# [Free 1st Part] There and Back Again Tires, Wind, Quartz, and Legions of Light - Ch. 2 - Lightworkers with shovels

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Podcast: [Driving to the Rez - With Inelia Benz and Larry Buzzell](https://stenobird.com/podcast/driving-to-the-rez-with-inelia-benz-and-larry-buzzell-704885)
Published: 2026-05-20T21:48:40+00:00
Episode link: https://dttr.substack.com/p/the-road-to-the-land-and-back-again-ch2-part-one
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Chapter Two: Wind, Sigils, and Lightworkers With Shovels The Engine It was the first morning at the Reservoir of Light when Larry’s dump truck broke down directly in front of the sand castle. Two days before my birthday gathering, lightworkers were waking up, grabbing shovels, drinking coffee, and preparing to clear the land. Larry had bought the truck the previous October specifically to haul garbage away. Instead, the truck died in a big puff of steam and unmuffled exhaust roaring into silence. Jay, our neighbor, said “That thing’s never moving again unless I tow it away”. I would love to explain exactly what happened to the engine, but all I heard was: “oil too full,” “rebuild in a can,” and something about water in the blablabla. On the podcast Larry can explain what any of that actually means, or whether I even heard it correctly. What I did understand was this: we suddenly had piles of garbage, dozens of willing helpers, and nowhere to put anything. Then our neighbor arrived with his work dump truck. The lightworkers filled it to the rim. He drove away, and we thought the problem had been solved. He ended up dumping a full load of trash onto his own land, because the owner of the dumptruck, his boss, needed it before the dump would open. DANG!! The pattern we had noticed on the road was continuing. Fred replaced all four trailer tires for his trip back, “just in case” but still lost a tire. Ash got a flat tire and replaced all four of hers. By the time the gathering ended, we learned that more tire problems happened as people travelled home. Coincidence? Maybe. But it felt increasingly clear that this gathering was not designed for passive passengers. The land demanded participation. Arrival at the Land We arrived a few days before the guests, well into the eveni…

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