Date: Thu, 19 May 1994 11:27:05 -0500 (CDT)
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From: steffens@herbie.unl.edu (Scott Steffens)
Subject: my western trip
Okay, I asked you guys a week or two ago to help me out with regards
to my bus in the mountains. I got a lot of good suggestions for
things to bring along, etc.
Now this message has more to do with helping me out than my VW.
well... here goes...
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WEST ODYSSEY 1994, a summer BIG LOOP megaroadtrip
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"Two guys, one bus, a camera, the Net....and a dream"
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The best way to start is to start, so let's....
WHO:
Ed Stastny, illustrator/artist, OTIS curator, zinester
age 22 (net-age:4), male, dark hair, brown eyes, Taurus
music: ambient, industrial, punk, Brazilian, Indian
Mercy Rule, Eno, Third Mind, 4AD, Pixies, Whale
movies: Orlando, Naked, Bladerunner, Alien
tv: X-Files, Star Trek, Bab5, COPS, Liquid TV, documentaries
books: biographies, art, science, comics
drugs: caffeine, Bolo, net
foods: vegetarian, spinach pizza, grilled cheese(w/catsup)
ambitions: publishing, creating, OTIS Inc.
http://sunsite.unc.edu/otis/pers/Stastny_E.html
email: ed@sunsite.unc.edu
cb alias: Chiggerbite
Scott Steffens, photographer, cynic, general nice guy
age 20 (net-age: 1.5), xy, libra, U.S. citizen
fine-arts photography major at the University of Nebraska
music: drone, folk, K records, pixies, sebadoh, mousetrap
movies: ruben & ed, gandhi, night on earth, star wars
tv: star hustler, cartoons that glamourize violence
books: douglas coupland, dr. seuss, the world almanac
addictions: converse all-stars, guava juice, my plants
foods: lacto-ovo, cream cheese pizza, indian cuisine
ambitions: this school thing, photographing, exploration
email: steffens@herbie.unl.edu
cb alias: Cowboy X
Glenda (a.k.a. our packmule)
1973 volkswagen campervan
big, orange, and beautiful
(w/secret compartments for Pez-trafficking)
ambitions: to serve my masters well and not attract lightning
WHAT:
We're leaving from Omaha, Nebraska on June 1st in a VW BUS
and don't plan to return until the second week of July.
We'll be going through Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming,
Washington, Oregon, California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico, Colorado and any states that otherwise get in our way.
WHY:
We're travelling for travelling's sake. To see new places,
meet new people, have fun and perhaps learn something on the
way. As simplistic as that may sound, it's the truth and
impetus of our journey. We'll be heading west, to the
Pacific coast and back again, interviewing photographing,
travelogging, drawing and collecting road-flotsam along the
way. When we return to Omaha in July, we will put together
a publication about our experience, good or bad. Everyone
we meet is a potential contributor/subject of this
publication.
For those familiar with WWW, we'll also be putting together a
web-bundle for hyperlinkish perusal and scrutiny. Pictures,
sounds, words and drawings from our trip.
The reason we're putting together this thing you're
reading here, this brief "INFO-FILE"
about our trip is that we'd like to meet as many new people
as possible, specifically denizens of the Internet. We're
also interested in input from anyone as far as interesting
locales, must-see events, unique and non-commercial
diversions.
Our route is very maliable, here's the current plan:
- Leave Omaha, head NW to Mt.Rushmore. Arrive at MR.
- Hike, view, etc. Move on to Wyoming, Yellowstone.
- Reach Yellowstone, camp, hike, write, etc.
- Head west to Washington.
- Spend time in Washington forests and visit Seattle
- North into Canada for a day or two.
- South to Vancouver, WA area...meet up with friend.
- Time in Vancouver, then south to Oregon.
- Day or three in Oregon wilderness, coast, towns.
- South into California.
- San Francisco/Palo Alto, meet up with friends.
- Hollywood area, meet up with friend.
- Sequoia Forest area.
- Death Valley and east into Nevada.
- Las Vegas.
- SE into Arizona/New Mexico, deserts.
- Towns, wilderness, camping in Arizona/NM.
- NE into Colorado, meet with friends.
- E into Nebraska, home.
The route and plan are variable. Spontaneous changes and
alterations will take place.
We're looking for the following:
net-links along the way, places to telnet from
(24hr user-rooms on campuses, friendly netters, etc)
interesting sites that aren't as clearly marked or
as widely known.
crash-spaces or tips for inexpensive camping
(we're polite, don't have criminal records and
we'll make you famous in our zine!)
tips/suggestions for inexpensive vegetarian travel-food
good musicians/plays/clubs to see on the way
good people and their pets
someone we can beat at bowling, miniature golf or
Scrabble
fellow travellers, campers, artists, writers,
musicians and plumbers
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If you can help out or have suggestions, warnings, threats or
omens...please write us SOON (now, preferably). We're very
late in getting this info-file out. Anything is appreciated,
hope to see you this summer.
Thanks,
...e (ed@sunsite.unc.edu)
PO BX 241113
Omaha, NE 68124-1113
USA
...X (steffens@herbie.unl.edu)
PS: The zine and web pages will be available in mid/late July.
We're interested in any and all travel zines and will do
trades.
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