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Everyone has their story - this is mine; my thoughts, feelings, and adventures; my ever-evolving story of life. Life - it's simply a rolling tide of experiences. Just as an ocean wave will rise and fall, life brings us a constant flow of highs and lows. It’s how we ride the tide that define our lives. I’m just a simple guy trying to find some meaning, some sort of balance in this chaotic world. Ready for the ride?

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Amazing Redwood trees in Big Sur (Julia Pfeiffer) State Park

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Colorful Big Sur, CA

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Pacific Coast Highway near Big Sur

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Sunset at Sunset Cliffs, San Diego, CA

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Pacific Coast Highway Beauty

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Spectacular Sunset in Big Sur, CA

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DAY ONE Our journey has just begun. Date: May 12, 2014 11:35 am Distance: 507.3 miles Elapsed Time: 10:01:04 Avg Speed: 50.6 mph Max Speed: 78.2 mph Avg Pace: 1' 11" per mile Min Altitude: 47 ft Max Altitude: 1,648 ft Start Time: 2014-05-12T15:35:12Z Start Location: Latitude: 42º 33' 29" N Longitude: 71º 47' 16" W Finish Time: 2014-05-13T01:36:16Z Finish Location: Latitude: 41º 48' 07" N Longitude: 80º 09' 31" W

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Leaving the Familiar

So it just hit me. I knew it would come eventually - I’ve been waiting for it. Tomorrow morning I’ll be leaving everything that I’ve known for the past 6 years of my life to the unknown, 3000 miles away. My family, my home, my sense of security and meaning - slowly vanishing from my sight on the horizon. I really haven’t thought about it much. I’ve been too focused on the three week adventure Lisa and I have planned on our way out to San Diego - visiting National Parks and camping the entire way there with our dog, Cash. Plus, I’ve done this before. When I was 20, my best friend and I packed up and moved to San Diego, leaving everything behind without any trepidation. I figured if I’ve done it before, I can do it again; plus, this time I’ll know what to expect, know how I’m going to feel - It’ll be easy. I guess no matter how beautiful the place and how great the opportunity, there’s no place that will ever replace “home” - your true home.

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It's crunch time… Only two days until we leave for our three-week cross country trip adventure/move. Boxes are sprawled throughout the apartment, waiting to be filled and packed into the confines of our compact Jetta. Lisa and I are both pretty stressed out. Waiting four days before you leave on a 4500+ mile roadtrip to start packing our entire lives probably wasn't the best of ideas. But hey, everything's going to work itself in the end - it always does.

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Somehow still smiling after days of packing, preparing, and the stressors of moving cross-country. T-minus 4 days until the big day!

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Our journey is getting closer. This will be our home for the next three weeks while we travel cross-country from Massachusetts to California. Only four days until our adventure begins. It's finally starting to feel real now - both excitement and anxiousness fill my head and heart.

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Everyone has a story... what's yours?

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give me all the flickering lights! tiny specs of fluttering rays and city glitters shimmering but only from far away.

i want them all - it’s an addiction i want the christmas lights buried in snow and the blips in science fiction films from years ago.  give me all the night sky’s twinkling sprinkles and the red pulsing eyes on tvs that standby fading, flirting in and out like a game of cat and mouse. bits of foil in the distance blowing kisses from the sun to me and showing no resistance to the photons that consistently pass notes on from one lover to the other like cupids tiny brothers. give me all the flickering lights. light every candle and wave every phone glinting and bleeping and imprinting glowing circuses that linger while I’m sleeping. an orchestra of weeping light swan singing like star crossed choirs who play themselves to me all night.

poem by wirrow.