Well, I did it. I feel like posting this is pointless but I also feel like doing it anyway, so... Hah.
I used my last few paychecks to buy some nice boots and a nice pack, and threw a bunch of my clothes in there. Also got a sleeping bag that looked like it came in a compression sack. It's actually just a really tiny sack with straps that might as well be for show, that the sleeping bag has no right fitting into. It's about a 20 minute process to cram it back in there, but since I can just sit and enjoy the early morning while I'm at it, its not that bad.
I got a tarp too, because everyone here swears by them. I'm pretty shit at using it myself and I still got rained on a bit while i slept, but I'm chalking that up to operator error and trying to figure it out.
My knee is giving me some trouble because I'm an idiot with no cash, and I've done a hell of a lot of walking in the last week without change to feed to the transit service. I stopped bothering to tally it at 30 miles, which was several days ago. I feel kind of proud of myself, since I'd always been a couch potato before this. The blisters are huge but fairly manageable.
I'm in Tacoma, which the internet told me was a legal bitch about panhandling, but I met a guy about five hours ago who said that changed recently, so I guess I'll give it a shot tomorrow.
I spent 4 hours trying to hitch to Portland today with no luck, but apparently that's common? I've got, uh... the rest of my life, actually, although if I really can't get out of Tacoma in that time frame then I probably deserve it.
I've ditched half the clothes I initially packed already, and picked up twice as much hygiene products. Priorities, amirite. No truly funky smells yet, and I'm hoping to keep it that way.
Welp, this has been an unnecessarily long blog post. Just saying hi again, and that yes I went and did it.
I used my last few paychecks to buy some nice boots and a nice pack, and threw a bunch of my clothes in there. Also got a sleeping bag that looked like it came in a compression sack. It's actually just a really tiny sack with straps that might as well be for show, that the sleeping bag has no right fitting into. It's about a 20 minute process to cram it back in there, but since I can just sit and enjoy the early morning while I'm at it, its not that bad.
I got a tarp too, because everyone here swears by them. I'm pretty shit at using it myself and I still got rained on a bit while i slept, but I'm chalking that up to operator error and trying to figure it out.
My knee is giving me some trouble because I'm an idiot with no cash, and I've done a hell of a lot of walking in the last week without change to feed to the transit service. I stopped bothering to tally it at 30 miles, which was several days ago. I feel kind of proud of myself, since I'd always been a couch potato before this. The blisters are huge but fairly manageable.
I'm in Tacoma, which the internet told me was a legal bitch about panhandling, but I met a guy about five hours ago who said that changed recently, so I guess I'll give it a shot tomorrow.
I spent 4 hours trying to hitch to Portland today with no luck, but apparently that's common? I've got, uh... the rest of my life, actually, although if I really can't get out of Tacoma in that time frame then I probably deserve it.
I've ditched half the clothes I initially packed already, and picked up twice as much hygiene products. Priorities, amirite. No truly funky smells yet, and I'm hoping to keep it that way.
Welp, this has been an unnecessarily long blog post. Just saying hi again, and that yes I went and did it.
