As a Retired Gentleman of Leisure and part time SNOBIRD, I am preparing to head South for the Winter again. I will be leaving Vancouver Island, Canada sometime in October. Planned destinations for this trip include the US West Coast, some Southern states, Mexico, and Belize. With a possible drive to investigate Costa Rica as a bonus? The itinerary is NOT set in stone … spontaneity and serendipity are the guiding navigational principles.

I am seeking a FEMALE PARTNER for travel, adventures, and possibly FOR LIFE! She will be adventurous, affectionate, attractive, self reliant, spontaneous, and sensual. She knows how to pack light, and she usually has a bag packed and ready to go … just sitting there waiting for an excuse. She must be ready to travel …. NOW!!! She will probably have owned a VW Westphalia at some time in her life … and remembers all the quirky things about it fondly. But mostly, she will be ready for a PARTNERSHIP, based on respect, great communication, HUMOUR, exploring, learning, sharing, and living in the moment. Military, medical, or police experience an asset, and previous experience at exploring remote locations by bike, backpack, motorcycle, and overlanding get bonus points.

A well seasoned real life human version of XENA the Warrior Princess would be perfect … but I already have a four legged furry version. So “MUST LOVE DOGS”, and the ability to be the “ALPHA BITCH” is highly desirable. (;-{)


XENA the Warrior Princess … 75 lbs of LOVE … and GERMAN ATTITUDE!

For the next few months I will mostly be living out of my AWD SAFARI Micro Motorhome. This GO-Almost-Anywhere unit will serve as “the Mothership” for transport to various exotic locations, where bicycle and backpack can take over for short term local explorations. While I have decades of experience at “Adventure Touring” with a backpack, bicycle or motorcycle, the SAFARI AWD Micro Motorhome provides much more COMFORT and SECURITY, and sleeping inside, warm and dry, on a 4” thick memory foam mattress, suits me better these days than “roughing it” in a tent .. in the rain … with jungle critters prowling around outside.



My hand built/custom/D.I.Y. AWD SAFARI Micro Motorhome / Class "C", has a full sized bed, lots of storage space, with propane stove, water system, and porta potti. This Micro M/H is bigger than most of the many other camperised vans that I have owned and travelled in for the last few decades. But it is still compact enough, and light enough, and it has AWD, so I can bounce down “the road less travelled” looking for remote and isolated camping spots. Enjoying the journey as much as any specific destinations.

If this crazy, rambling, Gypsy life style sounds appealing, both as a Winter / Snobird escape, and possibly for the long term, then respond.
I can send more info and pictures.
“Fortune favors the Brave”. (;-{)

LAZ 1
aka
Larry Z

Seems to me you should be posting on a "dateing" place ! NOT here as it just does not seem appropriate to me anyway !

Viva la difference and no harm done anyway as it is in the correct forum.

But we have seen the dog and the RV, but no photo of the principle attraction.

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Tony
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I am with Tony Lee regarding appropriateness of post. Not only that I have some hard won advice for all who are seeking "pardners"..... I live in the southwest part of each two years..., so the spelling is correct:

What to look for in a woman who travels
1. Communication: is her rhythm of communication similar to yours?
People process (inflow and out flow communication) at different speeds,
perhaps the greatest cause of frustration and "divorce" is when two people
in an intimate realtionship have very different rhythms of communication.
Those who inflow and outflow slowly are no less intelligent or able than those
who process quickly, but select a mate with a rhythm of communication similar to yours. Life and your realtionship will be much more fun.

2. Agreements: verify a potential mate can make and KEEP agreements. We are all, well, mostly all good people, so if we make an agreement with a lover/partner and then break that agreement, we justify this afront by discovering or inventing her/his mistakes or short commings. This only to jutify the breaking of an agreeent.

3.Experience: the old ledgend that "opposites attract" is incomplete. It should read, "opposites attract divorce." Make sure she has similar experience levels to yours. Steve 974 describes a woman who travels like him and he is a happy man. If you have battled your way through to post graduate degrees, hooking up with a high school drop out, with very notable exceptions - like true genius - probably won't work. Because you are reading here, you ride or will be riding motorcycles, so select a woman who rides or wants to learn to ride - pillion or pilot. Steve 974 in previous post really shines a positive light on levels of experience.

4. Emotions: wanted or not, we all exhibit emotions, this is part of being human, we share an emotional facade hopefully appropriate for each situation. Anger, when appropriate, fear, when appropriate etc etc... but each of us has an emotion that we hang out in more often than all the others. Let's say you are pretty much
bored all the time, then select a woman who is also pretty much bored all the time and you two will see the world through the curtain of boredom. Or, better select a woman who is interested in everything, - this is a better emotion than boredom and she will help you out of your boredom. What not to do is - if you are chronically interested in life is to hook up with a woman who is chronically in grief over some past pain, etc. ect. ect.

True example: years ago when I lived in Flagstaff, Arizona, I went into the Museum Club bar commonly called the "Zoo Club" - I was very attracted to a barmaid who worked behind the bar. I sat at the bar next to an older cowboy, complete with cowboy hat, boots, western shirt and I suspected he was carrying.
Not long after, I heard the cowboy speaking to the barmaid in very anger tones, explaining how "pissed off" he was with his wife and at his boss and that his kids were worthless, at that moment a middle aged woman burst through the door and clobbered him in the cowboy hat with her purse. She knocked him off his barstool and grabbed him by the scruff of his neck and hauled him out the door.
I was shocked, but my favorite barmaid learned over the bar and said, "don't worry about it, that happens all the time - they have been married 25 years, have 4 kids and will never divorce - you see, they are both very angry people and they understand each other. It is the bad boys who marry the good girls that get divorced. And, the good boys who marry the bad girls get divorced. But I have never heard of a good boy who married a good girl or a bad boy who marries a bad girl getting divorced."
I was astounded by this simple wisdom shared at the "Zoo Club" bar in Flagstaff, Arizona.

5. Comparable magnitude: Each of us have a soul. We are endowed with a big soul or little soul the difference is simple. The big souls have the philosophy that they will survive and help other survive even if they have to drag them along the the way. The little souls see anyone else's survival as a threat to their survival and covertly or overtly try to destroy others, physically or psychologically.
The very obvious message here is if you have a big soul, don't travel with anyone who has a very little soul.

Oh, this is also, my, and others advice for woman selecting men to travel or hook up with on a more permanent basis.

Ride hard, ride free
xfiltrate

rosa del desierto and I are once again at our ranch in Flagstaff, stop by.

I will, however respectfully disagree regarding the missing picture of myself aka "the main attraction".

For an intelligent, mature, well seasoned travellin gal, such as I am seeking, the main attractions ( and/or the deal breakers) might just be the wheels and the dog. My looks are "adequate", but my "inner beauty" is probably much more important and relevent.

I am reminded of one of the oldest jokes about internet dating.

WANTED: Female fishing partner.
Must be able to bait her own hook,
Clean her own fish,
And be a great cook.
Send picture of boat.

Your original post includes a requirement that the woman in question be "attractive." Seems reasonable to expect that you'd willingly share regarding your own attributes in that arena. In fact, you might also want to provide assurance of your "affectionate...self reliant, spontaneous, and sensual" qualities as well.

Currently in Arizona, mostly in and around Tucson till after American Thanksgiving. Doing a bit of final prep work before crossing into Mexico ... installing new fuel pump, finishing interior and exterior trim, off loading/storing some of the "too many heavy" things I won't need.

My home built AWD CLASS C MICRO MOTORHOME SAFARI van weighs in at 6500 lbs fully loadef and us pushing a 7' high by 7' wide box through the air. Best mileage is 12.5 mpg, at about 55 mph. Not too bad for the "BLACK TORTOISE", which is carrying me and EVERYTHING I own inside the shell.

Picked up a motorcycle escort, Cynthia, riding her BMW GS650, who plans to accompany me through Mexico.

Life IS good,
And the WAYWARD WANDERER lifestyle is fantastic.
Serendipity surprises await just around the next corner
( like the five massive ELK I nearly became intimate with going over Wolf Creek Pass in Colorado ... about 8000 ' elevation, snowing, just before dusk).

I do NOT try feats like this on 2 wheels no more. My AWD motorhome, with an HD front bumper and brush bars, big fat gnarly Duratrac tires, ABS, with heater and stereo, is definitely a better choice for my current wanderings ...
But an ELECTRIC powered mountain bike might be a nice addution to the back bumper.Just for short trips and exploring when and where the "Tortoise" is not appropriate.
LAZ 1
(;-{)>

And just a note about LAZ 1 -

He is also a published author - having written a substantial book on lightweight back packing equipment - that you can purchase or make yourself.

And, the mystery lady, now identified by LAZ 1 last post, has her own business, and plenty of free time for travel on her GS650 BMW.

rosa del desierto and I wish them the very best during their adventures south of the border and beyond. I hope they continue to post on the HUBB with updates and know they will always be welcome at Rancho Los Rosales.

"may we no longer be strangers". xfiltrate

I originally planned to spend this Winter in the Baja, in my AWD MICRO MOTORHOME, that I built up specifically for the trip. After doing the BAJA on a KLR 650, AND half way back up again
( returning my buddy's BMW DAKAR after he broke his leg and flew back )
I kept saying to myself ...
"It would be great to return to the Baja in an off road capable camper and visit some of those remote and almost inaccessible beaches".

So the original plan was to drive from Vancouver Island in my custom built AWD 99 SAFARI Micro Motorhome, with an inflatable boat carried along, park at various beach access points, and explore the inside coast of the BAJA with a combination of AWD and boat.

Much as I have previously enjoyed adventure touring on various motorcycles, these LONG TERM plans are better met by an AWD MICRO MOTORHOME. I am carrying along my 75 lb German Shepherd, a THICK/COMFY foam mattress, food for a month or two, and most critical in the BAJA, SUFFICIENT WATER. All this enclosed in a sturdy, weatherproof, secure, go almost anywhere, hard shell.

But a PLAN is what you have BEFORE the rubber hits the road.
An ADVENTURE is what really happens along the way ...
and as we all know, adventures are full of unexpected surprises and sometimes even SERENDIPITY.

My brother and his wife have spent nearly a decade roaming around Mexico in their old, semi camperized Toyota Previa, looking for the perfect place to retire. Two years ago they decided that perfect place was AJIJIC, JALISCO, on the shore of Mexico's biggest lake, Chapala. And on a visit back to Canada a few months ago, they invited me to visit with them for Xmas.

This whole trip that started out as a SIMPLE Winter in the BAJA, has turned into a pin ball machine type of SERENDIPITOUS ADVENTURE, that defies all plannig. Instead of my usual simple path straight South along the West Coast, I ended up driving through seven different mid-West states getting here to Ajijic. With various stops and various ADVENTURES along the way. But now that I am here in AJIJIC, BAJA is on the back burner. I may ( or may not) ferry over to the Baja on my way back to Canada in the Spring ...
That is, IF I go back!

Most of my wandering has been looking for "adventures", and a new and ?better? place to enjoy life.

Well, I may just have found my final resting place. I have leased a beautuful Casita in Ajijic for minimum 3 months, with an option to extend for 6 months or ...?permanently? The new updated, revised, "plan" is to use Ajijic as the base for further explorations of both the East and West coasts of Mexico, with Belize and Costa Rica as options. I have ex-pat Canuck friends living in a few places on the West coast, so absolutely MUST spend some time visiting them. And I have fond memories of 16 weeks spent wandering around the Yucatan and Beluze with just a backpack, and a big wad of US $$$. I came back from that trip broke, but with the best sun tan and adventure stories ...
EVER!
And I MUST see how much has changed, and if the Yucatan is still as MAGIC.

SO,
any H/U travellers passing through Ajijic, are cordially invited to contact me for a visit.
We can share tall tales about our journeys along the roads less travelled.
LARRY Z
AKA LAZ 1
(;-{)

Laz 1,

Ride hard ride free! If we tire of the snow - 6 inches so far this afternoon/evening, we may take you up on your offer. Meanwhile, any Hubbers riding through Flagstaff, Arizona are welcome to overnight at our ranch.

It is interesting how a little hospitality elicits more hospitality. Que Suerte!

xfiltrate

For all those H/U posters who seem to be attempting to limit my relationship possibilities to fit into their own narrow personal limitations...

TO you I say ..
"Those who dare win!
AND
"Fortune favors the brave".

Apparently,
There are indeed women out there who are independent, intelligent, adventurous, and even ... dare we say it ...
BOLD!!

Bold enough to answer my add, here and on other sites.
Last count, more than 80 replied, and some of the ones I met were OUTSTANDING!!

As in;
- A certified Kayak guide who owns and operates a kayak touring company, taking groups out for several days at a time into remote wilderness areas.

- A bicycle tourist, who has done long term cross country trips, living for days at a time out of her panniers.

- An Adventuress who has overlanded Africa in a Land Rover, climbed Kilamanjaro, kayaked in the Nile, and toured Thailand. She is currently prepping to tour Mexico on her BMW GS650,
AND,
She will soon be stopping by Ajijic to share some of her travel time with me. This one has a Les Bauer custom .45 Govt model, and says she knows how to use it.

Is that " bold enough" ??
(;-{)

It is time for some of you old fashioned men ( perhaps raised in a different/ male dominated culture ... aka ? macho?), to realize that there are many modern REAL women, who are not afraid, insecure, submissive, or dependent.

REAL women have careers in law enforcement, fire control, as EMTs, in the military, and even as corporate CEO'S. These MODERN women do not let small minded male definitions of their roles, or outdated traditions,, define them.

The problem is not the RARITY of these type of women ...they ARE out there ... and some of these gems ARE looking for a worthy mate.

The problem for some men, is convincing such women that you CAN keep up with them.
(;-{)
LAZ 1

At 68 years of age, after two wives, several long term girl friends, and way too many one night stands, my definition of "ATTRACTIVE" has certainly evolved and matured from my earlier years.

These days I rate "attractive" on much more than merely physical.

Intelligence?
Independence?
Self Confidence?
Adventurous?
Affectionate?
Compatible life styles?
Capable?
Dangerous?
Delicious?
Delightfully Demented?

But of course,
the spark that ignites the flame is almost always PHYSICAL. That initial spark becomes less and less important as time goes by and the relationship matures. Those of us older folks who have had healthy long term loving relationships know this simple fact.

Something the youger crowd too often has to learn the hard way.

BTDT
(;'{)
LAZ 1

What about hubbers driving a big(gish) motorhome?

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Tony
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My Mexcan SNOWBIRD SERENDIPITY SURPRISE Winter in Mexico is almost over. Almost time to head back to Vancouver Iskand for the fantastic Summer weather there.
I will be heading North in May, still driving my 99 AWD SAFARI VAN MICRO MOTORHOME CONVERSION.

AND,
I am planning to attend the Overlanding Expo West event near Flagstaff, Az, May 12 - 14.
Should be a great place to check out other people's "OVERLAND" rigs, and pick up ideas for my next build.

Anyone else planning to attend?
LAZ 1
(;-{)

LAZ 1, Pleased your stay in Mexico was good. We were at Kino Bay 5 months last year. Found the pace a little toooo slooooo.

Just talked it over with xfiltrate and you are always welcome to park your safari rig at Rancho Los Rosales. Might liven up your life. We enjoyed your company and the company of your woman friend last visit. This visit, there may, or may not be more overlanders at the ranch, I put out an invitation for women attending the Overland Expo here in Flagstaff, on Woman's Topics to stay at the ranch.

The Overland Expo is at Ft. Tuthill Park this year, about 12 miles from the ranch.
The Expo - https://www.overlandexpo.com/west/ is May 12-14, 2017.

It will be great to see you again. - Elisa
rosa del desierto