glorious rideshare

sometimes i wonder why i go to so much trouble to find rideshares. while in L.A. i probably spent a few hours total checking for rides, posting, and e-mail coordinating. the price of train would have been only ten to fifteen dollars more than i contributed for gas, but i would have had to put my bicycle in a box. so i had patience and the ad finally came that looked promising. a guy going to phoenix with a van! we decided he would pick me up at six on friday the 6th.

chris was not only a really nice guy, but we saw eye to eye on just about every topic. we talked about love, spirituality, radical economics, food/nutrition, and many other things. we introduced each other to some new ideas too, achieving a good degree of eloquence throughout our conversation. it was a blast! this kind of connection with a person that i have no previous history with is so thrilling to me. as i continue on this path i seem to find more and more of these connections. helps me to imagine how living in love with the whole world could be.

during the trip i finished patching the little holes in my sleeping bag. it is not a down bag, but the filling still pokes out annoyingly. not anymore!

i've passed quickly through this rideshare into the land of the cactus. when i looked up from my sewing and saw the saguaro all around i was struck by the strange presence, as i have not been among them since before i can clearly remember.









i had the thought at a rest stop, and shared with chris, "we could create a little oasis here with all the water we use to flush the toilets." not to mention all the poop and pee we could compost and use to grow plants! it also occurred to me that decomposition must happen more slowly in this dry environment.