LTND 2006
Me at LTND

I’ve been traveling all day. I began this morning by driving 120 miles from South Bend, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois. We stopped along the way to eat some deep-dish pizza to get the full Chicago experience. The ride was pretty cool because we drove right next to downtown Chicago. I love tall buildings. My plane took off and four hours later landed in Phoenix.

On that four hour flight, I decided that it was a waste of time to spend the weekend in Arizona, and that I should just keep going to San Diego. I called the airline as soon as our plane touched down. Before they allowed us to get off the plane, I had already purchased my ticket. The whole thing took maybe three minutes. It was pretty wild.

I sat in the airport waiting for the plane when I realized that there were several things I needed to get from my house in Tempe. Luckily, my plane didn’t begin boarding for an hour or so, so I called Jason and caught him before he left the airport. So I hitched a ride to my house in Jason’s PT Cruiser convertible. It was a perfect evening to have the top down. It was surprisingly cool outside for a summer in Phoenix. Once we got to my house, I had less than ten minutes to unpack and pack before Adam and the gang would show up and take me back to the airport.

Now I’m on the plane for an hour long flight to San Diego. Once I land, I’ll hitch a ride with some friends up to Carlsbad. That means I’ve done six cities in sixteen hours. I started out today next to Lake Michigan, and I’m going to finish just steps from the Pacific Ocean.