Blogs from Weed, California, United States, North America

I chose to sleep on the top bunk rather than try to figure out the chair/bed thing on ground level. It was pleasant, though perilous to get up and down. I began to regret checking in so many beers last night as it meant a couple of late-night climbs down from the top bunk. Why do kids always want the top bunk? It is a pain in the ass. I awoke to beautiful views of mountains and trees. This is why I took the train…... read more

On collecting our van for the next 4 weeks from the rental depot in Dirty-Harry-suburbia San Francisco, we set a bearing of North over the Golden Gate bridge to Marin County, Northern California. We've estimated between 4000 to 5000 miles of tarmac for this escapade and looking at the road map, it takes the shape of a wide lasso being thrown around the Californian Coast, the Wild Wild West and the deserts of Utah, Arizona and Nevada. It's a monster road-trip with 4 weeks to get back to San Francisco's Union Square so I was keen to get some miles under the belt straight away. This was difficult though because just 2 miles over the Golden Gate bridge, we looked down steep cliffs to the pretty sea-side hide away of Sausalito and caught an amazing view ... read more

Like all of my good intentions, I had hoped to leave town at a decent hour but I decided to slow down and try to not forget anything. We woke up early and ran around trying to finish up all the last minute errands and tie up loose ends. It's weird to be leaving your home for a couple weeks and wondering what might happen in the meantime. Around 2pm we headed out to Redmond so I could pick up my paycheck and deposit in the bank. I called Mom and she made us some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to take on the road with us. We finally left town around 3pm and headed over the pass to Eugene. There I swapped cars with Autum and left her my Mazda 626 and picked up her ... read more