D. Todd Benson

I woke up at 7-ish and spread all of my gear out all over the room and then repacked it.  Unpacked it again and readjusted things - re-repacked the bags.  I finally feel like I’ve moved in to my backpack, kinda like moving in to a house.  I managed to throw away about 3kg of [...]

I was less than 24 hours away from Charlotte, but I’d lost another day to the International Date line.  I was tired, dirty, stinky, hungover - but not at all surly and in a surprisingly fantastic mood.  Got off the flight, got my pack from the baggage claim and went through customs.  I went outside [...]