Starving Iguanas
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A decade of photography spanning 43 states and Mexico... plus handmade jewelry, art, magazines and video art made along the way too!
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2010
San Diego & Midwest
During the winter, I continued exploring SoCal, spending much time In Ocean Beach (San Diego). Some friends helped me build a fort... well, more than a fort really... We named it 'Chateau De Swanky Willow'. It had multiple guest quarters, a 'convertible' roof, a small library & constructed in a great location out of sight, but still near 'the strip'. Throughout winter, we remained the most comfortable 'travel kidz' in all of San Diego!
I left San Diego in February towards Wichita (KS) again... at this time I began thinking about building a secret cabin in the mountains of North Carolina.
2010: Secret Cabin
Smoky Mountains (NC)
Though these pictures are just snapshots (& not actual photography), I am including them, to help further explain my long strange path, as well as explain the entire history of Starving Iguanas.
I spent nearly half a year constructing & collecting material to build my 'secret cabin'. I built it 3/4 the way up a mountain, only a few miles from Appalachian Trail. I made almost 100 gallons of mortar, from clay collected off the mountain, 1/3 mile below.
I cut & seasoned Bamboo, then hauled the seasoned Bamboo 3 miles over to & then UP the mountain (almost a mile) by hand, usually in the dead of night, to keep prying eyes off my strange activities.
I worked queitly during the day, Barley at my side, but with confidence, knowing that from my location... I would hear & see anyone coming my way LONG before they could see me.