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Road trip to Durango #roadtrip #colorado #rockies (at Colorado)

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reflections from an underwater wave 

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Mesmerizing

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Saturday afternoon hike. #hiking #frontrange #denver #colorado (at Mount Falcon Park)

[cbssurfer]

A great fire burns within me, but no one stops to warm themselves at it, and passers-by only see a wisp of smoke.

Vincent Van Gogh (via cbssurfer)

[witchtips]

How You Can Help The #NODAPL Protesters and Water Protectors

If you live in American, you’ve likely heard of the ongoing struggle taking place at the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota. There, hundreds of protestors are standing their ground against both Dakota Access LLC (Energy Transfer Partners) and the militaristic police presence. The police force in this area has ordered and deployed vicious assaults against the peaceful protestors in the form of attack dogs, rubber bullets, tear gas, and more.

What Is The Dakota Access Pipeline?

The Dakota Access Pipeline is a proposed crude oil pipeline that has been approved by The US Army Corps of Engineers in July 2016. The pipeline would run underground from North Dakota to Illinois by way of South Dakota and Iowa. (x)

Why Is DAPL Bad?

The Dakota Access Pipeline is opposed because of several reasons. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe stated in their filed complaint in federal court that “the construction and operation of the pipeline…threatens the Tribe’s environment and economic well-being, and would damage and destroy sites of great historic, religious, and cultural significance to the Tribe.” (x) The construction of DAPL would disturb the environment and very possibly contaminate the natural water sources that the locals rely on. In addition, many feel that resources would be better spent investing in alternative energy sources.

What Can We Do To Help Right Now?

Even if you are not able to travel to Standing Rock to join the protesters, there are many ways to contribute to their cause and to their protection and well being.

Put Your Money Where Your Heart Is

Purchase From The Sacred Stone Camp Amazon Wishlist

Donate to The Sacred Stone Camp GoFundMe

Donate to The Sacred Stone Camp Legal Fund

Donate To The Sacred Stone Camp PayPal

Purchase From The Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council Amazon Wishlist

Donate To Standing Rock Medic & Healer Council Directly and/or Purchase From Their Current List of Needs

Donate to Oceti Sakowin PayPal

Donate to Sophia Wilansky’s GoFundMe, she was severely injured by police at Standing Rock and will require many surgeries.

Donate by Mail to: Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Attention: Donations, P.O. Box D, Building #1, North Standing Rock Ave., Fort Yates, ND 58538.

Send supplies by mail through Greenpeace

Donate supplies to your local Greenpeace office: Costa Mesa CA, Denver CO, Los Angeles CA, New York City NY, Oakland CA, Portland OR, San Diego CA, San Jose CA, St. Petersburg FL, Washington DC (x)

Voice Your Opposition For DAPL and Support For The Sioux Tribe

Call North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple: 701-328-2200

Call The White House: 202-456-1111. Ask President Obama to rescind the DAPL permit.

Call Lee Hanse, executive vice president of Energy Transfer Partners: 210-403-6455

Call Glenn Emery, vice president Energy Transfer Partners: 210-403-6762

Call Michael (Cliff) Waters, lead analyst Energy Transfer Partners: 713-989-2404

Call Army Corps of Engineers: 202-761-5903

Call the Morton County Sheriff’s Office and voice your opposition to the violence ordered by Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier 701-667-3330

Volunteer

If you have legal or media skills that you wish to donate email [email protected] or call 701-301-2238 (x)

If you have medical skills and training and/or are a EMT, Medic, Nurse, Physician, Herbalist, Midwife, or Massage Therapist and want to help on the front lines fill out this application.

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Everything helps!

[purplebuddhaproject]

Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habit. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Thích Nhất Hạnh (via purplebuddhaproject)

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California! Danny DeVito has a quick message for you…

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Hi, love your photos! What advice do you have for the financial aspect of traveling? How long do you save up before going on a trip?

Thank you, much appreciated.   Life on the road is just that, just as life in your apartment.  It is no more expensive and can be much, much cheaper.

As a generality, time and money have an inverse relationship. Unless you are born into it (I was statistically raised in poverty), if you want more money you will have less time, and so it goes… I chose to have less money for the past decade or so.  Keep your reoccurring bills to an absolute minimum.  Don’t eat out.  And for shit’s sake brew your own damned coffee.  For close to ten years all I had was car insurance and cheap rent.  I didn’t even own a phone, hell, in college I’d walk to a payphone to call a girl and ask her on a date…. obviously she’d say no because I”m a creep calling from a payphone.  Grow fond of PB&J and cans of tuna fish. More than one cop has laughed in my life when I’ve opened the glove-box to get the registration and 6 cans of tuna fish fall to my floor.  The cop would then sigh, chuckle and ask “you are a climber aren’t you?” - Yup.

Car camping is cheap.  Car camping is not glamorous but it is absolutely beautiful.   It really is, life simplifies on the road.  I spend more money in the city on a standard weekend (eating out, drinks, movie, shopping etc) than driving 8 hours after work on Friday to camp for two days in the mountains of a different state. You’ll need money for gas to where you are going (just calculate that out and make sure you have enough - if you don’t, well, best invite another friend to split gas with and then keep jamming friends in your car until it’s affordable) and you’ll need food (plan ahead with pre-made meals and snacks bought on the cheap before you leave).  

Get jobs at outdoor gear shops so, as an employee, you can “pro deal” your gear for around half the retail price while also earning a pay check at the same time. Keep your life simple.  Want more time… have less money.  You’ll catch flak from some - but don’t take it wrong because ultimately you’ll realize those are the people that love you most.  Sure, if you work hard for 40 to 60 hours a week you’ll make lots of money and you’ll have time in the end - but not until the end.  Always work hard, there is no easy way, but find balance - and live a life of retirement.  Now, well into my professional career, I have chosen a job and field that has mostly allowed me to work 12 hour shifts as opposed to 8… leading to upwards of 15 days off a month.  

I grew up car camping with my dad in his 1968 Land Cruiser FJ40 because we didn’t have the money for the typical destination vacation, i.e., “fly somewhere and stay in a hotel vacation.”  He taught me the joy in keeping life simple and that maybe there is no destination but instead just a path - there was never an “are we there yet” question in our family because there was no end goal.  Trips were circular with no direct route to a place or the same route home.  Instead of living at home we were simply living out of our car.  Destination obsession devalues the path and can get quite expensive.  

Honestly, your question really got me thinking. I found it odd that I’d never really worried about money for travel… even though most my stress in life has been about having money for bills and being socially accepted as the poor kid.  I grew up in poverty, like food stamps and government cheese stylin’ so I have been fearful of big bills (rent, insurance, medical, credit cards, loans, etc.).  Life on the roadwas always about being free of  big bills and the financial burdens and societal expectations of the city.  I could work for gas money and eat cheap…. beyond that all I ever needed were some rocks to climb and a beautiful place to see the sunset.

Hope to see you out there.

[berniesanders]

Ready to join the political revolution? Good. So are we.

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Richmond Park

Richmond Park is the largest enclosed space in London, extending over a truly massive 2,500 acres. Taking a walk here feels very much like you’re right out in the countryside, especially with its large herds of deer that call the park home. You’ll spot hints of the city here and there, of course, like the view from the top of the park all the way to St Paul’s Cathedral in central London. 

5 Britain’s Best Long Distance Walking Trails

[berniesanders]

A little bird told me that Alaska, Hawaii, and Washington are ready to join the political revolution tomorrow. #BirdieSanders #FeelTheBern (at Moda Center (Rose Garden))

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Happy Halloween!