How it began

Dec 30, 2009

The die is cast. It's 8 PM and I'm packed up and ready to go. I'm looking at leaving Portland with mixed emotions. It is a great place and I'd recommend it to anyone who is left of center. But I feel so isolated being three hours behind all my friends. That's not enough of a reason to leave but the job market is worse than I thought and I can't afford a rent on unemployment. So I am headed to Florida for a couple of weeks with family, then back to the Northeast.

I planned on leaving in the morning but the weather forecast is pretty bad for the mountains and I need to beat it.

So begins the journey of the Homeless Road Warrior.