I’ve mastered the art of sleeping well no matter what ramshackle, sketchy motel I find myself in; the ear plugs and eye mask certainly help! 5:30am, I had a few bites of the cobbler I had as takeaway from the diner and bundled up against the frigid mountain cold; 27F... [...]
Having packed the night before, I’d fallen asleep sometime around 9:30pm, exhausted after 3.5 day of conferencing, and my body decided that waking at 3 am was clearly the correct thing to do. I groan and tried to roll over and fall back asleep, but the problem with structuring your... [...]
Early to bed, early to rise, makes you the first customer at Starbucks. I wrapped up a few postcards, some open source work, and dwaddled over coffee until 9:30 am; its a short ride today, and I can’t actually check in until 3pm, so I have plenty of time. Loading... [...]
I timed leaving [cheap generic motel] perfectly, rolling up and out of Las Cruces as the sun began to shove its way over the Organ Mountains that bunch up on the eastern edge of the city. Skipping over dodgy pavement on I-10, I pulled off 30 miles later for a... [...]
Up at 4am, packed and on the road by 6. The weather forecast was for a chilly morning that was supposed to actually get colder as the morning went on, so I started with all the layers, as well as the heated gear, but pre-dawn it was a balmy 47F.... [...]