Day 4: San Luis Obispo

May 6th - San Luis Obispo, Calif.

+ Before I had my first cup of coffee and after I sheepishly reported that I didn’t post anything to the blog last night, my Dad leap into action and helped me sort out how to make my blog super sustainable and easy to update on a regular basis. Thanks Dad, you are always great to run ideas past and always good about having multiple good solutions to choose from.

+ Asked my Dad to try a happy hour beer down the street at Central Coast Brewing. We wound up with two beers for $7! Now that's a happy hour! Cheaper than pub run special prices, people. My dad had El Hefe and I opted for the Lucky Day IPA even though it was the idea of a Chai Ale that brought me down there. A little sample of the Chai Ale did not do it for me. In my pre-iPA days, I would have liked it, but now the non-hoppy beers kind of throw me off. Am I turning into a beer snob?

+ Spent a good chunk of the evening writing. Sorta kinda accepted the fact that some of what I write will be boring as not ever day on my trip will be fireworks and roses. The point is to write. Use the blog as a way to reflect on the day, recall the day a year from now, practice writing more and share/publish my writing more.

+ Watched "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" this evening. Wow. So ... at the direction and coaching of members of “the church” the wives of Scientology executives came out of the Hole to go on Anderson Cooper’s show to lie about how their husbands were being treated in said Hole and then they promptly went right back in the Hole. Horrible, fucked up bullshit.

+ I plan on updating the Road Trip Story section of the site in the coming days to explain why I decided to quit my job and head out on the road for a few months. A lot of thought went into that decision, which was not an easy one to make. For people who know me well, they know I am not quick to make big decisions and I'm fairly cautions when it comes to career moves. Once I made the decision, though, I was glad I did and excited to see what my adventure would bring.

+ Houston, we have have 4 blog posts. Four!