So far I've stuck with my mother lodge, but I'm probably going to affiliate with a couple more over the summer. Where I'm at there are lodges all over the place - and many have unique flavors. There is Holland #1 downtown that I visit for esoteric training and know a bunch of the fellas there. There is Gray where I was raised in a courtesy degree. Lorenzo De Zavala which is still mostly a Hispanic crowd where I can work on my Spanish over the meal. Or Spring lodge where they have the best cooking I've ever seen. Or a whole list of lodges where some of my favorite people (some of which are from this website) are in the West, East, or sitting as Secretary...something like 10 on my list.
And then there are the lodges in my hometown of Del Rio, or my birthplace in Uvalde, or where I went to High School in Galveston, or around where I was stationed in Ft. Hood. All of which I'd be happy to dish out dues to if I was able, just to support Masonry there.
The problem is narrowing down which ones to affiliate with that don't have schedule conflicts with your other Masonic travels, and not spreading yourself too thin. And bein able to afford it
But the ability to affiliate with other lodges is one of the coolest parts about this whole business, to me. It sorta makes visiting other lodges like an adventure - you never know which one you visit might wind up being a place where you decide to put down serious roots.
I think though for affiliation I think probably 3 or 4 is probably about the limit of how much even a fella without kiddos like me could really contribute to in a meaningful way to. And I can't, personally, imagine sitting as a line officer in more than one - but I know a couple good men who manage it.
But if a man wants to contribute to the cause, either by dues or an endowment, to a bunch of lodges - heck, I think thats just great. The world needs more Freemasonry, in my opinion.