In 2004 I kept track of where I had slept… which was amazing
I always assumed that I stayed with 30 or 40 different families over the course of a year. For a lark I decided to keep track. I am amazed.
When I’m at their (your) house I do some, or none, of: Cooking, Cleaning, Walk Dogs, Pick up Dog Poo, Clean/ Wash Dishes, let in Cable repair-men, fix your bike, eat your Snackwell’s, Baby Sit, play baseball (or what-have-you) with your kids, Entertain with stories of my travels…
Many thanks to every one on this list.
| PERSON | MONTH(S) | TOWN | LOCATION |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott & EM’s | March | Tucson AZ | foamie on weightroom floor |
| Tam Moshiers | Feb | Alpine CA | on the RAAM course |
| Mike’s New House (5th) | Jan | Bakersfield CA | ‘Nat’s Room’ |
| The Max Family | Jan | Salem OR | Guest Cabin! |
| Sam McKay | Jan | Very Beautiful Tofino BC | Crack Shack aka Best Western Staff Housing |
| Adrien Hingston | Jan | Burnaby BC | Very Old fold out couch |
| Bryant ? | Dec / Jan | Whistler | Hangin’ /w P Anderson |
| Kevin ? | Dec | Pitt Meadows BC | Spare Room |
| Erin Henthorne’s | November | Vancouver | Hangin’ /w team Beaver |
| The Hingston’s | November | SaltSpring Island, BC | 5 mattresses, 1 Nat |
| Annie Griffin’s | November | Fairfield (again) | Futon, Nat and 75 lbs of cats |
| Michelle Pigeon’s | November | Victoria BC | Couch |
| Brad Keast | October | Fairfield (area of Vic) | Awoke bewildered on office floor |
| Nat’s Place on Long Gun | October | Victoria BC | Little dark, noisy, cold room in dirt-bag house |
| A. Shei | September | Seattle | Basement Bedroom |
| HOH a.k.a. Matty Hewitt | September | Kingston ON | livin’ room futon (last time HOH had the futon and I was on the floor, so I’m pretty stoked) |
| Aldo Sfalcin & Renee | September | Windsor ON | Art/Spare Room |
| The Gold Commander’s (A&A Bagshaw’s) | August | Amhurst NH | Room, Bed & Cow |
| Federal House Inn | August | South Lee MA | I am an Innkeeper! |
| Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) | August | Annapolis MD | Top Bunk |
| Motel 6 | August | Altoona PA | Single Room /w HBO |
| Wal-Mart Parking Lot | August | Altoona, PA | Back of Vehicle |
| the Moshier House | July | Elmira NY | Futon with Schitzu |
| Kubas’s | July | Canten CT | Justin’s Room /w GGW & CKY4 |
| the Rosario’s | July | Bakersfield CA | Bumped Licie to the Couch |
| Steve Monska’s | July 3 | North Ampton | Couch |
| Charlie Week’s | July 1-2 | Lee MA | Unfurnished House (/w hammering on roof) |
| Post-RAAM hotel | June 27 | Philly | 6am - noon checkout! |
| “Fire” & “Nosey” | June 21-26 | America | Back Seat & Floor of Van |
| Pre-RAAM hotel | June 20 | San Diego CA | 1 rider, 1 bed |
| The NINJA’s Dojo | June 4-5 | Auburn, Maine | 3-in-one, airmattress, sleepingbag & Pillow |
| MA & PA Hawkins | June | Cumberland Center, Maine | 1 nite basement, 1 nite bedroom |
| Cameron Mahon’s (aka Denise Kelly’s) | May | Glen Williams Ont. | Home Shopping Spree! |
| Hipwell’s Motel | May | Effingham On. | Sardine style, 4 boys one bed |
| Kasey Crockett | May | Syracuse, NY | Couch in Basement |
| The Hackler’s | May | Bolton Mass | Medora’s Room |
| The ArchBiker | April-July | East Lee, MA | Semi-Furnished Room |
| G-Off’s Palace | April | Vic | “Spare Room” -futon |
| ck’s | April | Vic | I’m now at the 2 month mark on this chesterfield |
| Kerry Classen’s Newest Home | March | Bend OR | Furnished Bedroom! |
| Tom Tate’s | March | Coronado, CA | My filthy sleeping bag on floor |
| Various Beaches and Fields | March | Ensenada to Rosarito Mexico | with and without tent |
| Sleeping Bag and Toque | March | Glider School, UCSD | Stary Sky |
| Laura Hall | Feb | Marina Area, CA | Mattress on Floor |
| Viet (J’s GF) | Jan | San Francisco, CA | Couch |
| Jason Crookham | Jan | South San Francisco, CA | Sailboat |
| Scott Wert’s | Jan | Sacramento, CA | The Whole Apartment!! |
| The Summers | Jan-Feb | Visalia, CA | The Whole RV |
| “The Farm House” | Jan 2004 | Duntroon, On. | 2-bed room to myself! |
| Grandpa Robinson | Dec | Waterloo, On. | Floor of Sewing Room |
| Mike Ryan’s | Dec-Mar | Bakersfield, CA | Floor/ pull out couch |
| Hannah Tyler’s | Dec | Bend, OR | Loft Bed |
| Kerry Classen’s | Dec | Bend, OR | Downstairs Den |
| My Subaru | Dec | somewhere in Oregon | It was 15h and not 8h to drive to Bend |
| Eddy Gragus’s | Dec | Ft. Collins, CO | Couch |
| My Subaru | Dec | Nebraska/ Wyoming | So cold I didn’t sleep over 1h |
| Aunt Glenna/ U Geoff | Dec | London, On. | Spare Room |
| Cousin Robin’s | December | London, On. | bunk-bed |
| Mom & Dad’s | Dec-Jan | Bracebridge, On. | Communal Bedroom |
| Denise Kelly’s sister’s | Oct | Ancaster, Ontario (On) | (DK’s Sis, I’ve never met you, but thanks!) |
| Ben Kubas’s | Oct | Pittsfield, VT | Kitchen Floor |
| Dawkins Manor | Oct | Hamilton, Bermuda | Guest House, room |
| Erin McNamara | Oct | Boston, MA | Couch |
| Sean Nealey | Oct-Nov | Lee, MA | Bedroom (rare), unfurnished |
