Well I was up early this morning, despite a pesky cold that is overlapping with the last one. It was a great day, so I hitchhiked to Courtney. I got my first ride in minutes, the second ride took about 30 minutes or maybe more, the third right was like under a minute, and that got me into Courtney, where I somehow managed to hitch a ride acorss town to my destination, the hemp store. I'd called ahead asking if they carried Salvia. They didn't have the extract, which is what I've used in the past, but the had the pure natural leaves, so I paid 40 bucks for 14g. I caught a bus to the edge of town, and got picked up thumbin it after about 5 minutes, then my next ride, took about another 5 minutes, and my last ride took about 3 minutes. So aside from that one gap, I did exceptionally well. It takes just under an hour to drive to Courtney, on the way there, it took me about an hour and a hald, and on the way back, it took about an hour, so 2.5hrs for a 2hr trip aint bad at all. It was a pretty sweet day too, I was walking around in a t-shirt, and on the way back, I got my first view of Mt Arrowsmith in months, which looked something like this...












One of the guys I caught a ride with definitely had a chip on his shoulder. He's lived and worked all over BC, Alberta and even the NWT, but he says in one year of living on the island, he's met more evil people than in his entire life. It seemed that what he was complaining about was a lack of a sense of community. He says people will vandalize anything without thinking twice, etc. He thinks the whole island is fucked and seems to think everyone here is a fool.

Another guy had done some work in Golden and told me a story about he was exploring some logging roads up the Blaeberry River on foot and ran into 2 grizzly bears. I thought that was awesome, cuz I'd had the exact same thing happen to me, Charles, and Kelly.

When I got home, I tried out a single puff of the salvia. I liked it. Definitely trascends words. Nothing too crazy, definitely mellow. Kinda mellows you out, without taking away your energy. I even danced for a bit. I feel a little queezy now though.