somerville, ma to santa cruz, ca - "Via US-9, Garden State Pkwy S, US-19 S/US-23 S/US-70 E, I-90 W/I-94 W/Kennedy Expy W, I-94 W, US-14A, I-40 W, I-710 S, Pacific Coast Hwy, CA-1/CA-246/E Ocean Ave, CA-1 N."
wednesday, august 6th: boston area to philadelphia, PA (7 hours drive time). see highschool friend and coffeehouse where part of my thesis took place.
thursday, august 7th: philadelphia, PA to milton, DE (3 hours): tour dogfish head brewery. sleep in milford, DE.
friday, august 8th: milford, DE to asheville, NC (11 hours). do stuff. sleep in weaverville, NC.
saturday, august 9th: in asheville/weaverville.
sunday, august 10th: in asheville/weaverville.
monday, august 11th: weaverville, NC to chicago, IL (11 hours). see various friends from highschool.
tuesday, august 12th: in chicago.
wednesday, august 13th: chicago, IL to minneapolis, MN (7 hours). see family.
thursday, august 14th: in minneapolis.
friday, august 15th: in minneapolis.
saturday, august 16th: minneapolis, MN to deadwood, SD (10 hours). do stuff.
sunday, august 17th: in deadwood.
monday, august 18th: deadwood, SD to santa fe, NM (12 hours). do stuff.
tuesday, august 19th: in santa fe.
wednesday, august 20th: santa fe, NM to needles, CA (9 hours). try not to die while in hottest place in entire country.
thursday, august 21st: needles, CA to los angeles, CA (possibly via oatman ghost town; 4-5 hours). see friends.
friday, august 22nd: los angeles, CA to santa cruz, CA (8 hours). sleep in my empty apartment.
saturday, august 23rd: santa cruz, CA to san jose, CA (2 hours round-trip). maybe pick up ex-boyfriend at airport, maybe not?
sunday, august 24th: santa cruz, CA to black rock city, NV (7 hours). burning man!!
monday, august 25th: at burning man.
tuesday, august 26th: at burning man.
wednesday, august 27th: at burning man.
thursday, august 28th: at burning man.
friday, august 29th: at burning man.
saturday, august 30th: at burning man.
sunday, august 31st: at burning man.
monday, september 1st: black rock city, NV to carnelian bay, CA (3 hours).
bathe. shack up with self? other?
tuesday, september 2nd: in carnelian bay.
wednesday, september 3rd: in carnelian bay.
thursday, september 4th: carnelian bay, CA to santa cruz, CA (5 hours). possibly see highschool friend's performace in SF on the way.
friday, september 5th: in santa cruz. hopefully my furniture and stuff shows up today?
saturday, september 6th: in santa cruz. maybe receiving furniture, etc.
sunday, september 7th: santa cruz, CA to san jose, CA (2 hours round-trip). maybe.
monday, september 8th: in santa cruz.
sunday, september 14th: santa cruz, CA to san francisco, CA (3 hours round-trip). pick up T. and cat at airport!
sometime thereafter: bum around napa and stay in vineyard guest houses, courtesy of T.'s business connections.
sunday, september 21st: santa cruz, CA to san francisco, CA (3 hours round-trip). T back to boston.
tuesday, september 23rd: new grad student orientation at UCSC.
thursday, september 25th: first quarter of grad school begins. settle down some and be responsible, or something.
(map of MA to CA portion shown
here.)