great people here in Albuquerque. One of which I hope to give a session before I leave.

Extreme Session

Before my last session tonight at 5pm, I was thinking, "Huh. Today's Blog entry is going to be a bit boring. Still in Albuquerque. Nothing much happened today. Long walk with Whisper. Took a nap. Did a little computer work. Made food. I didn't even take a picture today. I did a session with a nice lady who found me through the Judy Anderson interview. It went well."

That was it. And then I got on the call with Carol. (Name changed to protect the innocent)

She started off by saying that she was born depressed. That she's been suicidal her entire life, and she's in her 60s. She suffers from PTSD. She's been miserable most of her life and she has gone to countless therapists, energy healers, acupuncturists, herbalists, nutritionists and she's done almost all of the plant medicines, including Ayahuasca at Rythmia, MDMA, Ketamine, DMT -- those were just the ones she told me. In every case, she either experienced NOTHING (like the four nights on Ayahuasca) or she experienced very strange visions. On Katemine, she was on a metal planet, and she was a robot. All alone. No feeling. No nothing. An empty world. She experienced this same world even during different therapeutic katamine sessions. She said it was the only time the administrators had ever seen it "not work" after over 250 patients. She'd had negative attachments removed by shamans and healers and it had done nothing. The very first time she felt any improvement at all was on her third acupuncture session, she went from feeling suicidal to not wanting to kill herself constantly. She was finally just plain unhappy, not suicidal-miserable.

Wow. At first I didn't have any idea what to do. What could *I* do that nobody else had been able to?

I checked, and sure enough, she had a negative entity attachment. And I said, "I'm hoping that you just have a really powerful negative entity attachment at your foundation. So when people have removed your attachments in the past, they didn't get to the core one."

And then it hit me.

She had a chaos soul.

I don't talk about this very much, but earlier in 2019 I discovered that I have the ability to extract a person's soul and replace it with a different one. Once again, Ayahuasca taught me how to do this. You need permission from the incarnation and the only souls that can be extracted are the ones who are already done with their mission or they are chaos in nature. A chaos soul is one that just wants to wreak havoc here on Earth. And since this particular Earth is so screwed up with so much abuse and destruction, it's easy for chaos souls to come here and create more chaos. Some have said that 25% of humans have chaos souls. You just don't run into them in this field very much. They just aren't interested in spiritual work, so they don't seek me out.

The process for removing the soul requires a full Soul Essence Activation with tonal work. When I reach the crown chakra, I set the intention to remove the chaos soul, and then I have to call forth a new soul to take the spot.

After explaining all of this to Carol, she agreed to go through the procedure. It resonated with her after all that she'd been through. To be "born depressed" is a huge indicator!

When I got to the crown chakra, I set my intention and the energetic feedback I received was off the charts. It was happening! Then I immediately yelled at the top of my lungs. This was calling for the replacement. It came quickly and took its place. I then activated the halo chakra to "seal her up." and it was complete.

She felt different. Lighter. Happier. When we tested for sentences like, "I love myself unconditionally" they came out strong without addressing them directly! The new soul was the only difference.

She's going to stay in contact with me to let me know how things go. I'm super hopeful and excited for her.

Giddy up!

Sunday Psychic Fair

Good morning Albuquerque! I woke up to a sunrise behind me, shining down on the city below.

In a way it wasn't as impressive as the nighttime view with all the twinkling lights, but the color palette is obviously super unique!

I took my time getting ready, cooking breakfast, and taking a short walk on the White Wash trail. 

My veggie plate to be topped with over medium eggs.

The White Wash Trail

After emptying my PEE BUCKET (I'm learning!) I prepared for the Psychic fair at noon, which didn't take much effort. It takes a lot longer to set up for the comic book than for healing. This was the first time I ever participated in on-the-spot healing at an expo or fair. Here's how it worked...

Sitting at my table, people came up and sat across from me to get 20-minute sessions. The rate for all healers and psychics at this event was to charge $20 for 20 minutes. This is obviously much lower than what I normally charge, but the idea is for it to be a teaser. Unfortunately (or rather, fortunately) my healing is pretty effective, so nobody really needed to set up a longer session. They got exactly what they needed!

I was busy all afternoon, as I was offering things that most people had never seen before at one of these events. Almost everyone "needs" emotional/mental healing, so they were very willing to plunk down $20 for a transformative experience. Word got around quickly, too. After the first few, the remainder of the afternoon I heard, "I was told to come see you." 

The older retired lady, Alana, who I met yesterday, came to the fair -- specifically to see me, she said. We talked for a while, and it turns out she personally knows Tom Kenyon, the famous Hathor channel. She spent years as a minister at the Unity Church, and years studying in India. She is quite experienced in the non-denominational spirit world and loves to share her knowledge. She invited me to her house this week so I can get a non-truck-stop shower, so I'll be stopping by on Wednesday morning.

There were many breakthroughs for my patients today. Tears were shed. Realizations were had. I even got to do one for a 13-year old girl who suffers from depression, anxiety, and fear. She's on SSRI's for it. When I did the negative signature removal from her fear, she couldn't BELIEVE how effective it was. I'm hoping I can set something up more regularly for her so we can ween her off her meds.

Tonight I'm back in the Resonant Essentials parking lot. It's flatter and more convenient. I discovered there was a grocery store within walking distance, so Whisper and I picked up some groceries tonight before I settled in to write this and go to bed.

Another effective day on my journey! Tomorrow I have a few online appointments and I need to start promoting my event this coming Friday. I'll be giving a 90-minute talk and group activation for all those who attend...

Random (and unusual -- yet normal here) house from my walk yesterday

A Little Business, a Little Charity

Woke up in the Resonant Essentials parking lot, so I was able to skip on over to meet with Michelle without even having to drive anywhere -- which Whisper appreciated. She joined me and has become very welcome at this store front. I let her off-leash as soon as I enter now. She explores and greets anyone who comes by. Michelle and I worked out some details of the two upcoming events. During Tomorrow's Psychic Fair, I'll have a healing table and on Friday evening, November 15th at 7pm, I'll be doing a 90-minute talk, activation, and individual healings.

She asked me to attend a Spirit Circle at 1pm today, so I went back to cook myself some food before returning. The Spirit Circle was intimate with 6 people in a tight circle. A very nice retired lady was there. She said she recognized me, but couldn't figure out where. We got along well and I felt she looked familiar, too.  Overall it was a nice little gathering, led by a woman who is a medium and received contact from the deceased for a few people in the circle.

After this event, I took Whisper on a nice long walk around a residential area and took some interesting pictures.

Albuquerque is in the desert, so you see lots of cactus varieties, like this one.

Even the trees are unusual

And the "lawns" -- this was an all rock front lawn (like so many are) HOWEVER, this one had a bonus patch of artificial grass in the middle of it!

Throughout the day I realized that there's one major geological landmark here in Albuquerque. On the east side of the town, there's a mountain range. In every other direction, it's flat. That's a handy compass point!

The Sandia Mountains

After this walk, I decided to get at least one small printing done -- an 8.5x11" standee for my table at the psychic and healer fair tomorrow.

I also felt like doing something communal and local to Albuquerque, so I turned to the internet for ideas. I was able to find something called "Friendsgiving" -- a charity dinner at a local restaurant -- not too far from the Fed Ex Store (where I got the printing done)

So I strapped Whisper's Therapy Dog vest on her and proceeded to the dinner. There were a number of people already there when I arrived, so I went from table to table, asking people if I could join them. My second request was granted, so I sat and had a nice time with Scott and Carolyn. Scott had lived in Albuquerque his entire life, but his wife was from Massachusetts. I gave them my story as well, and they were excited for my journey. Like many, they didn't know anything about lightwork, but they had at least HEARD of Reiki.

At one point, a highly tattooed woman, Kali, (pronounced KAY-lee) stopped by to give love to Whisper. We ended up talking for a while and I invited her to the psychic fair tomorrow. She was super interested and plans on attending. We exchanged information, so I have my first official Albuquerque friend! Woo!

The community event became ever more communal as another couple joined us, and we had a grand time. The food was tasty, and it was great to participate in a good cause -- a food drive for the less fortunate. It was a well-attended event, as well.

During my dinner I asked the locals, "If you were me, where would you park your van tonight?" And after some debate and discussion, they suggested I come to White Wash Trailhead. As I write this blog, I'm sitting part of the way up the mountain overlooking the twinkling lights of the city of Albuquerque at the White Wash Trailhead. On one side, a mountain face. On the other, a view of the city from an impressive vantage point. Pictures don't do it justice, but this is what I got:

Another successful day on my journey!