Aimless

Most white truckers are at least *kinda* bigoted--even those who are otherwise likeable--and I'm really sick of hearing all the hateful ...

I made it to Gary, Indiana @ 3:00. Got a shower & now I need to find $$ for laundry & food. Too busy to say much now. More whenever ...

I'm finally out of Gretna, but not with the driver I expected; he's still there. I'm camping in Des Moines but will be in NW Ind...

I'm still at the Flying J in Gretna, Nebraska. Yesterday morning, when I wasn't really awake yet, I heard someone outside the tent s...

PART 3: At Husky Stadium I learned from Buckeyeman that my Portland buckeye is actually a chestnut. He then gave me a real buckeye. --> M...

You may wonder why Travis is still in Iowa. You thought he was going to Texas a couple days ago, right? Well, his truck broke down right aft...

I drew up a sign yesterday morning that read: "HE NEEDS TO BE IN RENO ASAP," with an arrow pointing to my right. I planned to fly ...

PART 2: As I bobbed and weaved through the maze of cars, RVs, and football fans, a small group of Buckeye supporters planted an OSU window f...

We hit SLC y-day. If I'd stayed w/Jo, I'd already be where Travis is heading (Texas). He just found out today, tho. Trying to coordi...

I woke up outside Husky Stadium pretty early on 9/15. There were already a handful of UDub fans setting up their tailgating operations in an...

After getting off the train in Seattle on September 14, Dave Treadwell invited me to join him in a cab to his hotel. He probably would have ...

PART 2: Early yesterday afternoon I received my first ride offer from a lady trucker, Jo. I immediately told her I was trying to help anothe...

We're in Ogden, Utah. We? Yeah, WE are in Ogden. I've been hanging with a guy named Chuck since Friday night. Friday evening I was w...

PART 2: After I responded, "Insomnia?," my fellow Amtrak passenger countered, "That's it!" He then said he used to f...

My face looks familiar to a lot of people. I can't tell you how many people have approached me over the years and asked, "Don't...

Now that I've finished my rant, I'll share some related thoughts. First, the broken tent pole was not the reason I almost called it ...

I got a new tent Thursday--the REI Half Dome 2 HC--and it's nice. At 90 inches long, I can actually fit in it. Plus it's like 52 inc...

PART 6: Now that I've suggested that one or two of this blog's readers may be ungrateful for what I've given them, let me make s...

PART 5: And how about you, "Mugen" (or whatever you call yourself)? A couple months ago you commented about how ungrateful I was a...

I just read an article in the newspaper about college football coaches being paranoid that people are spying on their practices. An excerpt:...

PART 4: The person accusing me of being ungrateful needs to take a look in the mirror. How grateful are you for the entertainment I provide?...

I'm at REI in Boise. Parts 4 & 5 should be up later today. So much 2 say about the last week. (Hint: Don't expect any more Aimle...

PART 3: Yes, there are a few people who have assisted me during this journey to whom I don't feel grateful: Father Winter, Jan Gee, Mark...

PART 2: When Kristin offered me a ride to Seattle, I told her right away that someone else had already offered to put me on a train that aft...

When I said the other day that I'm quitting, I wasn't kidding. I had every intention to go home and stay home, regardless of the sup...

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 ...