The Flying Cloud Eco-DiscoveryTour

A Cross-Country Tour of Discovery, Hope and Serendipity

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Visit us at Modernism Week-Palm Springs February 25-27!

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The Eco-Discovery Tour is pleased to announce that we have been chosen to participate in a very special Vintage Trailer display at Modernism...
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Saturday, January 22, 2011

Get Off The Bottle!

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Bottled Water...many of us use it everyday. But all of us know that not only are the bottles one of the most prolific forms of plastic poll...
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Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Plastic Into Oil-Update!

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In July of 2009, we reported on the technology we found in Oregon that was able to convert recycled plastics into oil( Our Visit to Agri-Pla...
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Sunday, December 12, 2010

Our Lady of Guadalupe

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Pojoaque Pueblo English Pronunciation: "Po-wock-ee or Po-hock-ee" Traditional Name: PO-SUWAE-GEH Our temporary home in Santa Fe, N...
Thursday, December 2, 2010

Amarillo to Santa Fe

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The next morning came rather early, as the trucker who shared our discreet location as a good place to spend the night, fired up his diesel ...
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Sunday, November 28, 2010

On the road again!

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Once again I am sorry for the long absence, but after spending the last seven months doing very hard, but very rewarding hands on constructi...
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Saturday, June 26, 2010

The End of the World As We Know It

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I apologize for being so quiet the last month or so, but as the events in the Gulf of Mexico have unfolded I have found myself not only brok...
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Thursday, June 3, 2010

Racing into the Future

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This is a very thoughtful and well done video from an unlikely source! Leilani Münter is a professional race car driver and environmental ac...
Tuesday, June 1, 2010

The Nature’s Head Composting Toilet

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Throughout our travels and from our website and blog, one of the most frequently asked questions is “How is your composting toilet working?”...
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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Captain Ed’s Eco-Tour

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While we were in Apalachicola, I met up with Captain Ed Daniel who operates a small tour operation out of the Scipio Creek Marina that he ca...
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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Apalachicola

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Apalachicola, or “Apalach” as the locals call it, lies at the end of the Apalachicola River where it gently meets the Gulf of Mexico. Altho...
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Saturday, May 15, 2010

The Forgotten Coast

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After we left Texas, we decided to head back along the Gulf Coast and spend a little time relaxing along Florida’s Gulf Coast. With the rec...
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Monday, May 3, 2010

Spill Baby Spill

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Having recently spent several weeks along the Gulf Coast stretching from New Orleans and through Pensacola, and then along the “Forgotten Co...
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Texas Wildlife & Wildflowers

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Texas is well known for its wildlife, from the Coyote Ugly bars in San Antonio, to the beaches on the Gulf Coast, but from the moment we arr...
Tuesday, April 20, 2010

SMUD

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The particular part of Texas that we found ourselves has an interesting type of soil to say the least. After a few weeks on the ranch, I ni...
Monday, April 19, 2010

Armando

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One of the true pleasures of our stay in Texas was the opportunity to work with Armando. Armando was the lead ranch hand, and an indispensi...
Sunday, April 18, 2010

Get along little doggie!

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One day the ranch owner called and suggested I “go along” on a “calf tagging" expedition. The new crop of young cattle had just been ...
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010

On the Job Training

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As part of the work we had agreed to do on the ranch, I became involved in some of the guest and day to day ranch activities. This led to s...
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Friday, April 9, 2010

Looking for the Heart of a Saturday Night

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Most Friday and Saturday nights were spent at Carol’s restaurant. Not only was it the best place to eat for miles around, it was pretty muc...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

The Texas Two-Finger

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One of the first things you find out about Texans is that they are friendly. They are very, very friendly and they like to wave at you. In...
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Sunday, April 4, 2010

Welcome to Cat Spring Texas!

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Of all the States we have visited, one of those we least thought we would spend much time in was Texas. We had both “been” to Texas before,...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

Three Rivers New Mexico-Ghosts, Rattlesnakes, Petroglyphs, and Trains!

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Our friends and artists Cameron and Pamela Blagg who we visited in Montana (Our Visit to the Blagg's) had told us they would be in New ...
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Sunday, January 3, 2010

Christmas in Cuba-New Years in Nowhere!

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My Sister’s family has a small cabin just north of Albuquerque in Cuba, New Mexico. Despite the fact that I managed to piss most of my fami...
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A Good Planet is Hard to Come By

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Nestled in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains just outside of Tucson, Biosphere 2 rises from the desert like a gigantic diamond w...
Monday, December 21, 2009

6 months, 17,000 Miles, 32 States, and One Lifetime Later

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As 2009 draws to a close, Kate and I find ourselves in the desert of New Mexico taking a bit of a hiatus from our travels. In part because ...
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