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After CMU, I'm back. Maybe this time I'll really post GPS stuff.

Weee, one more night in Chicago

I'm over at Northwestern now, and somehow Ben convinced me to stay tomorrow night too. Oh well, this place is awesome.

3 More Days

I'm writing this from a uchicago computer. I believe we left off in Tucson, so I'll continue from there.

I spent the entire next day driving through Arizona, New Mexico, and most of Texas. It was too hot to have the top down in Arizona and New Mexico, but once I got into Texas, I was flying along at a legal 90 MPH. And with the double time zone shift(well one, but DST), I lost two hours. So I didn't make it to Dallas until 4am CST.

I spent the night at my Aunt's in a real bed, so I felt pretty refreshed when I woke up. After the 16 hours of driving I did the previous day, I wanted today to be easy. Turns out St Louis really isn't close to Dallas. I took the 75(local 75) to the 44. I was getting tired, so I spent the night in Springfield, Missouri. It was a miserable place. So miserable, I decided to break down and get a motel room. And even that proved difficult since I'm not 21.

Despite that, I slept pretty well at the Dogwood Inn. I started at 8:30 the next day, and made it to St Louis by noon. I walked around the Missouri Botanical gardens for a couple hours, then set course for Chicago. It was rainy the whole way there.

I woke up and went to Physics class. Now I'm in the library, which brings me to this moment.

4th Day Morning

I actually got a good nights sleep and a hot shower. Thanks Bunnie and JJ. Maybe I'll actually make it to Dallas today. I can't go to the furthest east In and Out burger, since it doesn't open until 10:30. I guess LA was my last one. The drive to here from Yuma was pretty uneventful, except for the "border" crossing. I wasn't crossing the border, yet they checked me anyway. I've also started logging GPS data, so I'll montage it all, and post it in my final post.

3rd Day already

I spent the first day winding through the hills of Los Altos and the PCH. It's scary when 1g is holding you to the ground, and another g is trying to throw you off a cliff into the ocean 200ft below. But it was fun. I stopped at the Big Sur Roadhouse for dinner, grabbed a burger, then realized how tired I was. Tiredness combined with dark combined with big cliffs sounded like a bad idea. So I pulled into a parking space and slept in the Porsche. Not fun. I heard cops and bikers outisde, and I wasn't sure which scared me more.

After a horrible nights sleep, I woke up to find a guy in a sleeping bag 20ft away. Cool. I continued down the PCH, past LA, and onward to San Diego. I spent a lot of time stuck in traffic in LA.

I spent last night at UCSD with kroo, and now I press onward to Tucson, AZ. Sorry I can't write more, but this computer has a slower than EDGE internet connection, and is forcing me to log off in 4 minutes. The Yuma public library needs better internet.

Time to go home

California was a huge success. I met some awesome people and gained some invaluable life experience. From sleeping in the van, to finding better digs on craigslist, to moving in with friends. From working at Google, to working at Google some more. From actually(after I didn't have a badge) figuring out that food is really hard to get for yourself. From quitting caffeine twice, only to get back on the wagon(or off the wagon). From watching every episode of seinfeld to watching every episode of BSG to watching every episode of the Office. From attending Where Camp to attending Foo Camp. From camping out for the 3G. From visiting NJ twice, and actually buying plane tickets myself. From my van getting towed. From all the money I spent, and all the money I made. While going through it, I felt like I wasn't doing anything. But looking back, I did so much.

So I upgraded my ride a little, to a Porsche(which I'll post pictures of soon). I realized that its way cheaper to drive the Porsche and pay for hotels, then it is to drive the van. But knowing me, you think I'll pay for hotels? Nah, I'm throwing my blankets, clothes, sheets, and everything soft between me and the seats, curling up, and falling asleep.

Here's my tentative schedule:
San Diego
Arizona(somewhere)
(somewhere)
Texas
Chicago
CMU
NJ

Ben, Rohan, Erin, Ray, Judy, and kroo, I'll see you guys soon. This trip is going to be amazing.

Arrival

geohot across America was big success
As I write this, I am sitting on a bench at the google campus using their Wi-Fi. I love google. Two nights ago, I was in Vegas, and realized Vegas really sucks if you are under 21 and look 16. Everyone seems either pissed off or hopelessly despaired there as well; I guess some lose a little and some lose a lot.
I don't feel like writing much now, since I have so much google to explore. But hopefully tonight I will post a map of all the tracker positions and a summary of the trip.