The home stretch

I stopped at a rest area this morning to clean the car and make one more PB & J. Living out of the Subaru has been an effort, even for a few days, and it makes me miss the van. (Which is in the shop at the moment, getting an engine transplant… I hope to have her on the road again in a week or two.)
I plan on heading home tonight, back on up I-5, to sleep in my own bed. Regardless of how the presentation goes this evening, this has been a good trip. I got about 10 hours of California surf time in, I had two excellent flatwater paddles, in Trinidad and Eureka, and I got a taste of what living out of a compact car might feel like. I learned a lot.