Northern California and now Oregon!

It's been over 2 weeks since my last entry. right now Michelle and I are at Frog Farm in Southern Oregon and for the past 2 weeks we were in Northern California at Maitreya mountain village. Maitreya is an inspiring Eco village that was started 2 years ago by a guy named Dan. Dan is a chiropractor who was making lots and lots of money but decided to buy 150 acres of land and start this healing retreat center.
so far he has built with some help, a big round community center, an A Frame cabin and another cabin they call the half moon. For the first few nights Michelle and I were in the A Frame which we realy liked a lot, it was cozy. Then , due to an awkward 3 way open relaiotnship thing going on there with Dan , Kim and Melanie, we were asked to move into the half moon cabin. We were happy to do so as there is a tempurpedic matress in there.
So the idea is for the 3 of them to all live there together. But it definitely felt awkward with the tension between Melanie and Kim. I hope it works out.
While we were there we worked on completing the cabin. I put on cedar siding onto the outside and inside, and Michelle and I put in a crappy fake hard wood floor that took way longer than it should have. We learned a bit. I had space to screw things up and learn from my mistakes and Michelle learned how to use a drill really well.
One night there, I made a delicious brown rice cake. Another night we made black bean brownies. Also Michelle and I learned how to make bean burgers. Michelle filled a compost bin with a mixture of rotten redwood, peanut husks, and manure.
On one of our days of we were all taking the 45 minute drive into town and halfway there Dans truck broke down. Michelle and i told dan we were going to try to hitch hike in. So we stuck out our thumbs and not even 30 seconds went by before a car pulled over. The guys name was Adrianne Ash which i think is a name of a famous person, I still haven't looked it up. Adrianne is an amateur photographer he said. He was nice enough to go out of his way to show us the lighthouse and the beach, then he dropped us of in town. Michelle and I waited for a bit before the rest of the crew showed up. Adriane Ash.
2 weeks was a good amount of time to spend there. They were nice enough to drive us an hour or so away to frog farm in Southern Oregon where we are now. When we got here there was an herb walk led by Deb that we were just in time for. She lead a group of 15 or so through her backyard and showed many edible and medicinal herbs. For the next 2 weeks or so Deb and her husband Steve will be our teachers. They really know a lot and there great to work with. Whenever they give us a task they explain why we are doing it. Today we had to weed out a strawberry bed, and Steve told us every type of weed that was in there and its use if it had one. Deb is always taking the time to explain things. Deb is an herbalist who has a pharmacy in her backyard. Yesterday we helped make these pills that had mushroom, ginger, and something else in them.
They have a bread machine here but it stopped working so i offered to bake some bread yesterday. I made 2 loaves and they came out tasting real nice. Both loaves we gone by this afternoon so I made 4 more after work was over. I liked doing that. I made all the dough and was ready to knead it but then i realized i forgot to put in the eggs. It took me about 30 minutes to work in all the egg, but it came out tasting good.
The other day Michelle and I went for a real nice walk. We were walking along the street which went parallel with a river, and we saw 3 deer just sitting there, then we hitchhiked a few miles down the road to the base of a trail and walked for a couple hours and then we hitched back again. The people around here seem to be real friendly. This is for sure my favorite place on our travels so far.
I'll get pictures on here soonish.

and other things that I didn't mention that I don't feel like fitting in up there

-we have our own room
-they mix there urine and poop in the same bucket which i think is great( sorry mom )
-they have been here 10 years and really know what there doing
-there's a bunch of chickens and goats) fresh eggs and milk every day
- they live on 5 acres
- we saw baby seals