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.