Friday, August 22, 2008

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Well, we did it. After 77 days on the road, we crossed into Tijuana Mexico. We flew back to Utah on August 10th, and I went to my Salt Lake City apartment and Mark and our Dad went to their home in Price.

It was truely an amazing journey, and I'm so glad that I got to do it with my brother and my dad. It is so surreal. I look back through the photos we have taken, and I just can't believe it. Now and again, I stumble upon a photo that stirs my memory and it is strange... It brings back lots of feelings of excitement, fear, anxiety. I almost have Post Traumatic Stress Dissorder kind of flashbacks. I become distraught, and panicky, and want to cry sometimes, because I am suddenly plunged back into that part of the trip. Don't get me wrong; it wasn't anything CLOSE to a bad experience. I did the trip to experience those feelings. It was so exhilerating. It made me feel so alive. It is amazing that my 15 year old brother did the trip with me.

And suddenly, I'm not on a bike anymore. I have a door that I lock at night, and I sleep in the same place. It is like I closed a book that I just read, and nothing more. There isn't anything gained on the exterior that people can see and exclaim, "Hey! You look like you just rode your bicycle from Anchorage Alaska to Mexico!" Most people can't even fathom it. I may as well have accidentaly slipped into an altranate universe and found my way back. It is almost... frustrating. All I have left from the trip are photos, video, journals, and my fragile memories. It is a part of me that I find very hard to express to others who have not shared the experience.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Los Angeles

I almost can't believe we have come this far. We arrived in LA city limits yesterday and are currently staying in a hotel right on Venice Beach. We spent all day today just browsing around the shops, talking to independant hip-hop artists and whatnot, and also surfing. Sweeeeet. When people believe us, they are just thrilled and awed to have met us, and demand that we shake their hand, and have a picture with them. However, many people just think we are lying to them, or jerking their chain. Haha, sometimes it is hard for me to believe that we have come this far, but then I get on here and see all of the pictures, and it blows me away.

Finally, the weather is WARM and SUNNY, and glorious. There simply are no computers available for me to upload any photos though. There are only these internet kiosk things where we can do internet stuff, but no USB ports or anything. I will be uploading the many hundreds of photos that have been acumulating since the last upload when I am back home in SLC, which will be in 5 very short days. We have our tickets to fly out of San Diego on August 10th. wOOt!
That also means that I will get time to start uploading video clips too. I've got 20 hours of footage now. That is going to take a LONG time to sift through. :S

I look forward to seeing all of my friends back home again very soon. I miss you all!