Bibliography

Internet:

Find out more about “carbon footprints:” www.carbonfootprint.com

Information about Peak Oil: http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/

The Rio Grande: A Troubled River, Doug Thompson author, Fall/Winter 2003, The Big Bend Paisano, web address: http://www.nps.gov/bibe/naturescience/rio-trouble.htm

United States National Park Service - http://www.nps.gov

United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service: http://www.fs.fed.us/

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: http://www.fws.gov/

Bureau of land management: http://www.blm.gov/wo/st/en.html

Look for sites from the various State’s Parks

Appalachian Voices, a non-profit group working to protect the Appalachian Mountains: http://www.appvoices.org/

End Mountaintop Removal Action and Resource Center: http://www.ilovemountains.org/

Hurricane Information: http://www.hurricanecity.com/

Yahoo Group for Toyota camper lovers: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/toyota-campers/

Workamper Site – info on working and volunteering while living in your RV: http://www.workamper.com/

Boondockers a Yahoo Group for campers who live on the road and/or look for free camping: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Boondocking/ (Boondockers are folks who live full or part time in their RVs and try to find free or very cheap places to park wherever they want to spend some time. I owe a lot to these folks and their web group for great information and resources on RVing and traveling.)

RVing Women – an organization geared towards women who go RVing: http://www.rvingwomen.org/

A site with information for new RVers: http://www.firstrv.com/

A site with info on wireless internet connections: http://www.wififreespot.com/rv.html

Free campground info: http://www.freecampgrounds.com/sources.html

Print:

Travels with Charlie, In Search of America, John Steinbeck, 1962, The Viking Press

Blue Highways, A Journey into America; William Least Heat Moon, 1984, Ballantine Books

Last Chance to See, Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine, 1990, Harmony Books

Collapse, Jared Diamond, 2006, Penguin Books

The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Birds, eastern region. 1977, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

The Hornet’s Nest: A Novel of the Revolutionary War, Jimmy Carter, 2003, Simon and Schuster

Don Wright’s Guide to Free Campgrounds, 2002 Eastern Edition, and the Western Edition, Cottage Publications Inc

Scary Stories of Mammoth Cave, Charles Hanion and Colleen O’Connor Olson, 2002, Cave Books, Cave Research Foundation

Roadfood: The Coast-to-Coast Guide to 500 of the Best Barbecue Joints, Lobster Shacks, Ice Cream Parlors, Highway Diners, and Much, Much More, Jane and Michael Stern, 2002, Broadway Books

The Everglades: River of Grass, Marjory Stoneman Douglas, 2007, Pineapple Press

Nature Conservancy Magazine, Winter, 2006, pp 12–13 (staghorn coral)

Harper’s Magazine, December, 2007, The Black Box: Inside Iraq’s Oil Machine, Luke Mitchell, pp 37—50

For an excellent look at the situation in New Orleans: The Perils of New Orleans, National Geographic Magazine, August 2007, pg 32 – 67

Special Resources:

The Big Lebowski, movie, Coen Brothers

http://www.dudeism.com/ - Website dedicated to the admiration of all things Dudely.

Jacob LeBeau: web designer extraordinaire – Click on his link at the bottom of the book if you need a website this great.

Conservation Technologies, Duluth, MN, www.conservtech.com, a business I used to work for that sells energy efficient technology and design services. This is where Tom and I got our solar water heater, which works beautifully providing us with about 75% of our hot water producing energy. They also sell solar electric systems (photovoltaics), efficient ventilation systems, and provide energy audits and home energy design services. http://www.conservtech.com/

Acknowledgements:

Thank you to Tom Koehler (the love of my life) who supported my adventures and helped proofread the book. Also to Jocelyn Heid and Karin Smith for their proofreading and suggested changes. And to Amy Wilson and Chris LaForge for reading and commenting on initial drafts of the first few chapters.