Jeff was riding between Mineral and Charlottesville, VA when he saw a sign on a clapboard house "Cyclists Welcome." A woman in an old Chevy stopped, rolled down her window and called out "You should go in there. Those people are very nice." In the front yard, the home sported a wooden schooner with a stairway and viewing platform. On the porch was a bench made with piano keys and strings. Jeff knocked on the door with no answer. He went around back and met Shua, a former resident, now a visitor to this community called Cambria. You won't find Cambria on the Virginia map. It's a small, conscious community within a larger region of similar collectives. Shua, 36, told Jeff that six people live in the home creating a variety of handicrafts that they sell and barter. Shua had returned to the community trying to find some direction and focus in his life.
