Archive for 'ORtoMA'

ORtoMA: In Chronological Order

January 19th, 2008 – 10:09 pm
Tagged as: Best Of, ORtoMA, Story

During my ORtoMA cross-country trip, I was “blogging” (I really hate that word and all that it stands for…) in real time, so the days are in reverse chronological order. In my feeble attempt to make life just a tad bit easier for all of you, here are all the posts, in their entirety, in [...]

ORtoMA: Day 6

December 24th, 2007 – 10:04 am
Tagged as: ORtoMA

10:03 - Check out, hit a CVS for supplies, $22 for gas. At the gas station there was a hawk chillin in the spaces out front. I was able to get about 15 feet from it before it swooped over to the pumps. There it stalked a meal under some pallets… Behavior I would have [...]

ORtoMA: Day 5

December 23rd, 2007 – 12:54 pm
Tagged as: ORtoMA

11:45 - My sickness and a noon check out time translated to a late start.
13:38 - Entered Missouri. (you know, the “Show-Me State) I’m feeling much better today (albeit still a little sick). Liz says one if her neck glands us swollen now.
14:40 - Springfield MO for gas: $24. Liz blames her “recent driving anxiety” [...]

ORtoMA: Day 4

December 22nd, 2007 – 4:11 pm
Tagged as: ORtoMA

10:15 - Check out of hotel. Liz states she has $50 left in her bank account. Fuel up in Santa Rosa: $23
Check it out! I guy in a cowboy hat with a big truck!

Shortly after we get on the highway the Check Engine Light comes on and stays on. Liz says not to worry about [...]

ORtoMA: Day 3

December 22nd, 2007 – 12:18 pm
Tagged as: ORtoMA

10:41 – Depart The Plaza Hotel. The motto for the place is “The Way Vegas Used To Be,” which I feel is very fitting. It has a very ’70s feel to everything… it struck as the type of place that is going to be a pile of rubble in the near future. While we were [...]

ORtoMA: Day 2

December 20th, 2007 – 12:45 pm
Tagged as: ORtoMA

(Pictures to be posted later)
9:45 - Depart Sis-q-Inn

11:20 Greeted with more snow chain warning signs. We stop at the only gas station for the next 50 miles. Decided to only put $20 worth in.

Liz points out that we both grab pre-made sandwiches which are the exact same thing we ate yesterday. I had the Ham [...]

ORtoMA: Day 1

December 19th, 2007 – 4:40 pm
Tagged as: ORtoMA

Let me just start off by saying this: Portland is //exactly// how I imagined it.

The day started off around 9am running friends of Liz’s around and getting breakfast.

The resturant has “sex novelys” for sale in the bathroom.

I order the Juevos Rancheros. It sucks. (It comes served with separate tortillas… I look like a fool trying [...]

Oregon to Massachusetts (ORTOMA) Cross Country Trip

December 19th, 2007 – 11:59 am
Tagged as: ORtoMA

Yesterday I spent 12 hours navigating our country’s air transport system to arrive in Portland OR.

Over the next 6 or so days I’ll be driving back to Massachusetts with a good friend (Liz)… Logging as many adventures that I can.
I’ll be updating in real time the best I can, but pictures will have to wait [...]