The New Plan

So, a lot of changes have occurred since I last updated. Trips planned, cancelled, re-planned and subsequently cancelled again.  For a while, I became disheartened.  I wasted my nest egg and gave in to despair. I resigned myself to internet fantasies of someday travels.  Then, an epiphany.  Why feel confined within national boundaries when there were boundless opportunities for me to explore from within?

There are a lot of places I've yet to see on this side of the globe, let alone on the other. Michigan excluded, I have immersed myself in 4 of 48, 2 of which involved permanent addresses.  I decided to discover America's food potential stateside rather judge it from abroad. It began as a trip to Portland, OR for a friend's wedding and mutated into something completely different at an incredible rate.

I assume by this point, you are asking just what this monster of a trip entails. Bear with me, as this about to get a bit ugly.

An Introduction

So, here's the story so far: I have signed up for WWOOF (World Wide Organization of Organic Farms)in three countries; Italy, France and Spain. I have already secured a month long stay at Valli Unite Cooperative in Turin, Italy and have applications at farms in the other countries. I have a checklist of things I need to procure before I embark on my trek. These things include:
-Renewing my Passport
-Plane Tickets
-Train Ticket
-Backpack
-Health Insurance for France and Spain
-Hand Held Video Camera

I will also gearing up to help the Michigan State Student Organic Farm before I depart in August. I'll post more details on that as I figure them out.