By Velvety Black Earth Tongue (aka Tammy Davis)
Editor's Note: In the Spring 2002 issue of Talking Leaves (Volume 12, Number 1), we featured an interview with The Blazing Echidna (aka Ethan Hughes) about the Superhero rides he had helped organize (cross-country in 2000, in Maine in 2001, and a then-upcoming trip in North Carolina in 2002) as well as the local Hero Alliance he'd been part of in the Cottage Grove-Eugene area of Oregon. The Superheroes are dedicated to "doing good" wherever people need help, coming together in adventures of service that spread a spirit of joy and celebration. They have developed a "Superhero Start-Up Kit Coloring Book," containing advice on how to start new Superhero trips and projects (portions are reproduced in these pages). Their most recent trip took place in December 2003 in Arizona. Lost Valley community member Tammy Davis joined the heroes this year, along with many others who'd been (or who have since become) interns, program participants, and/or simply friends of Lost Valley. Excerpts from her journal follow.
