{"id":37514,"date":"2011-05-19T03:54:32","date_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/37514\/tour-djoko-rv-edition\/"},"modified":"2011-05-19T03:54:32","modified_gmt":"2011-05-19T07:54:32","slug":"tour-djoko-rv-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/37514\/tour-djoko-rv-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour d’Joko: RV Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

I used to think, and kinda still do, that it was somewhat pathetic for individuals to re-post old stuff that they had put on previous blogs years ago, as if it was SO significant that it warranted re-running. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Well, to quote George Carlin, “have you ever noticed how everyone else’s stuff is shit and your shit is stuff?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Get that shit off of there and let me put my stuff down!”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Anyhoots… The Tour d’Joko “RV Edition” happened two years ago this week, and I thought I would re-post these exciting travel videos as a public service for those who wish to know more about me, my family, Everett and Whidbey Island, Washington. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Day One starts with Mom making BBQ salmon and us visiting a “ghost ship”…<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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One thing I hope with these multi-part Tour d’Joko videos is that each one will, through its quality, will dispel the natural short attention span of internet users today and encourage you to watch the next part.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In Part Two, we go to the home of a childhood friend of my father.\u00a0 He lives on Whidbey Island, drinking wine and raising bees.\u00a0 You also get a glimpse of my rather pathetic golf swing.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Next we have Part Three… Which really has a lot of both overt and subtle multi-cultural elements to it.\u00a0 The background music is Iwan Fals, the #1 most important pop singer in the history of the nation of\u00a0 Indonesia (which has nothing to do with this video), and we also see in the heart of this very white part of Washington, Eastern Orthodox church domes, Mexican dogs and wild growing mushrooms that cost $42 per pound.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Part Four is the shortest of these videos and the most personally satisfying to me.\u00a0 See, a year and a bit before this, I had visited the town featured here about 75 miles north of Seattle, only to find that their only museum was CLOSED!!!\u00a0 I was on my way somewhere else, but it left an unfulfilled taste in my sould for the town of La Conner, Washington.\u00a0 I convince my mother, who was at the wheel of the MacKenna RV at this point, to take a detour to go back there.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nWe conclude with a visit to the home of another old friend of my parents.\u00a0 These folks in the town of Blaine, WA, were living to good life.\u00a0 Low taxes and lots of space to raise their own llama.\u00a0 Yes, llamas.\u00a0 And Dachshunds.\u00a0 And RTVs. \u00a0 They are Walking on Sunshine. <\/span><\/span><\/span>
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I’ll conclude with a question about RVing.\u00a0 See, these five vids took place over three days, preceded by three days before my parents got to my home and a week after they left me.\u00a0 See, its kind of been a long dream of mine to be a full time RV traveller.\u00a0 My parents are actively pursuing that goal as they edge into retirement and selling the family homestead. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

One day, I want to do what they’re planning on now.. Live on the road.\u00a0 Carry your home with you as you explore and travel.\u00a0 I would do it right now if I had the opportunity. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Does that appeal to you?\u00a0 If you could just rip up your current ties, go on the road and just travel, would you? <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Tour d’Joko – RV Edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,10,25],"tags":[54,81,3444,398,399,3445],"class_list":["post-37514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family","category-life","category-world","tag-family-2","tag-joko","tag-rv","tag-travel","tag-washington","tag-whidbey-island"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37514\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}