People travel individually or in groups around the country in motor homes. They go across country helping out at sites. The first all-woman caravan volunteered here in October, 2004. In fact, one woman came all the way from Alaska to help.

These houses feel cozy and safe. A lot of love goes into them. People only work with us because they want to.

Some people were calling me un-American and all that. I know that I'm unified with our country. I feel and I know that my actions are as American as anyone else's. I'm trying to preserve the people's right to have some kind of oversight and some say in the cycle of violence that could occur if we go into war without an end in sight.

When people travel here from across the country, they shed jealousies and politics and prejudices.. The mighty climb down. The humble are elevated.

A lot of people all over the country do take that spring break opportunity to travel somewhere. Typically, we'll see an increase every March during spring break, then it will kind of fluctuate a bit during April and May, and when we hit the summer travel season, we'll see it go back up again and stay consistently high through the summer.

The two biggest factors that determine travel costs are: Do you go to a rich and therefore expensive country, or do you go to a poor and therefore inexpensive country? ... The Practical Nomad: How to Travel Around the World.