Seeing Stuff

Santa Fe: expensive, pretty mountains in the distance, met cool people, it snowed

Taos: less expensive, bought a necklace, loved the Rio Grande Gorge, right under/in previously distant mountains, it snowed

Flagstaff: random stop, stayed the night, a bit warmer, hippie mountain town by day, where did they go at night?

Grand Canyon: there's a town up there?, one canyon - two rims, too icy to hike, it snowed on us, coldest camping yet

Sedona: just stopped for coffee, absolutely beautiful scenery, vortexes, changed from 4 layers into just one

Santa Barbara: shorts and bathing suits! amazing beaches, the hike was really pretty and hard, tidepooling, held a little octopus, tot-chos, Bekkah is awesome

San Luis Obispo: St. Patricks day, stopped for coffee, everyone was drunk, less touristy, mountains, beaches, college town, gotta go back

San Francisco: went to tiny dark bars to hide from trashy St. Patty's day partiers, walked a lot, saw uncle Tom, who knows what tonight has in store for us

tomorrow: Berkeley then Sacramento to see Darwin! Then farming in Northern Cali, then farming in Portland, OR, then driving back home, then Panamaaa! I might update.. sometime.

Doin' Stff

I'm still alive. Very much so. I've been away from the internet for quite a while, which has been great.

Austin, TX was a lot of fun. Driving from Austin to the Guadalupe Mountains was really funny and weird. Backpacking on the Guadalupe Mountains was the hardest thing I have ever done but so worth it. Sante Fe is expensive but I love the mountains and native art. I'm looking forward to Taos.

I'm at the public library in Sante Fe now, which is why I have to be brief and now my time is almost up. If we get free internet in Taos I'll update more and add pictures. If not, it'll have to wait til Santa Barbara, after the Grand Canyon.

Out of the Woods, into New Orleans

We hiked and slept in the Alabama woods and survived! I know we all had our doubts but Caitlin and I have proven ourselves on the Pinhoti trail as capable mountain men. We got to Cheaha State Park at 9:30 pm, which is much, much later than we wanted to be there. We had to hike in the dark to find a place to camp on the trail. Packing our bags and bundling up in the howling wind on top of the pitch black mountain was a lot scarier than the actual hike. We found a free spot not even 10 minutes into the trail and we sang "Tik Tok" by Ke$ha to scare off any bears. But it was sooooo cold at night and our tent was on a slant so we kept sliding to the bottom of the tent.

The hike the next day was gorgeous and made the incredibly uncomfortable night totally worth it. We found a great site to camp along the way and that night we brought 3 blankets and wore many more layers. We made a fire and heated up a can of soup on the Pocket Rocket. It was still cold that night but much more comfortable.... cozy, even. We actually slept for 13 hours.

Now we are in New Orleans! We're staying with Lizz, Erika, Dov, Dom, and other room mates and visitors. We went to Lizz's friends' house last night where we ate delicious homemade vegan curry and watched an enthralling game of Dungeons and Dragons. Tonight I think we will experience the better known side of New Orleans.

Its hard to fit all the things you want and need to do into only one full day in each destination. We're in New Orleans for two full days (til Thursday), which is a nice change from the other places we've been and will be. Maybe I'll actually get my pictures on a website for all of you to see. For now, just be content with these teasers.