Heya! I’m sitting outside Ubaldi’s Coffee Stall in Redding, CA listening to a mix cd of Biggie Smalls and the Beach Boys. Dave and Dunc are emptying our toilet so we ride lighter and save money on fuel. Ben is trying to get the out of the “What Do You Want To Do Before You Die?” decal and we are all anxious x8 to get to Black Rock. We still have a good 12 hours to drive before we make it there but just thinking about is giving us enough energy to drive through the night.

We picked up some crazy hitch hikers today. They smelled bad but were very nice. Next stop - the desert (no internet til Monday!)

JP

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Where do I start? I’m sitting in a gas-station in Vancouver, it’s 10pm and Dave and Duncan are feverishly trying to figure out how to turn the generator off on the bus. Ben is doing circles of the place on his bicycle and singing. Now they’re all together trying to convince the attendant to fill us up even though the pumps are off. She’s not sure what to do.

The first two hours of this trip have been phenomenal. We made the 8 o’clock ferry off Vancouver Island and are on route to Black Rock City, Nevada (a 20+ hour in our purple bus). We are heading there to complete number #77 on this list - Attend Burning Man. I’m not going to bother trying to explain Burning Man, it’s too crazy for words. We’re driving through the night to make there before 3:30 pm Friday - the final cut off - and in the gates of the mystery city. Because Black Rock is in the middle of the dessert we wont have phone or internet there - which means NO EPISODE THIS MONDAY! We’ll make it up to y’all with a SUPER EPISODE ON WEDNESDAY.

More to come. Driving all night! -JP

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