The documentation of my quarter-life crisis vacation:
Here was the idea behind the quarter life crisis vacation:
I had 2 days off and RJ had the same two days off. We decided that we would get in my car and drive. There would be no planned destination and we would never get lost. How can you get lost when there is no destination? We will drive for as long as we need and to get wherever we want. Anytime we wanted to skate, we could. We had a trunk filled with skateboards and longboards, a few loaded cameras, tons of music, and one pack of molasses cookies. Here is my documentation of the trip.
Day 1:
We started out voyage at about 7 o'clock yesterday. W got the essentials. Arizona Iced Tea and a giant foam finger that says "Fuck Off" that the attendant at a gas station thought was really nice. W really had no place in mind, a couple places that we wanted to go, but we could only do so much before we ran out of time. We were going to met our friend Jen in Liverpool which should have been a 2.5 hour trip, but it quickly turned into a 4 hour trip since we took "Back roads" and it took us super-time South-East and when we went North, it turns out that we went like the equivalent of 30 minutes on the expressway. It's alright, because it is what we had in mind for the trip. Yesterday we skated at some school on voyage to Jen's. It wasn't as cool as I thought but it had to be done. When we rolled into Jen's neighborhood, it was about 11:00. We met the parents and then we went to the Casino. Normally I hate Casino's, and RJ has never been, but last night, I won $60 on Video Keno. Then we went to a horrid restraint with "the winnings". When we left, Jen's dad was up $500 and he is still there now (its noon the next day). Good for him though, he's got some good luck. Today we might go to the Carousel Mall and maybe a skate park, but there is the small chance that we will go to Pennsylvania and get fireworks and hopefully blow up fruit and action figures. So far it's been awesome and we are only like 1/3 of the way through. RJ and I need a cold one.
Day 2:
We went to two malls with Jen today. The Carousel Mall was huge but uneventful. I think that the whole reason that we went was for pants. There was one style that RJ found, but they didn't have the right size, so we walked around the mall a little bit and then went to another mall that I don't remember the name of which is fine because they didn't have the pants either. We went to this great bread-based restaurant and ate and then took Jen home.
In the morning, I had talked to my ex-girlfriend, Becky, from Albany and told her that I had a couple of days off and would like to come and visit her for a bit. RJ and I took the two and a half hour trek and visited her and her new house (and old boyfriend). It was really nice to see her as I haven't seen her in about 3 years. We went to Hooters...which was whatever step less than awesome. It was great to talk to her and catch up, but I'm not down with the whole boob gimmick restaurant theme. Luckily, we killed two birds with one stone and the Hooters was located in a mall where we found RJ's Holy Grail of pants. He was thrilled, I was thrilled, but we don't think that Becky liked the new me and the only RJ. After we got back to Becky's house, we hit the road to visit some friends half way across the state in Corning at a beach house type situation. Jen was one of those friends and so was Holly, both girls from Buffalo that we see almost every day, but was cool to see them "out of their element". RJ and I got lost due to some directions, but made the most out of it and skated a parking lot. Then the ladies came to meet us and we went to met Holly's mom and went to the cabin/lake house., wait, cabin-style lake house, wait...rustic lake house. We played card games until 5:30 in the morning and then when the sun came out, RJ and Jen decided to go rowing and I have no idea what Holly decided to do. Due to all the driving, the only thing that I wanted to do was sleep. Now, we are just sitting here on a picnic table contemplating what time that we might go home, what we want to eat, whether or not we are going to get in that boat. By the way, I am documenting, topless...with a bandana\: nipples.
Day 3:
So we got in the boat. RJ rowed out and I rowed in. We are basically naturals. Then we thought that it would be a good idea to take a little hike, and we were right. It was so awesome out there in the woods. We went to a waterfall and RJ took some incriminating and sexy photos that if anyone wants to see can see them. Then we headed back to Holly's house and then up to Syracuse. Actually, it was in Mattydale. I got some spicy cherry chicken, RJ got some really spicy tofu that he hated and Jen got a bad soup, so it was a 1/3 successful meal. Then we had to take Jen home and head back towards Buffalo. On our way back, our friend Dallas told us that there was construction in Geneva and she had been sitting there for over 45 minutes. We got to around that area and took a detour in Weedsport. We took some route and as we were driving down the road, there was a car with its lights on waiting for something. Then we passed him and he promptly turned in our direction. He followed us like 5 miles in the Town of Tyre and we thought that we should get active about the situation. So I stepped on the gas and hit 80 in a 45 and the guy was gaining on us! We didn’t know what to do so we just toughed it out and went where we needed to go. H eventually turned in a different direction and we got back on the expressway and continued on with out journey, only to find out that we got back on the road the exit before all the construction that we got off to avoid. It was alright thought because we made it through in no time and with little time delay. At about 11:45, we made it home and as tired as we were, we went to our respective homes, took showers, shaved, and got back together to watch a movie that I promptly fell asleep during.
RUNDOWN
1 car
2 friends
1000 dead insects on my car and windshield
832 miles
1 cooler filled with Arizona Iced Teas (ones)
1 state
2.5 days
0 destination
It was a spectacular trip that helped RJ and I clear our heads. We will take another one soon, I hope.
I had 2 days off and RJ had the same two days off. We decided that we would get in my car and drive. There would be no planned destination and we would never get lost. How can you get lost when there is no destination? We will drive for as long as we need and to get wherever we want. Anytime we wanted to skate, we could. We had a trunk filled with skateboards and longboards, a few loaded cameras, tons of music, and one pack of molasses cookies. Here is my documentation of the trip.
Day 1:
We started out voyage at about 7 o'clock yesterday. W got the essentials. Arizona Iced Tea and a giant foam finger that says "Fuck Off" that the attendant at a gas station thought was really nice. W really had no place in mind, a couple places that we wanted to go, but we could only do so much before we ran out of time. We were going to met our friend Jen in Liverpool which should have been a 2.5 hour trip, but it quickly turned into a 4 hour trip since we took "Back roads" and it took us super-time South-East and when we went North, it turns out that we went like the equivalent of 30 minutes on the expressway. It's alright, because it is what we had in mind for the trip. Yesterday we skated at some school on voyage to Jen's. It wasn't as cool as I thought but it had to be done. When we rolled into Jen's neighborhood, it was about 11:00. We met the parents and then we went to the Casino. Normally I hate Casino's, and RJ has never been, but last night, I won $60 on Video Keno. Then we went to a horrid restraint with "the winnings". When we left, Jen's dad was up $500 and he is still there now (its noon the next day). Good for him though, he's got some good luck. Today we might go to the Carousel Mall and maybe a skate park, but there is the small chance that we will go to Pennsylvania and get fireworks and hopefully blow up fruit and action figures. So far it's been awesome and we are only like 1/3 of the way through. RJ and I need a cold one.
Day 2:
We went to two malls with Jen today. The Carousel Mall was huge but uneventful. I think that the whole reason that we went was for pants. There was one style that RJ found, but they didn't have the right size, so we walked around the mall a little bit and then went to another mall that I don't remember the name of which is fine because they didn't have the pants either. We went to this great bread-based restaurant and ate and then took Jen home.
In the morning, I had talked to my ex-girlfriend, Becky, from Albany and told her that I had a couple of days off and would like to come and visit her for a bit. RJ and I took the two and a half hour trek and visited her and her new house (and old boyfriend). It was really nice to see her as I haven't seen her in about 3 years. We went to Hooters...which was whatever step less than awesome. It was great to talk to her and catch up, but I'm not down with the whole boob gimmick restaurant theme. Luckily, we killed two birds with one stone and the Hooters was located in a mall where we found RJ's Holy Grail of pants. He was thrilled, I was thrilled, but we don't think that Becky liked the new me and the only RJ. After we got back to Becky's house, we hit the road to visit some friends half way across the state in Corning at a beach house type situation. Jen was one of those friends and so was Holly, both girls from Buffalo that we see almost every day, but was cool to see them "out of their element". RJ and I got lost due to some directions, but made the most out of it and skated a parking lot. Then the ladies came to meet us and we went to met Holly's mom and went to the cabin/lake house., wait, cabin-style lake house, wait...rustic lake house. We played card games until 5:30 in the morning and then when the sun came out, RJ and Jen decided to go rowing and I have no idea what Holly decided to do. Due to all the driving, the only thing that I wanted to do was sleep. Now, we are just sitting here on a picnic table contemplating what time that we might go home, what we want to eat, whether or not we are going to get in that boat. By the way, I am documenting, topless...with a bandana\: nipples.
Day 3:
So we got in the boat. RJ rowed out and I rowed in. We are basically naturals. Then we thought that it would be a good idea to take a little hike, and we were right. It was so awesome out there in the woods. We went to a waterfall and RJ took some incriminating and sexy photos that if anyone wants to see can see them. Then we headed back to Holly's house and then up to Syracuse. Actually, it was in Mattydale. I got some spicy cherry chicken, RJ got some really spicy tofu that he hated and Jen got a bad soup, so it was a 1/3 successful meal. Then we had to take Jen home and head back towards Buffalo. On our way back, our friend Dallas told us that there was construction in Geneva and she had been sitting there for over 45 minutes. We got to around that area and took a detour in Weedsport. We took some route and as we were driving down the road, there was a car with its lights on waiting for something. Then we passed him and he promptly turned in our direction. He followed us like 5 miles in the Town of Tyre and we thought that we should get active about the situation. So I stepped on the gas and hit 80 in a 45 and the guy was gaining on us! We didn’t know what to do so we just toughed it out and went where we needed to go. H eventually turned in a different direction and we got back on the expressway and continued on with out journey, only to find out that we got back on the road the exit before all the construction that we got off to avoid. It was alright thought because we made it through in no time and with little time delay. At about 11:45, we made it home and as tired as we were, we went to our respective homes, took showers, shaved, and got back together to watch a movie that I promptly fell asleep during.
RUNDOWN
1 car
2 friends
1000 dead insects on my car and windshield
832 miles
1 cooler filled with Arizona Iced Teas (ones)
1 state
2.5 days
0 destination
It was a spectacular trip that helped RJ and I clear our heads. We will take another one soon, I hope.
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