Longboarding across the USA #3 / broken arm / without money / alonesteemCreated with Sketch.

in travel •  7 years ago  (edited)

Welcome all the Steemian friends to my story of longboarding across the USA alone with broken arm and almost without money.

This is chapter #3 :
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I ended chapter 2 by :
When I bought longboard, I only had 200 dollars when I went on the road.
People suggested me to make a gofundme campaign. I thought :
No one will back me. But still I made that campaign. It was made for buying a ticket back to Europe.
Here it is.
https://www.gofundme.com/narovski

So starting with this chapter, let me tell you about how I felt in love with San Francisco.
Just before landing there, I met married couple in the plane, they were Apple employees and very nice to me.
They gave me 1 dollar and told me :
This is your first dollar in USA. Spend it wise.
I told to myself I won't spend it. I will travel all across this country to New York City and will take a photo with that dollar and will send it to this dude. What happened next you will see in next chapter.

First photo in SF -
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This is crazy 'nut crashing' Hillary doll that I found in my very first USA Couchsurfing host house. -
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGevocrjLMg/?taken-by=narovski

Okay. Talking about landing in San Francisco when I went off all the security checks and went outside I smelled something, what I won't forget never in my life. A fresh smell of California. For me as foreigner that was amazing.
I felt really strange too. Because I understood that my trip were just started.
There is no way coming back.
That feeling gave me inspiration. I spend few days figuring out how USA roads works, where and how to buy longboard and sightseeing around San Francisco. This is few photos that I took :

This is the famous 'Lombard street', one-block section, claimed as "the crookedest street in the world".
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And as you can see I really love sunsets. This is a sunset of San Francisco Bay Area from Kensington, CA. Where my second Couchsurfing host hosted me. By the way, we ended really good friends after all.
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So, I was so amazed by beautiful San Francisco that I almost forgot why and what for I was preparing for.
I knew that days were counting(I just had 90 days of my visa), and still had 0 miles traveled on longboard.
I wanted to stay longer in San Francisco, but it wasn't my plan. I told to myself as soon as I buy my board I will leave.
So I went to Haight Street best and only(I guess) shop of longboards and asked for longboard.
They told me :

Okay. If you want to buy a longboard, come again when your arm will be better. When you will take away your cast.
I said : Are you kidding me?? I just have 86 or something days left here. I cannot stay longer. My cast will be with me for whole month.
They replied :
Sorry, kid, but it's not our business. Come again when you will feel better.

I went off being angry, but my friend, couchsurfing host told that it's logical thing. They didn't wanted troubles, because they saw my broken arm and I was stupid enough to tell them I made it while practicing longboarding.
So we ordered longboard via Amazon Prime. It was amazing!

This is video of me unpacking my board.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BGsNlwgDLKe/?taken-by=narovski
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I also bought cheapest little guitar. I thought I will play in the mountain side or forest, which was totally 'fairy tale' thinking.
Actually, buying a guitar was my worst decision ever.
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This is colourful ChinaTown.
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I was almost ready for hitting the road with my longboard!

Okay, so that's it for chapter 3, I hope you found it worth reading, upvoting and resteeming.
More next day!

Thanks,
Narovski here!

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I used to see people longboarding down the big hills above Berkeley. They seemed nuts. How do you control your speed going down?

This seems like the beginning of a wild story. I'm looking forward to the rest.

!originalworks

I was very very careful and very slow there. Thank you. I will upload another stories chapter within one hour or something.

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worst decision maybe, but I get the temptation.

You got it:)

Just realized there is already 3rd part, cool, your trip is pretty amusing until now :)

Thanks, rukmaars! I will upload another chapter soooon!

I like the idea traveling with a musical instrument. Brave you are with that guitar, I would have taken an harmonica :-)

I'm not brave. I'm just dumb enough to do it.
You are smarter. :)

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