A major change in pace!

Hitchhiking is soo last week. I'm driving now!

I've got wheels!

Thanks again to Gary in Houston for his hospitality! I ended up having to stay there in Houston another night and Gary was entirely helpful through feeding me and taking me to the dealership where I picked up the car.

I then met up with Lauren in San Marcos TX where she has a great little apartment and an even better yellow lab named Peakaboo (boo for short). San Marcos is a great little university town with some lovely parks where we walked the dog and hung out by a river! Best of all though was getting a chance to catch up with Lauren and swap OE memories and stories about how our friends are doing and where they've traveled.

So, after saying good bye and eating at this cute little breakfast taco place I took off only to find that the coolant reserve tank was busted and leaking coolant! oh no! major set back! ... Nope!

Surprisingly, it couldn't have turned out better! The next visit on my itinerary is Solomon and Judy in Hesston, then Doug Henderson in Fort Collins, CO, then Patrick (a dude from couch surfing) in Sheridan WY, and then Missoula MT where I'll visit Abi and Dietrich and then visiting Will in Whitefish! aand... in the meantime I'm thinking about catching a ride with someone from craigslist and going to portland! why not! Ben and Morgan will be there!!!

So yeah, its an exciting time, from waiting on the side of the road for someone to take me a couple more miles down the road, to hurriedly calling friends and checking craigslist for rides, my life has take a drastic change for the busier.