Squid (@sosadnomad)
just a guy navigating this hellhole with nothing more than a 94 Chevy G20
Another (uneventful) Weekend in the Books - Days 84 & 85
One of my favorite parts about working retail is the amount of grown ass adults who outright refuse to learn how to use their credit cards. It is beyond belief the attitudes people give off, becaus...
My Actifit Report Card: September 6 2026
Are y’all getting sick of this god damn view yet? Well, I’m not! I find myself taking so many pictures of this mountain.. it feels a little silly but it’s hard not to when it’s all you see each and...
My Actifit Report Card: September 5 2026
Well, it snowed up on Mount Hood! In September! It is not entirely unusual, but it’s certainly not something that I am used to. A week ago, it was in the 80s(Fahrenheit) down in town; but my workpl...
Foot Town! - Days 82&83
About a month ago, I walked past a camper and got the strongest whiff of dirty socks. At the time, I thought to myself damn.. is that entire trailer just used for laundry? I doubted that was the ca...
My Actifit Report Card: September 4 2026
Ah man, I broke my (small, fresh, and new) Actifit streak. I had planned to write Wednesday’s post last night; but I somehow fell asleep much earlier than I had planned to; entirely accidentally! I...
Day 81 - Free Car Wash
The. Drought. Is. Over. Other than a light sprinkle a few weeks ago, we haven’t seen rain here since June. Some might think hey, that sounds really nice; but the dryness of the climate has been pre...
My Actifit Report Card: September 2 2026
What’s poppin’ everyone! Today wasn��t the most active day on paper, but god damn were those 17k steps tough ones! I think I was a bit dehydrated, perhaps a little malnourished; either way I was ab...
Snowboarding in September! (Days 78-80)
Jeez Louise, I am SHOT. I thought I was getting back into shape, but I have humbled myself greatly. No, I didn’t even do that much, looking back on it; and the myriad of health issues I am going th...
My Actifit Report Card: September 1 2026
The last couple of days have been a bit of a struggle, but absolutely so much fun. Yesterday, I had the day off and decided to hike up the volcano and try to find some snow to snowboard on. I did i...
Days 76&77 - Nothing to Report!
Back on the loop. It seems the sheriff has calmed down with stickering vehicles up in town. From what I’ve heard, it usually only happens one to two times a year. Some out of town individual(s) tak...
My Actifit Report Card: August 29 2026
Zip! Zap! Zop! Dartin’ back and forth all day and night. I’ve been feeling like I haven’t been doing enough lately- even though I’m on my feet all day and averaging around 20k. The work week is und...
Day 75 - Milestone???
Seventy-five days sober. Seventy-five days living on the road. Seventy-five days of just saying fuck it and seeing where life takes me. Seventy-five days of eating cheese and hummus by headlight an...
Skatepark Tour - La Center, WA (USA)
One day last week I found myself in Portland, OR; up early in the morning and awaiting an arriving flight into PDX to pick up a friend. I haven’t fully explored the Portland skate scene, and was de...
Day 74 - Friends!
Damn, what a week. I have started to try to post a few times; but would inevitably be out of electricity, service, or time alone. And I am certainly not complaining. After Mark the Van got its brak...
My Actifit Report Card: August 26 2026
Well, I’ve been out of service for about a week, and it’s hard to keep track of what I was even doing! I had a friend in town from the other side of the country and we went camping in multiple plac...