Defcon Trip Day 2

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(Written on the 25^th of July, 2004)

Cimm and I woke up stiff, tired, and shivering. It was 5:30 in the morning and I felt alert, but physically more tired than when I went to sleep. It was hard to believe that the temperature had dropped 25 degrees C over the night. In retrospect, a ranger blanket would have been a good idea.

I poured myself out of the car to meet with an enviably chipper Sean, who seems to be happy in inverse proportion to the comfort level of his sleeping arrangements. He was outside in the cold mist for 6 hours, looked well rested, and was smiling like a cheshire cat.

Bastard.

We drove south for a couple more hours before stopping at a surprisingly busy diner, which served food which was made entirely out of plastic. Breakfast contained several items made entirely from petroleum products. Although probably highly carcinogenic, the meal revived us, and we were able to drive south to gold beach, Oregon.

A photo and video shoot ensued. Winds were whipping the sand into a fast moving wall of knives, and any footsteps were quickly erased. Cyclopean rocks (props to HPL) jutted from the water. We took film of both Sean and Cimm, and I climbed a huge rock (and then wondered how to get down again). Cimm once again proved himself remarkably photogenic. We ran 150 photos, and then headed out in the hopes of making San Francisco by nightfall.

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