I wanted to add, I saw hardly any pollinators the entire time I was off grid. It is not just Monarch butterflies. That is the case with everywhere I have been this spring and summer. No one is talking about that, not the Woke climate activist, not the folk defending farmers from globalist plans to make them pollute less. I haven't heard anyone mention it anywhere. But it is hard to imagine anything more important to the future of humanity, and our ability to feed ourselves.
Chris Martenson sometimes talks about it. I call it the windshield index, i.e. how many times did you have to clear your windshield from bugs compared to years ago? I've read truckers mentioning it driving through Nebraska/Kansas. For sure I've noticed it here in the South. Scary.
I wanted to add, I saw hardly any pollinators the entire time I was off grid. It is not just Monarch butterflies. That is the case with everywhere I have been this spring and summer. No one is talking about that, not the Woke climate activist, not the folk defending farmers from globalist plans to make them pollute less. I haven't heard anyone mention it anywhere. But it is hard to imagine anything more important to the future of humanity, and our ability to feed ourselves.
Chris Martenson sometimes talks about it. I call it the windshield index, i.e. how many times did you have to clear your windshield from bugs compared to years ago? I've read truckers mentioning it driving through Nebraska/Kansas. For sure I've noticed it here in the South. Scary.
That's a beautiful travelogue.
I have boys the same age as your nephew. They would also be whining and moaning and desperate to get on Tik-tok.
I'm glad I found your stack. I visited the Doomster Diner in the past.
Thank you, and welcome Mrs S!
Blessed. 🛶👀