Hello, comrades.
My next few blog posts will be written with the intent of keeping my family (and friends who care) up to date on my international travel over Spring Break, rather than detailing the random US I encounter. Okay? Okay.
AJS and I left Berkeley on Friday around 2pm in a super-full VW Passat - we have gear for skiing, alpine touring, running and yoga, clothes for a chic city and apres, tons and tons and tons of books, enough grub to feed an army, and an iPod, the contents of which were meticulously chosen. We literally drove for 10 hours straight, stopping only once for gas and a quick bathroom break at a Shell station at the foot of California's fabled Mount Shasta. (It was breathtaking.)
We stayed in Portland on Friday night at the home/apartment-thing of some college friends (who weren't actually there). Their cats were really, really unsettled by our presence.
Saturday morning (that was just yesterday - it feels like a week) we hit the road around 9am, bound for Seattle. The drive was fine but traffic sucked - we hit the city pretty early but it took well over an hour to get through it and meet our buddy RC for lunch near the University district. Lunch was a blast, and the rest of the drive to Vancouver was a breeze (including the border crossing - we made it across with two oranges!).
Last night we laid pretty low, grabbing some take-out and watching SportsCenter. We're staying with my high school bff, who lives in an incredible 20th-floor apartment in downtown Vancouver. I'll post pictures later.
Here marks the end of this post. Our tentative plans for today include:
- Having coffee with AJS's cousin, BS
- Possibly taking a tour of Vancouver with BS (my bff - too many people have those initials!)
- Hitting the road to Whistler pretty early
- Hiking "the chief"
Wish us luck! The weather is incredible and is supposed to stay that way, so me thinks we're in for a pretty good week. Happy Sunday!
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