Operation Vancouver: Success

Hanging out with awesome people, watching far too many movies and drinking a lot of coffee was a great time.

Though I was an hour late to meet up with my friend Steph.  I didn’t drive to Van so I was busing it.  Missed my stop at Cambie and ended up at UBC.  I had almost reached my destination and started to speaking with the bus driver.  His response to the situation was something along the lines of, “You’re an hour late to meet up with a girl‽  Are you nuts‽”  I then indicated that her and I are just friends currently and his reply was, “Still, a girl is a girl, it sucks about the bus mix up… I could write you a note if you would like.”  The thought of it is pretty entertaining to me…

Dear Steph,

This note is to excuse Drew for being an hour late for your rendezvous.  It was a simple mix up and I got him there as soon as transitly possible.  Thank you for your understanding in this matter.

Signed,

The Bus Driver

Heh.

In travelbag news, even loaded with all the clothes I own, it was very comfortable and well balanced.  Knowing how travelbags of these sort work, I only used the shoulder straps when using the bag.  Even wearing it improperly my back and shoulders still liked the fit and the weight.  This means that with the decreased weight and the proper wearing of said pack I should be able to wear it for long periods of time with little to no issues.  This is a blessing as it will be very conducive for an extremely mobile lifestyle.

My current departure times are:

• 2 Days from my employment
• 5 Days from Victoria to the Okanagan
• 12 Days from the Okanagan to Australia

Stoked!

“These four wheels feel like home to me”

It is strange that the closer I get to leaving for Australia, the longer the list of things that need to be done gets. I have been crossing items off of my mental list with ferocity yet more items keep getting jotted down. I suppose this is because all of the important bits have already been taken care of. I have my passport and working holiday visa. I have my ticket and my destination.  Heck, I even have already started saying my farewells.

There is an interesting subject I think.  My farewells.  There are many that I won’t get to do this in person with due to locational concerns and there are several that I can’t due to interpersonal reasons.  That is cool though… If any of them stumble upon my humble little weblog they should probably know that I still like them/love them/consider them a friend. (Whichever would apply)

Ack, here I am doing a test post on my blog and it gets all serious like.  Just the way the river flows I ’spose.  Back to the purpose of this post.  This blog shall serve as a standard weblog during my travels, however it shall also serve as a photolog and videolog.  I’ll be posting videos via embedded YouTube and photos via NextGEN Gallery.  I hope to have many posts/pictures/videos however the fact that I’ll be living in orchards and on beaches for the next 8 months will make any semblance of a posting schedule fly out the window.

Feel free to read or watch, even if I don’t know you.  Comment often, even if I don’t know you.  If you know any green eyed/Chucks wearing girls (or are one) in Australia definitely comment. (;  I actually haven’t decided whether I like girls with green eyes or girls with chucks better yet. (:

“They call me the Chucks Wolf.”