I got into San Francisco yesterday around noon. I've now completely adjusted to sleeping on the bus and can do it at will. When I got here I wasn't tired at all. I took off to see the Castro Theater...
Posted 10/26/04 @12:23 PM · Feedback (0/0)
Helpful tips learned on the bus ride from Salt Lake City to Boise. When you see the police approaching and you have illegal drugs, put them in a babies diaper. They never look there.When you want to cover up the...
Posted 10/24/04 @06:10 PM · Feedback (0/0)
Salt Lake City to Boise has been the most amusing and annoying bus trip so far. I ended up in the back next to four other guys desperate to be as fucked up as possible for the entire ride. Four...
Posted 10/21/04 @01:28 AM · Feedback (0/0)
I meandered into the high plains in the rental car I got in Pittsburgh. This area is the geographic embodiment of America. The enormous, lush, rolling plains are there and ready to be cultivated by anyone that's willing to make...
Posted 10/18/04 @06:47 PM · Feedback (1/0)
I'm in the main Salt Lake City public library. This is one of the slickest libraries I've ever seen. The building is very striking from the outside, and the inside has a mix of library and commercial kiosks that I've...
Posted 10/18/04 @06:19 PM · Feedback (2/0)
I'm up in Bismarck, ND today. I rented a car from Pittsburgh because I'm too sick to take the rigors of Greyhound at the moment. Although I already miss riding the bus. The other reason is that I wanted to...
Posted 10/14/04 @09:42 AM · Feedback (0/0)
How the hell do these people travel without any money? -Subway employee at bus station in Rochester, NY (or some upstate stop) Who are these people that travel around without any apparent means to support themselves? Again and again I've...
Posted 10/10/04 @01:20 PM · Feedback (2/0)
It's hard to believe I've only been traveling a little over a week. Knoxville feels like a month ago. Even D.C. feels like a few weeks ago and that was just Tuesday. I have little notion of what day it...
Posted 10/10/04 @12:38 PM · Feedback (1/0)
Paper lined bathroom walls This was brilliant. I saw it at Beanstreets Cafe in Asheville, NC. People had filled up the walls with writing. The discourse was above and beyond the usual "bj wanted" I see in rest areas and...
Posted 10/10/04 @11:57 AM · Feedback (0/0)
Waiting for a bus to Boston in the freaking enormous NYC bus terminal: Random ranting bus guy: "Charles Manson is the son of butterball Satan. See you can spell the word Roman from his name because they served Satan and...
Posted 10/08/04 @11:07 PM · Feedback (0/0)
Asheville, NC -> Washington D.C. -> Portland, ME I've made it up to Portland, Maine. I'm skipping NYC because I just don't want the hassle right now. Sleeping through the night on Greyhound has been a semi-acceptable way to cut...
Posted 10/06/04 @01:45 PM · Feedback (2/0)
Thanks to Malaprop's Bookstore for the Internet access here in Asheville. I was wondering about the difference between tourism and adventure as I rode the bus and hussled between stations. I think it's a matter of planning. Adventure seems to...
Posted 10/03/04 @02:20 PM · Feedback (1/0)
I've been trying to come up with a way to solve two problems to this bus adventure. Where can I keep my backpack, and where can I sleep? I haven't been able to find places to store stuff, especially big...
Posted 09/26/04 @10:34 PM · Feedback (0/0)
I don't have dates yet, but each city is roughly a day in the 30 day trip. Right now I think I have 5 days of play to use when I want to stay somewhere longer. This is just a...
Posted 09/19/04 @11:39 AM · Feedback (3/0)
