A few days ago, we went from San Jose to Berkeley on the BART. It was pretty nice, though I did get off at the wrong stop and then Loki and I played train tag for a bit before he was able to get to a pay phone and call me. We spent two nights in Berkeley. The first night, we slept on the sidewalk and the second night, we slept under a bridge.
The houseless community there is very kind and mellow. One spanger gave me two pieces of vegetarian pizza, which I enjoyed very much, and they didn't make any fuss at all about me sleeping on their signs. I gave someone my calligraphy ink and Loki gave them our tent, since just using our sleeping bags and maybe some cardboard is a lot less conspicuous than sleeping in a tent.
The housed community and law enforcement did not care about us sleeping on the sidewalk. No-one bothered us at all; it's a very mind-your-own business town, though they will probably give you help if you ask for it. We did not do any spanging, nor did we have any luck trying to catch a ride, so on the second day, we decided to just walk the Bay Trail up to Richmond... where we figured out that we could have just taken the BART to the end of the line.
Here are some lovely pictures of our time in Berkeley:
Pictured: gyngyn with travel braids ("ragdoll" extensions), homemade hat from 2012, and Oscar the Grouch plushie given to the gyn by her big sister.
This is a picture I used to update Makody on my location. I scouted out Strawberry Creek Park and deemed it suitable, but Loki did not have the energy to go all the way there, so...
instead, we camped on the sidewalk next to Frank's Auto Service. No fucks were given and we were highly, highly visible, I think if Cody had actually been there, and if he actually was an ex-Navy vet, he would have walked round the building and seen us to the side (rather than at the front, as he probably expected.) Tactical intuition? Lol what's that?
This is some graffiti we saw as we were walking down University Ave from the Bart station. It's quite artistic.
Some pictures of the lovely scenic view from the Bay Trail in Berkeley and Albany.
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