Mr. Chen Guan Ming, Nomad, 1956-2017

Mr. Chen, the gentleman from China who rode his bicycle all over the world pulling all his belongings behind him was killed a few days ago by an automobile. His journey in this worldly dimension ended. But ended in the most beautiful of ways as the true and stellar nomad living in harmony on this Earth with respect and reverence for all its habitants.

The Mules and all nomads moving under their own power whether by foot, bicycle, or horseback all over the world harbor tremendous gratitude for the journey and life of Mr. Chen. The tremendous accumulation of energy which was created from the journey and life of Mr. Chen will be forever available in the most hardest of times to all nomads throughout the world.

Mr. Chen was a stellar example showing the extreme value of this ages old Nomadic way of life. The Nomads know that Mr. Chen will once again materialize in the most mysterious and magical of ways. We await for his return.

The Mules


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Mules stopping to visit their long-time companion Lady

On our way south, Little Girl and I stopped to visit Lady, who looks great and is being given the best of care along with her pasture mate Coco.

We waited here for ten days for a $300 6-hour life skills class in Fresno that we were required to attend by the Alameda County District Attorney for our arrest by the California Highway Patrol in Castro Valley.

Now Little Girl and myself will continue on our migratory journey south to the San Diego area.

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Fresno Bill B-40 Ordinance 2017-40

The Mules have become aware of Bill No. 40 and Ordinance 2017-40 entitled, Adding Article 17 to Chapter 10 of the Fresno Municipal Code relating to Unlawful Camping, which was passed by the Fresno City Council on August 24, 2017.

Section 10-1700 clearly states the purpose/reasons for the passage of this ordinance (2017-40). 

REASON #1: The use of Public areas within the city of Fresno should be accessible and available to residents and the PUBLIC. The use of public areas to store personal property interferes with the rights of others to use PUBLIC areas. 

3 Mules Response #1: Pictured are our belongings set on the ground demonstrating the use public space we take on any given night. There is 24 hours in a day. The Mules only claim space for approximately 8 hours during the night when most people are in their homes. This can hardly be construed as interfering with the rights of others to use a public area.

REASON #2: Health and Safety.

3 Mules Response #2: This law is casting a large net dragging the Mules into an area which we don’t belong. The law clearly states its purpose in being passed is to address the problem of people congregating in large numbers, pitching tents, and creating unhealthy conditions, such as accumulation of trash, defecation and urination, drugs, alcoholism, etc. The Mules travel alone, stay only for an 8 hour period at night in any one place, dispose of their waste in the most sanitary of ways practiced throughout the ages for thousands of years.

The Monk throws a tarp over himself, squats down, will defecate on the surface of the ground, dig a four-inch hole, and bury it if it’s applicable to do so; or, place in a bag, carry until an appropriate place is found to dispose. The Monk urinates in a plastic bottle then disposes contents in an appropriate place. Our method is similar to the suburban citizen who places their dog’s poop in a bag and disposes of it in an appropriate place.

The Monk carries a scoop, places the mule’s droppings into a bag and carries and disposes in an appropriate place. The Mules methods of waste disposal is by far superior in terms of health, efficiency and costs than the suburban model.

A citizen of the suburban model goes down the hall, turns to the left, enters an expensive, elaborate space surrounded by four walls, closes the door, sits down on a toilet defecates into a pipe that goes under the ground where it travels accumulating disease and toxicity as it makes its way to the sewage treatment plant, where it is treated with many chemicals that are toxic, then is released into the environment via creeks, rivers, etc.

The Mules and their response to public safety. The Mules threaten nobody. We’ve traveled the Western United States for the past 33 years and consecutively in California for the past five years. We’ve walked through San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and the towns in between and never hurt a soul. Our use of public areas has in no way ever created a public safety issue. We have a proven track record of 33 years living our nomadic way of life and bringing the value of that life to all the areas that we have passed though in our endless journey.

The above being understood, the Mules believe that no common sense mind could come to the conclusion that the Mules are a threat to Public Health and Safety or interfere with the rights of others to use public areas. The Mules have received nothing but positive energy from the people of Fresno as we have passed through many times before on our annual migratory journey. The Mules find it hard to believe that the 552,000 people who live in Fresno would see the Mules as a PUBLIC Nuisance, and would not want the Mules cited, taken to jail, heavily fined and the Monk and the Mule separated.

To use 2017-40 against the Mules and this ages old Nomadic way of life for things we do not do and things we are not is illegal. The Mules live under and have the same protections afforded by the Constitution guaranteeing the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as the council members of Fresno. The right to life includes the basic function of sleeping and eating.

The Mules

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Who are these mules anyway?

Who are these Mules anyway? Well, we are not terrorists, Communists, Socialists, capitalists, anarchists, Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives or Liberals. The Mules are none of these nor do we want to be.

We are Mules born free, wander free and stay free. Living that way until we reach the end of our rope either by accident, natural causes or stealth.

We carry not the weapons of the Man-Made World (Megatropolis). Our weapon is our vision and the energy we give to it all day every day one step at a time. A vision of ever increasing intensity and possibility. A vision using energy and creativity to meet the challenges that appear before us as we continue our journey through the mist of time and space.

We are Mules. We belong to an ages old nomadic way of life.

We live in tune with this beautiful earth and reap benefits of which the imagination can only surmise.

We are Mules. We live with no regret. We live for and by the ever increasing intensity of our vision.

We are Mules. We are watched and followed by the energy of our ancestors.

We are Mules. We wander freely on earth.

We show one and all the magic and beauty of true freedom and the happiness bestowed on those who use it all day every day one step at a time.

The Mules

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