What overlanding is for my family.

[MOAK]

Just recently I put out an invite to a friend to join us on one of our trips. As is common knowledge in our family, we go to and immerse ourselves in some of the few remaining, off grid, remote, wilderness areas in the lower 48 states. My wife & I, my brother in law, our daughter, her husband and two grandsons regularly join us. They have no fear.

My friend just recently declined an invitation. Why? I think he declined for the same reasons that most folks find themselves uncomfortable in the situations that we purposely seek. I’ll paste something I wrote to my friend that I believe made him a bit uncomfortable and caused him to decline the offer..

Thought I might add, our trips are for the pure enjoyment and the clarity that completely off grid and in the true back country brings to us ( me and my wife ). A lot of people are uncomfortable with discovering their own clarity. I’m always careful to invite people that are comfortable with themselves, and with their God. It’s a very personal thing finding clarity. For some folks it can become a sort of religious retreat by default. It can’t help but be that. Along with top shelf booze, & fart jokes
This is only part of my conversation with him, here is the rest after he expressed concern about our differing world views.

Oh Jeeze no. My brother in law is a very conservative Priest. One fellow is a wealthy self employed businessman, and the other two, retired navy and retired coastie? One is conservative the other makes me look like a conservative.. we just don’t talk politics, mostly, sitting in awe of the scenery and reflecting upon ourselves, along with fart jokes and other high school toilet humor. Occasionally I’ll have theological discussions with John, as I think is natural, being where we are and looking up at the night sky. In fact God comes up quite a bit while looking up. When that happens all the bullshit falls by the wayside & commonality reigns supreme. so, in short, not to worry- no one ever feels uncomfortable for being who they are. straight up - two of my best friends are conservatives.

Anyway, this pretty much delves into my psychoanalyzing a part of why we do what we do.. remote travel brings people from all walks of life together. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, be good, do good. Peace out

 

[K12]

Just recently I put out an invite to a friend to join us on one of our trips. As is common knowledge in our family, we go to and immerse ourselves in some of the few remaining, off grid, remote, wilderness areas in the lower 48 states. My wife & I, my brother in law, our daughter, her husband and two grandsons regularly join us. They have no fear.

My friend just recently declined an invitation. Why? I think he declined for the same reasons that most folks find themselves uncomfortable in the situations that we purposely seek. I’ll paste something I wrote to my friend that I believe made him a bit uncomfortable and caused him to decline the offer..

Thought I might add, our trips are for the pure enjoyment and the clarity that completely off grid and in the true back country brings to us ( me and my wife ). A lot of people are uncomfortable with discovering their own clarity. I’m always careful to invite people that are comfortable with themselves, and with their God. It’s a very personal thing finding clarity. For some folks it can become a sort of religious retreat by default. It can’t help but be that. Along with top shelf booze, & fart jokes
This is only part of my conversation with him, here is the rest after he expressed concern about our differing world views.

Oh Jeeze no. My brother in law is a very conservative Priest. One fellow is a wealthy self employed businessman, and the other two, retired navy and retired coastie? One is conservative the other makes me look like a conservative.. we just don’t talk politics, mostly, sitting in awe of the scenery and reflecting upon ourselves, along with fart jokes and other high school toilet humor. Occasionally I’ll have theological discussions with John, as I think is natural, being where we are and looking up at the night sky. In fact God comes up quite a bit while looking up. When that happens all the bullshit falls by the wayside & commonality reigns supreme. so, in short, not to worry- no one ever feels uncomfortable for being who they are. straight up - two of my best friends are conservatives.

Anyway, this pretty much delves into my psychoanalyzing a part of why we do what we do.. remote travel brings people from all walks of life together. Happy Thanksgiving everyone, be good, do good. Peace out

I really like that you can go out and enjoy life with people of.differing view points. This is something that has become lost in recent times and the current social climate. Keep trying, I am sure he will come out with you at some point and relize that nature and commonalities between people are better to focus on than political and religious ideologies.