Spending another summer on the road.

Last summer I did 19,000 miles in over half the states, 45 National parks and monuments, countless new cool people, sights and festivals. Lived out of a partially converted van, couch-surfing, camping and National Forests.

This summer, in three weeks to be exact, i'm leaving on another grand adventure. From NY to Kentucky to Oklahoma, NM, and Utah to Cali, then up from San Fran to Seattle. I'm looking for people who want to either travel or meet up and spread the positive vibrations across the country this summer.

After a few months of travel, i'm going to either be looking into starting or joining a commune/ecovillage, or get into whatever comes up along the way...

Would love to hear feedback, comments or suggestions on where to go/what to see/anything specific is great.

Here is my trip agenda so far and some other notes on it...

Part 1 - West
May 25 - Pick up Alyson in Ithaca. Thru NYC onto Long Island. Meet with Joe, spend night.
26 - Cache in NJ, Delaware, through Philly, stay with Lee in Baltimore?
27 - To Front Royal, VA, Shenandoah National Park, stay in Monongahela or George Washington NF
28 - Through West Virginia, get CACHE! Into Kentucky, Daniel Boone NF, stay at Stephens in Lexington
29 - Near Ft. Knoxx, to Mammoth Caverns National Park. Night in Land Between the Lakes NRA
30 - Ozarks Scenic Hwy in Southern Missouri/Mark Twain National Forest
31 - Eureka Springs, AR. Into Oklahoma/Through Tulsa for re-supply. (Aaron via craigslist)
June 1 - Across OK and into Panhandle, One of three N Grasslands for night.
2 - Capulin Volcano NM in NE NM. Into the Rockies for first time, night in Santa Fe NF.
3 - Into Tao's, Santa Fe? Bandalier NM, Jemez Hot Springs, Spend night where Rainbow was. (Contact Erica Krause)
4 - Aztec Ruins, into Colorado. Couchsurf in Durango?
5 - Mesa Verde NM, - Hovenweep and Canyons of the Ancient NM
6 - Hobbs Wash Historic Marker (Bluff) Monument Valley State Park, Valley of the Gods. (Utah)
7 - Glen Canyon, Capital Reef NP. Camp on river (same spot as last time for bath)
8 - through Torrey, Grand Staircase National Park and Escalante River. Slot Canyons
9 - Bryce Canyon NP, Dixie National Forest.
10 - Cedar Breaks National Monument
11 - Great Basin National Park, into NV
12 - Americas Loneliest Highway
13 - Carson City/Lake Tahoe
14 - Break for San Fran and the Ocean

Part 2 - Up the West Coast Late June/July
- Hanging around San Fran (Millers Uncle, Jessica and Alexa (Laura Hansen?)
- Coastal Route to Ereuka/Arcada - Kims friends, Jenna?
- Redwoods State Parks, National Park
- Meet up w Michelle Sirius...(Maitreya mountain village)
- Into Southern Oregon - Ashland, Medford
- Crater Lake NP - See Tyne
- Mt Hood
- Natalie in Bend, Or (Katheyn Bush in Eugene/Dufur)
- Portland - Shannon, Paul
- Mt St. Helens (Gifford Pinchot NF)
- Mt Rainer NP (Tim works here now)
- Seattle - Couchsurfer dude from 10K, Sydne
- Olympic NP
- Sara from Yellowstone - Edmonds Washington (N of Seattle)
- Bellingham - Ryan Mulligan - Vancouver Canada, North Cascade NP

Part 3 - July/August
- Picking Micah up from Seattle/Portland around July 15.
- Settle in Pac NW? Spokane? Missoula? Jackson Hole? Colorado?
- North to Alaska, Wyo Gold and Deb?
- Start an intentional community somewhere. Colorado or Oregon?


My Trip Goals.
- Find something to do with my life that gives me a sense of accomplishment, a job or purpose.
- Live in a positive environment, somewhere I like.
- Be active and healthy, and spend lots of time outdoors with Dazey.
- Eat well and avoid old bad habits, especially indulgence.
- Do not be a did not.
- Trip Cause - Sustainability, Random acts of Kindness, Natural Law (Life, liberty and Pursuit of happiness)
- Find at least one geocache in all of lower 48. Only ones left are NJ, Delaware, WV, Kentucky, OK, Missouri, Iowa, Oregon, Louisiana.


Trip Agreement
- Gas and routine maintenance will be split evenly by all riders.
- Food costs should be kept low by cooking most meals. Groceries should be split evenly, and a rotation will ensure all everyone has their turn cooking, cleaning and sitting back.
- While we may follow a planned route itinerary, the day to day travel will be determined by the majority. Jay gets an extra vote in the event of a tie.
- Plan for a laundry/town visit once a week.

Financial Planning (Per person needs based on a 2 month trip)
$300 - $5/day for food
$300 - $5/day for entertainment
$550 - based on $3.25/gallon with 20 MPG (10,000 miles)
$500 - Car Repair / Emergency Backup
Total - $1650

 

How much more room do you have in the van for other riders and people interested in starting a new commune?

 

Very inspiring trip agenda. I will sure copycat some of your trip agenda. at least trip goals 1 to 6. Enjoy

 

It is very possible that someone is backing out of the trip and I will have an open seat. Where are you located?

 

Lancaster, PA

 

where in Delaware are coming through?