Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Plan B Lifestyle

Whatever you do, don't lean against the truck.

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And don't assume the ski conditions will get much better than this (although they will).

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Don't count on long days.

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Or bluebird skies.

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"You chose the Plan B Lifestyle," Adam said.

It's true.

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"You will always sleep in the back of your truck," he said. "It's not something you'll grow out of. If you suddenly earn more money, you won't move into a hotel, you'll just spend more nights in the back of your truck."

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The Plan B Lifestyle means I'll always be pulled aside for secondary questioning at the Roosville border post, but that I can walk through some remote border crossing in Southeast Asia with only a backpack and a tattered Lonely Planet and not even earn a raised eyebrow. The Plan B Lifestyle means dinner will be prepped on the truck tailgate, and that I made things like Third World travel a priority over things like career advancement.

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Plan B Lifestyle wake-up scene: steps from my bed in the back of the Nissan.

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Plan B Exercise Plan: who has money for fancy things like lift tickets?

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Or groomed cross-country trails?

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Alaska is just two and a half hours away?

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When you must buy lift tickets, the Plan B Lifestyle ski area is not Verbier, but Shames.

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Plan B road trip: a Wednesday morning in the Canadian Rockies.

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And Thursday.

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And Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, too. At some point I'll have to turn around and head home.

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