Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

When we last saw her, Jessica was stranded in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Read on for the inspiring next installment…
(3) …In which Things Get Better.
Till now, I’ve left out an important part of the story: Pete. He’s a Hot Springs resident, and a couchsurfing.org member. My main goal in Arkansas was to camp and hike alone, [...]

bye-bye Paonia…

We’re gonna jump ahead a bit here. A lot of time has passed since I left Colorado, but most of it was vacation-time for yours truly. Here’s how it went, in glimpses and photos:
Paonia, CO » Winnemucca, NV
I found myself yet another successful rideshare, with Howard from Abundant Life Farm (word to the wise: [...]

Catherine Gockley, owner of Fire Mountain Farm and Apiary, didn’t start out as a farmer. She didn’t even start out wanting to be a farmer. But once she sets her mind to things, they get done: having decided to become a grower later in life, she spent ten years learning and working to reach her [...]

Well lookie there by gosh, I made it outta New Mexico. Not that I won’t miss the Land of Enchantment, with its austere mesas and sacred mountains, raging winds and tumbleweed pilgrimages… but spring beckons, and so does Colorado.
Cara and Morgan were headed to Denver, and I was too. We piled in the jalopy and [...]

You know, after reading all that freegan stuff, and after my super awesome experiences with dumpster diving, I was all amped up to try hitchhiking.

 That lasted about two hours, and then I remembered I’m too scared to hitchhike.
I know, they say it’s really not all that dangerous. Like, maybe only one in a hundred people [...]