http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/ramble on/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from ramble on en-us Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:54:08 BST Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:54:08 BST There are three wants which never can be satisfied that of the rich who wants something more that of the sick who wants something different and that of the traveler who says Anywhere but here. Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful we must carry it with us or we find it not. A good traveler has no welldefined plan and is not intent on arriving. He who travels much com http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Maine/Portland/blog-160520.html That night I walked into Joe's room to find a tall man sitting on his bed. It was Andy the couchsurfer from Germany who was staying with Joe while I was for a week or two. We talked for a little while about our adventures and then he crashed out. His flight had been long and he had travelled all dayI knew that kind of exhaustion.So I went to a show with Lucas the manager of the Lofts. We http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Hollywood/blog-123197.html The next day I filled my belly with sushi at Little Tokyo the ldquoJapanTown.rdquo The day after that I looked at my maps and decided to head to the famed Venice Beach. I walked to Union Station and waited for the Red Line 33 to show. The guy next to me was wearing a very fashionable suade hat with a feather in it. While I was admiring his attire he whipped out a harmonica and played a http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/Venice-Beach/blog-110780.html The last week of my journey was quite the friggin' adventure.I took a ride from cool guy on Craigslist we drove about 5 hours down to Los Angeles and I wasn't really sure where I was going to end up. Halfway throught the ride his friend asked me to stay with her for the night so I ended up kickin' it with a married chinese couple and their kids.I would have stayed longer with them in their beau http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-110778.html 2668428020159802668424933159722975629801259642003030565284482621429285153932974329801259641542226671249331597225148257118313298112776915717279382928126983116302596429798rsaquo95208251249412648228265292292647329800rsaquo9520825124941264822826529741287 http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-109714.html So I'm getting lazy towards the end of my tripI'm just posting pictures with intentions of typing the stories later...but then by the time later swings around I've already forgotten those funny little stories. You'll just have to catch me in person one day and maybejust maybeone will pop into my mind and I'll start laughing and tell you. Because inevitably that is how my brain works. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-109713.html Yup http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Los-Angeles/blog-109712.html WRITE MORE SOON http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Marin/blog-108654.html I opened my eyes to your everyday 40 year old man. Except that he was crazy and in a bikini thong. I closed my eyes.When I opened them again he was throwing a frisbee to someone across the field. I was in Golden Gate Park I had fallen asleep on the dewy grass in the warm sunshine. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-107810.html Note to SelfWhen you get a chance write aboutTwin PeaksStaying with Nick in the PresidioThe CastroFishermans WarfSmelly bus peopleChinatownThe Pacific Ocean with Cecaetc etc For now you have pictures. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-107254.html Come meet me in the park my phone said and after I was done using the internet in the library I hurried in that direction. Halfway there as I began to follow the crosswalk a little white car pulled up right in front of me parking or something. How rude I almost had time to work up some anger and then Need a ride It was Josh. I smiled.We drove to Golden Gate Park. We got out and http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/Marin/blog-107252.html It was 2 o'clock in the morning. I was tapping my foot and looking at the time every 12 a second. Where was everyone when I needed themI talked to Viola my brief German friend for a few minutes but couldn't concentrate. I needed a place to sleepI didn't end up partying all night long like I should have been and was supposed to meet up with my friend Nick at midnight so we could head to h http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-107096.html I have to get sidetracked a little and remember the mountains.I was out of breath we weren't really walking fast but it was all uphill steep steep steep. Fawn and Glenn were ahead of me I lagged behind and Fawn's dog Jessie kept pausing to look back make sure I was still in sight.I grabbed onto a tree branch as I stepped over a root and I noticed that my hands felt funny. I could hardly http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-105756.html Sometimes I don't even use a map. I just fill up my water bottle and head in a general direction. Sometimes this is good sometimes this is bad. Most always it is an adventure.Like yesterday when I stumbled upon the Presidio graveyard. It was like being on another planet. A planet of bright bleach white and green green grass with a blue blue sky.Then I stumbled upon a twisted little path http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-105753.html I think there are only a few other times where I have been this physically mentally and emotionally exhausted at the same time. I only have four minutes left from the 2 I put into the computer so this entry will be short and sweet. And over. Right now.So here's a picture to keep you comin' back for more. Hahaha. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/California/San-Francisco/blog-105488.html Yes My favorite place in the whole wide world the ocean. It really grounds me to be here. Thanks DebbieAHHHHHHHHHARRRRRRRRRRRRRR I just wrote a whole page that got deleted CURSES I'll write more later when I'm not a computer hater. http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Eugene/blog-104709.html I am staying with a family in Eugene.On Sunday my wonderful host Debbie and I packed up and headed to the coast. It only took about an hour to arrive and the little coastal towns reminded me of that part of Maine. Except when we got to the actual beaches.The towns seem more spread out than back east so there is more beach area that is surrounded by forest or just that one main road. Debbiesa http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Eugene/blog-104706.html I know GrossI was running Micheal's Pit Mihoshi and she got distracted by another dog turned quick and I totally tripped over her body. It was raining so...yeah. Luckily my chin was there to cushion my fall.Normal people use their hands to catch themselves. Apparently I use my face.I really did eat the pavement. Delicious let me tell you. BRUTAL Hahaha I'm such a wimp...but t http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Eugene/blog-103675.html Manyana I leave para go to Eugene Es el chico town en el Sur de Oregon. Mucho Mucho Hippies. They have bueno good sustainable living ideas. I am staying con una familia bonita pero only para a few dias. Pues...Adios http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-103159.html I have been reading a lot about Che Guavera lately. I watched the movie The Motorcycle Diaries a few days ago. It really made me think about my own trip and sort of inspired me.Che and his best friend hopped on their beaten motorcycle and rode off into an adventure redicovering their South American home and its people. I've hopped onto my motorcycle but this feels more structured and ster http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Oregon/Portland/blog-103148.html