I want to be free..

I need to build myself a yurt.....

 

hey me too sugarplum and obituary~birthday ill start a hippy comunity aswell kool !!!

 

hmmmmmm... everybody is at it! i wonder how many actually go all the way though?

 

also! i really like the tribal thing, in fact im hoping to go as far as adopt a sort of rustic dress code and wear some (eco) furs and come over all caveman... though naturally urban clothing will be on standby for those times when it's necessary to mix with the riff raff in the nearest town

 

Dont we all.

 

Dear Strawpuppy,
I'm with you all the way, but I am ready to give everything, including life up, because all that you said is true and possible, but since I never seem to get there and live in the middle of the road (when there is a better life), well, then to me life is not worth living. I want to say sorry to say this, but I am not going to live in a struggle, struggle, life and in the middle of the road where you cannot get to the place where you have described. It takes money, which I do not have, and yet I am a prisoner and slave to this city or any city and system and time and life keep passing me by.
But, yes, that sounds good, but how? If I could I would be there now, because I grew around woods and farmland, etc., but the last 14 years have been away from it. Originally, I am from a small town. But, I do know exactly what you mean and to me it is the only thing. But how?
Thank you for your time. I have been thinking of communes, farms, or other alternative living in remote areas, say like Canada. Do you know of any in that country? Why do I want to know this? The same reason you wrote what you wrote about being in the forests or where it is nice,etc. Nothing more and nothing less.
Now, naturally, I could go on and on and tell you about myself and my journey and all that deep talk, but you said it all and that is all of my desire and where my heart is.
That is why I am suffering, because I am not there. (literally)
After reading the many posts about what Stawpuppy wrote and how she feels, I needed to edit this. All you people, I believe, do want the same thing (who wrote replys on this), so what can we do about it. It is there and yet it seems complicated, but have a hunch it is simple. I mean I have read your posts and we all do think the same and want the same. To get back to that "Garden" and enjoying real life. Maybe having a garden and somehow managing. Michael, you said you reached it. How? I presumed it took money or some, which I don't have, but can get some (I am looking for work now). It is my dream, just like the others that have posted so what stops us? Thank you, Michael, if you respond how you reached it.

Sincerely,
HippySmallTown
Hippy Small Town

 

wow, nice post.

I can't answer ya though, seeing as how I'm still staying in Satantonio,TX
getting a certificate in Culinary Arts (of all things!), so I can save money, so I can TRY to move in the direction mentioned earlier.

It's easy to forget your dreams are possible when you've got your head in a box called citylife, or perhaps roadlife in small town hippy's case, huh?

don't give up,man!

and maybe someone else on these boards can help you out more than me.
Peace.

 

I agree. I want to feel free. Im a college student, until today. I found a better way of life. Im a free thinker with a wild, incrediable spirt inside me, I dont like to be locked up in the city. I know. I like nature. I think nature is beautiful. I want to live in one with nature and be at peace. I understand.

 

My dream is to live in nature with a bunch of people like me. Revert to the ways of old, not be pressured by society. Raise my children in a world without fear, corruption, hate. The world's telling me that I will be successful, that I can have a great life with money and happiness. That's not where my happiness comes from. My greatest joy is the small amount of time I get to live in the woods, sleeping under the stars, discovering new plants, new shelters. No one is there to tell me what time I need to be somewhere, who I need to listen to, what I need to do. The greatest world, would be a world without clocks. They remind us of how much our life has been spent in unhappiness, in....a cage.

 

I know exactly what you mean. I feel the same way but I can't help feeling that I'll never get the chance to live my life in that way. It really sucks doesn't it? Do you think you'll get the chance to?

peace.

 

I guess the first step is finding other people...but it's a life of such uncertainty, few would be willing. Plus it'd be hard to run the environmentalist organization I founded from there. But if I could find other people, I'd do it...no questions asked.

 

I wanna go travel round europe.....

 

I have the same dreams..

 

Excellent suggestion! This is probably the closest you can get to your dream. It's almost impossible for one person to be a true nomad, living totally off the land. It's just too difficult, and there are only a few places left in the world where it would be even remotely possible.

The AT is a great idea, but it's not the only one. As you surely know, there are several other long distance trails in the US ... the Continental Divide Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail are two of the best-known, but there are shorter ones too ... the Arizona Trail, the Grand Enchantment Trail, the Hayduke Trail, the Colorado Trail. These will take you a few months to travel, and they're true wilderness trails ... unlike the AT*, you can go for days on end without encountering another human being, or sign of civilization.

These trails all have very good websites ... google them for more info. Good luck! Maybe I'll run into you on the trail someday


* I don't mean to sound like I'm knocking the Appalachian Trail at all. I've never hiked on it, but have heard wonderful things about it. It's just much more heavily traveled than the others I mentioned ... that's all I meant

The Grand Enchantment Trail, for instance, goes for 700 miles from Phoenix to Albuquerque, through some of the wildest country you will ever find, through mountains and desert ... including some places "where the air ain't been breathed before". It's entirely possible to hike the entire length of it and count on one hand the people you see.

 

I cant wait to get out of the 9 to 5 grind. Freedom will be great

 

Traveling to different cities touring wth the Dead was the freest I ever was. The late 80's and early 90's was a great time to be a road bum. Selling and trading for enough gas money to get to the net city. After Jerry Garcia died I felt so alienated. Babylon takes a long time to get used to after being on the road for years. It was truly a great tribe. I'd love to see something like that again.

 

Get a deisel RV converted for fryer oil and you'd have no bills ecept registration. I'd use a PO address for 'residency'.

 

that's pretty much my life's dream.

 

was that henry as in throreu?