Road trip, Part 1

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We are go for launch

Hmm, that's a lot for one week

Sorry, couldn't resist it.

I finally set off at 2pm, about an hour behind schedule partly due to being overoptimistic and partly because of the mysterious disappearance of my nice big rucksack. Nevertheless, I did still manage to pack everything. Carrying it all down to the car (4 floors below) wasn't fun. Ground floor for me next time I move, I think. The trip was surprisingly simple. Turn right out of apartment building. Turn right onto Shoreline. Turn right onto 101. Drive for several hours. Turn right into Goleta. Turn right into motel.

Nevertheless, like the devout geek that I am, I still navigated by GPS. Of course, I like to get my driving environment nicely set up:

Going roughly clockwise, GPS, $10 bill (I'm in a drive-through queue waiting for lunch here), water bottle, iPod sitting in transmitter thingy, bag of emergency food, crate of water, map.

The trip was pretty uneventful. I arrived at the Super 8 motel ahead of schedule, plonked my bags down, phoned for delivery food, then curled up on the bed with my laptop and the free wifi. Yaay, free wifi.