good news

wow I feel great right now. so my homie that had the good news wanted to tell me this, he was working on the same belt with this kid at his job, and they really didn't get along because the kid was resonating in a bad vibration and one day the kid walks into work up to my buddy and says, yo sorry man we cool? and they was cool and my buddy ask why the change of attitude, the kid responds that his friend had showed him my blog which helped him believe more in positive outlook and that he could manifest what he wants. My homie asked him him what blog and he told him kdogs blog. my buddy said this his jaw dropped and told him how we have been bests friends for a grip and shit. it was hard for me to believe it but it makes me happy.

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thanks for he shout oh mom

wow so I just found out my mom threw a shout out about my blog on the radio this morning. haha thanks mom. wish I could of heard it. hope to get to a real computer soon to preform some updates that are harder to do from my phone. it would be really cool to get some question roll through to answer. feel free to post questions! I'm thinking of a lot of ideas right now, and I have exciting news from a friend on the way. my goal today is to dance for 2 hours tonight, shower, eat only raw food the rest of the day and learn 2 new jokes. peace

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mystic island fest

yesterday just kind chilled at the campgrounds and painted a coconut of a face with my newest neighbors. I put the coco in a tree to watch people. last nigt mainly read the book urban homestead.I slept in today to try to get me on a semi late night schedule. I'm charging my phone right now in the Internet room at the campgrounds, yeah they have an Internet room, badass. they also have cold showers. the beach was super warm but slowly gained depth. sharks were also some noise in the air. last night was a real chill for pre pre party. today I volunteers checking wristbands and doing security(karma patrol) for 4 hours while watching a huge some being constructed. open ceremony was with some natives teaching us about the aina(land) aloha(love) and ourself(god). the tents are packed like Tetris! we have a picnic table close so it's a nice social spot for our neck of the woods. today volunteering I really thought about growing asparagus and why we have to pay to get into festivals. this doesn't seem like the most organized festival but I think It will all come together and everyone will be happy! I'm slightly worried about gettin my 100 dolla refund for volunteering because of hearing some previous years volunteers never got their loot. the didgeridoos I can hear from this Internet room are motivating me to want to play more. I have a lot to pay forward from my journey so far, I'm feeling so blessed. I received a donation for me on my journey which will motivate me to more closely examine the thing I use it to buy. thank you so much for supporting me during this growth spurt. i might get a chance to get dive certified for a fraction of the normal price threw a friend which it what I might spend on for my maui experience. I haven't really done anything like it yet and kinda thought I would like to do that or go fishing. a great white was spotted not far off of oahu .http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqs1eJ81bqI this is what I guess some people call new age fest. yoga, raw foods, ecstatic dance, love, light. there not a vibe that people will be drinking heavily or drinking much at all. most are here to raise up their consciousness about community, communication with others self and the divine. walking down the path I seen a cat skirrt out of an open tent. haha. I think my intentions for this trip so far have come along good. In the past I might have considered my self a hippy I think now I consider myself more of a hippy. haha. it could be I'm starting to believe more in organic farming, I want to call people sister and brother and I want to chant songs about raising spirits dancing around a fire, and I would probably do it naked. doing security I met this kid while asking him getting his wristband, and he was with his dad. his dad was doing photography for a book of bliss. they live in Chicago and there are a lot of vibration raising events there he said. seen a lil baby at the fest today getting me excited for my brother and his family and my sister and hers and our family. I'm scheduled to volunteer for some thing i wanted to see ( ram dass) mainly because I seen him in the documentary "magic trip" that I watched waiting for my plane to maui. I am pretty satisfied with my iPhone except for the battery life. I have been having dejavu like a mofo. must be island magic. been using some affirmations lately. I know they work. been keeping up with friends for the most part and if your reading this and want to chat call me up. I'm havin a felling that maui is going to be my favorite island. felt like I get excited about the near future and just seeing people. going back to oahu and home but I guess ram dass's thing is "be her now" so possible to get get more in the mind frame or now. well I got a bit of a charge so back out to the fest. love yall

3rd island

the girls that couch surfed with me at the host house of the dude who had his bachelors degree in hospitality management, were from germany. we enjoyed some local brews at the house, we talked about travels, cultures, interests, and the beautiful Hawaii. a little about hawaiian culture, is aloha is hello, good bye and love. Mahalo is thank you. lani is porch/deck. a lot of people use the word "yea" in place of where Iowans would say "ya know". kids and adults call their elders uncle, and you must all was respect the Ina(the land) heard a story of how the park ranger would constantly get packages of lava rock people took from the island because it had brought them very bad luck. one had a note about how this guy took some lava rock and then his family started dying so he just wanted the rocks back where they came from.
brian dropped me off around 9am (Brian's southern accent 9) at the airport. while waiting for my plane that left at 2:44 I went into the airport restaurant. I was hungry but not hungry enough to pay for taxed out cheap food. I was almost hungry enough to ask someone if I could have the large remainder of their plate they were throwing out, but didn't. i found some almonds in my pack so that satisfied me until I could get some spam musubi. I watched the documentary "magic trip" about ken Keesey and the merry pranksters on their bus trip across America. I haven't watched a full movie for a very long time but it was the perfect thing to do while waiting for a plane. one of them men in the movie Richard Alpert "ram dass" will be speaking at the festival I will be going to. of I forgot to put that I talked to a fellow quad cityian that a friend referred to me and they invited me to go work on some farm projects and I'll have a place to camp and food. I also talked to another friend of a friend who lived on maui and that is where I stayed last night. I passed out instantly once I got on my plane to maui. getting off the plane I met some others going to the fest. we waited for the bus, I jumped on and was told my bag was very big by the driver. the kids I met didn't get on due to their luggage. I got off that bus to transfer to another and when trying to get on that bus the driver said, I'm going to tell you now, you can ride but you backpack cant. so I started hiking towards my destination for the night. I realized it was going to be a very long walk and would of been a very short drive so I got a ride from Sean and Kendra, the people i was staying with for the night. they showed me good hospitality and it was nice getting some info on the island. also nice to share some of my stories, reasons and direction of my trip. it nice to share and actually step out of your head and listen to your self as an observer. I really liked getting interviewed by one of my buddies mentors before leaving on my trip as it made me really think about myself and the world. I would like to be interviewed by a professor like that again. it nice to have some connections pre established before landing on he island. more people to hike, camp, surf, dive, fish, farm, and enjoy each others company with. slept very hard last night due to all the walking I imagine. today I'll be heading to the camp ground where the festival is at and get social. I find myself picking up sticks and breaking them, preparing them for fire when walking then realize I'm not going to start a fire then a drop them. haha. I need to start a fire. PEACE
kinda wished I had a real keyboard or laptop so I could type faster and more but I'll do with what I got and I am grateful for.

waipio

I seen wild horses down in waipio and in the town near waipio I seen the largest crystal in hawaii. it was an 1000 pound quartz crystal.

waipio valley

I went to waipio valley after leaving kolekole and had my toughest time hitching yet. so man cars past and I walked for many miles. but I got there hoping to meet with some people but didn't. a few people asked me if I was going to do the trail up the other side of the valley to where there is huge beautiful waterfalls. i chilled on the beach for awhile and decided I was going to try to climb the other side. I totally under estimated it and realized that I didn't have enough water and it was getting dark so I set up to camp behind a tree. I was just going to sleep on my tarp until a huge roach all most crawled on my face so I set up my tent on a very unstable part of land. it was the first time I camping in the woods by myself, sober. walking down to the valley in the morning I seen 3 hot chicks that camped on the beach and wished that I would of done the same. I was super exhausted after climbing down the valley and back up the other side. hitchin went good though. I got a ride to the first town the made my way to he highway where I was an hour drive from where I was going. I got picked up by someone who was going where I was. they smoked 2 fatties with me and we just listened to rap music the whole time. when I got to kona I called this guy who responded to my couch surfing request. he picked me up when he got off work and we wen t have a drink with some of his co-workers. it was nice to take a real shower and being showed hospitality. I'll be staying with him again tonight with possible 2 girl couch surfers which should be fun. going to maui tomorrow. might try to get food stamps out here, I heard its easy and it would most defiantly help me out. kona side is a different world compared to Hilo. Hilo is a lot more hippies and townies and kona just seems like lot more money and fancy fancy like Waikiki. I'm really excited for maui and he mystic island fest where I'll be able to participate in some workshops and do my volunteer gig. I'm going to try to get more dedicated and update more frequently. hope all is well to everyone reading, give someone a hug today! hahah

kolekole park

the Hawaiian plate at the diner

volcano

after leaving robins I headed to volcano national park. I stayed at a hostel outside the park for the night before heading out to see the volcano. it was nice to spend time with other travelers but the bed I had kinda smelled and it was 25 for a night. I left early in the morning and hiked around the volcano. there was no chance for me to see hot liquid magma but I did get to see t smoking. with the volcano being active it put off a smoke that is called vog. it seems like it bothers some people and others don't notice it. there were certain places you couldn't go around the volcano because if you did the vog could be dangerous. I was going to stay a a campground by the volcano but decided I wanted to go back to Hilo to try to meet some people. while hitching I seen this girl that introduced her self to me the day earlier so I got off my hitch to go talk to her. her and her friends invited me to eat at a diner with them and then invited me to camp with them at this park. the park we camped at was super nice right by the oceans and had electricity. I stayed down there 2 nights.

dinner

this was one of the best dinners served at robins, the chicken was fantastic. I probably wouldn't have stayed around robins ranch for the week that I did if the food wasn't as good as it was.

chocolate covered. coffee beans

ever since rainbow gathering I love chocolate covered coffees beans. Sweet treat

amazon tree at rainbow falls

rainbow falls

this is rainbow falls where robin took us to explore he island some one day. she also took us to a laval tube to hike though. it was beautiful. o yeah robin also ran a full service escort service. it was interesting hearing the other wwoofers ask her about it. the last day I was there this other wwoofer asked if we could do some work exchange for some girls. haha.

chicken

we were going to try to catch and eat this chicken but I think this kid Trevor became a little too attached. haha. this kid was going to work for this company called test with the best where he was pretty much a guinea pig for new medications. he said he would get paid 250 a day and get fed and a place to stay. he said he would do this then go to the philippines where the American dollar would go a lot further.

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robins nest ranch

after leaving cinderland I got on a bus towards the farm mt. view I had lined up to work. robin and some other wwoofers picked me up and then went to pick up another wwoofer. their was 4 of us wwoofers. at robins the main job we did was make brush piles and clear the property line. it wasn't the most enjoyable work but I did like getting chain saw experience. the meals were on time and were delicious. one night me and the other wwoofers played cards, watched tv, sat around a fire, drank beers and that pretty much it.

gathering rocks by the ocean

kahena beach

on the Sunday I was at cinderland some of us went to this beach that was nude optional and had a large drum circle. it felt like a scene from some kind of trippy hippy movie down there. there was probably over 100 people there.

cinderland

staying at cinderland was nice, it cost $25 for the week. I usually started the fire every night. while there I didn't have much focus on anything and did a lot of just hanging out. I met quite a few cool people but no really close connections. the last day I stayed was work day, where we went out and gathered some building materials from the beach and collected some fire wood. I left my backpack in the communal kitchen before leaving for work day and when I came back it was gone. inside was the bottom halts to my zip off pants and my sun glasses. it had to be stolen because it was no where to be found, but knowing that nothing too valuable was in it I didn't really make it known that someone thieved me. maybe they thought it had. valuables in it because I carried it often things I didn't want in my pockets. later that night we had taco Tuesday at cinderland. this was when people from the community could come threw to enjoy tacos with everyone. there was a big bowl of delicious pork at taco tuesday that I soon realized was the road kill hog. it was awesome heading everyone talk about how good the pork was. i had an awesome hitching experience one day going from town back to cinderland. a local picked me up and played me a song on his ukulele while singing a freestyle about me and the island and rainbows. he dropped me close to where I was going and gave me a sweet tangerine for the remainder of my walk.

Hawaiian gas station food

coconuts

this dude used a deer tree stand to climb up the coconut tree. he would lower down big bunches with a rope, it was dope.

road kill hog dude is gutting

where i am at

so my first night on big island i stayed at this place called arnotts, it was like 11 dollaz to set up a tent and chill. it was nice there, electricty, internet, showers, toilets and such, and other travelers. next night i went and did some work trade at a place called The shire. i helped moved some debri for a few then ate dinner with them, played cards and listened to jokes. i left the next morning to see where the universe would take me next and it was a eco-village called Cinderland. This place was nice to come to after rainbow. communal kitchen and a bunch of sweet people. The second day i was as cinderland we gathered around 50 coconuts and a ton of bananas. some of the coconuts we drank were called champange coconuts and were really good. we later then went to the champange pond which was a very beautiful place to swim. well im trying to keep it shot and sweet, ill add some details and more about the trip soon. PEACE

Puna (hippy capital of Hawaii)
Pahoa Town

now that's some trippy fruit

hope this friend knows how much I appreciate his hospitality

brother scotts bungalow

before

after

soo high

sweet sweat lodge

h2o

rainbow valley

water falls

hanging tree

crazy cactus

mountains

eyes on the prize

so grateful for hospitality

finally an update

so after fire tribe gathering I stayed on the north shore for 2 nights and was shown hospitality by awesome women who reminded me of a fairy god mother. she had magic. she was a fellow Iowan and was a pleasure to stay with. she set me up on a very comfortable bed, offered food, took me on a small tour of the north shore and raised my spirits.  she performed some sacred sound healing on me, using crystal singing bowls, rattles and a few other interesting instruments putting me into a pleasant trance. i also had my oracle read o me twice. one way was by asking my question then closing my eyes and picking through a wide variety of rubber duckies to find my answer, the other was by choosing a card. my question for the rubber ducky oracle was "will i get a crew together for burning man?" my answer was, it would be cool but if not ill meet some people to go with or chill with there. the night after staying on the north shore I was shown hospitality by a friend of a girl I couch surf requested. set me up with nice place to sleep, offered me food and told me to leave when I wanted. it was soo nice to be trusted in someone house who just knows me from Facebook. good experience! I headed out to the jungle forest valley on the 21st. the bus system out here has been very good to me. the trail was beautiful. the views outstanding. after about 40 mins on he the trail I run into 2 girls from Europe heading to the same place as me, home. they were full of laughs which let me know all ready these were going to be some cool people to connect with. we were greeted at the the trail going down to the gathering by who I will call, young master splinterchi, with hugs and a "welcome home"! I think there were six of us the first night down there. I naturally put myself on the task of collecting fire wood, while YMSC prepared primo teas, others drummed, sang and other tasks that need to be done to live in the woods. we boiled our water for the first few days to make sure not any  bacteria from wild boar poop was in our water. someone brought a water filter later for us to use. the gathering grew everyday, while there were people coming and going. some people didn't bring tents or tarps and started to build shelter using the materials the forest provided. mogley built himself a sweet hut. I didn't poop for like the first 4 days I was there which got me a little worried but I massaged my stomach some and asked Santa to let me poop for Christmas and he did thank god. maybe my body was just like I need a toilet but we had shit pits dug. ha nuff bout poo. so more artist and instruments started coming in which was very nice. every night for awhile it was like listening to people's personal playlists on random which was kind of repetitive but tonight I kinda miss it. the second day in the woods 2 men came down to camp and a girl I will call sweedie pie gave them such an excited bright welcome home, and then was rushed by a bunch of dogs who belonged to the men who were pig hunters. it was super funny.  the dogs were very skinny and sad looking and the hunters were friendly and seem to mind us being in a spot they were trying to hunt. on my way to town to charge my phone I see the hunters and they got a boar. I congratulated them on there kill and the slightest bit sketched that these dudes waving their rifles all around knew a small group of us would be camping down there. it was all good though. the group meals made it really fell like family down there. we would circle up sing a song, say a prayer, om, and eat up our carbs. at first I was hesitant to let out an om, but with every meal I became more confident and enjoyed oming more. my boots totally failed out on me my first day on the trail. I guess that's what 20 dolla boots from Kmart gets me. still think I might send a letter of complaint to coleman. so I was a little worried about getting another pair before big island where I need them for farming. I looked at the mall on one of my town trips and it was lookin like I was going to have to spend 30-40. I didn't get any boots and right when I get back to camp a brother i will call love Viking had a pair of very nice steel toe work boots for me. perfect size and everything. he said someone was going to throw them out and he scooped them up for me. I was astonished. I spent a lot of time tending the fire and sitting on rocks, so when I would go relax on my air mat in my tent it was ecstasy. laying there so comfortable listening to what's going on and drifting thinking about how good I am feeling but still telling myself to get up and go be social. it was amazing how with very little direction we had all worked together to create a harmonious home in the woods. at one point I looked around at a bunch of brothers and sister working on tasks to the beat of tribal drums in the background. I traded my hammock for some sun glasses and also traded a bandanna for a pretty cool watch. I almost came to tears my last night down in the valley because of all the love and joy and family I had experienced, and was sad I didn't get to say goodbye to everyone but I'm sure I'll see a lot of them again. dragon who I had met at fire tribe  told me that I'm coming out of my shell more which was a good feeling. we ate a lot of rice and beans but people also forged for lillacoi (passion fruit) bread fruit and a few other things. I felt like an avatar eating the passion fruit. people also forged for bamboo which was turned into blow poles for the fire and someone also made a water pipe with some. though I vaguely noticed some people contributing more work then other it I never heard anyone complain about somebody else being lazy. a sweat lodge was built on site but I didn't use it. I swam in the river a few times and wore the same outfit days on end. we did Chakra cleansing a few nights along with chanting. I stay up late a lot of the nights and slept way in some days. o dreamland. we had a monumental fire for N.Y.E which was nice because that was my last night down there. sweet treats at night included chocolate covered coffee beans, crystallized ginger, pop corn, along with massages going on everywhere. gathering was 95% alcohol free which was nice not to blur the clarity of love and light. I didn't disconnect with the outside world totally because I surprisingly got service deep on the valley. my new years resolution was to give more hugs. I don't think I'll ever forget my first rainbow family gathering!  

we are circling 

circling together

we are singing

singing out heart song

this is family

this is unity

this is celebration

this is sacred 

if I forgot anything I'll add it soon

I'm on big island now, staying at a campground/hostel. 10bucks a night ain't bad for the facilities. so yeah I hope I can keep updating now I have some external solar powered batteries that work and I think I'll be near electricity for awhile. my pack has gotten so much lighter, left some things at homies and got ride of some stuff, thanks y'all for reading, love ya all. and if you fell like helping support your favorite mutt I do have a yellow donate button on the right side column, and if anyone has suggestion about things they would like to see me try or do just shoot,

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