A True Vagabond: Angel Hess
Submitted by An excerpt from Angel’s website
Angel Hess is an eccentric artist living on the edge of the world and society. From a young age always creative: precious gem cutting, fine art photography, and visual design to name a few interests. His photography portfolio can be seen online at Angel HessIn 2006 he bought and drove Purple53 across America, starting in Arcata/McKinleyville, California. During this enormous journey he started building a house inside Purple53. During the road trip he took two long pit stops in Arizona and Arkansas. Top speed is about 50mph but going over mountains average speed was 10mph to 20mph and gas miles per gallon is about 10. The final stop was New York City in October 2006 and ended up living in Williamsburg, Brooklyn because its a safe and artistic neighborhood with a lot of parking.
After living in Purple53 in Brooklyn New York for nearly two years Angel began the second journey across America in a completely different way. At first he did not know how well it was going to turn out but after a while he started finding out new ways to meet really interesting people by visiting families, farms, ranches, even wildlife rescues. This is now one of the main goals, finding really great people, farms, and families to visit. Tuesday April 15th 2008 Angel arrived once again in California, making it across America for the second time in Purple53.
Find out more and follow his blog on Purple53.com. It is a great story about a man who decided to take life to the road, literally. He is currently living in Jacumba, California.
Angel Hess has agreed to do an interview with vagabondstory.com and that will be posted in the next few days. In the meantime, enjoy the vagabond stories and check out Purple53
Happy Travels,
Grant
