Day 6 – Back to the Real Me

I woke up without a real plan, and it resulted in me getting out of bed, having breakfast while doing my diary, then going back to bed. I lay thinking for a while, about what to do today, about some life decisions. When my thought train arrived at mountain biking, I was up. I showered…

Day 5 – Walk-a-thon

I woke up and panicked, not knowing where I was, then relaxed back into my fluffy pillows, remembering my good fortune. Sheldan was coming over at 9:30am to pick me up, so I had a shower, breakfast and organised some address changes at the breakfast bar while I waited. He arrived and we drove north…

Day 4 – The (Boring) Road into Vancouver

Not much to share for the day, a lot of boring driving. I had breakfast at camp since I had such a pretty view and the beach to myself. It was chilly in the morning, less than 10oC so I stayed in my warm bed for a little longer than I needed to. Cornflakes for…

Day 3 – Free Zoo

I was not the first one out of the carpark this morning, there were some earlybirds. Again, I set off before breakfast, but this time I had to wipe the condensation off the inside windows – already it’s getting pretty cold overnight! The road took me back out onto the coast again, only a light…

Day 2 – Jump Into the Fog

I slept like a rock again. No dreams about bears or a ranger tapping on my window in the middle of the night, I was at peace. I had found a spot just north of the drive-through tree on a side-road off the highway. I don’t think a single car drove past all night. I…

Day 1 – From Metropolis to Mendocino

First things first, after my failed SPOT attempt the night before, I was out in the backyard as soon as I’d got up to do a second trial run. After reading the instructions to discover that the device should be left on for at least 20 minutes, I had more success. Greg faithfully sent out…

The Exodus

I was looking forward to a feeling of great liberation when handing over the keys to my apartment, becoming houseless for the first time in my twenty six years! Instead, I just felt exhausted. I must have done at least fifty trips up and down the two flights of stairs outside my door. Huge shout…

Known Dates

Visa Border Run Sep 10 – Leave normal life for adventure Sep 13ish – Canada (Vancouver, Whistler) Sep 26, 12:00 – Lizzy arrives in SF Sep 30, 23:30 – Lizzy leaves SF Hang Around in Cali Oct 1-2 – Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest (come hang out!) Oct 20, 10:50 – I leave SF to go to Austin…

Dear Elon

Dear Elon, I get the impression that you think Tesla is the coolest company in the world. And I absolutely agree with you. But you think that the idea of Tesla is enough to carry us through the 12 hour days, the weekends away from friends and family and the Oh Shit! moments where we scramble to…