"Books and Bikes undermine the aspirations of dictators"

an axiom introduced to me by a kind host in santa barbara. strange place this is, officially in so cal in all it's glory. the weather is hot, sometime reaching into the nineties. life is good. bike bike bike. -jon

on the road...still

the updates are fewer and fewer as are the riders. Kaite has gone to colorado, Lilia is in the bay area and swears she'll never bike again. only Daniel and I continue on, and will soon part ways as he makes his way east to learn about blacksmithing in prescot arizona. we're having an awesome time though. big sur is almost as hilly as it is gorgeous and santa cruz was a trip(always is) met up with a bunch of old friends and was peppersprayed less than an hour later. you can read all about it at SC indymedia. that and so much more. thanks to micah for the changes to blog. i'm sure i can come up with some things to add to that list also, although i regretfully admit my beer consumption long outlasted my creativity and i mostly just use whatever's on hand these days. oh and i forgot to mention we had a great time in the bay area staying with old friends and even catching the hail seizures while they were down this way on tour.

lots of love,
-jon

scattered in sf

wow, daniel & i finally made it to spenser's pad in oakland. with lilia hitch-hiking into the city and kaite arriving in ahead of us by bike. we wandered onto haight street making expensive payphone calls and wondering how far we'd have to bike by night to get to a safe place to camp with all our gear. but at the last moment it all got worked out and here we are, minus lilia. she's off with some good friends. the ride down hwy 1 was amazing, the fog rolled in on us and stayed there for days. a few time we were able to climb high enough to get out of it and the reward was an amazing view. more to come,

-jon

Ahhhh!

I made it to the Bay! woohoo!
I temporarily abandoned the crew and rode down here by myself from Arcata. I rode across the Golden Gate bridge this morning, and now am somewhere in San Francisco. Scary riding around the city.
The ride down was beautiful, I made good time, and enjoyed the alone time, but I must admit the nights were a little lonely. No one to talk about the day with, make dinner with, play cards with.
No time now, excited to be here, now comes the tricky part of locating my friends who live here and figuring out where I'm sleeping tonight!
Love,
Kaite