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                                                                            Greenfield and walking to King City, CA

Friday March 20, 2009
                  
     6:20am  I woke up a little bit before four. I'm all stoned. I smoked the last of my weed. I am almost to San Luis anyway. I still have to go through San Miguel, Paso Robles and Atascadero. I think I can catch the bus from Atascadero to San Luis.

                   Be sure to change "A life outside the box" to "A Purpose Driven Life."

                   When I talk about the bible and say it's two thousand years old..say "We need a new story. We need an update already. Times change."

     7:30am  Up and at 'em. Leaving the bush. I took a picture. I'm going to walk in the Burger King and see if I can get some ice.

     7:37am  Aurelia en el Burger King me esta dando desalluno. Te lo agradesco, Aurelia. Todo el mundo recibe credito.

     8:03am  I'm done with my breakfast at the onramp. I'm going to start thumbing it. Ahh, I am only ten miles away from King City. I'm going to walk it.

     8:09am  Turning left on El Camino Real going South.

                   I came to the bus stop. If the driver doesn't give me a courtesy ride I will walk it. It's more like twelve miles, I was told. I've got a breakfast croissant sandwich for when I rest.

                   The driver pulled up and said they didn't usually give courtesy rides. I told him to just gave me one now and he said no. I called him a good little slave. He was taken aback and asserted that he was not a slave. None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free! I was just testing you!

     8:48am  Passing Tyler Avenue on the Camino Real. Passing Ventana High School.

                   I am walking in front of Greenfield High School, GHS. I just tagged this sign in front of it with havethisbook.com.

     8:58am  I am on the highway now. I don't see any pedestrians prohibited signs so I'm going to walk it.

     9:30am  I stopped and ate my breakfast and took a resin hit.

     9:36am  Up and at 'em, walking.

     9:41am  King City 10 miles, Paso Robles 61, LA 294.

     10:03am  Passing Lagomarsino Road.

     10:13am  I'm going to stop and rest. I've been walking on the opposite side of the road facing traffic so I can give them the peace sign. I'm going to cross back and sit down so I can thumb it while I smoke.

     10:30am  Leaving. I stopped and rested right where the sign says Hobson Avenue a ¼ mile.

                     I just found a Power Bar on the ground again! 110 calories. It's a little bit open, but I'll still eat it.

                     Coming up on Teague Avenue. Brian James Teague.

                     In my story after I say I get hooked up at taquerias be sure to say that Mexicans are a lot more ready for world peace than Americans. They know the rules. Path of least resistance.

     11:03am  I'm taking a break half an hour early to layer down, but oh well.

                     I changed my mind about stopping. It was more like a layer down pause.

     11:12am  Okay, now I'll rest.

     11:30am  Up and at 'em, walking.

                     When a cop stops me for walking on the 101 I have my lines ready for them. I'll tell him, "I am walking the historic Camino Real, just like the settlers did. You know what camino means, don't you officer?

     11:57am  Coming up on Central Avenue. I see a tree with a sign that says peace.

     12:23pm  I took a picture of the Camino Real bell.

     12:59pm  Guess what, everybody. I see signs that say, "Mission San Antonio and San Antonio Lake, next right." Hmm. I have to follow that sign. Even if it's 23 miles away.

     1:21pm  Walking.

     1:25pm  I'm walking down Jolon Road. Mission San Antonio is 23 miles down. I'm going to try and thumb it. Please Love, take me to San Antonio. I'm on a mission to the mission. I want to go there and tell them, "I'm Victor Antonio from San Antonio. I want to tell you about my mission."

                   On this walk I've seen all these signs that say the road coming up in ¼ mile. I have already passed Broadway and Central Avenue and there was nothing there, so I didn't think this next one would be any different. Lo and behold I saw gas stations signs and golden arches around the corner. I'm not too hungry right now. I am grateful for that Power Bar I found earlier.

                   I got bored on the onramp thumbing it trying to get to the mission. I'm going to walk up the hill right here. Maybe there's another gas station nearby.

                   Wow, there's a gas station at the top of the hill. Called that. I'm going to ask for rides here.

     2:20pm  I gave up on my mission to San Antonio. Nobody is giving me a ride and this one guy told me I had to go through a military base and get searched, so forget it. I should walk into King City. I asked the cool Mexican dude if there was a trail into town or something. He told me about a bike path I could walk.

                   I walked the path until it got to some street.

     2:55pm  Coming up on San Antonio Drive. I'm going to walk that street for some special reason.

     2:59pm  Welcome to King City, Victor. Patty at the Denny's is going to feed the peace machine.

                   I got bored at the gas station by the highway. I'm going to walk San Antonio Drive.

     5:25pm  I came to in front of the King City Shoppette store. I walked San Antonio all the way to Broadway. I'm going to hit up this taqueria.

     5:32pm  Sweet, I got hooked up at Lugarcito Michoacana. I logged their generosity and gave them my website.

                   Downtown

                   It's about time I made another update. I ended up walking in a big circle and I am back by the Denny's again. 

     5:55pm  I forgot to tell you, I already found my camp. It started to get dark and cold so I went looking while I still had daylight.

                   I'm glad I found a good spot before it got dark. There should be enough time to scrape my weed-tin. I've got a flashlight.

                   It sucks, I broke my quartz cigarette one-hitter today. I was trying to show it that cool Mexican cashier at Jolon Road and it fell and broke. I can still use it though. It's just shorter now.

                   I'm crashing out.

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