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 Forks of Salmon to Orleans to Somes Bar to Wietchepec to Hoopa to Willow Creek to Arcata, CA

Tuesday May 15, 2007

     6:06am  I woke up around five minutes ago. Last night I didn't get a ride. Art had said he was going to come back later. He probably came back, but I probably already crashed. I went in this shed, this barn they have here close to The Beer Tree. I remembered Carol telling me that people crashed in there. I crashed inside on the floor inside between these two dividers. Now I woke up and waked and baked. I'm going to get up and try and get out of here. I have to find a place to take a shit though.

     7:34am  This morning I had to take a shit bad. There wasn't a restroom anywhere. Just yesterday at The Beer Tree this horse took a big crap and there was a huge pile of horseshit right next to the picnic table. Then genius overcame me and I told myself, "Hey, I could crap on top of the horsecrap." This place is dead in the morning. No one is out at all. I thought, "Man, if only I had some toilet paper." I turn my head and on top of the picnic table was a little stack of napkins with a rock on top. Hell yeah! How perfect. I was able to follow through. I dropped my pants, hung my asshole over the bench and took a shit on top of the horseshit. Now there's a smaller pile of human shit on top of the horse shit. That's hilarious. I am glad everything was there for me. And I even found some snipes to smoke.

     7:55am  I had my little morning session. I smoked a lot. I've got me a little bit of tobacco for my rests. I'm going to walk now.

     8:30am  I am going to stop and rest. I'm hungry. It hurts to walk when you're hungry. I wish I could find me a fruit tree somewhere.

     8:35am  I actually ate me a leaf. Off a tree. A big green leaf. I chewed on it and it was nasty. I swallowed it quick and gulped some water down.

                   Screw it, animals eat leaves, right? I'm an animal. Rawrrrrr.

     8:41am  I finally got a ride. I walked all the way from The Beer Tree. What was your name again? Pete has been nice enough to pull over for me. I appreciate it, man. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     9:09am  I forgot to tell you, I'm in Somes Bar, err Orleans. Somes Bar is a quarter mile away. Orleans is seven miles that way. I don't know where to go.

                   I think this is where I left my walking stick last time. I'm going to look around.

     9:16am  Entering the town of Somes Bar. Population 225. Elevation 527.

     10:08am  I'm over here at the Salmon River Outpost in Somes Bar. Shane just volunteered me some Oatmeal Creme Pies. I appreciate it, brother. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     10:24am  I just got dropped off by, damn, I forgot his name. Some American Indian Karuk guy. Almost to Orleans. I could've sworn there was a store in Orleans. Like a market. I'm going to walk over this bridge and see if it's on the other side of this bridge. Orleans isn't the direction I want to go, but maybe I can catch a ride from the store better.

     10:29am  Entering the town of Orleans. Population 630. Elevation 400.

     10:36am  Maybe like five minutes ago I got to the Orleans Market.

     11:04am  I am hanging out here in Orleans with my new friends. What was your name? Amanita. Like the mushroom? Awesome. She's got her own shop here next to the market. River Artisans. A little art studio. We came outside and we're going to all get stoned with Trish. I was going to load up my little one hitter, but Trish found a blessing on the ground here. A huge nugget. And we're going to smoke it. And it's all gonna be good. Cool, cool. I am so glad I came to Orleans.

                   Oh, and I found out that the pass is closed to O'Brien, so I might as well head to the coast and see what happens there. If you don't plan things you don't get let down.

     12:20pm  I had a great little smoking session. We found us some killer weed. I got lots more now too. It's cool, that girl, umm, the mushroom girl told me that she had the Internet, dialup. I asked her if I could check my email, but she told me there's a place down here where you can get online for free. I'm walking down the road.

     12:35pm  Made my way to the computer center here. They're not open yet. This Karuk Indian tribe place.

     1:17pm  Oh yeah, the lady finally came to the computer center, but I didn't have any new mail. Well, I had some new MySpace messages, but I didn't get to check them because the computers there won't let you get on MySpace. I can't even check my webpage or stats because it detects the word marijuana on it. I'm going to go back to the mushroom girl.

     1:42pm  Scotty hooked me up with a cigarette here in Orleans over by the Gasmart.

     2:25pm  Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you. I ran into this pretty girl named Raven walking down the street. She beamed at me and I got to tell her my story. I smoked her out. She's going to give me some food. That's awesome. I just told her my head injuries story. I'll tell her my jail stories next.

     2:31pm  Pete is being nice enough to give me two cigarettes here at the Orleans Mining Company.

     2:56pm  Hell yeah, Raven came back with potato salad. Some goodass potato salad.

     3:36pm  Okay, I have to tell you about this little magical ride I had. At the Mining Company, this brother who gave me a cigarette earlier, Scotty, I told him that I was going to Eureka and he told me he would give me a ride to Willow Creek.

     4:00pm  Just landed at this store here in Wietchepec. I remember this place.

     4:28pm  Guess what happened to me. I'm standing out here trying to hitchhike back to Eureka. I'm flying my sign that says WPTMJ real big. These kids right here who live in this trailer next to the hitchspot, they asked me what my sign said and I showed it to them. This kid walked over and I hit him up for my story. I offered to smoke them out and we came in the trailer and had a safety meeting.

      4:56pm  I want to get a cast of characters here at the house. What's your names? Lee, Christian, Evan, Junior, Alex, Dale, Ammon and Oscar Lopez.

     6:26pm  I forgot to tell you, about six minutes ago this random guy I gave the thumb to stopped for me. He only took me to Hoopa, but every little bit helps. Everybody gets credit, thanks.

     6:54pm  I'm getting dropped off in Willow Creek. What was your name, again? Josh Strange. Sign my guestbook. Let me know what you think.

     6:57pm  Hell yeah, there's a taqueria right here. A Mexican restaurant.

     6:59pm  Jose, en la Taqueria Gonzalez me esta dando comida. Te lo agradezco, señor. Todo el mundo recibe credito, gracias.

     7:23pm  Sweet, I was over at the Patriot gas station here in Willow Creek. All of a sudden I see the Arcata/Mad River Transit bus. I remembered somebody told me that a bus came all the way out here. I gathered all my shit and I hot-footed it. Right when I passed this gas station I asked some kid pumping gas, "Do you know where the bus stop is? and he said he wasn't from around here. I asked him, "Are you going to Eureka?" He said yeah, so I asked him if I could get a ride and he said sure! So that's how I got my ride, from running to the Arcata bus to ask for a courtesy ride. I got one anyway, hehe. I doubt the bus driver would've given me a courtesy ride. I'll be in Arcata tonight. That's awesome.

     7:26pm  Dude, I was at the Patriot gas station and I see the Arcata bus. While I was walking towards the bus Matt was pumping gas. He ended up hooking me up with a ride!

     8:10pm  I am back in Arcata, hell yeah. What a magical way I was transported here. If I hadn't gotten up to go ask for a courtesy ride on the bus, I wouldn't have walked past Matt. I'm in Arcata. I'm going to go spare change for a chocolate buttermilk. Just like old times, haha.

     8:29pm  I guess I'm going to this meeting at the Sacred Grounds coffee shop. I keep getting directed there. Oh yeah, I ran into that guy Michael,

 

I think his name is. That guy in the wheelchair who was friends with Kati. The guy I helped stack some wood 

in his living room. A long time ago. I'll put a link(11-23-03). I got lost wandering around and I ended up back over close to the Safeway.

     9:02pm  What was your name again, bro? Hans Karl Ashbaucher is giving out food for Food Not Bombs. Karl: "Actually, I do work direct with Food Not Bombs and Spear Alliance Group where we can show people how to survive. Yes, someone from the community prepared all this. It's all Vegan. It's healthy, locally-grown vegetables cooked in a perfectly clean kitchen, brought down here and served in recycled containers for anyone who is hungry."

     10:24pm  Phillip gave me a cigarette.

     11:18pm  Ryan is hooking me up with some change for a donut. I appreciate it, brother.

     11:34pm  Stephen Kossow hooked me up with a couple bucks for a donut. I appreciate it. Everybody gets credit, thanks. He listened to my story too.

     11:53pm  I had a good night of listeners in Arcata tonight. I'm going to go hike somewhere to crash. I think I'm going to go crash by the highway over by Somoa. Or else I'll walk the highway all the way over to 7th Street.

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