Today is the day. I am a little nervous, to be honest. I know for a fact that I can do this. But you spend some time living in comfort and the doubt creeps in.
I think my biggest fear is that I will be lonely. That I will be bored. I wish I had a dog that I could bring with me. But I can’t adopt a dog right now. There are definitely negatives to being a nomad. You have to make some sacrifices.
But I always meet people wherever I go. In October when I went on my first trip with the van I was able to meet someone at the dispersed campsite near Fort Collins. And I was able to meet people on the road in Telluride and Crested Butte.
I know the chances of me being lonely are low but yeah, I just wish I had someone or something to share the experiences with. Don’t get me wrong, I would much rather go on this adventure alone and never meet anyone than slog it out at a public accounting job. At least that is my feeling right now.
Anyway, I started out in the late afternoon today and went to the video game store to get a new adaptor for my PS2. Seems like it’s working well.
I dropped off a bunch of things at Goodwill. Had a lot of extra clothes that I had brought with me to Colorado. I had to get rid of a few things. My mindset was that if I haven’t touched it in the last year I can’t really come up with a good reason to keep it.
I set off for Nederland because it seemed like the best (and perhaps only) dispersed camping close enough to Denver. The first campsite I went to was closed. Too early in the season I guess. The weather has been so nice but they don’t open the campsites until a certain date, regardless of the weather.
The second campsite, Gordon Gulch, was open and it was fairly easy to find. There were some people there. Probably the best dispersed camping I’ve seen this close to Denver. I used the portable BBQ for the first time and had a delicious dinner. Did some slacklining before bed and crashed pretty early.