Thread by @Casey

🚙 TRAVEL THREAD 🚙
6:30am Friday August 27,2021. my solo journey from the very most eastern point of the US to the most western.

sad to be leaving. this was the greatest summer of my life

to get a spot for a vehicle on a ferry you need a reservation months in advance or you go ‘standby’ which is a total crapshoot.

Yesterday I was in line to see about a standby spot and there was a rude woman in front of me doing the same. I was super nice to the ticket guy, asked how his night was going, apologized for the rude woman, and he hooked me up on the very next ferry out. ALWAYS BE NICE

this was last night. Candice made this lightship basket. It took her the entire summer. She spent 3-4 hours a day in a wood shop with other enthusiasts working on it. When she left the wood shop for the last time of the summer, with her completed basked, she was crying.

back to the real world

stopped for gas and was a little snoozy so I tested out my nap set-up. I took little Georgies crib mattress (she’s ready for a big girl bed), 2 big pillows and a comforter. May have made it too cozy - I slept for 2 hours. deeeeep sleep 💤

crossed into NY state last night. met Robbie at a McDonald’s on the side of the freeway. Great guy, hard worker.

crossed into PA super late. didn’t want to do a hotel but very tired 🥱

slept in a parking lot full of other people sleeping in their cars. 6 hours of solid sleep. Feel great, feel a little gross but mostly feel great.

shower and change at graham’s place in Cleveland. I no longer feel gross.

if you’re in Cleveland come say hi to Jermaine, Tyler and the rest of the crew at Premiere Barber. Great people.

trying to avoid cities but I passed by Chicago, great city.

made it to Wisconsin late in the day. I woke up around 5 this morning so I’m a little tired. my only rule is NEVER DRIVE TIRED

found a very decent parking lot. gas station not rest area. but a good parking spot. used the surf shower then climbed into my cave.

I use a timer to keep track of how long I’ve slept. last night was an uninterrupted eight hours thirteen minutes and fifty three seconds. this truck might be the best sleep I’ve ever had.

I attribute some of that quality sleep to this little USB powered fan I bought from wal mart. nice to have a little air flow.

truck stop shower ($13) to go with my truck stop coffee ($2)

the sunrises are one of my favorite parts of this trip. this is Wisconsin

the Mississippi !!

a human being who speaks the English language chose the words on this poster. Someone thought these were the best words.

OK i kinda stopped my real-time travel tweet thread beacuse people figured out where i was and it was starting to freak me out. so imma post the rest of my trip now even tho i finished my trip alreayd

I’ve always been a little obsessed with Americana and mt rushmore sits atop that obsession.

this has sat on my bucket list simply because I never ever thought I’d have a reason to be in South Dakota. turns out my reason was simply to see mt rushmore.

use the 2.5x zoom lens on the iPhone. lock focus on the mountain then snap away.

favorite

IRL

Made it to Wyoming. but barely. my never drive tired rule was pushed pretty far to get to the state line.

I can’t express how well I slept in that truck. I’m not a big sleeper but I’ve never slept 7 hours and 48 minutes without interruption. dreamy.

this was where I slept. there’s a human under that corvette tarp. I slept with bear mace. It’s a little freaky sleeping in such an exposed way.

my shorts are drying because I used my surf shower last night and didn’t go full nude.

how many times have you seen ‘close encounters of the third kind’?

this movie defined my childhood

act natural.

made it to Yellowstone. the smoke from the fires was everywhere. Nose got stuffy and throat sore. Stayed that way throughout the day

this felt special. you see so much driving that you’d never experience flying over.