Curt wasn't kidding about his oatmeal-making robot! Despite my screams at having beady little robot eyes about an inch from my face when I woke up, it was kind of cool that the little feller let himself out of Curt's suitcase at about 5 am and started whipping up some quick oats for us.

Better driving day today. We all agreed that the best first stop on our trip was the Pez Museum just outside San Francisco. Curt is most excited about the road trip and is drawing a freehand map of the US as we drive. It looks kind of like a medical device that's been attacked with a hammer, but then we're only in like day two. Jocelyn is tracking how many different state license plates we see, as well as the number of cars with a headlight out. This data harvesting seems to have put an end to the early battles over the radio, and knowing this is so great that I can't even be upset about both my companions informing me that I'll have to do all the driving on this trip, which will slow us down considerably.

Now listening to: "Decatur" by Seam

Photo by Adam "Rampage" Meltzer via Flickr/Creative Commons