The Journey

Peace, Love, and Music

by Dan Clouser | Aug 23, 2022 | Many Little People, Music, The Journey | 2 |

Our neighbors for the weekend greeted us with smiles and offered any help we needed setting up. Quickly understanding the concept, I helped our one set of neighbors get their pop-up tent in place. When they heard that we were first-time festival goers, they’d quickly offer advice as to the best practices to get the most out of the festival. Hearing the stories about how long some of these people had been attending the festival was absolutely amazing. One had been coming every year since 1969, others were at their 15th, 20th or 30th festival. One guy, now in his 30’s grew up at the festival, first attending with his parents as an infant and continuing to make the trek now as an adult. They came from all over, near and far. The gentleman that has been coming since 1969, Allen, flew in from Ogden, Utah and rented an RV for the weekend with a buddy. He originally grew up in the Philly area, but said that he’d never miss a fest, regardless of the distance that he might have to travel. When I told him that this was our festival, he said, “Man I gotta give you a hug, this is gonna change your life! There’s nothing here but peace, love, and music.” At this point, we were only there for about an hour, but I knew that we in a special place. This wasn’t just a music festival; it was a community.

Youk’s Last Ride

by Dan Clouser | Apr 29, 2024 | Four Paws and Six Wheels, Podcasts, The Journey, Youkilis, the Golden Retriever | 5 |
Every Journey Begins with the First Step

by Dan Clouser | Feb 7, 2020 | The Journey | 2 |
Ron McCoy – 80 years young with no intentions of slowing down

by Dan Clouser | Feb 11, 2021 | Many Little People, Podcasts, The Journey | 1 |

Youkilis, the Golden Retriever

Different

by Dan Clouser | Jul 24, 2024 | Four Paws and Six Wheels, The Journey, Youkilis, the Golden Retriever | 1 |

Today marks three months since Youk crossed the Rainbow Bridge. We still absolutely love our full-time RV lifestyle, but things are different now. We’re slowly adjusting, but we do have our moments when a small reminder can overtake us with emotion. That’s the way that grief works, though. You never get over it. You never outgrow it. You never heal from it. You simply evolve through it. Grief is like the ocean waves. One day they’re calm, the next day they can be rough, no matter what, they’re ever constant. Whether a pet, a family member, or a friend. They take a piece of us with them when they leave, but they also leave a piece of themselves with us in the form of memories. So much of our lives over the past fifteen years revolved around Youk. Before we traveled full-time, and even more so once we started traveling. Anytime that we went anywhere, we first had to make sure that Youk would be safe while we were gone. Running the generator so that we could turn the air conditioner on for him if we were doing something that he couldn’t do with us. Always checking to see what places were pet friendly so that he could experience it with us. It’s just what we did. Anyone with a pet, certainly understands what I’m talking about. Our life is still great, but now it’s different.

Dan and Sandy – Three Becomes Two

by Dan Clouser | Jun 4, 2024 | Four Paws and Six Wheels, Many Little People, Podcasts, The Journey, Youkilis, the Golden Retriever | 0 |
Youk’s Last Ride

by Dan Clouser | Apr 29, 2024 | Four Paws and Six Wheels, Podcasts, The Journey, Youkilis, the Golden Retriever | 5 |
Happy Birthday to Me!

by Youkilis (The Golden Retriever) | Mar 28, 2024 | Four Paws and Six Wheels, Youkilis, the Golden Retriever | 1 |

Many Little People

Jon Sexton – From the Courts to the Screen with a few stops in Between

by Dan Clouser | Sep 27, 2024 | Many Little People, Music, Podcasts, Sports, The Journey | 0 |

Jon and I talk about his entrepreneurial journey. It started on the tennis and basketball courts and other athletic venues of Visalia, California and has now landed him as the host of the TV show, Selling Nashville. Jon’s journey, like so many other entrepreneurs took a few twists and turns along the way. He originally relocated to Nashville to pursue a career in music. In order to not fall into the “starving artist” category, he used some of the leadership skills and life lessons that he learned from sports to get into the health club and gym industry. What initially started as a way to simply help make ends meet while he pursued his music career, eventually turned into another passion and eventually ownership of his own health club and gym business. While running his business, he started investing in real estate, which eventually led to him securing his real estate license and heading up his own team of agents.