A small tricycle sat outside a tent. Homeless families often follow the Rainbow People because they have a kitchen. It is easy for the homeless to blend in, not so easy to escape the violence. This homeless family is not there by choice. They are in a downward spiral.
Every spin downward gets away from civilization and closer to basic survival, at whatever cost.
Children in homeless families face great perils, including threats, assaults, robberies and worse. They are often afraid to call authorities because they don't trust them. Children who should be in school don't go. Parents say they are home-schooling, but the adults themselves sometimes aren't capable of handling those duties. Beneath the sheen of forest beauty lies a desperate, dangerous world, where a cry for help from a homeless person can easily go unheard, unless we care enough to listen.