Aimless

My tent just broke. I quit; I'm going home. To the people who think I've been ungrateful, screw you. You have no idea what gratitude...

I haven't been able to read this blog's comments in a while because I've been too busy walking 1,000 miles and generally trying ...

I debated for a couple hours about what I should do regarding my mode of travel, but I successfully met my contact at Union Station today, a...

It looks like I'm in good shape, in terms of making it to Seattle today. I now have a solid backup plan that'll get me there if I so...

I like Portland; it felt like home from the moment I arrived. In saying 'home,' I don't mean the place where my bed is; I mean b...

I expected to be on a train to Seattle this afternoon, but I'm still in Portland. In order to have gotten on the train, I was supposed t...

Yesterday at 4:00 or 5:00 PM, near the downtown Portland library, I turned my head and saw a pretty twentysomething girl walking toward me, ...

I don't like how I behave when I drink, even though I don't get drunk. I now wish I hadn't consumed those 3 beers in the hours b...

Luke Swilor is on his way here from Eugene right now (3:45) and should be here within the next half-hour or so, having unfortunately missed ...

I don't think I will continue the previous post because it's just too negative-sounding. For the record, I consider myself in debt t...

I think yesterday was my dad's birthday. Happy Birthday, Dad. --> I left Mark's house yesterday because he is one of those people...

Lots to say right now but so many other things to do, so check out Mark's web site . -- Aimless The Quasi-Aimless Trailer If you'd l...

This just occurred to me (several hours ago): Lew, you would love the Pacific Northwest; there are a million different beers here, many of t...

I think I'm now in a suburb of Portland; I'm on the edge of Troutdale and Wood Village, OR, a mile or less from Washington. Mom, thi...

#1 - Got any weed? OK, that's probably not actually the question people ask me most frequently, but it's close. I've been walkin...

I was just thinking: If the US Constitution doesn't mean anything anymore, then neither do any of our laws. So go break some laws while ...

(Pictured: Kathy & Frank at The Meet Market.) Upon finishing my salmon & shrimp, I dumped a little cash into one of the 6 Oregon Lot...

It's now clear why my backpack has become so burdensome lately: The thing weighs 66 lbs! Well, it did yesterday morning, anyway. Fortuna...

While watching football at The Stag, I began talking to a nice 61-year-old woman named Kathy. She told me about her son Michael, who has tra...

After several miles of walking Friday, a guy named Geneo ("Gino") pulled up behind me and offered me a ride to Redmond. In Redmond...

This is weird: The picture I thought my phone deleted is back. Also, the berries I thought were raspberries are actually blackberries... Jac...

College football begins in 1 hour and 15 minutes! (Of course, after the way Ohio State got destroyed in last year's national championshi...

I can't believe this just came to me last night, but Aimless would make a freakin' awesome cartoon. It could be based on my real exp...

Sometimes I get tired of trying to update this blog on such a regular basis. Sometimes I get tired of hoping the Aimless word will spread. S...

I can't remember how I found this (especially so soon), but I thought it was pretty cool that someone I don't know had something to ...

Wednesday evening, shortly after I arrived in Bend, Jack Sherman drove downtown to pick me up and begin playing host to me. Jack is a World ...

A mile or two closer to Bend from Albertson's, a weird thing happened: I guess I heard something that made me think of the beginning of ...

...OK, so I found a bench where I could sit down and draw up a sign reading: "Please help a hungry traveler get some food. Thank you....

You knew this was coming: No one who reads this blog owes me anything. There's no doubt I need a lot of new gear, and I wish y'all c...

I'm in Eugene, Oregon.

Part 2: Does this blog entertain you? Do you anticipate that the documentary "Aimless" will entertain you? Well, how bad do you wa...

Part 1: My feet hurt with every step I take because the tread on my shoes is mostly gone. I have to sleep curled up in a fetal position ever...

I'm in a redwood forest near Redway, California. I've walked 446 miles since beginning Aimless Leg 2. I saw a dead bear two or three...

Surely some of you think I'm an asshole for how I reacted to Jan Gee. Of course, you weren't there, so you don't have enough inf...

Part 7: Driving through the Safeway parking lot, Jan Gee said, "I just remembered, I have something going on tonight, so I'm gonna ...

Part 6: As I neared Healdsburg yesterday afternoon, a guy in an old Isuzu P'up pulled off in a parking lot and offered me a ride. His na...

Part 5: This morning at 9:30 I was awake with my feet extended out the front of my tent door when a Sonoma County Sheriff's deputy came ...

Part 4: So here's a picture of me after eating the berries. (You should've seen my hand at this point.) After my snack, wine country...

Part 3: Also, my shirt won't dry while resting because good rest requires lying back, and lying back keeps the shirt wet. Anyway, I walk...

PART 2: Lewis (sp?) Palmer gave me a ride from Napa to St. Helena, where he works as a Wine Country tour guide. From St. Helena he told me i...

STEPS: 61,087. CALORIES BURNED: 3,091. MILES WALKED: 28.10. That's the "official" count from yesterday, although the actual fi...

At 6:00 I've walked 20 miles for the day. Today will be the impossible 30+ day. You cannot comprehend how much pain I'll be feeling ...

A guy named Robert picked me up in San Rafael and took me to Sonoma. He dropped me off near Sonoma Creek because he thought I might like to ...

After a short nap at a bus stop Saturday, I walked from Sausalito to Larkspur. In Larkspur I talked to some nice people walking in the park ...

The following is a list of companies I hope you, my readers, will contact to help me get sponsorship (or free stuff in exchange for credits ...

It was nearly dark once I crossed the Golden Gate Bridge last night. The weather on the bridge was warmer and calmer than I expected, but it...

I left Castro Valley yesterday at about noon. (Now is a good time to mention that the pizza Tony made me Thursday isn't even on the Pyza...

Yesterday Tony made me a half cheese, half pepperoni pizza on the Pyzano's-style crust (thick), as well as garlic bread and meatballs. T...

Tony left the pizzeria at noon and will be back at about 4:00. While waiting for him to return, I've been charging my batteries and read...

As you already know, I was a witness to history Tuesday night, with Barry Bonds breaking Hank Aaron's home run record. Hours after the b...

I don't think I've ever revealed this on either the blog or the web site before, but the idea for Aimless came to me only because I ...

I am one of about 50,000 people who will always be able to say, "I was there when Barry Bonds broke the home run record with #756....

"I quit coffee... Yeah, today's my tenth day without it," said some twentysomething woman as she walked by me this morning. Wh...

I guess I didn't mention that you can actually see the game from outside AT&T Park. The right field fence is chain link and there ar...

I hope Barry Bonds hits the damn home run tonight so I don't have to come back tomorrow. For those of you who don't know much about ...

As I finished a smoke outside Mythic Pizza in Lower Haight yesterday, some dude asked me, "You wouldn't know if Memphis Minnie'...

All right!!! I found an optical store on Haight St in Haight-Ashbury. The girl working there put in a new screw for me at about 4:10. No cha...

This is wonderful: As I removed my glasses from their case, the tiny screw securing the right lens fell out into the grass. I may be screwed...

I want to thank Aunt Carolyn & Uncle Larry for everything they did for me. I don't have enough room here to list everything. This wa...

I did find somewhere to sleep last night in a park area near Fort Mason. I had to withstand some sprinkler action for a while, but my new te...

Someone please tell San Francisco it is the beginning of August. Seriously, it feels like late fall in Ohio here. Nonetheless, this is a bea...

I'm going to skip some of the stuff I had intended to write about and move on to last Friday when I ended up at Tony Gemignani's piz...

Lew, Father Winter didn't really "Jesus" me. Honestly, I have no idea why he turned a 180 on me. It may have been that he sens...

Hey mugen, I didn't think your comment was negative, nor did I mean to sound hostile in my response, although I'm sure I probably di...

This post begins at Half Moon Bay and ends up somewhere in the Bay Area. Pardon me if I say some things I've already said... I think it ...

This post is a response to a comment by "mugen" on my Encinal Canyon Road post. mugen said... wow, he sounds like an awful nice m...

Jay, I certainly prefer grass to tennis courts. When I arrived at the park, I actually planned to sleep on the playground, where I believe t...

I've been having trouble acquiring computer access here at my Aunt Carolyn and Uncle Larry's house outside Sacramento. They came dow...

Hey, I'm at a computer finally. I have a lot to say, so hopefully I'll have a chance to say it all. Check out this IMDB page about J...

A few minutes after my post last night, the clouds and wind came east over the bay, turning a beautiful day cold and nasty. Freezing, I even...

I'll tell the story about Raul later. Today has mega-sucked so far. Yesterday I merely wanted a new tent; today I need a new tent becaus...

I CAN'T SLEEP!!! You'd think after 2 weeks of walking 15 miles a day, carrying 50+ lbs on my back, I'd have no trouble sleeping....

Right now I'm camped out near CA Rte 84 & University Ave, I believe, near the south end of the SF Bay. I ran out of smokes after my ...

I am at a restaurant/inn called the Davenport Roadhouse, charging my phone because it was completely wiped out. I have no idea what town I...

Oh my, I don't feel very well today. I didn't feel too bad when I woke up, but it's been a struggle getting up the road today. I...

Oh my god, just wait for my next post. I'm getting drunk on brandy with a bunch of tramps.

Last night, about 200 feet before reaching my final destination, I took a bad step on a curb, placing my whole body's weight on my left ...

Thinking I was only about 5 miles from the heart of Santa Cruz when I woke up yesterday, I figured I'd only walk maybe 10 miles for the ...

A couple miles up the road this morning I spotted a donut shop across from where I was walking on Soquel Drive. Like usual I felt compelled ...

The CHP officer dropped me off last night in Aptos on a road he said goes straight into Santa Cruz after 5 miles. Knowing I wouldn't be ...

At about 7:00 tonight I found myself exactly where I was 5 or 6 miles earlier. These roads out of Watsonville all go nowhere, but there are ...

I found a nice place to sleep last night, 2-3 miles north of Marina, in the middle of nowhere. Unfortunately I put the tent on uneven ground...

I guess I just can't stand standing beside on-ramps anymore because I walked away from the latest one after about half an hour. It began...