Entry #4 - 12/10/16 - Location: 17029 (home), 11pm
Going away shin dig & soirée
When you’re laying in bed counting on your fingers the people that came out to a going away shin dig/brewery afternoon and you forget if you’re on 10-15 or 15-20…you’ve got a good group of friends. In the world of “social” media and “friends”, it makes me smile when you spent a few hours drinking a beer and sharing some laughs with a close group of people. So let me start by saying thank you to those who did go, and those who wanted to go. Friends (in the actual sense) are a special thing. Days like today make it hard to leave those friends, but they’re also the biggest supporters of leaving what’s comfortable and exploring the world that you know that they are going to explore in their own way. We have so much gratitude for the amount of help we received from our friends- whether it be ideas for the actual van build, helping to build the van, or ideas of places to see while on the trip, or places to check out in Seattle. Somehow we spent 7 hours in one place, that time flew by laughing, reminiscing, and planning future trips together. I have no doubt that we will spend many more afternoons doing the same thing in the future.
It was incredible to share our project with all of you, and see the excitement in your eyes. It was just this morning that it really hit that our van that we took down to metal is now very much a livable space. I didn’t know that we had the skill set to build something like that from scratch. Thank you for the encouragement to take on a project like this. Thank you for taking time out of your schedules to help us build and use your skills that we don’t possess. Without your help our humble home would not be what it is today.
I look forward to exploring new places and sharing those experiences with you in a brewery as we loose track of time.
“Alive is the pursuit of adventures unknown and territories unseen with an insatiable curiosity to explore… The unbounded journey exists for those who wonder.” - New Terrain Brewing