The word combinations just keep coming.
   I am super impressed with my experience here in Oak Harbor WA. Whenever I walk into a store or restaurant I am always greeted happily and not just by the guy at the door, but by people who don't actually work the door.
I mean you see it all the time really.
Gwen Staffani is talking about the things she loves about Blake Shelton, on NBC this morning and all the sudden I wonder what do I have to write here that compares. Jajaja
I gotta say man, I could tell you about a lot of things but if that interests you, I have very little.
My writing style is a bit different.
I'm not going to apologize for it. This is me just writing out me.
It's the first day of fall.
Oak Harbor is having a gloomy start. It's cloudy and the morning here is dark. I am happy to be here.
Amongst the people, And the sights, I am just happy to finally see something that I don't think I've ever truly seen.
At this point in my life, I've seen a lot of scenarios and as we get older we reflect on the negative outcomes, or even the positive ones, but those things, shape us. They make us. They break us. They mature us.
I'm gonna say that, for an easier description, I'm gonna reference the movie franchise, the matrix. It would be super dope to know you were in the matrix like Neo.... but most of the people in the matrix never knew they were in the matrix.
Just programs, living out lives in there own personal matrixes. Their own scenarios in their own personal matrix. Never even aware that they are programs.
I feel like, a visitor, in the dynamically colored matrix of the rad people of Oak Harbor, Washington. The woods meet the ocean here. The sky meets the ocean here as well. I feel like I'm in a dream.
Yesterday my brother Scott and I made some butter.

I have gotten great results just putting weed in my food but this stuff was so green. I never made it like he makes it. We had a bit of fun making it.

Now I cannot wait to see what we do with it.
I was glad to have made a memory like this one. I mean, that's what we are here to do, right? We are here to make memories. Talk about old ones?
IM COMING TO A MATRIX NEAR YOU. LETS MAKE SOME MEMORIES...
I'll put it on a sticker.
I miss my regulars.
Some of the people who made me really work were the kindest to me.
I miss being able to drive over and kiss you. Hold you and make you feel safe.
I miss being close to my kids.
All of these things get easier everyday. I fear that the less I feel them daily.... I have to let go of where I came from in order to truly be where I am.
Do you know about the Seven Tenants?
I just learned a little about it yesterday. I'm on board with Satan. If that's what it's all about.
My brothers mom would be so disappointed.
My mom would be as well.
It's really cool to live here with my brother. His wife is really rad! She is a terrific person that takes care of business. Without her, my bro would probably fall apart.
There are things, I'm sure she's being really fucking nice about. I am not always the most respectful house guest but I'm learning.
These little peeves have never come to me in a spoken word, more like a body language. Jajajjaa and that's why I know she's being really nice.
It's cool to see the relationships my brother has created here. The family dynamics that he's built up over the years. I would be lying if I said I wasn't envious a little.
His relationship with his children is tight. I love observing Scott as father. I've seen it all my life. He is doing exactly what he was meant for. I'm sure he's gonna take it further.
The family friends. Real friends.
Something I've always admired about people. Or in people. Trust.
A value I hold dear. I wish I could trust people. He does it with open arms. Or he hides it way better than I. I dunno.
There is a lot to this matrix. It's a beautiful machine. Anyone looking in, can see that there is love here. Real love.
The type I've never known. Maybe I've never cared too, that doesn't mean, I don't respect it fully.
I've survived my share of tragedy and perhaps these, have made it hard to truly love, and to truly trust. I'm open to them. I am.
What I see here, takes time. Time I'm afraid I never took. It's the equity of tolerant integrity.
It's what you get after years of knowing someone. Something I've never truly done. I'm really proud of my brother today. He knows that I know where we came from.
Standing where I am today, I can say, he was right.
Via Con Dios.
Don't get me wrong. Going with God hasn't always been my thing, but over time, Scott has gone with God and it really shows. I've never known nicer people in numbers.
Just time killing this morning. Texting out random thoughts. I probably shouldn't publish this yet but I'm going to.
So... what have I seen?

This Deception Pass State Park. I want to go fishing here. I think I would catch some pretty big fish in the ocean here. I still haven't done it though. Maybe today.
This is the ocean. It isn't what I think of when I think ocean. I think of beige sands and crashing waves. But no. This isn't a lake.
Even though I keep calling it that.

The sun setting the same day.
With views like this, makes no wonder at all why my brother chose this place so early in life.
I'm not saying I failed in my life... I'm sayin that his matrix has a true beauty all on its own. That it feels good here. That there is love and generosity here. That island life is good in the north west.
I get lost here all the time. I do it on purpose I think. I miss turns or landmarks while I'm making notes of new landmarks. It's easy to get turned around here. The island isn't volcanic so there aren't any high mountains or low trees. They've done well to keep the trees here. Makes it really beautiful.

I don't write about this a lot. But I'm glad to be in a place where I can have this simply by driving to the store. I've been getting a lil stonery as I slide away from alcohol. Maybe I'll write about it sometime. Who knows.
To the three of you reading this. I thank you. Let me know you were here. Is there anything you want me to see for you here in the Pacific North West? I'm open to suggestions.

Franky is getting really fucking big fast! He's a beast! Just look at those paw 🐾 prints. I'm really proud of this dude. Manners and listening much better. He's getting his balls. They're getting pretty big!
Jajaja I love my boy. He's been there to hold when you are not.
They never talk about it.
By 'they', I mean people who are living out "your" dream of traveling. I used to listen to the stories of where they've been and what they've seen. And why you should go there. Wherever "they" have been.
Now that I'm doing it, it is all the "things" they said it was. And more sometimes. But they never talk about the lonesome feeling of doing it alone. Seeing these spectacular sights with nobody but the phone to share it with.
Perhaps that's why they make it back every year to talk to Me again about their experiences every year. Got me dreaming of these places.
The circuit.
Energy comes back to where it started. I'm not even sure if that's a truth. JajJaa makes sense in a circuit.

Me and Frān-key are having a blast on our way to California. We are gonna be here a few more weeks and then head south.

Many more sunsets to come.