Max and Dan Rock The Minivan!

Look at that beauty...

Oh yeah. 

It is less than one week out from the start of our adventure, and all the details are coming into place.  Dan flies out on Thursday, Sep. 9, and Max finished his job on the same day.  The weekend will be spent prepping our van (above) to be lived out of, building shelving and storage and then packing all of our gear inside and into our new roof box. Ideally, Sunday will mark our first Northward progress, making our way into Southern Oregon for a night at a friend's apartment (Thanks Rachel!).

Our goal for this trip is for it to last right through the end of November or the start of December, at which point we will likely part ways, Dan heading down to Mexico to do some paddling, Max to continue climbing with a group of Hampshire folks out at Red Rocks, Nevada.  Christmas will likely find us both back on the East coast and in search of jobs.

Feel free to check out this Map for a clue as to our route and a brief description of our thoughts on each spot.   I know that at this point the map just consists of a mess of dots, but if you follow the order of the list of placemarks (blue dots) on the left side of the screen, you'll be able to trace our path.  A lot of what we are doing will be flying by the seat of our pants, so dates are flexible and the route will continue to evolve; we have planned out the month of September fairly well, and haven't been able to think much beyond that. A lot depends on the arrival of Winter and how soon we are forced into the Southern locals.

Please post comments on this blog or email directly to one of us with any advice on places to check out, couches on which to crash, routes of note, or just to say hi!