roughly 4am- 1st 'pit-stop' at shell. left @ 230 am. we were singing 'in the jungle' not even 1/2 hour into the trip; ridiculous. also, when i say 'singing' i mean YELLING and making weird animal noises in between the lyrics. true story. erin got a coffee and i got a blueberry rockstar. normal choices of drinks at 4am. we also got m&ms, saltines & cheddar crackers. our bill came to $6.66 is that bad luck? sign of the devil? forget it. we stopped thinking anything was bad luck and that everything, even the 9,298 tails up pennies i have been seeing were just GOOD luck. if you think good luck, good luck will come your way. right?
5:13am- had to stop and lay on my stomach for a few due to my infamous stomach aches. sun is coming up in the east so we are certain we are headed in the correct direction. those who know me & erin know its very easy for us to go the wrong way down the highway to get to where we need to be going. so far so good though.
5:45am- middle of nowhere. utica street? where are we? ahhh.. i had to lay once again on my stomach on gravel.
7:00am- second gas pump! about 130 miles to go. loving this.
7:53am- who knows where we are. resembles nebraska. i've never been to nebraska, but if i could picture what nebraska looked like, that's where we were.
may 30, 2009
1:57pm yesterday we walked around san fran (haight&ashburry).. total hippie town. awesome. got around 10-15 records for $30, so stoked. took em & kyle out to dinner-mexican-amazing! then went out to a local bar- manaloa- we were only there about 45 minutes when kyle decided tequila shots were necessary. em took hers, and when i say took it, i mean poured in her tequila sunrise and took a sip. threw up or 'spit up like a little baby' as she would say, EVERYWHERE. all over herself, as well as all over erin. night over. although she proceeded to tell us she was fine and ready to start drinking again. not with that stank on you girl. goodnight emily.
may 31, 2009
11:50am leaving san fran on our way to utah. 2 rockstars, adderall, water. ready set go.
1:02pm talked to my friend TK. he's not going to be living in TN anymore we're still going to venture down to that state to see what its all about. plus our friend Minh lives in nashville so we'll see what shes up to! @ shell, gas stop #1 of today...bought crackers for erin, pretzels for me..gum...no twizzlers :( i can't find them anywhere. what is going on....back to the road @ 1:12pm.
2:27pm just crossed nevada county line, saw a cool river so we pulled over to explore. fun times. i love this trip. i left the car running & the door wide open on the side of the highway. probably not the smartest idea.
4:18pm in reno, nv. just went to a casino. just like the movies. old people everywhere. not a fan. (of casinos, not old people) spent $20, we were up $15, then
6:58pm well i was RUDELY interrupted before i got to finish writing my sentence down above stating the fact that we lost it all. left empty handed and annoyed of reno. while i was in the process of writing down what had happened in the gas station parking lot a man got out of his truck, walked over to the car, looked at me and said "will you move your car before i get back into mine and take out the front of your car" i looked at him with confusion, said nothing, backed up and then rambled on about how much of an ass he just was. i was just writing in my journal, calm down dude. seriously. anway, just ate salads and filled up the gas for the third time today. 2 rockstars and more adderal haha. winnemucca, nv...on to utah!!! lets goooo!!!!!
9:24pm still on the road. gas stop numero 4. except the shell station was broken so we had to go to flying J's where i took an application just in case i might ever move to nevada ill have a flying j card. power bars & candy for tomorrow. we had to put them in the trunk because we would for sure eat them today if they were up here with us haha 9:35pm moving on....
june 1, 2009
9:30am we were supposed to be on the road 3 hours ago. typical. leaving NV and onto utah finally. rockstars? check. water? check. clear eyes? apparently erin needed it- probably from sleeping in antarctica which she had turned our room into last night by putting the AC on full blast. she got dry eyes. i got hypothermia. sweet.
...wait. its 10:30am. forgot about the time change. so we should have left FOUR hours ago. even better.
11:57am almost to salt lake city. i'm gonna marry a few mormans...no big deal.
1:38pm leaving park city, ut now. so cute here. ate lunch at a little sports bar (spicy chicken tortilla soup) spicy is an understatement. i fell in love with a giant dog named Ryder, seriously so cute. now we're off to find the giant arches that i have been dying to see....then denver bound!
3:13pm stopped at a shell outside of salt lake city. slight change of plans. driving to arches national park and then staying the night and going to the park tomorrow morning and through the rockies up to denver afterward. adderal + 2 more rockstars & cheese its. thank god for energy.
5:19pm had to stop for the 89th time today. still on the road on the 70 east. few more hours....
8ish pm finally stopped and found a hotel in the middle of canyons. on our way here we stopped at a few 'view points' for canyons and explored a little bit. stayed far from the edges because i didn't want to die in utah. not today. got some food and hit the sack. after trying to get the internet on my computer for an hour i got frustrated and went to bed. our plan is to wake up at six am tomorrow.
june 2, 2009
8:46am got up at 7:30am, only 1 1/2 hours after we planned haha. on our way to the ARCHES. 2 rockstars, 2 waters, ready!
9:20am seriously? i hate lolly pops. it just killed my stomach. literally had to pull off into a ditch to lay down which more or less looked like i was sunbathing for a few...ah... continuing on... we're at 1,646 miles, still only in utah.
10:15am just got to the first arch, 'balanced rock' 128 feet tall. its awesome. tried to climb up, didn't get that far but still pretty cool. climb up was a lot easier than the climb/stumble down. i'm making erin face her fears of wildlife (snakes in particular) at the next arch. lets see how this goes.
11:15am just got done 'exploring' skyline arch. legitimately... meaning hiking to it, climbing trees, rocks, and dodging lizards & finally getting there. this place is awesome. i kinda wanted to live in the tree i climed. it was the perfect climbing tree. those who know me know i love climbing trees so when you find the perfect tree with branches in all the right spots to position your feet, you never want to leave it. i should have put it in the back of the car. oh wait. there's no room. so stoked we came here today. on our way to the rockies now. yay.
12:10am gas stop, shell. right by the arch national park. yogurt, cheese ritz and chex mix...oh and adderal. we're ready for the rockies. and yes, we have been living off of gas station food. healthy times.
1:38pm just pulled off to find a rest stop. couldn't find one. but i did find horses. i asked the man if i could take a picture and he said yes. he also said something i wasn't quite sure i heard correctly because life couldn't possibly be this awesome. or could it? "do you want to ride them?" i looked at him, looked at erin who was still in the car, thought for a second and said OF COURSE!!!!! OF COURSE ILL RIDE A HORSE. got erin outta the car and onto the horses we were! Doobie was her name "like the marijuana" the older man explained to us. after about 20 minutes there having the time of our life, we had to go, although he asked us if we wanted to go horse back riding in the mountains. part of me wishes we had gone.
3:15pm around 150 miles from denver. just stopped to fill up gas and get 2 coors light (for the rockies of course). no drinking and driving no worries. almost to cody, ka koo.
5:31pm we stopped to drink the coors light in the rockies. we had to. it is pouring rain and freezing but we still got out and did it. then ate awesome soup- chicken tortilla- again! so good, and not nearly as spicy as the one we had yesterday. about an hour from denver...maybe more depending on how slow i have to drive. apparently i forgot how to drive in rain. changed into sweats, so much more comfortable and warm. denver here we come ps rain go away please
5:56pm we just built snowmen on the side of the 70 east freeway. no joke. snow storm in june. this is the greatest thing ever. alright, now on our way to denver.
7:03pm finally at codys yay! as he stood on his porch waiting for our arrival, we welcomed him by going down the wrong one way street. typical.
june 3, 2009
around noon i feel like i am going to die. we went to a little bar last night, had two mojitos and 2 shots of jager which was actually equivalent to drinking an entire keg by myself. i guess the elevation really does make a difference. we're not at sea level anymore toto. i am glad i still have that vicodin left from last week. what? that's what the doctors prescribed it to me for. massive hangovers. right. anyway. at breakfast/lunch down the street from cody's. food hurry up. i need to eat! ps happy birthday ash!!!!!!!!!!! miss her already!
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