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Sunday, July 18, 2004

Today will be a day of rest, no traveling or sightseeing. I spend the entire day sequestered in the van trying to to complete all my travel updates on the website.

As the evening sets in I start to get the feeling I'm being watched, so I decide to park the van somewhere else. Having van-camped in the same spot for 3 days and 3 nights, I'm getting a bit paranoid (as were my temporary neighbors I'm sure). I don't wish to wear out my welcome, assuming I was welcome.

I drive over and down the way many, many blocks and find a nice, level spot to park. This time around I don't care about finding Internet access since I uploaded all my updates prior to relocating. My new digs is pretty nice, I'll be living the highlife for yet another evening.

The parking spot is especially sweet because it affords privacy to my temporary neighbor as well as to myself due to the nice tall hedge. As time goes by, I'm getting better and better at scouting out good places to van-camp. Maybe I should write a book, Van-Camper Parking for Dummies?

Tommorrow will be a road trip day. I'll be driving to Spokane, WA to see a good friend.