little news

i'm planning to go camping for some days... not sure if i'll have access to the internet there. have it good until i'm back.
sarah

ps i never owned so many toothpastes: 5!

shoes

i guess wearing vibram-shoes is like walking a dog or carrying a newborn baby: it makes people talk to you. fascinated. wondering. like this cute (!) old lady who wouldnt stop saying how cute i was :-). well, i am. :-)

thankyou

so this is it. birthday in one of the States. funny, because most of the people i know are sound asleep by now... leaving a quiet night for me alone..........
i spent almost the whole day in the water. first surfing, with (again) cold water, but this time bigger waves and hundreds of BIG jellyfish (the body as big as a persons head). we survived. it was fun actually.
treated myself on some meat.
then more soaking ~in hot water~, and swimming.
and then the sun was gone and left the sky in a mysterious colour that seemed blue but was grey, a foggy blanket. so time for a blanket and a sofa. for some cyberspace birthday.
thanks for all the sweet messages.
a stretched-out birthday, over time-zones and space.
so i'm 31 now. let's see what this will bring.
love
S

'Are you raw?'

.... before this travel, i wouldn't have quite understood the above question..... do you? .... :-) it means, 'are you eating raw food?' :-)
california seems to be the place to be for some new things on earth....
some new things in my young life over here:

SURFING!

five finger shoes (see vibramfivefingers.com: i bought the womans - sprint- chilli colour)

making my own almond milk
eu...

this is pure hollidays, spent in the mountains, on the beach and in between that: in town.
people are kind and open, generally. some crazy homeless people dwell on the streets, they look a bit like old hippies who have had their glorious times a long time ago......

the weather is mostly sunny. which is great. i sometimes look northeast and wonder how iceland is doing. i'm feeling mixed about not being there during the eruption-time..... a chance to see and feel nature's powerful moments..... like the ocean here, which is very cold by the way...... and nature is vast.....

enjoy spring. hope you get lots of spring and blossoming!
sarah -

another list, because i like it

vehicles i am using on my trip:

feet, first and foremost
bicycles: a beach cruiser and a koersfiets (racing bike)
car

thanks to all the owners who borrow me their transport means

wild companions

wild animals i have seen on my trip so far:
DOLPHINS! yesterday in Santa Barbara
deer! in SB and Northern Ontario
a very big fox, am still doubting if it was one, who seemed totally comfortable with my presence in the bushes (i must have looked like an animal, peeing on the earth)
rackoons (yes, in downtown toronto) (what is that in t nederlands?)
all kinds of birds, from hawks or eagles (not sure) to brightly coloured ones
squirrels! tons of them!
rabbits
small creature crawling out of the earth, like a mouse but bigger
bugs and insects off course

i'm sure many more wild animals have seen me though.