Feels weird to have already left San Francisco, and to not have a set destination. Felt even weirder when I reached into my pocket last night to find only a key fob for my car, and no other keys. I really don’t have a home, unless you consider the forwarding address I gave to my landlord my new home, which is just my parents’ house in Florida.
Movers did all of the hard physical labor. I threw money at the problem and signed an agreement with Kerb, a company that combines packing, moving, and storage. Per our agreement, they showed up, packed up my whole studio, and took it away to storage “until further notice from you”. That further notice is not gonna come for a while.
The only thing I had to do was more of a mental and emotional task: decide what to bring with me on the road, and more importantly, what not to bring with me on the road. What can I truly live without? What can remain locked in storage for months? The only limits are my imagination and the size of my car.
ALL of my clothes fit into this suitcase 
Key ingredients for Puerto Rican food, …and Soylent. 
Oculus Quest 2, my new favorite gaming platform. 
Not a necessity, but takes virtually no space. 
Yes, I baked a whole-ass flan for the road.
Now that the car’s all packed, the apartment is all empty, and I’m on the road, I get the feeling life will be very easy. As long as I have the next few weeks planned, and I keep to a budget of under $100/night (the cost of my old apartment in SF), I can and will go anywhere.
Speaking of which, I’m staying in Mariposa, CA for the first week. Pictures and thoughts to follow. In the meantime, enjoy some pictures of the open road.
