And so it begins.

Well I am finally started after months of planning and prepping.  Had a few last minute hurtles including a cracked LCD on my laptop and a missing part on my bike that helps hold the bearing cups together, but some frantic scrambling and amazing help from my friend Erin on both counts not only helped me fix everything, but get ready and hit the beach yesterday to dip a tire in the Atlantic.  Couldn't have done it without you Erin, thank you for everything you did yesterday and for all your support!

Thank you too Matt and Hannah for opening up your home to me in my homelessness, You have no idea how much it meant to me to have you do that.

Jeff and Mar; Thanks for letting me come and go as needed with out any notice in your home!  From being a quiet place for my exit interviews to a place where i could just rest and play some games to a bottle of whiskey when needed you have been even more wonderful to me this last month than in the last 4 years.  Love and miss you guys!

Eddie, you have helped so much in the construction of my racks and panniers and also in the planning on the Pennsylvania route.  It was great being able to trust those details to you and to have you along on the first leg of the journey.  Your dependability and solidness  has allowed me to get this journey off to a great start and I am glad to have you make Pennsylvania an adventure for both of us!

Its crazy to think that it has finally begun, that a far fetched dream is forming into being my life.  Half a year ago I was living the American dream: had a job that didn't completely blow, great friends at home and in interesting places that I could visit, enough money to by shiny things that distracted me from what i really wanted in life.  Still not sure exactly what I want in life but getting a pretty good idea and I am looking forward to finding it just over that horizon :)