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The stars of the Sovereign Living reality show will soon hit the road for four weeks to tour the country and spend Bitcoin only. They will find creative ways to travel, eat and sleep without the use of the dollar bill as they cruise over 4,400 miles in their family minivan.
The Blush Family (John Bush, Catherine Bleish and their children) are known for their strong advocacy of alternative currencies, natural health, sustainability, peaceful parenting, and unschooling.
The Center for Natural Living, a Texas based 501C3 Nonprofit, is producing a reality based educational program about their efforts to get off all centralized grids. The family will be hosting five screenings of the show, Sovereign Living, on their Uncoinventional Living Tour across the country.
Last summer the family conducted a no FRN challenge at the Porcupine Freedom Festival where they spent only Bitcoin, silver and barter. This year they are extending the challenge to the entire trip and adding several stops along the way.
Their journey will take them from Central Texas to Dallas where they will host a Bitcoin meetup and screening of Sovereign Living. Next they will trek west to Washington D.C. for the Bitcoin in the Beltway Conference where you can find them working a booth, hosting a screening and giving a few panel talks.
The following week will be spent in Lancaster, NH for the Porcupine Freedom Festival where they will work a vendor site, host the world premier screening of the two most recent episodes of Sovereign Living, and give several speeches. Finally their journey will end in Kansas City, Missouri where they will host a Bitcoin Meetup and screening.
They will be writing occasional comprehensive articles and daily live blogs about the journey on Bitcoin Magazine.
- Bitcoin Magazine Live Blog feed
- Catherine’s Twitter feed via: @TheBitMom
- Sovereign Living Twitter
Some of the resources they plan to utilize on the journey include:
1. Gyft.com for food and hotel cards (used regularly by the family)
2. CoinMap.org for lists of locations that accept Bitcoin
3. Coinfueled.com for gas cards (not yet tested by the family)
Please suggest additional resources in the comments!
You can contribute to the project in the following ways (all donations will go toward travel and marketing the journey):
- BTC: 1HJ3WRuEEapWgEFNTDCxpTxzWoJCZ8YZQc
- LTC: Ld35jZQhkJrpRPKtnfRw1r37KuazzgAiQS
- Doge: DLpxS6j6DA38kZzkGAUNtR6tCtCHckaW7k
- PayPal: donttreadoncat@gmail.com
Here is the tentative travel schedule:
- Monday June 16 Dallas, Texas – Sovereign Living Screening
- Tuesday June 17 drive to Memphis, Texas
- Wednesday June 18 drive to Knoxville, TX
- Thursday June 19 drive to Washington DC
- Friday June 20 Washington DC – BItcoin in the Beltway
- Saturday June 21 Washington DC – Bitcoin in the Beltway
- Sunday June 22 drive to Boston
- Monday June 23 drive to Lancaster, NH
- Tuesday June 24 Lancaster, NH – Porcfest
- Wednesday June 25 Lancaster, NH – Porcfest
- Thursday June 26 Lancaster, NH – Porcfest
- Friday June 27 Lancaster, NH – Porcfest
- Saturday June 28 Lancaster, NH – Porcfest
- Sunday June 29 Nashua, Nh – Sovereign Living Screening
- Monday June 30 drive to Erie, PA
- Tuesday July 1 Erie, PA
- Wednesday July 2 drive to Indianapolis
- Thursday July 3 drive to Kansas City
- Friday July 4 Kansas City
- Saturday July 5 Kansas City – Screening
- Sunday July 6 Kansas City
- Monday July 7 Kansas City
- Tuesday July 8 drive to Texarkana, AR
- Wednesday July 9 drive to San Marcos Texas
Thank you for being a part of this journey!
