Wednesday, September 10, 2008
A-Holes Who Write in Point Form
It went something like this:
- Leave house at 3:30am
- Stop for gas and Tim Horton’s
- Immediately notice that roof bag tarp cover is loose; pull over to fix it; see that it is completely destroyed; abandon it near the CNE
- Finally leave city 4:30am
- About 45 minutes out of the city notice that roof straps are thwacking the car roof hard; pull over to refasten in Guelph; get more Tim Horton’s
- Arrive at Sarnia at 7am to cross border into Port Huron, Michigan
- We direct ourselves into the NEXUS lane (limited signage, seems to be the only lane open)
- Border guard gets annoyed with us when we don’t have NEXUS passes
- We earn ourselves a $5000 fine and automatic car search and “interview” with Homeland Security
- In the interview a nice man talks to us like we’re 11 years old; waives the fine; sends us on our way 20 minutes later
- We see that the car doesn’t even seem to be searched; WAY TO GO, AMERICA!
- Continue to drive through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
- Stop for the night in Stuart, Iowa Super 8 motel (there are lots of friendly feral cats there); leave at 4am the next morning
- Continue to drive, pee and drink coffee across America; notice that the truck stop and gas station washrooms are really clean and the gas station coffee is quite good
- Finish the rest of Iowa (corn), Nebraska (corn; took about 7 freaking hours to cross); Wyoming; and half of Utah
- See wild stampeding mustangs in Wyoming
- Stay at the Super 8 in Salt Lake City; there is some sort of religion housewives conference nearby and we see and overhear lots of large pant-suited ladies with... hair....
- Leave next morning at 7am; 8 hours to Reno!
- Have a day and a half of fun in Reno eating, drinking, gambling and getting Sarah a bike at the Reno Bike Project
- Head into the desert for early arrival to Burning Man to set up FORT KANUCKISTAN
- Have an amazing 9 days of extreme camping, dust storms to end all dust storms, installation art, burning shit down, talking, meeting new people, eating dubious flavours of chips, partying, oh and Sarah proposed to me on top of Temple at dusk and I said YES!!!
- Had a great 2 days back in Reno doing laundry and relaxing
- Had a great 3 day drive back, the exact same route in reverse but it seemed way longer and we had huge smiles on our faces; washed the car in Salt Lake; rinsed the engine
- Got home to many excited friends and family
So that’s the big news.
Best Road Meal: Breakfast at Cruel Jack's, Rock Springs, Wyoming
Best Non-Road Meal: Dinner at Bistro Napa, Reno - bestest dinner ever
Scariest Racist Comments Overheard: Tommy's Restaurant, Grand Island, Nebraska
Hardest Day at Burning Man: Monday dust storms
Craziest Day at Burning Man: Tuesday at Camp Add-Vice
Best Gift/Trip: Thursday night....
Heart-Stopping Moment #1: Art-Car crash beside crackdome, trailer fell on dude, Sarah attends until the ambulance arrived
Heart-Stopping Moment #2: Driving into Reno over people's garbage which gets stuck under the car and sounds like rumble strips
It went something like this:
- Leave house at 3:30am
- Stop for gas and Tim Horton’s
- Immediately notice that roof bag tarp cover is loose; pull over to fix it; see that it is completely destroyed; abandon it near the CNE
- Finally leave city 4:30am
- About 45 minutes out of the city notice that roof straps are thwacking the car roof hard; pull over to refasten in Guelph; get more Tim Horton’s
- Arrive at Sarnia at 7am to cross border into Port Huron, Michigan
- We direct ourselves into the NEXUS lane (limited signage, seems to be the only lane open)
- Border guard gets annoyed with us when we don’t have NEXUS passes
- We earn ourselves a $5000 fine and automatic car search and “interview” with Homeland Security
- In the interview a nice man talks to us like we’re 11 years old; waives the fine; sends us on our way 20 minutes later
- We see that the car doesn’t even seem to be searched; WAY TO GO, AMERICA!
- Continue to drive through Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa
- Stop for the night in Stuart, Iowa Super 8 motel (there are lots of friendly feral cats there); leave at 4am the next morning
- Continue to drive, pee and drink coffee across America; notice that the truck stop and gas station washrooms are really clean and the gas station coffee is quite good
- Finish the rest of Iowa (corn), Nebraska (corn; took about 7 freaking hours to cross); Wyoming; and half of Utah
- See wild stampeding mustangs in Wyoming
- Stay at the Super 8 in Salt Lake City; there is some sort of religion housewives conference nearby and we see and overhear lots of large pant-suited ladies with... hair....
- Leave next morning at 7am; 8 hours to Reno!
- Have a day and a half of fun in Reno eating, drinking, gambling and getting Sarah a bike at the Reno Bike Project
- Head into the desert for early arrival to Burning Man to set up FORT KANUCKISTAN
- Have an amazing 9 days of extreme camping, dust storms to end all dust storms, installation art, burning shit down, talking, meeting new people, eating dubious flavours of chips, partying, oh and Sarah proposed to me on top of Temple at dusk and I said YES!!!
- Had a great 2 days back in Reno doing laundry and relaxing
- Had a great 3 day drive back, the exact same route in reverse but it seemed way longer and we had huge smiles on our faces; washed the car in Salt Lake; rinsed the engine
- Got home to many excited friends and family
So that’s the big news.
Best Road Meal: Breakfast at Cruel Jack's, Rock Springs, Wyoming
Best Non-Road Meal: Dinner at Bistro Napa, Reno - bestest dinner ever
Scariest Racist Comments Overheard: Tommy's Restaurant, Grand Island, Nebraska
Hardest Day at Burning Man: Monday dust storms
Craziest Day at Burning Man: Tuesday at Camp Add-Vice
Best Gift/Trip: Thursday night....
Heart-Stopping Moment #1: Art-Car crash beside crackdome, trailer fell on dude, Sarah attends until the ambulance arrived
Heart-Stopping Moment #2: Driving into Reno over people's garbage which gets stuck under the car and sounds like rumble strips
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