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Freakstock…Again

Well, once again we were to be found at The Freakstock Festival in Germany. We think this makes 9 years we have gone. We didn’t plan to come back for the very next year but here we are. First we had to reunite the family. Sam is back after about a year and a half […]

Surreal Spaces

Do you sometimes feel like you are caught in a surreal space. Somewhere between reality and a dream-like trance. Seems I find myself in that place often. I am currently sitting in front of our truck in the centre of an exhibition space at a festival with over 100,000 attendees. Not sure why we are […]

Cheap Thrills in Germany

Here we are, still in Germany. Actually we are in Bad Gogging. It is an ancient spa town from Roman Empire days. Lots of statues of old, dead Roman dudes. We thought a spa town would be a great place to have Andrew’s birthday as Andrew has had memorable spa experiences on 2 other birthdays. […]

Leaving “Easter Island”

Leaving “Easter Island” after 3 weeks. What an amazing time. We finally got the brake seal on Thursday. Willie and Andrew fixed the truck the same day. Abi wanted to stay a few more days so she could celebrate her 15th birthday with her new friends. Hanna took the opportunity to learn some graffiti art […]

Ahhhh Plans

What do they say. The best laid plans of mice and men. We made plans to go to India and a major catastrophic event happens to wipe out most of the roads. What is that about. Well….. we think to ourselves. We can help. Help how. Bringing in stuff. But then what. Do we just […]

Let Us Be

The morning sun is streaming into the truck. TJs new friend, Jet, is knocking at the door. I open the door and look out. It is time to get up. Inigo went on a slow meandering walk with a little girl, her dad and her dog. They live in the truck just up from ours […]

Being counted with the poor

We have been hanging with economically poor people for our whole teen and adult lives. I went on many orphanages and dumps to visit people when I lived in Southern California. I chose a nursing school on the East side of LA that staffed a hospital that took care of the poor. I remember cleaning […]

Piercing and Pizza

Just been to Freakstock Festival again. We aren’t too sure how many times we have been yet. There is some discrepancy with the family historians. Dad says 7 times. Abi says 9 times. I say ALOT OF TIMES. Back at the Coptic Monastary/military base. Lots of people!!! Lots of really cool trucks and creative people […]

The Insanity of Artists

Hanging out in a castle last nite. A real live castle outside of Dresden. The castle is a collection of about 6 buildings and grounds in a complex in which the other half contains a Denny’s wannabee pub, a suburban like ice cream parlor and farmer’s market shop that makes the perfectly predictable and safe […]

Rainsticks and Food

Over the weekend Alana’s family brought her back after getting her visa renewed. They also brought Steff with them. We had a great weekend together.  We were 19 all together. Lots of cooking and talking and laughing. We had some great food together. Of course, the Hurst family came laden with all sorts of good […]