Day 1 (June 2nd): Malden, Massachusetts -> Sunset View Farm Camping Area, Monson, MA
Car wouldn’t start, we replaced an ignition coil ourselves and got moving by sunset.
Day 2 (June 3rd): Monsom, MA -> Mt. Davis (Forbes State Forest), Pensylvania
Visited “Negro Mountain,” climbed the high point of Pensylvania
Day 3 (June 4th): Pensylvania -> Middlefield, Ohio -> Findley State Park
Met the amish
They shop at Walmart too
Day 4 (June 5th): Ohio -> Michigan (for weed) -> Indiana (Sand Dunes) -> Gabe’s House, Chicago (South Side)
Come on… feel the Illinoise!
Day 5 (June 6th): Gabe’s U Chicago Graduation
Ate an entire deep dish pizza myself
Day 6 (June 7th): Chilling in Chicago
Saw Aunty Sybil and Uncle Steve, dodged fare on train
Day 7 (June 8th): Chicago, IL -> Pella, Iowa -> Elk Rock State Park, IO
Dutch windmills and quilts
Day 8 (June 9th): Iowa -> Omaha, Nebraska -> Platte River State Park, NB
A blood red moon loomed over us
Day 9 (June 10th): Nebraska -> West Bend Recreation Area, Crow-Creek Reservation, South Dakota
Fields of grass that smelled like fresh bread, friendly Indians
Camped on the banks of the Missouri River under a bright full moon
Day 10 (June 11th): Crow-Creek Reservation -> Sage Creek Campground (Still South Dakota)
I will miss Crow-Creek ;_;
Day 11 (June 12th): Sage Creek -> Rapid City -> Mount Rushmore -> Crazy Horse -> Center Lake Campground in Custer State Park (Still South Dakota)
Fish leapt out of the water at sunset, giant black eagles soared over head
Day 12 (June 13th): Remained at Custer, SD
Stayed in Custer, climbed Black Elk Peak and reached the highest point in South Dakota
Day 13 (June 14th): Custer -> Rapid City (again) -> Oglala National Grassland, Nebraska -> Some campsite in Nebraska??
Met Robert Young Dog Senior, went to a gay powwow
Day 14 (June 15th): Random campsite, Nebraska -> High Point of Nebraska (looked like every other place in Nebraska) -> Cheyenne, Wyoming -> Golden, Colorado
Saw the Union Pacific in Wyoming, headed south to the front range of the rockies to stay in Golden for a while
Day 15 (June 16th): Stayed with Colin and Hunter in Golden
Day 16 (June 17th): Chilling in Golden
Biked 2000 feet up Lookout Mountain, Chloe climbed a 14,000 foot peak and survived
Day 17 (June 18th): Chilling in Golden
Colin gets into Melee
Day 18 (June 19th): Chilling in Golden
Day 19 (June 20th): Julian arrives in Golden
Biked up the South Table on a cyclocross bike, Chloe and Julian have a miserable backpacking trip in the rockies
Day 20 (June 21st): Golden, CO -> Arrow Head Campsite in Buena Vista, CO
Trump bombs Iran
Julian becomes the crew’s musician
Aaron drinks too much buzzball and pukes
Day 21 (June 22nd): Buena Vista -> Curecanti National Recreation Area near Blue Mesa, CO
Bluest water I have ever seen in my life (it was freezing)
Day 22 (June 23rd): Blue Mesa -> Black Canyon, CO
Camped in a ravine
Day 23 (June 24th): Black Canyon, CO -> Moab, Utah -> Islands in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park in Utah
Camped on the edge of the largest canyon I have ever seen in my life… and the grand canyon is apparently larger?
Day 24 (June 25th): All day in Canyonlands
Ate mushrooms
Day 25 (June 26th): Canyonlands, Ut -> Moab -> Salt Lake City, Utah
It’s like Chelsea but worse
Day 26 (June 27th): Salt Lake City -> Willow Creek in Wells, Nevada
Hang gliders soared across the horizon over salt lake
Said goodbye to Julian
Camped in a cow pasture
Day 27 (June 28th): Wells, Nevada -> Reno -> Lake Tahoe, California
Fucked a prostitute (legally)
Day 28 (June 29th): Lake Tahoe -> Palo Alto south of San Francisco
Lake Tahoe is a freshwater Caribbean in the mountains
Aaron decides he needs to make a family
Reconvene with Aunty Sybil and Uncle Steve
Day 29 (June 30th): Chilling in Los Altos with Aunty Sybil
Day 30 (July 1st): The Pacific Ocean
Aaron and Chloe will see the redwoods north of San Francisco and part ways at last….
From here, Aaron will go East again to Texas. He will spend the Fourth of July in New Orleans. Chloe will continue North to Portland, then Seattle, and possibly beyond to Vancouver. The fellowship is broken but will never be forgotten.