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Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Chi-Town & Illegal Dune-Running
Blog updates? Hell yeah.
On time? Hell no. ;-)
(To view all of our pictures - Click here)
We got to a motel outside Toledo, and started the "low card game"
Basically, the guy who draws the lowest card sleeps on the floor. Rough.
Alex drew the low card first, so he spent the night curled up in the fetal position next to the AC.
Got up early in the morning, and headed west.
We drove by Cleveland - the Jersey shore of the North. And literally saw industry leaving the city.
(If you've seen that video, <3)
Great pics of that :-)
All in all: We showed some endangered species who's boss.
We headed back to the cars, walked by a few park rangers, emptied the sand out of our shoes and kept on heading west.
Finally, we hit Chicago.
Maggie went AWOL again, and sent us driving through the rape tunnels under the city, and we almost died multiple times trying to find parking underground.
At one point, we pulled a K-turn into two lanes of oncoming traffic.
Found parking, walked a few blocks to a Four Seasons and got a pizza recommendation from the concierge.
We walked three blocks to Giodarno's (sp?) pizzaria, and had the most ridiculously awesome deep dish pizza you could ever imagine.
It was like a pizza stuffed with cheese, sausage, peppers... You had to scoop it onto the plate, then slice the cheese strings off, to separate it from the rest of the pie. Un-fucking-believable.
Very stuffed, we headed to the Sears Tower for the obligatory sight-seeing. The visibility was shit, but an unlucky coin toss forced us to head to the top. The view was amazing, and highly enjoyable.
Somewhere along this adventure, Alex tried to get into a rotating doorway at the same time as Garrett... And now Garrett's toenail is bruised and ready to crack off.
Tough love.
Garrett wants to remind everyone that Alex bought the biggest, gayest pink lollipop you've ever seen, and gnawed on it for the next couple hours.
We took a cab back to the garage, paid like $500 for parking, and started out of the city around 5.30.
Like in all cities, Chicago's rush hour traffic is shitty, so we waited in traffic for awhile, until Alex got a chance to showcase some driving skills and crossed a 4 lane highway in like 50 feet.
Maggie yet again dropped the ball on directions.
Brendan won a $2 bet on how Kevin Costner's name is spelled.
(I still call bullshit)
We realized we couldn't make Denver in just a day, and stopped in "Iowa City" - Which turned out to be an optomitrist's office.
That's it. Just one building. Weakest city ever.
So we kept on going to Coralville, Iowa.
Iowa has a lot of corn. No coral. The name surprised us.
Had some Arbys. Garrett got his wallet stolen, by Brendan, and spent an hour or so looking for it.
We set our sights on Omaha NE.... AAAAAAAAaannnddd... I'll finish more tonight :-)
Leaving Lincoln, NE now. Denver tonight.
Your Tresspassin', Outlaw Friends,
- Hell On Wheels
PS. Lovin' the comments. Keep 'em comin'
On time? Hell no. ;-)
(To view all of our pictures - Click here)
We got to a motel outside Toledo, and started the "low card game"
Basically, the guy who draws the lowest card sleeps on the floor. Rough.
Alex drew the low card first, so he spent the night curled up in the fetal position next to the AC.
Got up early in the morning, and headed west.
We drove by Cleveland - the Jersey shore of the North. And literally saw industry leaving the city.
(If you've seen that video, <3)
Great pics of that :-)
All in all: We showed some endangered species who's boss.
We headed back to the cars, walked by a few park rangers, emptied the sand out of our shoes and kept on heading west.
Finally, we hit Chicago.
Maggie went AWOL again, and sent us driving through the rape tunnels under the city, and we almost died multiple times trying to find parking underground.
At one point, we pulled a K-turn into two lanes of oncoming traffic.
Found parking, walked a few blocks to a Four Seasons and got a pizza recommendation from the concierge.
We walked three blocks to Giodarno's (sp?) pizzaria, and had the most ridiculously awesome deep dish pizza you could ever imagine.
It was like a pizza stuffed with cheese, sausage, peppers... You had to scoop it onto the plate, then slice the cheese strings off, to separate it from the rest of the pie. Un-fucking-believable.
Very stuffed, we headed to the Sears Tower for the obligatory sight-seeing. The visibility was shit, but an unlucky coin toss forced us to head to the top. The view was amazing, and highly enjoyable.
Somewhere along this adventure, Alex tried to get into a rotating doorway at the same time as Garrett... And now Garrett's toenail is bruised and ready to crack off.
Tough love.
Garrett wants to remind everyone that Alex bought the biggest, gayest pink lollipop you've ever seen, and gnawed on it for the next couple hours.
We took a cab back to the garage, paid like $500 for parking, and started out of the city around 5.30.
Like in all cities, Chicago's rush hour traffic is shitty, so we waited in traffic for awhile, until Alex got a chance to showcase some driving skills and crossed a 4 lane highway in like 50 feet.
Maggie yet again dropped the ball on directions.
Brendan won a $2 bet on how Kevin Costner's name is spelled.
(I still call bullshit)
We realized we couldn't make Denver in just a day, and stopped in "Iowa City" - Which turned out to be an optomitrist's office.
That's it. Just one building. Weakest city ever.
So we kept on going to Coralville, Iowa.
Iowa has a lot of corn. No coral. The name surprised us.
Had some Arbys. Garrett got his wallet stolen, by Brendan, and spent an hour or so looking for it.
We set our sights on Omaha NE.... AAAAAAAAaannnddd... I'll finish more tonight :-)
Leaving Lincoln, NE now. Denver tonight.
Your Tresspassin', Outlaw Friends,
- Hell On Wheels
PS. Lovin' the comments. Keep 'em comin'
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Philly, Cheesesteaks & The Rocky Steps
Hey Road-Trippers,
The internet is a fickle creature... And apparently doesn't exist in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa.
Who the hell knew?
So here's what happened in Philly (pics to follow, once we get a better connection than the local Starbucks):
We left the campsite bright and early, and headed to Philly.
Magellan (our GPS) was in it's usual form, and sent us to a parking lot in the middle of the ghetto.
So we get to Philly, get out of the car, and think "holy shit... There are no people in this city"
After wandering around for a bit - and getting change in dollar coins for parking - We find a subway, and make our way down to South St. for Jim's Cheesesteak.
(amazing, btw. Highly suggest you go, and pics of the goods, sometime tonight)
We get off the subway, and it's a deserted town. Like, fortune tellers and occult stores next to giant graffiti murals and abandoned lots. Creepy.
We catch a cab for a few blocks, have the best cheesesteak in the world, and then head off - In search of the famous "Rocky Steps" & statue.
A few phone calls and a cab ride later, we get to the Philly Art Museum, take a video of Alex running up the steps, and molest a few statues.
We're figuring out how to take a group picture of the three of us, when this guy with bloodshot eyes and a Rocky T-shirt walks up to us, says "Welcome to Philadelphia, I'll take your picture" snatches the camera, and spends the next 30 minutes posing us for pics with the statue.
(We were hesitant about giving him the camera, but he was fat, and we could all out-run him)
After the pictures, we chatted for a bit. Here are some of the highlights:
"You from Connecticut? You have blacks up there?"
"(when we asked for a picture) Nah, I'm a wanted man. 50 and Eminem hate my ass"
"I can't even go to Vegas. They have my ass up against the wall like THIS"... And he mimed being prison raped.
All in all, he was a pretty fun guy.
We walked back to our car, rode a few moose statues, groped an Indian, and then Magellan (who we now call Maggy) struck again:
We're pulling out of the parking lot, in search of a gas station, and she tells us to turn down the narrowest, darkest rape-alley you've ever seen.
I doubt we would have even fit.
The detour? 40 mins down highways, back streets and side streets...
... until we end up at the exact same street it wanted us to go down.
No compromising with the robots. Terminator had it right.
After that, we headed off to Chicago (was awesome, will post about it tonight), and spent the night in Toledo.
More adventures later. Plus pics.
We're headed off to Colorado now, via Des Moines.
Iowa's treating us very well so far.
Your Well-Travelled Friends,
- Hell On Wheels
PS. Comments, man.
Comments.
We'd love ideas for the mid-west... And even the West Coast & South, when we get there.
Feel free to let us know, post some stories, or just show some love.
The internet is a fickle creature... And apparently doesn't exist in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa.
Who the hell knew?
So here's what happened in Philly (pics to follow, once we get a better connection than the local Starbucks):
We left the campsite bright and early, and headed to Philly.
Magellan (our GPS) was in it's usual form, and sent us to a parking lot in the middle of the ghetto.
So we get to Philly, get out of the car, and think "holy shit... There are no people in this city"
After wandering around for a bit - and getting change in dollar coins for parking - We find a subway, and make our way down to South St. for Jim's Cheesesteak.
(amazing, btw. Highly suggest you go, and pics of the goods, sometime tonight)
We get off the subway, and it's a deserted town. Like, fortune tellers and occult stores next to giant graffiti murals and abandoned lots. Creepy.
We catch a cab for a few blocks, have the best cheesesteak in the world, and then head off - In search of the famous "Rocky Steps" & statue.
A few phone calls and a cab ride later, we get to the Philly Art Museum, take a video of Alex running up the steps, and molest a few statues.
We're figuring out how to take a group picture of the three of us, when this guy with bloodshot eyes and a Rocky T-shirt walks up to us, says "Welcome to Philadelphia, I'll take your picture" snatches the camera, and spends the next 30 minutes posing us for pics with the statue.
(We were hesitant about giving him the camera, but he was fat, and we could all out-run him)
After the pictures, we chatted for a bit. Here are some of the highlights:
"You from Connecticut? You have blacks up there?"
"(when we asked for a picture) Nah, I'm a wanted man. 50 and Eminem hate my ass"
"I can't even go to Vegas. They have my ass up against the wall like THIS"... And he mimed being prison raped.
All in all, he was a pretty fun guy.
We walked back to our car, rode a few moose statues, groped an Indian, and then Magellan (who we now call Maggy) struck again:
We're pulling out of the parking lot, in search of a gas station, and she tells us to turn down the narrowest, darkest rape-alley you've ever seen.
I doubt we would have even fit.
The detour? 40 mins down highways, back streets and side streets...
... until we end up at the exact same street it wanted us to go down.
No compromising with the robots. Terminator had it right.
After that, we headed off to Chicago (was awesome, will post about it tonight), and spent the night in Toledo.
More adventures later. Plus pics.
We're headed off to Colorado now, via Des Moines.
Iowa's treating us very well so far.
Your Well-Travelled Friends,
- Hell On Wheels
PS. Comments, man.
Comments.
We'd love ideas for the mid-west... And even the West Coast & South, when we get there.
Feel free to let us know, post some stories, or just show some love.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
First Day
Hey,
First day out went well. Got Six Flags tickets off Twitter for $10 a pop, so we head there first.
But... We had the GPS from hell.
Magellan sent us down to Trenton... Back up through some back roads... On the same highway we came from... Overall - We learned our GPS was out to get us.
(And this looks to be a recurring theme, as I'll explain in a bit)
Got some pictures. Figure I'll just show you the pictures, and explain a bit about each:
This is our minivan, we've loving dubbed "The Spaceship"
Because it looks like a space ship. Get it? Good.
Here's the inside of the spaceship, after night one. Needless to say, we're going to have to be a little more clean as the days go on.
Or just dump all of it on the highway. One or the other, haven't decided yet.
I had a video of the whole Spaceship inside, but YouTube's for pansies who have cameras with tiny videos. My camera has large videos.
Deal with it.
Here's the view from Six Flags... Some ride, I don't know which one.
The roller coaster's were pretty badass. All in all, a fun day.
Another ride... And Garrett's happy face:
Heh.
There was a tiger at Six Flags.
Here's what Garrett has to say about tigers....
Fuck tigers. They're not that tough.
He says "I bet I could catch that thing."
And I agree. He's a running machine.
Bunch of fuckin' fireworks, they had on the lake.
I was upset they didn't shoot them off. Maybe next time.
I'll update with our campsite a little later on.
Off to Philly, keep on truckin'
(I'm going to go house a couple cheesesteaks)
- Hell On Wheels
... Mother fucking blogspot. Cropping my pictures. Any ideas?
How about suggestions for Chicago?
Post it in the comments.
First day out went well. Got Six Flags tickets off Twitter for $10 a pop, so we head there first.
But... We had the GPS from hell.
Magellan sent us down to Trenton... Back up through some back roads... On the same highway we came from... Overall - We learned our GPS was out to get us.
(And this looks to be a recurring theme, as I'll explain in a bit)
Got some pictures. Figure I'll just show you the pictures, and explain a bit about each:
This is our minivan, we've loving dubbed "The Spaceship"
Because it looks like a space ship. Get it? Good.
Here's the inside of the spaceship, after night one. Needless to say, we're going to have to be a little more clean as the days go on.
Or just dump all of it on the highway. One or the other, haven't decided yet.
I had a video of the whole Spaceship inside, but YouTube's for pansies who have cameras with tiny videos. My camera has large videos.
Deal with it.
Here's the view from Six Flags... Some ride, I don't know which one.
The roller coaster's were pretty badass. All in all, a fun day.
Another ride... And Garrett's happy face:
Heh.
There was a tiger at Six Flags.
Here's what Garrett has to say about tigers....
Fuck tigers. They're not that tough.
He says "I bet I could catch that thing."
And I agree. He's a running machine.
Bunch of fuckin' fireworks, they had on the lake.
I was upset they didn't shoot them off. Maybe next time.
I'll update with our campsite a little later on.
Off to Philly, keep on truckin'
(I'm going to go house a couple cheesesteaks)
- Hell On Wheels
... Mother fucking blogspot. Cropping my pictures. Any ideas?
How about suggestions for Chicago?
Post it in the comments.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
On The Road, TOMORROW!
Hell yes-sir.
Finally hitting the road in 5-or-so hours, and I'll update daily, starting then.
Here's the itinerary, and a VERY important question, for you:
THINGS TO DO: (a bunch submitted by you, to Twitter and this blog)
-Hiking
-Camping
-Go Rafting
-Surfing.. Or at least trying to learn ;-)
-Water Park
-Hit A Biker Bar.. Suggestions?
-Hang Gliding (?)
-Cliff Jumping (?)
-Snorkeling
-Fishing
-Off Roading
-Gambling
-Trump Hotel
-Tourist Traps
-Cavern Tours
-Pan for Gold
-Golden Gate Bridge
-Pacific Ocean
-Bunny Land Ranch
-Wine Tasting
-Brewery Tour
-Lake House
-Aston Martin Dealer
-Vegas Show
-Skim Boarding
-Hooters
-Hike Waterfalls, Yosemite
-Party Cove, Missouri, Lake of the Ozarks
-Heart Attack Grill, Phoenix
PLACES TO SEE:
-Philly
-Heritage Trail, Amish back roads
-Sedona
-Santa Barbara Mtns, Cali, Live Music wknds
-Memphis
-Texas
-Zion
-Caves
-National Parks
-Reno/Atlantic City
-San Francisco
-Roswell
-Graceland
-Colorado
-Hostels
-Campsites
-Aspen
-River Gorge, Kentucky
-Lake Tahoe
-Omaha
-Mountain Creek NJ
-Steamboat & Crested Butte CO
-Lake Las Vegas NV
-Mammoth CA
-Chico CA - best college party town
-Santa Monica, Redwood cliffs
-Hoover Dam
.... So what do YOU think?
This a good list? Anything you'd add?
Let me know in the comments, or via Twitter.
I look forward to posting pics, vids and tales, starting tomorrow.
Sleep well, and get ready to raise hell ;-)
- Alex
Finally hitting the road in 5-or-so hours, and I'll update daily, starting then.
Here's the itinerary, and a VERY important question, for you:
THINGS TO DO: (a bunch submitted by you, to Twitter and this blog)
-Hiking
-Camping
-Go Rafting
-Surfing.. Or at least trying to learn ;-)
-Water Park
-Hit A Biker Bar.. Suggestions?
-Hang Gliding (?)
-Cliff Jumping (?)
-Snorkeling
-Fishing
-Off Roading
-Gambling
-Trump Hotel
-Tourist Traps
-Cavern Tours
-Pan for Gold
-Golden Gate Bridge
-Pacific Ocean
-Bunny Land Ranch
-Wine Tasting
-Brewery Tour
-Lake House
-Aston Martin Dealer
-Vegas Show
-Skim Boarding
-Hooters
-Hike Waterfalls, Yosemite
-Party Cove, Missouri, Lake of the Ozarks
-Heart Attack Grill, Phoenix
PLACES TO SEE:
-Philly
-Heritage Trail, Amish back roads
-Sedona
-Santa Barbara Mtns, Cali, Live Music wknds
-Memphis
-Texas
-Zion
-Caves
-National Parks
-Reno/Atlantic City
-San Francisco
-Roswell
-Graceland
-Colorado
-Hostels
-Campsites
-Aspen
-River Gorge, Kentucky
-Lake Tahoe
-Omaha
-Mountain Creek NJ
-Steamboat & Crested Butte CO
-Lake Las Vegas NV
-Mammoth CA
-Chico CA - best college party town
-Santa Monica, Redwood cliffs
-Hoover Dam
.... So what do YOU think?
This a good list? Anything you'd add?
Let me know in the comments, or via Twitter.
I look forward to posting pics, vids and tales, starting tomorrow.
Sleep well, and get ready to raise hell ;-)
- Alex
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
Crotch Grabs, Oh My
Heyo,
I know, I know... I suck at blogging.
Pretty much -- Quick update before I hit the sack. In the last week, we've decided to:
* Try to get an RV sponsor
* Do away with face-feels forever.. And punch anyone who does them in the face
* Encourage crotch-grabs to replace face-feels
* Bring as many Twizzlers as is possible to eat, in one sitting
* Spend 2-3 nights camping, hiking. (Suggestions?)
* .... And pretty much get into as much trouble as possible
Because summer is BORING when you've got nothing to do.
So join our journey! Tell your friends, and leave your comments.
I read 'em all personally. Feel free to talk to each other, too.
We're starting up soon, and I'm looking to make a Hell On Wheels mini-family.
So play nice, kiddos ;) And I look forward to hearing from you, ASAP.
- Alex
I know, I know... I suck at blogging.
Pretty much -- Quick update before I hit the sack. In the last week, we've decided to:
* Try to get an RV sponsor
* Do away with face-feels forever.. And punch anyone who does them in the face
* Encourage crotch-grabs to replace face-feels
* Bring as many Twizzlers as is possible to eat, in one sitting
* Spend 2-3 nights camping, hiking. (Suggestions?)
* .... And pretty much get into as much trouble as possible
Because summer is BORING when you've got nothing to do.
So join our journey! Tell your friends, and leave your comments.
I read 'em all personally. Feel free to talk to each other, too.
We're starting up soon, and I'm looking to make a Hell On Wheels mini-family.
So play nice, kiddos ;) And I look forward to hearing from you, ASAP.
- Alex
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