Notes From the Road: Days 1 and 2

May 5, 2005. 6:23pm. Greyhound to Sacramento. Crossing the Bay Bridge there was this cormorant flying next to the bus about 100 yards out. I don't know how fast those things fly, but it was keeping up with us for a good minute before we started pulling ahead. And we were going about 55-60 mph.

*WHEW* Hoo-boy are there some characters on the Greyhound. Right now some girl is having a monolog with herself about how she's not a typical 23-year-old. I know all sorts of things about her now. She has a 1-year-old. She's from Oakland. She's working on her fourth degree. She doesn't want her child to grow up thinking his mother is lazy. Who is she talking to? There are other people around her but no one is saying anything.

May 6, 2005. 1:11pm. Driving to Las Vegas to meet Pam. Stuff seen being hauled on trucks along CA Hwy 99:

PVC pipes
Calcium nitrate
Truck axles

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So begins ten days camping our way across three desert states.