6/1/09
Here it is on June 1st and I am no longer in the red with my bank accounts. Everything is above zero thanks to your generous donations and the constant ringing in my ears from faulty hearing protection in the United States Marine Corps. Each month I get about $100 from the Marines for that ringing and to be honest, most of the time, I’m not aware of it. So anyway, this morning I transferred enough to put my bank account over the zero mark and then I had enough left over to book a $79 flight from Seattle to San Diego.
I had considered hitch hiking down the west coast, but to be honest, I am tired and I really need to get to work so this massive trip continues with a destination I haven’t visited yet on it. The trip Gods apparently decided that since I started in Portland and then Northern California that I should jump from Seattle to Southern California.
So to all of you, I owe a huge thank you. Now, here are some pictures from the later legs of my hitch hiking trip across Canada from Winnipeg to Vancouver.
Olympic Park in Calgary. Those are ski jumps.
The road where I was left at the base of the Canadian Rockies…very happy to get off the prairie. This is where Ray picked me up.
These grizzlies are not in a cage. There is a fence alongside the road to discourage animals from crossing at certain points. Ray said in 30 years, he had never been so close to grizzlies. we were both glad of the fence. I was also glad not to have to sleep in the mountains.
Lake Louise. I filled up my water bottle with glacial water and have rarely tasted anything so sweet.
Vago Damitio is the Vagabond in Chief. He is also a writer, blogger, traveler, adventurer and teacher. He has spent his life mastering how to have incredible adventures on minuscule budgets. Someday he hopes to have the option of using gigantic budgets for miniscule adventures.
