It actually worked...

Firstly...check out meetthemoment.com - the video (on the site and below) is spectacular, the whole campaign struck an interesting chord within me, I think you'll all see why. Create a moment yourself so Clif Bar will donate some money to some good causes...and to not let the words "the east is making you soft" from A River Runs Through It come true. We've got nothing on the west right now. And no one steal my postcard's words of something along the lines of - "I will always, try my very hardest, to remain in a constant state of stoke."

To say that I had a plan for getting to California would be correct. My flight was scheduled for Tuesday, May 17th, at 3 in the afternoon. My bike was securely packed up, and everything else I needed for the entire trip fit into my snowboard bag and my camel back/camera case/tripod bulky carry-on luggage outfit. Upon arrival at the ticket counter, I found out I was exactly a day early. Good job Will. Basically, I was going to go back home, but instead payed the extra $100 to get on that day's flight. After the most helpful ticketing agent (I think Christine, but I could be mistaken) found out I was riding for a charity, they let my board AND bike fly free. I now love JetBlue. I will fly with them again. They even upgraded my seat and I sat next to a very very nice couple and we talked for much of the flight. I never got their names, but I will always remember them as my first new friends of the trip. I could tell I was already thinking differently, I'm now in the traveling mindset. Yes, and with this traveling mind comes an open mind ready to be filled with new people, exciting adventures, and new experiences to learn from. Feeling vulnerable might not be such a bad quality.

The bike is now all back together in one piece and it's time to hit the road and find my way to Chapman University for a fun fun night seeing some friends from the ship.

And by the way, searching the internet for directions to Chapman from Corona Del Mar, I got distracted and found this video. It was part of the Banff World Tour that came to State College, and it was one of the two that provided some of the inspiration for this trip and what I might want to be capturing. The other was called Salt, it was AMAZING, LIFE CHANGING, and here's the website for that... http://saltdoco.com/