I’m sure most of you remember our past ‘Guest Traveler,’ and a college friend of mine, Brian Triplett, and his 8-month trip around-the-world that we wrote about in a post last July. Well, after circling the globe it seems he didn’t shake the travel bug just yet, so he’s recruited a friend and set out on an equally adventurous endeavor: to walk across The United States of America.

The last stop on the first US leg of my journey took me to my favorite major American City: San Francisco. Included are some photos.

I packed up what remained of my possessions in six Rubbermaid containers (to be put into storage) and put everything I’d need for the next two years in my backpack. Total weight: 37 lbs (15.8kg).

After three years of researching, planning, and scheming, and after three weeks of selling, packing, cleaning, and goodbyes, I closed one chapter in my life to begin another, as I set off in an attempt to travel around-the-world in two years…I drove out of Iowa City headed Westward on Interstate 80—knowing the next time I came to Iowa it would be from the East.