The Itinerary

Sorry for the lack of posting yall. I may not officially have a job, but somehow I keep myself overly busy. With only a month left until my trip, I have so much planning to do, tickets to buy, and places to be. Unfortunately, my Brazilian citizenship documents will not be ready in time for my trip. That means that I have to pay the overstay tax on my American passport, a whopping $400 just to exit the country, and then figure out a way to get back into Brazil. A silly thing these bureaucracies, if only I had a bat and a pocket full of cash.

So, to preview the summers coming activities I am making a list of must do’s. The next three months will be a whirlwind of activity and I feel it prudent to keep things organized.

So here we go:

1. Start preparing Dragon’s course.


2. Pay the Policia Federal their bullshit tax. Pay rent, parking, electricity for next three
months. Swear as money disappears.


3. Rock out the Masters course starting May l1. Get A’s. Try not to go crazy.
4. Get on plane and say bye, bye Brazil. It still seems so surreal!


5. Land in Oklahoma.


6. Hug dogs. Hug parents. Wonder at the mysteries of back country living.
7. Enjoy the fact that rural life is so…chirp...chirp…quiet.
8. Eat chips and salsa. Eat cinnamon life cereal in vanilla soy milk.
9. Go to Meers. Eat famous Meers burger and fries.


10. Laugh at how big Americans are.
11. Go to Taco Bell and eat nacho cheese chalupa.
12. Go to cheap Chinese place and eat cheap Chinese food.
13. Marvel at the fact that I equate an American diet with fast food.


14. Jump on dual-sport motorcycle. Drive adventure riding style to Eagle Nest, New Mexico.
After a year and a half driving a bike 24/7, easy breezy bacon greasy.


15. Peak over the edge of the Cimarron Valley. Feel the butterflies in my stomach as I see my
home and Eagle Nest lake.


16. Drive to elevation 9,000 feet above sea level. Park in the gravel by my cabin. Smell, smell,
smell the ponderosa pine.


17. Merry make from June 5 – 14. Keep up with dragons. Finish Masters degree assignments.
Party with friends who are flying down.
18. Bonfires! Barbeques!


19. Eat at Pizza Outback in Taos—best Pizza in the Western United States.


20. Sit in the hot springs off of the Rio Grande gorge. Get naked and play hippy.
21. Say goodbye to Boulder folks and friends.
22. Motorcycle 14 hours back to Oklahoma.
23. Pack, flight to L.A.
24. Meet Dragon’s folks. Grab new expedition equipment and head into the Sierra Nevada
mountains. Play with cool people. Get certified in Wilderness Response medical
techniques.


25. Camp, play, work for 11 days.
26. Hop on flight to Miami, Sao Paulo, Salvador.
27. Get back, ahem, say hello to girlfriend.
28. Start trip, travel, teach. Express my love for Brazil to homesick teenagers.
29. Travel around Salvador, Arembepe, Diogo, Toucano, Chapada Diamantina, Manaus, and
various locales upriver on the Amazon.


30. Back to Salvador. Exhaustion. Back to semi-stable city life.
31. Hope to dear god that my work documents are ready. Start work at Panamerican school.
32. Continue with Masters.
33. Save world.
34. Breath.
35. Rise & Repeat. Rinse & Repeat.