Before visiting Sunrise Ranch, Monica and I had called them to schedule a tour and interview session
with them. They suggested filling out their application and coming on a Sunday. The email communication had a few days of lag between correspondence on their end. So it took us a few weeks to work a Sunday ...

Outside the downtown of Fairfield, Iowa (centered around the Maharishi Institute and Transcendental Meditation) is a small community called Abundance EcoVillage. This was actually the primary reason we stopped through, though TM (Transcendental Meditation) became much more thought provoking in hindsight.

We called in and scheduled an interview with a family that is currently living ...

We have been on the road in our Mazda 3 (4 door) sedan for almost 6 months, just the two of us and our feline friend, Tonee. Most of the time we spend couch surfing but we've also camped with him. He is most snuggly in the mornings and it's been really nice ...

We met Deva and Phalguni as they led the Krishna camp kitchen at the Michigan Regional Rainbow Gathering. We immediately saw their light and felt their compassion as they assisted people in finding a way to their own peace and happiness through music celebration and food offerings and knowledge sharing. We've since witnessed them ...

I find myself surrounded more and more by brothers and sisters who are doing things "unconventionally". Maybe the norm is slowly changing, maybe I'm stuck in an oasis of gypsies. Either way, I'm happy to have these people in my presence. I find that being surrounded by inspiring people is a great catalyst ...

We recently met Amy in Ypsilanti MI.

She recently gave up her job with the intent on traveling for 1 year. Everything seems to be lining up for her ever since this decision. She continues to meet people who are helping her to shape this journey. Upon collaboration with a friend she created a mission ...

Meet Jen and Stevo,
a 20-something couple from California who left the USA in 2011 to teach English in China. They love life abroad and have been traveling, working and living in Asia ever since. They currently live in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

One of their current missions is to inspire others to travel. This is ...

I haven't updated in a while. Dennis and I have spent most of 3 weeks offline and away from our phones. We unexpectedly ended up at the Rainbow Gathering in the Manistee National forest in Michigan. Haven't heard of it? It's a bunch of hippies hanging out in the woods. Building kitchens ...

While we were in Danville VA visiting our friend Bianca (see her amazing warehouse story here), she told us about findaspring.com. Dennis and I have been drinking Reverse Osmosis water for well over a year in an attempt to free our bodies of fluoride and other chemicals found in drinking water. ( NOTE: Fluoride is ...

We met a woman at an organic market called Circle of Health in Bluffton, SC (http://www.happycow.net/reviews/circle-of-health-bluffton-30166). She was a customer who we happened to spark an interesting conversation with. We were discussing gluten-free options and the growing availability of products that meet this need. We'll call this woman Susan ...