Archive for the 'Minnesota' Category

San Francisco, CA to Trempealeau, WI; Condensed

December 22, 2008

Left SF around 9p. Took bus to Emeryville, twenty minutes away. Waited two hours for train. Left at 11.30p. Slept three hours. Woke up around 5.45a somewhere in Northern California. Arrived in Klamath Falls, OR around 9.30a. Waited two hours for bus. Left Klamath Falls by 11.30a. Snow chain broke at 1p. Chains were replaced [...]

Seven Cities; Five Days

October 6, 2008

San Francisco, CA to
Minneapolis, MN to
La Crosse, WI to
Trempealeau, WI to
Milwaukee, WI to
Madison, WI to
Marshfield, WI to
Trempealeau, WI to
La Crosse, WI to
Minneapolis, MN to
San Franscisco, CA.

10,000 Lakes Festival; Pt. 2

July 29, 2008

I am making the transition back into the “real world” once again. It is part culture shock/part familiar but all the same, I’m back to where I was. For the past week I was lost in a world where anything is acceptable (except playing metal bands on the stereo). At 10K, I expounded on ideas about time, [...]

10,000 Lakes Festival; Pt. 1

July 22, 2008

I leave for 10,000 Lakes Festival in a matter of minutes. The car is packed with various camping gear: sleeping bags, tents, back pads, chairs, foods. This will be my third 10K and, entirely likely, last 10K. I’m more ready for 10K than I was for Bonnaroo (Bonnaroo came right after graduation; late nights frequented [...]