Ok, I've been using the word "week" loosely to make neat chapters. Forgive me. Here is the link to this project, and at the bottom of this post there is a list of resources on the topic of homelessness if you are interested in learning more. Day 31 I walked out of my hotel into... Continue Reading →
Walk to San Francisco Week 4: Klamath to Mendocino
I'm walking from Seattle to San Francisco. Check out the landing page for this trip here. Donate to facing homelessness here! Day 24 I spent most of the day getting to Crescent City to go to the doctor. The bus stop was an unlabeled bench where everyone who walked by would tell you the bus... Continue Reading →
Walk to San Francisco Week 3: Florence to Poison Ivy (Klamath)
I'm walking from Seattle to San Francisco. Check out the landing page for this trip here. Donate to facing homelessness here! Day 16 I left Florence early and walked through a bunch of the Oregon Dunes. The dunes themselves were pretty but often it was just woods and ATV rental shops, closed for the season.... Continue Reading →
Walk to San Francisco Week 1: Seattle to Portland
Here are my journal entries for the first several days of my walk to San Francisco, which you can read more about here. Day 1 I walked in the quiet snowy city from my partner's house in capitol hill to the southern tip of Vashon island. It was sunny for the first part of the... Continue Reading →
Walk to San Francisco!
I am hopefully walking to San Francisco starting Feb 10! I hate to promise things before I do them but I'll do my best to make this happen barring injury or serious safety concerns! This is a landing page for info and updates! I am walking partially to raise money for Facing Homelessness, a local... Continue Reading →
Walking 36 Consecutive Hours Just to See What Happens
I have this weird habit of being uninterested in goals that other people have made. Maybe I'm just never going to be over my teenage rebel-without-a-cause mindset. But chances are, the more sought-after a goal is, the less interested I will be in achieving it. I try to get over this, because actually most experiences... Continue Reading →
Seattle to Anacortes
Day 0 Before I left work I stopped at the free table, where there was even more food than normal because of Thanksgiving. I grabbed a bag of grapes and some carrots and a large loaf of rosemary bread for my journey. I walked toward the shore, adjusting my backpack and trying to figure out... Continue Reading →
Walking Around Puget Sound: Part 4
This is the last part of a series that starts here. Also, since I am still so new at this, please comment anything you like/dislike about this series and anything else! 🙂 This is the day where I learned a lot about the difficulties of this kind of trip. It started off promising, with a... Continue Reading →
Walking Around Puget Sound: Part 3
This is part 3 of this little adventure story. Part 1 is here. The next day, I woke up after a necessary and refreshing 10 hours of sleep. I never set an alarm because I could really only walk around 15 miles today given the available places to stay. I ate an entire bag of... Continue Reading →
Walking Around Puget Sound: Part 2
This is part 2 of this little story. For part 1, click here. The first day, google maps estimated I would walk 25 miles to get to my first Airbnb host. I was still thinking in hiking terms, so I started at 6AM thinking there was no way I'd finish before dark. It was strange... Continue Reading →