Hi there, welcome to the BLOG of my life as a Vagabiker. Beryl calls me a 'Free Spirit' my Grandpa a B.U.M. of no fixed address. Kelly says I'm 'off the wall'. I think that the Toad is closest saying I'm the Cat in the Hat it's fun to have fun—but you have to know how.

These are the stories of my unique, home-and-job-free Natness.

Naturally, quasi-legal events are fictional. Everything else is the unvarnished truth.

Archive for December, 2005

The Journey begins

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

The following are Nats letters from around Christmas time. I’m a lazy, bad typer friend, (sorry Nat) so the entries are late. I didn’t get the letters right away either.

(Note: I didn’t think that I would be able to get on line, so I mailed Kim journal updates, though mail took 2 months to reach Vermont, and there are interweb cafe’s everywhere, making the whole process pointless, and laborious - not that it’s a first for me.)

Sunday.
6 am and I haven’t slept yet. What have I been putting off? Maybe I’d better do my taxes…6:30. None of the numbers add up- check-2004 taxes done. 6:32. sleep. 6:46. wake up and go to bus station. We make it 4.5 km to a hotel to repack, and lie in bed in Airplanes, Hwy Cars and Trains. I sleep like a baby. (more…)

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Loose Endz

Thursday, December 1st, 2005

Racing Season Re-Cap.

So my 2005 season on a pro team was a blow out. I quantitatively had my best form ever, and have almost nothing to show for it. Montreal Quebec, where I was 3rd team mate on the road, but the front two guys got dropped proved to be a turning point in the season. The best laid plans can go wrong, but when your plan continuously proves to be fatal, and pro teams loose local race after local race, you need some sort of consequence, or try something new… So my team and I parted ways things have been looking up. (more…)

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