portland

2 nights ago slept in nm, then last night in so. cal. we barely made it. everything has just been so incredibly surreal, beyond words. tonight we gotta camp, tomorrow we'll come back into portland to explore.

late night ramblings from the road

taken from a notebook:

we're driving through Arkansas right now. I drive all the way from Columbus to Nashville yesterday. Amber took over after Nashville but we got tired about an hour before Memphis. we slept a little while (sort of) at a pilot travle center but we both were a little too restless and amber ended up taking us off around 5 or 5:30. same truckers followed us out of the gas station and literally ran us off the road, into a construction zone. The one kept trying to hit us from behind while the one in front blocked our way. He passed us and he was driving a 'covenent transport' truck- one of those crazy christian trucking co.'s -- fucker! whatever- anyways we were worried b/c he was got in front of us and then ducked right back off into a rest area, so we thought he was trying to get back behind us. we were worried to pull back over anywhere to try to sleep some more so we just jetted hoping to lose him, and we flew the hell right out of retched tennesee. a rest area in arkansas was really nice with a little flower garden and a giant spider, the sun risingm the mist settling, and the cuteness / pleasantness of everything here (minus the hair in my egg mcmuffin) makes for a really good morning :) hoping to be near or in California by tonight to sleep.

back on the road tomorrow

yes! we are leaving tomorrow morning, hitting the road. it seems so unreal still, but we are gathering up all of our money and packing a few changes of clothes, 2 pillows, 2 guitars, and peanut butter and jelly. we haven't gotten any music together for the trip as of yet, but that'll be on the todo list for tonite.

a journey

we are trying really hard to go on a very important journey. we both feel strongly that we must go on a vision quest to portland to see natasha khan, someone we both consider to be a sort of shaman. we've really been struggling to come up with enough money to make this happen, and we've been working our asses off. if we can make the money that we need, we will not be sleeping in hotels or eating even fast food. we are going to leave with just enough money to pay for gas. we'll sleep in the car: in the desert on the way there and outside the city when we get there. not sure what we will eat yet. we'll only have three days to get there and three to get back. we are truthfully not even sure that it is possible, but it seems that no matter how much it looks like it isn't going to work out, it still somehow seems like we are meant to go.