Stories

Hello, dear friends and supporters, The past few years has been an incredible adventure, filled with twists, turns, and profound growth. During those years, I lived the life of a tireless nomad, always on the move. But beneath the adventure, I felt a deeper longing: the desire to put down roots. Grind culture had me running on empty. Hustle culture? A slow poison to my nervous system. The endless news cycles, political noise, and doom scrolling left me feeling exhausted. So,

Written by Summer Crider and Madison Traviss Originally published on the blog of Association of Nature and Forest Therapy (ANFT) Available in Spanish Two Nature & Forest Therapy guides living the bus life talk about how we can ask the land for permission and integrate reciprocity. We share ideas and examples of how it can be done, whether you are traveling through for work, vacation, and/or living life on the road. [ gif descriptions: A sunrise time-lapse of the Turtle S

We have been featured on “The Daily Moth”! It’s been an honor being interviewed about my cross-country bus tour and showing my love/appreciation for Nature & the Deaf Ecosystem. Instead of meeting in downtown Detroit, Alex came to a campsite where the Turtle Shuttle was parked and “recharging”. We spent some time capturing some beautiful b-rolls of nature in motion, a tiny peek inside the Turtle Shuttle, chatted about how to bring “light” to our healing journeys and the deaf

Summer, a nomadic Deaf Forest Therapy guide, is currently traveling on a converted shuttle bus, connecting Humans and Nature while making their way across the country. This article shares the mission of the tour which focuses on making sure Nature Therapy becomes accessible and shares stories of the way of the Deaf Traveling Guide. On April 16th, I embarked on a year-long cross-country tour in a 24 foot shuttle bus conversion that I named the "Forest Turtle Shuttle". The purp