NEW~Self Care 2026; Castle Rock-WA

We drove over Delameter & crossed through Coal Creek into Longview this afternoon, to pick up an inhaler prescription for Holland. While there, I grabbed some yarn for crochet half-boot-style house slippers: mornings & evenings are getting nippy as autumn's chill moves in.

Leaving Wal*Mart, Holland nodded across the highway & said, "Let's check that new taco wagon out." I agreed readily - and we were both glad we did.

The wagon master was friendly.

The food was delicious.

LaFavorita Taco Wagon on the Corner of Ocean Beach Hwy &38th Ave., Longview-WA

Something New, for both of us - Quesatacos; reasonably priced for street food.

These pulled beef Quesatacos were SO beefed, & filled with melted mexican cheese~with dipping sauce on the side, similar to the French Au Jus sandwich: YUMMY!

Meals eaten, we then we drove to Willow Grove.

We parked & watched river activity.

Gillnetters were on the river this afternoon; Willow Grove-WA

2 ships waiting to be docked at Longview Port Dock, in town; Willow Grove-WA

The INDIGO LAKE - built in 2015, anchored off Willow Grove in Longview-WA, en route to the Port of Longview; is currently sailing under the flag of Hong Kong.

The rusted hulk of metal, BERGE CATHERINE - reported to have been built in 2020, is anchored off Willow Grove, en route to the Port of Longview; and currently sailing under the flag of Panama.

We discussed wants, needs, & hopes; love is the lynch pin, moving us & our Life, forward.

Holland plans - hence the river rest, this afternoon. The river relaxes him. He plans every move made, so hard and so thoroughly, that he gives himself a raging headache … that eventually gives me a headache if I don't head it off at the Pass.

I'm a spur-of-the moment kinda person: I don't really [plan] my Life … I just let my life unfold, and "go with it"; I roll with whatever happens.

We're learning to be easy on ourselves, easy with each other - and a less aggressive word play towards each other when the Pass looms.

So, while we were sitting, thinking, & discussing options; I said, "Whatever you think we need to do, is what we will do. I mean that; you'll get no argument from me. I can manage with achy joints & months spent indoors cuddling with a heating pad, when I have to: but you need to be able to breathe - if you can't breathe, you have no quality of Life. You need to be able to breathe. And I need you in my Life; you make my heart happy, & you are more important to me than a desert sunset. So, whatever you decide we need to do, is what we will do." He said, "We won't know for at least another month. But what I want to do is to continue doing what we've been doing. And I want to do it with you. If things go in the direction I am hoping, we'll both be happy campers in another State, for years before it has to end."

So.

That's where we are in this moment of time. We may not know what the next new chapter holds - and that’s okay. We’re turning the pages, we’re resilient and free. We’re letting life flow & letting things fall into place as they will. For me, this is how it has always been: no forcing, no pushing, just letting things be how they are.  For Holland, it's a new learning curve; it's a difficult process to experience when a quick outcome, an answer, or a desired resolution is up in the air.

Back home, my fingers turned a couple chapter pages of Clive's novel … and then they started itching to play with my new yarn: so, I let them. New slippers will be on my feet in a few days.

ANCIENT VIBES; Castle Rock-WA

When I woke up this morning, my eyes immediately went to the dehumidifier that Holland bought and put in our bedroom, saying it would help my struggling lungs that feel the weight of the PNW's humidity - it appears to be working: there has been a "moisture draw" & I'm not gasping for breath, this morning.

While my coffee brewed, I checked in with my cousin by Messenger, to find out if she's out of harm's way: the flooding I have seen taking place in West Virginia is worrisome, knowing she is there.

Drinking my morning joy juice and scrolling through my FB Groups that I have been ignoring lately … I came across this interesting post by The Book Nook:

What caught my attention was (1) secret scientific experimentation with human DNA (2) deceptive trickery involved - as ancient as Earth's secrets (3) apparent reality of the fantastical (4) mention of immoral bloodline still being used today in secret Science Labs - no doubt funded by our government - as was the case, that came to light following the 2019 covid madness.

As I read the Book Nook review - I had to know for myself if this was a real woman … or was this book a cleaver fiction? My research led me to believe this immortal bloodline is real; even though this woman did die - and horribly, she is still alive: in petri dishes, in medical science labs - here in America, and in all probability globally. It's actually kinda ghoulish what [doctors] are doing with tiny bits of her body, passed around like scientific candy. It should, by moral right, be illegal to use the dead like science is doing. It smacks of nazism.

{{The Book Nook 

~8 AM

I kept having to stop reading this book because it was too much. I'd get to something so monstrous that I'd set the book face-down on my chest and stare at the ceiling for a while. And then, every single time, I'd pick it right back up. I could not stay away from it. That's the strange power of this thing: it disturbs you and it holds you, at the exact same time, and it will not let go.

Here's the fact that started it all, and it still makes my skin prickle.

Somewhere in a lab, right now, a woman who died in 1951 is alive. Her cells are still growing, still dividing, still working - decades after she was lowered into an unmarked grave in Virginia. They're in the polio vaccine. In cancer treatments. In IVF, gene mapping, the space program. If you gathered up every one of her cells ever grown, they'd outweigh a hundred Empire State Buildings.

Her name was Henrietta Lacks. A poor Black tobacco farmer. A mother of five. Thirty-one years old and dying of cervical cancer when a doctor at Johns Hopkins sliced a piece from her tumor without ever asking her - and changed the course of medicine forever using a woman who never once got to say yes.

And that's where it goes from remarkable to disturbing.

Because her cells built an entire industry - sold by the vial, worth millions, saving countless lives - while her own children grew up in poverty, unable to afford the very medicine their mother's body made possible. For over twenty years they had no idea she was "immortal." Then scientists showed up and started taking their blood too, poking at Henrietta's grieving kids without ever really explaining why, treating a whole family like an extension of the lab.

You read it and you feel this slow, rising heat. The casual way real human beings were used. The way race and poverty decided whose body could be taken and whose questions could be ignored. It is not a comfortable book. It's not supposed to be. It should make you angry. It made me angry.

But here's why it's profound and not just upsetting. Rebecca Skloot spent ten years refusing to let Henrietta be reduced to a specimen. And the beating heart of the book is Henrietta's daughter Deborah - who barely remembered her mother, who ached her whole life to know her, and who was terrified and heartbroken trying to understand how pieces of her mama could be frozen and bought and shot into rockets while she couldn't even get a straight answer about who Henrietta really was.

That's what wrecks you. Not even the science and the ethical issues. But Deborah. A daughter just wanting her mother back, in a world that remembered the cells and forgot the woman.

So yes - read it, even though parts of it will genuinely unsettle you.

Especially because they will. It's one of the rare books that's disturbing and unputdownable and important all at once, that changes how you see medicine and consent and whose lives we quietly decide are worth less. ~FB

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Henrietta Lacks was an African-American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the HeLa cell line, the first immortalized human cell line and one of the most important cell lines in medical research. An immortalized cell line reproduces indefinitely under specific conditions, and the HeLa cell line continues to be a source of invaluable medical data and research to the present day.

Born: Aug 1, 1920 (Roanoke, Virginia)

Died: Oct 4, 1951 (Baltimore)

~google search}}

This just kinda fits in with the Cussler-Fargo ancient vibe I'm working my way through, at the moment … which also touches on covert government secrecy, the fantastical closely linked to reality, immortality, & secret scientific quests.

This fantastical story of a woman with an immortal bloodline, also brought to mind another thought; the Nephilim of ancient days: is it possible that this woman's ancestry goes all the way back to the passage in Genesis 6, where Scripture tells us that Fallen Angels were taking human women, for sexual relationships. The result of those unions were a hybrid being called the Nephilim. The Nephilim were giants, also recorded in Genesis 6:4: “There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of ancient times, men of renown.” We know that when Angels' feet are on the ground - their heads rise above the clouds: they are massively huge. Cherubim are recorded to reach the height of 15 feet. We also know that by the time of the recording of King Og of Bashan, giantism had fallen to a height of 9 to 13 ft. (his bed frame was recorded at 13-1/2 ft. long by 6 ft. wide). So, it is logical to assume that the ancient immortal bloodline could be housed in a normal-size modern woman, of our time on Earth. It may sound fantastical, but so far Scripture has not been found faulty by logical, rational, thinking minds: it has been 100% spot on since the beginning of Time, as we know it, on Earth. Where did Henrietta Lacks' people come from? Who were Henrietta Lacks' people? Did Henrietta Lacks come from a semi-immortal legacy? What makes Henrietta Lacks' blood so special?

There are myths that record giants among every ethnic group of peoples on the Earth. There are myths that record oversized apes that strongly resemble human beings - as well as creatures that have both human and animal attributes such as Faun, Satyr, & Pan - half man, have goat; Lamassu & Minotaur - half bull, half man: Mermaids & Mermen - half human & half fish; the asian half elephant, half human … half snake, half human; Cynocephalus, Duamutef, Penghou, Werewolf, & Anubis - half dog, half human; Centaurs - half horse, half human; Narasimha, Sphinx - half lion, half human … just to name a few, that I can remember: these hybrids  represent hands between worlds & entire civilizations have been built around them:  human and animal, life and death, civilization and wilderness. And in Scripture, we are told not to worship them … fallen angels are fallen because they crave & demand worship that belongs to Elohim, alone; they had been corrupted by Lucifer & also blurred the line between devine (sexless) & human (sexual), hence the offspring, Nephilim = immortal mortals.

On another note, Holland & I have talked about this subject over the past week, ever since I started reading this book; asian kings ruling through immortality rumors, & that some believe the bipedal creature described as Yeti is half human (Abominable Snowman = Tibet; Sasquatch = PNW).

This is how my mind works: 1 thing can trip a whole avalanche of things that "fit".

After both of us had finished our coffees, Holland suggested a drive - also some target practice. He revels in gunmanship - it's a primal urge with him & his pals. Perhaps they are driven by ancient vibes, too. But, I go with him on these shooting forays because it makes him happy … and because I am just vain enough to want my husband to be proud of me. I was, in my 1st marriage "a crack shot" - I would like to attain that edge, again, in this marriage.

Olequa Heights is about 700 ft. - give or take; about the same height as KM Mountain, which is not actually a mountain at all, but just a steep hill between 2 small hamlet towns of Wahkiakum County.

The drive was relaxing.

The scent of Fir was strong - and I loved it.

The landing was far above everything below: and we looked out over the landscape … and talked about our future. I shot several rounds & Holland alternated between encouragement & praise; my shot is getting better, and we both feel good about that. It was a good Day in the woods.

Coming down off the 700 ft. hillside, we could see that others had started enjoying the area, too: we passed several parked cars, saw a campsite among the pines, watched dirt bikers tear up mudded tracks - and viewed 3 real mountains as we crested the gravel roadway:

Forest fun, this afternoon; Castle Rock-WA

Me~Rapid shot practice with the  TX22 = getting better 😁

The woods were filling up as we were coming down off the hilltop.

Mts. Rainier-L & Adams-C; coming off Olequa Heights Road.

Mts. St. Helen-R, Adams, in the far distance-C, & Rainier-L = all 3! Seen coming down off Olequa Height Rd., Castle Rock-WA

Back home, I got supper underway … feeding my man a good, healthy meal is a definite ancient vibe.

Val's Easy Curry Rice For 2: (https://roadgypsiesvalandholland.blogspot.com/2026/09/vals-easy-curry-rice-for-2-recipe.html)

I did laundry; and got busy again with my Fall project:

My Fall project.

Today was a very good, very relaxed, very loving Day.

VAL'S EASY CURRY RICE FOR 2 Recipe; Castle Rock-WA

Val's Easy Curry Rice For 2

I like fish.

My husband likes rice.

So, tonight I combined the 2 likes, and provided a tasty meal to suit both of our tastes.

The mushroom powder used in this recipe, tints the rice a lovely burnt brown hue: toss it with veggies and a scrambled egg, for a quick fried rice.

Val's Easy Curry Rice For 2

2 c. cooked Rice * 1 TBSP Olive Oil * 2 Garlic cloves, thinly sliced * 1/2 Yellow Onion, shredded * 1/2 rib of Celery, shredded * 1 med. Carrot, shredded * 2 tsp. Chaga Mushroom Powder * 2 Eggs, beaten * 3/4 TBSP Curry powder * 1 TBSP low-sodium Soy Sauce * 1 c. frozen Peas * dash of Sea Salt & Black Pepper, to taste * Freshly chopped parsley, for garnish, (optional)

Lrg-size Skillet * Garlic Press * Manual-Pull Food Chopper * Egg-turner Spatula * Whisk * 1 Lrg. Pyrex Liquid Measuring Cup * Measuring Cups & Spoons * Supper Plates & Silverware

Chop garlic & veggies.

Gather & prep the ingredients.

1) Heat oil in the skillet, over moderate heat.

2) Add the garlic, onion, celery & carrot - reduce heat to low, & continue cooking with low heat until veggies are tender; stir occasionally to keep garlic from browning.

Add the veggies - reduce heat to low, & continue cooking with low heat until veggies are tender.

3) Blend the rice in & stir to to combine evenly.

4) Sprinkle with the mushroom powder, curry powder, & a pinch EA of kosher salt and ground black pepper: stir to mix evenly.

Add mushroom powder & spices; stir to mix evenly.

5) Add the peas & soy sauce - stir to incorporate.

Add mushroom powder & spices; stir to mix evenly.

6) With spatula, make a hollow in the center of the vegetables - pushing them to the sides of the skillet; pour the beaten eggs to the center of the pan and allow to solidify a bit, then drag your spatula through the cooking eggs: the same way you would do when making scrambled eggs.

Pour beaten egg into a hollow of the veg-rice mixture.

Cook egg, as you would scrambled eggs …

7) Once eggs are cooked, turn the heat up to medium, & bring the vegetables back down off the skillet sides, combining evenly with the eggs.

Blend scrambled eggs with veg-rice mixture; stir to incorporate.

8) When everything is heated through, remove skillet from heat, garnish rice mixture with freshly chopped parsley (optional), and serve.

JUNCTION POINTS~Shabbat Eve 2026; Castle Rock-WA

September 25th: Holland had an afternoon appointment to get some more work completed under Betsy's hood 🚘; it had been stormy all night long & it was still stormy when he left ?☔️💨 The water & power had gone off during the early morning hours … I reset the microwave & brewed a pot of coffee with bottled water. The water, thankfully, began to flow again around 11 AM - but before Betsy's tires had even left the Resort grounds, the power had gone out, again: but, I didn't call Holland back 📱💬 - the work under Betsy's hood needed to be completed; and he'd be home before the real chill would settle over the area.

So: I got supper prep underway 👩‍🍳‍, sipped the remaining bit of coffee in my mug & touched down briefly on FB, visited online Blogger friends 💻🌐👭, read through chapters of my latest read 📖 … and waited the stormy weather out.

Some days you just have to be more flexible. Circumstances change, plans change, people change; you must be able to adapt to the changes - being flexible helps.

We are at a junction point in our personal life 🤔⚖️🙏: things are changing. Transitions 💎 are hard and change is uncomfortable 🚪, but we know what we want; and we're working on how to accomplish our wants into the necessary. In this new season of change, we remember that we have - personally & as a unified Team - made it through new beginnings and turning points before, and we can & will do it again this time. We believe in US & we know Yeshua has our back ❤️ 

All the changes: unexpected, unforeseen, unwanted - it’s all part of our story. The good and the bad, the happy and the sad; the highs and the lows … we just need to keep going through it all, be grateful for it all, & keep in mind that it's teaching us valuable, necessary lessons. #1 being that there IS always something good ahead 😘❤️

FB "Memories Reminders" to move meaningfully through the Day & cherish the gentle, easy moments.

MOD PUMPKIN SPICE COFFEE COASTER Pattern, was featured on Barb's French Ethereal Blog Hop Link Party: (https://frenchethereal.net/2026/09/23/share-your-style-515/) - go check her Blog out; lots of interesting things to see & read about ☕️🍁

Our Blog was featured on Melynda's Blog Hop Link Party: (https://scratchmadefoodforhungrypeople.blogspot.com/2026/09/weekend-traffic-jam-reboot-09252026.html) - run on over & check her Blog out for homesteading info, wholesome/healthy recipes, & over-the-fence Texas coffee chats. I always like my time spent reading her posts … and I hope to get to Texas, at some point during our Road Gypsy adventuring.

Our Blog was also featured on Lisa's Blog Hop Link Party: (https://lisahoweler.com/) - Lisa's Blog shares about the fiction mysteries she writes … and has for sale on Amazon, her faith, homeschooling, photography & more: stop in for a visit!

Lisa's Blog also features vintage movies reviews; All the movies posted are good, fun, entertainment - check her Page, out! Lisa's Movie Choices & Reviews this week: (https://lisahoweler.com/2026/09/15/5-fun-light-hearted-classic-movie-suggestions-for-you-to-watch/)

This my my choice movie to watch, tonight; Lucille Ball is also starring in it.

Our Blog was featured on Marsha's Blog Hop Link Party, too: (https://marshainthemiddle.com/weekend-traffic-jam-reboot-8/) - Marsha's Blog is a fun, colorful, and interactive place to sit for a bit while enjoying your favorite beverage any time during the Day. I was first introduced (and participated in) Marsha's fashion posts when I was a fancy winging-it-flamingo, during my Solo Lobo widowing years; since remarrying & Gypsying through half (and perhaps more) American States, I've been enjoying a domesticated life again - hence morphing back into a subdued, fluffy, pigeon … but I still like visiting her Blog & seeing what the other colorful birds are displaying. Fly over there & take a gander yourself 😉

The Hosts of 'Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot' - these are good Blogs to visit & the ladies are good, & fun, to visit with ☕️🍂🍁🎃

This Cussler-Fargo adventure background 📒🕵🏻✈️🗺️🏔️🗿, is set in Nepal, a hindu stronghold; so, I don't spend a lot of time sharing it's culture background in my review of this particular story. I mention the provinces & regions simply as a factual feature in Clive's novel to show that it is an actual location - and Clive's novels are always based on facts … loose facts, but nonetheless, facts.

Another Cussler-Fargo adventure with skeletons thrown in mix …

The Fargo's embark on a danger-filled journey from Jomsom, Nepal to Lo Monthang, Nepal.

The houses in Nepal are uniquely designed to protect the inhabitants from the strong atmospheric winds that blow up the valley every day from late morning onwards.

Lo Manthang was the walled capital of the Kingdom of Lo from its founding in 1380 by Ame Pal who oversaw construction of the city wall and many of the still-standing structures. After the Shahs of Gorkha unified Nepal out of numerous petty kingdoms in the 18th century, Lo became a dependency but kept its hereditary rulers. This arrangement continued as long as Nepal remained a kingdom, until the country was declared a republic in 2008 - and Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista (r. 1964–2008) was stripped of his title. His suzerain King Gyanendra suffered the same fate (Gyanendra was only the eleventh Shah ruler since Prithvi Narayan Shah conquered Kathmandu in 1768); however Jigme Dorje Palbar Bista (1930–2016), who reigned as Lo Gyalpo from 1964 until the abolition of Nepal’s monarchy in 2008 - was the 25th ruler in an unbroken direct line of kings dating back to 1380 AD. 

Jomsom Village, Nepal - also known as Dzongsam, is the main gateway to Upper Mustang & situated at an altitude of about 8,900 ft. The soaring peaks of Dhaulagiri and Nilgiri form a backdrop to the town straddling the Kali Gandaki River - which forms the deepest ravine in the world, which flows right through the center of Jomsom. The town is also the main hub for onward travel to Upper Mustang and Muktinath. A company of the Nepalese Army is stationed here.

After a serious attempt on their lives, the Fargo's finally reach Lo Monthang.

The-walled village of Lo Manthang-Kingdom of Mustang; Himalayas of Nepal

Alleyways inside the walled kingdom of Lo Manthang; Upper Mustang, Nepal

Have the Fargo's been drawn into a Shangri-La fantasy?

Reading this chapter, I remembered that there was a song about Shambala, in the 1970's

Three Dog Night - Shambala, 1975: 

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnyh6i9NvmE&list=RDxnyh6i9NvmE&start_radio=1)

Shangri-La is a fictional place in Tibet's Kunlun Mountains, described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by the British author James Hilton. Hilton portrays Shangri-La as a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the western end of the Kunlun Mountains. In the novel, the people who live in Shangri-La are almost immortal, living hundreds of years beyond the normal lifespan and only very slowly ageing in appearance. Shangri-La has become synonymous with any earthly paradise, particularly a mythical Himalayan utopia – an enduringly happy land, isolated from the world. 

Shangri-La fantasy & Nazi madness makes for a crazy ride scenario. It's more than a little scary that the obama-demonrat "party" are thinking in this same delusional way (1) man can become self-made-gods (2) animals are human (3) fantasy is reality (4) royal titles equate devoted worship: it's all out of touch with reality - and barak hissein obama ushered the demented oligarchy madness into these global Days!

How crazy if this line of thinking … & when you consider everything the nazis did - they did behave like unruly, unhinged, barbaric animals: nazism is a toxic blend of socialist, communist, & occult delusion, with direct link to luciferin  religions, branded today as New Age, New Green Deal, New Dawn, Woke, ect. Today, in America, nazism is flourishing - pushed forward by the obamanites. The obama-demonrat party has officially lost touch with reality.

{{Tibet Nazi Connection

Before World War 2 ravaged Europe, and during the war, the Nazis spent a large amount of resources and manpower on their quest to establish the origins of their beloved Aryan Race. The institution founded to spearhead this endeavor, as well as all other manner of occult and esoteric studies, was the Ahnenerbe, started by Heinrich Himmler, in 1935. They conducted archaeological and cultural studies in a number of countries including Sweden, Finland, Iraq, Antarctica, Poland and, in particular, Tibet. The official story of the 3 expeditions sent to Tibet was to investigate the myth that an Aryan Race conquered most of Asia and the Himalayas many thousands of years ago. Some believe however they were searching for Shambhala, situated deep in the Himalayas, and hoping to harness the great power found deep within its realm, as told in many ancient texts . There is much evidence that The Nazis found something. After the fall of Berlin, soviet soldiers discovered hundreds of Tibetan Buddhist monks in SS uniforms, who seemed to have committed mass suicide. None of the bodies were able to be identified, thus it remains a total mystery as to how they got there, who they were and what they were up to. The Nazis found the time and necessary funds to transport transmitters to the furthest reaches of the Himalayas to maintain constant radio contact, which fuels the thesis they were on the brink of discovering something big or at least were certain they were heading in the right direction.

1930′s German Academic, Theodore Illion, describes in his work ‘Darkness over Tibet’ his elation at finding a hole the ground of the Tibetan Countryside and, upon entering, finding an underground city of monks. He learned they were ‘Black Yogis’, who aimed to control the world through astral projection and telepathy. His elation turned to horror when he discovered food that had been given to him by the monks contained human flesh. He made for his escape and was pursued by the monks across Tibet until he reached safety in his German homeland. His account came out in 1937, and, within a year of its publication, Hitler had sent his occult research wing forth to the mystical area Illion chronicled. It is suggested that Hitler’s objective was to establish contact with these obscure sorcerer monks. The route taken by the Ahnenerbe through Tibet emulated one taken by Aliester Crowley, and this, in turn, was copied by the OSS (the predecessor of the CIA) in 1942, in a highly secretive mission. The Tibet Nazi Connection is one of the most absorbing topics of the unexplained genre, and to this day its facts and true happenings remain shrouded in mystery.

The lost kingdom of Shambhala is known by several other names such as “Shangri-La” and “Agharta.” Travelers were fascinated by the Tibetan legends about an enlightened kingdom that disappeared because of the materialism of this age and become invisible. Legends say that only the pure of heart can live in Shambhala. Lost kingdom of Shambhala is protected by a psychic barrier so that no one can find the kingdom who is not meant to, and according to the Kalachakra tantra teachings, a line of enlightened kings is said to be guarding the spiritual secrets of Shambhala City. Many people searched Shambhala, including some of the most dangerous like Hitler and Madame Helena Blavatsky! Another report about shambhala was from Nikolai Roerich a Russian painter and ardent student of Theosophy. His group claimed to have located Shambhala in the Altai region. He believed that Altai Mountains are a great spiritual center, connected in some way with Shambhala. Unfortunately Roerich was connected with Helena Blavatsky, his wife, Helena, was the translator of Blavatsky’s The Secret Doctrine into Russian. So I cant take him seriously! As Helena Blavatsky is also connected with the lucis trust (Lucifer Trust)! So where is Shambhala? The answer is that no one knows. Numerous explorers and seekers attempted to locate Shambhala but no one could pinpoint its physical location on a map. The myths of Shambhala were part of the inspiration for the tale of Shangri-La told in the popular book Lost Horizon which today is also a pc game. Games like Lost Horizon and Uncharted 2 among thieves is another way to experience the secrets of Shambhala city.

Hitler was intrigued with the idea of Shambhala because some proto-Nazi organizations, such as the Ariosophists, speculated that Shambhalah was the birthplace of Aryan race. Heinrich Himmler was fascinated by Asian mysticism. Prompted by those beliefs, Germans sent an official expedition to Tibet between 1938 and 1939. Not only to collect data and artifacts that supported those views on Aryan lineage, but also substantiate rumors of Shambhalah’s existence. No one knows what Hitler’s expedition founded on Tibet but for sure their believes about Shambhala were slightly different from those of the Tibetans. Legends say that only the pure of heart can see Shambhala! Many people think that Nazis and shambhala are not connected, and that Nazis actually were in search for the mythical Yeti! In my opinion, they were looking for both.

Nazis Expeditions for Yeti:

Did you saw the (famous) movie with Brad Pitt in Seven Years in Tibet (1997)? This is a true story about the expeditions of the German Heinrich Harrer in Tibet. Ernst Schäfer, Heinrich Harrer, Hitler and the Nazis were interested in the Yeti during the 1930s, as mentioned in Christopher Gale’s Himmler’s Crusade: The True Story of the 1938 Nazi Expedition to Tibet. The Nazi’s 1938 expedition also included the anthropologist Bruno Beger. Beger is mostly recalled as having gathered and analyzed over three hundred skulls during the trek to prove that Tibet was the birthplace of a “Northern Race” (the Aryans). Many nazis they believed that the Aryans race came from the Yeti.

https://tibetanbuddhistencyclopedia.com/en/index.php?title=Tibet_Nazi_Connection }}

Off to the Balkans … chasing shadows.

The Fargos travel from Lo Monthang, Nepal to Vlore, Albania; chasing ancient shadows.

An eerie discovery of an empty cemetery.

The sticky web is gathering more skeletons; this story has a definate October-themed vibe!

A Plan is determined.

The Fargoes return home La Jolla-CA, from Sophia, Bulgaria

Dueling deceptions in play …

{{Eastern Orthodox missionary activity in Tibet is extremely limited and not linked to Besim Mala. Historical and contemporary reports show that Christian missionaries — including some Eastern Orthodox representatives — have occasionally operated on the Sino‑Tibetan border, often with Chinese government consent, but there is no documented case of an Orthodox priest named Besim Mala in this context. The available missionary activity in Tibet is generally associated with Protestant/Evangelical groups, not Orthodox clergy.

The claim that Besim Mala was an Eastern Orthodox priest sent to Tibet appears to be unfounded. The only verified information is that Besim Mala was a KLA commander in Kosovo, and there is no evidence of any Orthodox religious mission to Tibet involving him.

There is no evidence of a Arnost Deniv existence - nor a formal appointment, travel, or mission report linking this person to the Eastern Orthodox Church; or to Tibet.}}

Holland got back home, around 3 PM: power was still out 😒 - and would stay out until after 6 PM.

No one was answering the phone at the Resort Office 😑

When Holland tried the Resort ownership number 📱💬 - an automated voice 🗣️, that told him "your call is next in line". [Next], was answered by a girl in China, who said, "I certainly understand your problem sir. I am making a note of the issue & will refer it to the Office." She sounded like a nice girl, but, we are here in WA State in America - and she is in China 🤔: understanding & referrals are oceans apart 🤦🏻‍♀️

The Cowlitz PUD is "Closed on Fridays" 🤨 - the Toutle River RV Resort is located in Cowlitz County; today is Friday & the stormy feistiness was happening on a Friday, in a county that is staffed by nincompoops who don't understand the concept of work, personnel communication, or that the weekday 📅 holds 5 WORK Days 🤯 Friday is a Week Day - which anywhere else would compute that it is indeed a WORK Day. But, we are back in the PNW: and this is Cowlitz County 🤡

So, today, keeping with my Shabbat Island of Rest emotional, physical & spiritual reset 💫✡️☝️ ✝️; I shelved the frustration, deliberately engaged in low-key; moving through the remainder of the Day in slo-mo 🐢 I enjoyed a 2-hr. siesta period 🥱, entertained my relaxing mind 🧠 by watching old black-n-whites on YouTube 💻🎬 while I relaxed my body with rhythmic, soothing, crochet 🧶 … and spiritually glided right into the Sabbath’s Rest 😇🕊️🤲

I started a new Fall Design project, that I can already visualize completed.