Anchorage to California… again

Tomorrow I fly to Alaska… again. From there I’ll drive down to California (where I am right now)… again. Why? Because I’m either a) crazy, b) a good friend, or c) both. I’ll gladly own up to option C.
My lovely friend Casey and I will be driving her car down the 3,200 miles of the familiar stretch of road that I just rolled down a month ago. She’s getting out of Alaska for a while and I’m glad to help bring her down to hang out with me in Berkeley.
The only concern of mine is that we have a schedule. We can’t leave until Sunday morning because I don’t fly in until late Friday night and she’s actually in Germany right now at Oktoberfest (if envy really did turn you green i’d look like the Jolly Green Giant right now) and won’t return to our fair continent until Saturday. But we have to be in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday afternoon to begin a weekend of wedding festivities for her friend which is 2,665 miles to cover in four road warrior-like days. Picture Cannonball Run but with geocaching pit stops and no wisecracking banter from Burt Reynolds.
So in the meantime I’m working on doing things like figuring out a realistic route, lining up potential overnight CouchSurfing stopovers in places like Whitehorse and Williams Lake, installing light fixtures in my room, programming a new tool for CouchSurfing’s volunteer translation team, and cleaning the house for our first housewarming party that goes down tonight.
By the way, if you happen to be in the Berkeley area tonight you should definitely come by. It’s a “3P” party, which means you should bring three things that start with a P. We’re hoping for plants and pillows but we’ve already received yummy Passion fruit, a cool framed Picture, and a bag of condoms (Protection). Some come over and get creative!
Wish me luck on my upcoming adventure. It should be fun!