Does anyone remember the guy who traveled to all the nationals one season...

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...in an old rv. Lived the dream for a year. Blogged about the experience. Anyone remember him?
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ayearinmx 2/10/2021 4:02am
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you mean...... me?
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I want to do that ..
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ayearinmx wrote:
you mean...... me?
The site is gone... Sad
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TheRookie wrote:
The site is gone... Sad
unfortunately yes... lost all the writing due to a wordpress problem a while back, and while i still own the website (i think)... it's not something i keep up on

certainly a live-changing experience though and i've pretty much worked in the industry ever since, made lifelong friends from that trip, and been to some unbelievable places due to work.... crazy what's happened in 13 years since i did it

i do have the photos (somewhere), and the video we made with jason anderson and dean wilson is still on youtube, but the words are all gone Sad :
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Hman144 2/10/2021 5:14am
2/10/2021 5:14am
David Bulmer. We hosted him a night between I think Budds and somewhere else. I forget. I read about his saga on here, told my wife about it, and said we should offer him a waystop if it works for him. It did. I think he was off to Rupert's after he left here. Poor chap didn't know what was coming.

Had a swim, a home-grilled American cheeseburger, a sleep, and boom, he was off.

Hi David!
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AC271 2/10/2021 5:26am
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awesome story. i hope you have that bumper of the rv in a man cave somewhere Smile
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TheRookie wrote:
The site is gone... Sad
ayearinmx wrote:
unfortunately yes... lost all the writing due to a wordpress problem a while back, and while i still own the website (i think)... it's not something...
unfortunately yes... lost all the writing due to a wordpress problem a while back, and while i still own the website (i think)... it's not something i keep up on

certainly a live-changing experience though and i've pretty much worked in the industry ever since, made lifelong friends from that trip, and been to some unbelievable places due to work.... crazy what's happened in 13 years since i did it

i do have the photos (somewhere), and the video we made with jason anderson and dean wilson is still on youtube, but the words are all gone Sad :
Always been curious about your avatar and name and the backstory of that, odd that I never took notice of the website in your signature... Anyway, I am sure the patient ones can piece together a lot of what was written if they digg through the web archives: https://web.archive.org/web/2019*/ayearinmx.com
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Life goal for year one of retirement. Wife and I want to hit the whole series.
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Goat Kreations 2/10/2021 8:15am
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MudPup545 wrote:
Life goal for year one of retirement. Wife and I want to hit the whole series.
I was "fortunate" enough to do a few cross country legs with Bulmer - namely when we took the time to shoot the video embedded here.

One piece of advice for your life goal... Up your budget so your rig includes an AC unit. AZ and CA in the dead of summer wasn't the most enjoyable part of that trip. I remember Bulm driving and I was down to my boxers just melting in the passenger seat.

But damn that video brings a lot of emotion for me. It was the beginning of some great career momentum for the both of us.
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scott_nz 2/10/2021 8:16am
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Good bloke , can’t handle the sun down here tho Wink
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I have know a guy that my brother used to race with that has done it, was cool to hear his stories of the road life.
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TheRookie wrote:
The site is gone... Sad
ayearinmx wrote:
unfortunately yes... lost all the writing due to a wordpress problem a while back, and while i still own the website (i think)... it's not something...
unfortunately yes... lost all the writing due to a wordpress problem a while back, and while i still own the website (i think)... it's not something i keep up on

certainly a live-changing experience though and i've pretty much worked in the industry ever since, made lifelong friends from that trip, and been to some unbelievable places due to work.... crazy what's happened in 13 years since i did it

i do have the photos (somewhere), and the video we made with jason anderson and dean wilson is still on youtube, but the words are all gone Sad :
You don't happen to still have the database, do you? If so, I might be able to parse through it and grab the post content.
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I did as well after being inspired by @ayearinmx
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Derek Anderson did something similar, racing along the way too.
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MXerDW did it twice!
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If the 125 all stars series comes back I want to do the same.
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Bucket list for me. On this.
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ayearinmx wrote:
unfortunately yes... lost all the writing due to a wordpress problem a while back, and while i still own the website (i think)... it's not something...
unfortunately yes... lost all the writing due to a wordpress problem a while back, and while i still own the website (i think)... it's not something i keep up on

certainly a live-changing experience though and i've pretty much worked in the industry ever since, made lifelong friends from that trip, and been to some unbelievable places due to work.... crazy what's happened in 13 years since i did it

i do have the photos (somewhere), and the video we made with jason anderson and dean wilson is still on youtube, but the words are all gone Sad :
Is it just me or is that dude James Justice the absolute double of Forkner?
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We met, right?
GH?
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hoppsan wrote:
Always been curious about your avatar and name and the backstory of that, odd that I never took notice of the website in your signature... Anyway...
Always been curious about your avatar and name and the backstory of that, odd that I never took notice of the website in your signature... Anyway, I am sure the patient ones can piece together a lot of what was written if they digg through the web archives: https://web.archive.org/web/2019*/ayearinmx.com
Definitely can piece some of it together.

https://web.archive.org/web/20101017031417/http://ayearinmx.com/wordpre…
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We plan to follow the entire SX and outdoor season for a year after I retire. Wife is all in on it too.

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I did it in 2020. Best year ever, I highly recommend it!
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Bucket list for sure. What a great way to see the country and MOTO.
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Went digging in some boxes and found this! Also spent some time on the wayback time machine... Crazy how I've made a career out of writing now!?

Thanks for asking about me with this thread! Also thanks to those people I met... I remember Hman144 just gave me his address and told me to stop by... I was amazed he left his house wide open. This was all before social media so it wasn't so easy to organise but damn it was a lot of fun and like I said, changed my life. Good Times.


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ayearinmx wrote:
Went digging in some boxes and found this! Also spent some time on the wayback time machine... Crazy how I've made a career out of writing...
Went digging in some boxes and found this! Also spent some time on the wayback time machine... Crazy how I've made a career out of writing now!?

Thanks for asking about me with this thread! Also thanks to those people I met... I remember Hman144 just gave me his address and told me to stop by... I was amazed he left his house wide open. This was all before social media so it wasn't so easy to organise but damn it was a lot of fun and like I said, changed my life. Good Times.


I remember following along as you did this and being super jealous that I never had the balls to do something like that.

Good for you man.

Was it during VitalMX or MotoTalk days?
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Good bloke , can’t handle the sun down here tho Wink
Ha! the short bike ride out to the beach.......
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profeshenal125 2/11/2021 7:05pm
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bierbower105 wrote:
If the 125 all stars series comes back I want to do the same.
Yeah me too. And sand tracks in a few states. So much more expensive traveling now. I,m plugging away trucking, saving for 2022 race travel budget. There used to be people in campers traveling. For money they would polish wheels, 20 a wheel. Smart ones get a receipt book. The o/o like that, I helped them out a few times.
scott_nz 2/11/2021 7:08pm
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scott_nz wrote:
Good bloke , can’t handle the sun down here tho Wink
ayearinmx wrote:
Ha! the short bike ride out to the beach.......
Let’s not mention the text when I was out on my first date with my now wife ;
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bierbower105 wrote:
If the 125 all stars series comes back I want to do the same.
profeshenal125 wrote:
Yeah me too. And sand tracks in a few states. So much more expensive traveling now. I,m plugging away trucking, saving for 2022 race travel budget...
Yeah me too. And sand tracks in a few states. So much more expensive traveling now. I,m plugging away trucking, saving for 2022 race travel budget. There used to be people in campers traveling. For money they would polish wheels, 20 a wheel. Smart ones get a receipt book. The o/o like that, I helped them out a few times.
Yeah I would just sleep in the van - I like the wheel idea lol.


In a few years I hope to switch to seasonal work - work all winter and take the summer off. Life's to short to grind it out in the office.

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