Postsbrownsocks in # travel • 3 hr. ago • 5 min readDay 53 - Fight or FlightEVERY. SINGLE. INSTINCT. is telling me to get out of here. It sucks, because I was just starting to feel super comfortable and stable here. Comfortable with sobriety, comfortable with being “homeless”, comfortable with my jobs, etc. But, this god damn fire isn’t getting any smaller, or any farther away. I feel like all I talk, and think…brownsocks in # travel • 6 days ago • 5 min readDay 52 - Impending, Firey DoomAlright, well this fire is getting serious. I can notice a significant change in my breathing ability, even from yesterday; which was already bad. I tried to get up early to take the bus down the hill to skate, use the gym and hit the not-so-overpriced grocery store. As it turns out, I don’t know the westbound bus schedule, so I kinda fucked up…brownsocks in # travel • 9 days ago • 5 min readDay 51 - SMOKEHoly fuckin shit. It is so hard to breathe right now. For the past week plus, there’s been a growing wildfire in the area I’m currently working in and it has been inching towards us. I already had to move campsites twice, and as the fire grows to 33,000 acres and the wind shifts towards us; well.. it’s getting rough. this photo is…brownsocks in # travel • 17 days ago • 10 min readDay 42 - RecoveryWell, well, well… it’s been a minute. I’ve been going through a bit of a rough patch here. Actually, things are really great. Well, I’m not really sure how I feel. THAT is what I’ve been doing to myself for the past bit. And where my brain has been at. Adjusting to life in the van has been a bit of a roller coaster. On one hand, I feel…brownsocks in # travel • 1 mo. ago • 5 min readDay 17 - Hood River part DeuxSometimes you gotta just let yourself freak out a little bit. The past days have been an emotional blur and I kind of lost track of what was going on for a second there. I know, without a doubt, that this lifestyle is exactly what I want, what I need , but there are bound to be times where I start self-doubting and second-guessing. Especially…brownsocks in Curators Community • 1 mo. ago • 6 min readDay 16 - Hood River, OR (part 1)I woke up early AF this morning for no particular reason. I did go to bed shockingly early; so I guess that could be considered a “particular reason”. So, I’m a liar But 430 am came and seeing as it gets light absurdly early out here, I decided to get up and enjoy the mist. It was GORGEOUS. I knew it was the end of the spooky weather so I…brownsocks in # blog • 1 mo. ago • 5 min readDay 15 - Job 1/2 securedAlright, let’s fucking GO . Things are starting to come together, and fast. I knew they would, but seeing as two weeks ago I was just shoving shit into a storage unit with absolutely zero plan, I’m surprised by how fast things are happening. Maybe the multi-day storm was a blessing. If I still had an apartment, I probably would’ve played in…brownsocks in Curators Community • 2 mo. ago • 7 min readDay 14 - End of June Snowstorm & Car HeistsWell, whatever stress I was experiencing about being cold AF yesterday evening was quickly forgotten about overnight and double fold by morning. It’s insane I’m actually sleeping this well. I have dealt with severe insomnia ever since I was like nine years old. Although I typically lay down and “sleep” through the night, I’m up checking the time…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 4 min readDay 13 - WET WET WETI had to hit a speed bump at some point. After all, I did spontaneously buy a 3+ decade old van in under less than 24 hours of searching. And drive it up to a remote mountain area with no plan. The morning started off pretty solid. Still pretty charged up about potentially landing a fun job for the time I’m here, I got up early and took a…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 5 min readDay 12 - Job SecuredWell, maybe not. It’s not “official” yet, but it seems very promising. I was beginning to give up on the retail job because even though the manager reached out to me almost immediately, my response and next-day follow up went unanswered for what seemed like forever but was only a few days. Anyways, as I was walking to the rest area to use the…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 7 min readDay 11 - RAIN!!!! FINALLYFinally, the rain is coming. The nice weather has been, well, nice, but I am incapable of mentally handling too long a stretch of time without some real weather. It hasn’t hit yet, but the cloud are darkening, the smell is in the air, and the weather person has superimposed rain clouds on the next six days of the forecast. Furthermore, I…brownsocks in # blog • 2 mo. ago • 7 min readDay 10 - Fridge re-up and hiking confrontationsI seem to have a hidden talent to predicting where work is going to be done early in the morning. Two days ago an excavator was dropped off next to the van shortly after I woke up on the forest road, and this morning I woke up to sewage line repairs going on 50 feet from the van up in the town. I don’t mind, to be clear, in the slightest. I…brownsocks in Ecoer • 2 mo. ago • 3 min readAfternoon Hike Up to Illumination RockA bit over a month ago, I had just driven 3000 miles across the country to clear out my apartment in Seattle to move into my car. Before I even got to my apartment, however, I decided to camp for a couple weeks with my friends visiting Mount Hood from the east coast; a mere three and a half hours short of my final destination. Fast forward…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 6 min readDay 9 - Government Camp, ORTucked off of Highway 26, right at the bottom of the Timberline access road of Mount Hood, lies a roughly one mile “loop” that hosts an unincorporated community called Government Camp. With a population of 179, the tiny town known as “Govy” is home to many of the year round Timberline employees and some deep pocket second homes. On any given day…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 4 min readDay 8 - Timberline LodgeDespite it having been a rather boring day consisting mainly of resetting and taking care of responsibilities, I promised myself I would write every day just to get back in the practice. Even if it’s meaningless journaling pumping into a cell phone touchscreen. I headed back up to the mountain to charge my devices, poach a shower, and do…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 5 min readDay 7 - Solstice and Campfires(For some reason I have been unable to upload pictures to Blurt for the past few hours so for now here’s text. Hoping to edit when I can) Still being able to see at 10pm is something special. I am much more inclined to night time and normally can’t wait for the sun to start disappearing and the creeping presence of the dark. But I do have to…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 4 min readDays 5&6 - Mt Hood National ForestOk, I love this fucking van. I was a little nervous about my decision, but after just a few days I am so sold on this thing. On Friday I loaded up as much free ice as I could from the motel, threw all the various trash bags and reusable grocery bags full of my unorganized belongings into the van, and headed out of Portland. I looked for the…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 3 min readDay 4 - Still Portland, New Van!First and foremost, I take back the kudos I gave the SyFy channel. Since the first two hammers they showed, they’ve only played Harry Potter. Not even all the movies either, just like the same 3 over and over and out of order. Anyways. I did it. I bought the van I wanted. I’m still in awe over how spontaneous and fast the last 36 hours…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 5 min readDay 3 - Portland, Oregon!Alright. Big, bold and impulsive decisions being made here. I’m pulling the trigger. Time to buy a van. I woke up in my Subaru this morning in a nice park a friend recommended to me as a car camping spot. I immediately said, ok, let’s get this moving. After 3-4 attempts at getting out of the trunk due to broken rib pain, I went for a walk…brownsocks in # travel • 2 mo. ago • 3 min readWhat’s better than moving?Moving with broken ribs! On the last stretch of moving out of my apartment, I managed to break some ribs in a very dumb manner. The weekend push was absolutely horrid. I couldn’t sit, stand, breathe, cough, laugh, fart… you name it. lol. BUT I had no choice but to push through it. I was being threatened by eviction etc and I don’t…
