Uprooted, an eco/travel blog

I left something out of my previous post: two photos, featuring the young man who won the Chicken Shit Bingo game. Thought you’d enjoy them.
Happy 4th of July! It doesn’t get more American than this:

Chicken Shit Bingo is pretty straightforward. As a matter of fact, once your eyes adjust to the dimness of Ginny’s Little Longhorn Saloon, you pretty much can’t miss the game.
The bar is small, hot, and packed with Lone-Star-sippin’ Texans. Directly inside the entrance is a pool table with a bitchin’ NASCAR lamp hanging above it, [...]

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: [...]

This summer’s dust storms in Utah were so fierce, their red, dusty winds reached as far as the Rockies.

Madrid, New Mexico: found-art haven, reborn ghost town, and the most photogenic place I’ve ever visited.