My summer trip

[pecunium]

I've been roughing out the trip. It has, in effect, four legs (there is a fifth in there, but it's a one day ride, and the end points are known, so...).

I've roughed out the first one, Palo Alto to Oak Ridge. I turns out I'll be swinging into LA, because of the parameters I set.

About eight hours of riding time, per day, and notable cities as waypoints.

So, take a look, and if anyone has a couch to offer, or friends, along that route, to whom they might extend letters of introduction, that would be swell.

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[pecunium.livejournal.com]

One of the things I need to clear up is my status. I am told I get a retired ID now, which has all sorts of lovely perks. The problem is the nearest places to get one are some distance away (Monterey and Sacramento).

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Reserve retirement, or full medical retirement? Either one will get you into a transient BEQ of course.

I'm currently assigned to the "Fleet Marine Reserve" which gives me a pink U.S. MARINE CORPS RESERVE RETIRED ID card and access to the commissary. When I turn 60 in 4 years and a couple of months, I'll be transferred to the Retired Reserve and get another ID card, monthly retirement payments, and TriCare.

I'm told Monterey is pretty. Maybe you can take a run down there. I note as a warning that all military ID card offices are now actually run by Homeland Security and don't answer to the base commanders or even the DoD. The one at Ft. Meade seems to specialize in pissing people off. So be sure to have all your ducks lined up before you go, because from what I can tell they delight in telling people no.

[pecunium.livejournal.com]

It's because of the disability. DHS.. oh boy. I think Travis becomes the better bet, since the Presidio has become a bit of a bother (too much worry about DLI being a target, or something). It's gone from an open post to a locked down post.