Well a lot has passed since we had the chance to write last. We made it all the way to Phoenix (Glendale to be exact) and were lucky enough to have a roof and a carpeted floor for a few days. My ex, Patrick, is going to Thunderbird and is an MBA candidate in Global Management :c) I will always adore him/you (yes, I know you are reading this!), thus it is still a challenge to find the right niche for someone who was once your person. Anyway, it was a bit emotionally roller-coasterish for me at times, but overall we had a good time hanging out, doing laundry, going to Wal-Mart, writing emails, and eating French toast - thank you!! XOXO
After leaving Phoenix it was beautiful. But then it rained. With thunder and lightening. And then it didn't stop. So we stayed in the tent and ate our dwindling food reserves and contemplated our next move. We finally decided to make a break for it after coming to the realization that Murphy's Law must always follow Washingtonians. Oy!
Yesterday the weather finally cleared, and we took advantage of our vicinity to the biosphere to it out. It was quite impressive - several different ecosystems within one area, and multiple different controls over a wide variety of variables. My favorite part was the giant 'lung' room - a building with a collapsible/expandable ceiling to allow for air expansion and compression when the facility is sealed.
OK, so now we're going to tell you all something more interesting (hopefully) than, "Today we did x. It was great."
A day in the life on $20 a day
1. Get up, it's freezing. Contemplate what to wear, and then put it on - it's probably clammy.
2. Bathroom break
3. Cook breakfast, eat, wash dishes
4. Pack up all panniers, try to dry the tent and fly in the process
5. Apply sunscreen, deodorant, and brush teeth
6. Ride, gorp break, ride, bathroom break, ride
7. Spot a Wal-Mart!!!! Buy food, get water from drinking fountain, eat lunch.
8. Repeat step 6
9. Start worrying about where to sleep. Scan the landscape for opportunities
10. Set up tent, change into camp clothes
11. Cook dinner, eat, wash dishes in the dark
12. Brush teeth
13. Make a phone call if signal/charge are available
14. Crawl into sleeping bag because it's too damn cold to do anything else
15. Wake up in the middle of the night with a full bladder but wait as long as humanly possible to do anything about it. If lucky, fall back asleep
16. And repeat when the sun rises yet again
For a good idea of what a typical camp (and our hairstyles) looks like, check out our little video that was taken the night of the big storm. Ciao for now!
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