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First Day on the Road

Monday, October 2nd, 2006



It begins

Originally uploaded by mebrown06.

We didn’t think everything would fit in the beetle. And, well… we were kind of right. But in the end, everything important fit. Thank God. We sent a couple of packages to Tulsa, we left some stuff on the street, we donated three suitcases full of clothes and three boxes full of crap, we sold everything bigger than a breadbox, and the rest is sitting in the beetle as we write.

We’re in San Luis Opisbo at the moment — our first full day on the road. We’re settling into a life without timetables and trying not to stress about the little things. We’ve already seen two deer, many steers, black angus beef cows, and, to our surprise, a few zebras. No joke.

Other than that, there’s not much more to report. If you want to see more pictures from our first day, just click on the picture to the right. Flickr, baby. Flickr.

-Sarah and Megan

The First of the Month

Monday, October 2nd, 2006

We had sold every piece of furniture in the apartment but one. At 2 am on Sunday, the day of our departure, it became apparent that we were not going to sell our couch. This could be because it was missing a leg or because it was horribly, horribly stained. Who knows. At any rate, there it was; we had to deal with it. We entered stealth mode, sneaking the 3-legged couch out of the door and walking it down the street. Since it was Saturday night in the Mission, we walked it past not a few unsavory characters. Halfway down the block, to our joy, we saw a handmade sign that read “Free Stuff.” Perfect. We could make this person’s dream come true. There was a colander and a desk lamp below the sign already, so apparently someone else had also answered the ‘free stuff’ call. We dropped the couch and ran.

Five hours later, we emerged from a nearly-all-night packing spree. Walking to the car, we found that our couch had already been claimed. It was tipped on its side, someone was sleeping on its back, and our beautifully stained cushions lay atop the sleeper, tagged by a local gang. It was definitely time to move. And move we did.

-Sarah and Megan

it begins…

Thursday, August 3rd, 2006
This is the beginning of a story that I didn't anticipate I would be telling. Some people have grand plans to travel. They create travel savings accounts. They plan their lives around where they're going to go ... [Continue reading this entry]