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So here I am on the verge of an endeavor I've never before made. Several, in fact.

Starting in September I will be leaving to bicycle cross-country. I really have no idea what I'm getting myself into, honestly, but it should be interesting. At the present time it looks like I'll be leaving from Bar Harbor, Maine, passing through Nashville, TN and New Orleans, LA on the way out to southern California, from whence I will depart on the second leg of my journey, on foot, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canadia.

Along the way I'll be stopping at a number of intentional communities (communes in the old parlance) to see what they're all about and learn as much as I can about that sort of lifestyle, both to see if there's a place I can call home on this Earth, and to see if I want--and am ready--to start my own anti-genericana alternative infrastructure community. Along the journey, I expect to meet a lot of interesting people and see a lot of natural beauty. I'd welcome, but really don't expect, any company.

In the end I expect to have a pile of pictures, letters, and a full journal or two: My next new endeavor will be to write a book chronicling the adventure and describing what I found.

Y'all are welcome to get involved any way you see fit. At the moment I'm still contacting communities and trying to get my bicycle together. I'm unemployed, which makes it harder to do the latter, as well as leaving me worried about buying food along the way. But I'll be leaving, come hell or high water, within a month and a half. An ever-changing list of stops and routes will remain here: [link]

Who reads this, anyway? Cheers, all.