On June 19, I'm planning on taking roughly 4 days to drive from the San Francisco Bay area to the Portland Metro area. Since my usual partner in crime is in Indiana, I will have a spare seat in the car.
Thus, I have a unique opportunity for some adventuresome soul: take three to four days to drive along the Pacific coast in a carbon-neutral vehicle, filming interviews along the way.
If you're new to the Vegetable Oil Road Trip project, see here and here to see what we've been up to - or just poke around this blog and website so you understand what you're getting yourself into.
The itinerary (as best as I can figure it, all subject to change):
Day 1 (6/18-ish)
Leave from Berkeley
Stop at the Sonoma County Biofuels Co-Op for refueling and interviews
Stop at the Yokayo biodiesel plant for refueling and interviews
Camp in the Fort Bragg area for the night
Day 2
Drive to Humboldt State University for interviews
Camp at Redwood National Forest for the night
Day 3
Stop in Corvallis, OR
Day 4
Interviews, refueling, etc in Corvallis in the morning.
Drive to Portland
The path looks something like this.
Requirements for the person I pick up:
- Someone that won't completely annoy me after Day 1.
- Good conversation skills.
- Be fairly liberal - and I don't necessarily mean that in the political sense, I mean that in the have an open mind and a broad background sense.
This will cost you $80 (that's about half of what fuel would cost for this trip) + your half of food, snacks, camping fees, incidentals, etc.
Food issues:
I'm an omnivore. If you're vegetarian, I'm willing to make reasonable concessions to help you keep your (admittedly more environmentally friendly) diet, but we're driving through some relatively out of the way areas - I don't know what we'll find.
Storage issues:
The trunk is entirely taken up by fuel. You'll get about half of the back seat. pack light.
Contact me if any of this sounds like your cup of tea.
Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts. It is always great pleasure to read your posts.
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