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This post outlines my Eco-Inspired Road Trip route from Eugene, Oregon, back to Dallas, Texas, including the initial destinations and sights I planned to see along the way, but didn’t manage to see all of them.
I’ve also included the websites I used as resources for planning my stops.
*Note: I didn’t make all of the destinations listed, but I sure tried to!
Before I left Lost Valley at the end of the month, I planned a few excursions in the area and around Portland, Oregon.
There was a SquareOne Village tiny house community, Emerald Village Eugene, grand opening for the public in Eugene, and I was really looking forward to seeing it! Most of the houses onsite were finished in terms of their exteriors, and several already had residents living in them. It was great to see a city supported, experimental community for the chronically homeless. The model they operated on was that after a rigorous interview process for residency, community members were given a fully furnished space and were required to pay a percentage of their personal income to cover costs. Many of the current residents relied on bicycles and public transportation for travel to their jobs, and some of them were married and dual incomes that helped them financially afford to get back on their feet.
HSS Mid-Break Beach Trip
After our classes ended that week, most of the students – Andrew “Nicholas” Bottcher, Anna Davis, Ashley Shenk, Gerd Peter May, Sarah Curran, Josh Noonan, and Sasha Bugler – as well as Collin Schickendanz (former HSS ’16), all rented a beach house in Yachats, Oregon for a night.
Lost Valley Class Itinerary
Here is the PDF link to the Fall 2017 HSS Schedule which outlines my classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday into the following categories: Social, Ecological, Economic, Worldview and Personal.
All of the PDC classes are on Wednesday, and we have about 4-5 students attending from Eugene on those days.
Mondays’ classes are typically devoted to Social and Economic classes, while Fridays classes focus on Worldview and Personal – which include topics like ceremonies, Tai Chi, journaling and stages of consciousness.
Taylor’s Oregon Trail Map on Google – From Dallas, TX to Dexter, OR
Below is the map of my journey from Texas to Oregon over a 5 day drive. I also included the city stops, driving distances and travel times for each leg of my trip underneath the map.
Destinations on my roadtrip: [Not including stop times]
Leg A-B: Frisco, TX to Salina, KS
6 h 39 min (438.1 mi)
Leg B-C: Salina, KS to Denver, CO
5 h 58 min (434.7 mi)
Leg C-D: Denver, CO to Salt Lake City, UT
7 h 47 min (520.7 mi)
Leg D-E: Salt Lake City, UT to Burns, OR
7 h 32 min (523.8 mi)
Leg E-F: Burns, OR to Dexter, OR
4 h 17 min (246.7 mi)
This is the first daytime-view of the motel that I stayed at in Burns, Oregon. The night drive to the motel was very straining, but the light this sign emitted was like a beacon in the dark the night before.
Here is another view of the actual hotel, which wasn’t half bad as a last minute, one-night stay.