Travel, Travel TRAVEL!!!

Well on to my second blog and today i decided to share a few things that i think are pretty interesting..
TRAVEL!! i love to travel! i also move a lot, from city to city, state to state... I think i have actually spent more time in ohio then anywhere else after i turned 18. I have a need to travel and move, either its my gypsy heritage or its just that i need to learn new things, experience new culture and places. I really want to spend a while in eastern europe, im fascinated at the fact that not too long ago alot of the countries made up the soviet union, also alot of them have fought for independence and democracy. Further more i'd like to experience where my family has come from. But i will share a few stories about travel and soe of the best times ive had traveling.

First was my move from Cincinnati to Balboa, CA... Kinda of a last minute move.. i was still iffy on moving but i said what the hell and took off.. My parents were really upset that i was moving across the country, but i went anyways. I moved with my friend Dan, who i met when i was 16, he was my boss at the skateshop. He decided to call me and say " hey im moving to cali in 2 weeks, wanna go?" I had to think about it but eventually i said hell yes! 

 The moving day finally arrived and really i had nothing packed.. so i packed up all my stuff and loaded it into the trailer and off we went. 2 guys in a red pickup truck with a uhual trailer in tow, a case of beer and tons of punk rock on the stereo. we drove from cincinnati to Texas the first day... hualing ass all the way while i sat in the passenger seat drinking beer and bullshitting about whatever we talked about. I do remember in Arkansas we ran into a little snow.. people in AK cannot drive in snow.. im talking a dusting of snow across the roadways. we were going 70  with a trailer and these people were driving 40 on the highway..
Texas: so we get to texas the first night.. we hualed ass by the way! Honestly i cannot remember where we stayed that night but we did go to a bar that night next to the hotel.. kinda a honky-tonk biker kinda place.. the bartender was really nice! She did get us a few shots on the house, we drank, ate and talked about our move with them. Eventually we made it back to the hotel at close.. got some sleep and was up by 9 to keep traveling on. That day we went to dans brothers house, once again i cant remember what city.. but we did have a great dinner.. drank gin and tonics while playing chess and listening to jazz. very interesting stop on the trip... i got my ass kicked by an 11 year old.
 So we leave his brothers house in the morning and head north, to Tempe, AZ.. where we stop for dinner.. oh wait.. on our way there we did stop at a gas station that had one of those peepshows/porn shop attached to it.. well Dan had never been to a Peep Show and i couldnt let my boy go through life without experiencing that! so while dan was in the peep show i was chatting with the owner of the place who actually runs it too. I know i can keep someone inguaged in conversation for a while and when im beer fueled i can just keep going and he ended up giving me $10 worth of tokens for the show.. i think i still have a bunch of them stashed away in a box somewhere.

this is about what the trip was like!!

yeah bikers!

 So TEMPE HERE WE COME! we arrive in Tempe for dinner.. eat at an Applebees and talk to our waiter about what there is to do on that night. He tells us that theres a Karaoke night at a bar down the street.. so we eat and head down to it.. get there and shit... FULL OF HARDCORE OUTLAW BIKERS! well i said fuck it and walked up to the bar, wearing my pompadour, sleeveless cowboy dirt , rolled cuffed levis, and my motorcycle boots.. i had no problems.. so we have a few beers and start singing Karaoke.. first song was "Back in Black"-AC/DC.. this was a crowd pleaser and everyone in the place went nuts! it was kinda weird, i won an audience over that i was kinda scared of.. but i get back to my table where dan is sitting holding our beers up in the air.. everyone patting me on the back as i approach dan.. As soon as i reach our table my eyes lit up like giant spotlights.. a table full i mean FULL of shots! Im thinking " Holy Shit this is going to end badly!" so we start drinking with all these people having fun, sing more ac/dc, some thorogood, and even some elvis!  It was awesome to be accepted by some crazy people, even got offered a job and a chance to stay in Tempe.. but nope that wasnt my plan...  so last call hits and we pile into the truck.. both of us totally unprepared for driving... but we do it anyways and head towards cali!
 On our route from Tempe to Cali.. we stop after an hour and Dan is in NO SHAPE OR FORM TO DRIVE! so we pull over in the dessert.. and man i had to pee.. so i get out the truck and go pee in the desert at 2 am.. it was fucking freezing out too.. I remember the stars were sooo bright and there were so many of them in the sky! i called my mom and im sure if you heard the voicemail i left you wouldnt be able to understand a single word i said. She still says she never got the Voicemail... lies i tell you , lies! well within the timeframe of me going pee.. caling my mom and smoking a cigarette.. dan locks the doors and turn the truck off and passes out... WELL SHIT.. i had to curl up in the bed of the truck and try and sleep in the freezing cold of the arizona desert.. that was terrible but it sobered me up pretty quick..

this is about what it looked like in the morning

 morning hits and we awake to a blazing sun and keep on trucking all the way to cali... to meet up with Chad our future roommate and bandmate.... make it to his house just in time for dinner... ate.. and passed out right after.. since our trip really was more alcohol driven and even less sleep... but for now im blogged out... ill end up telling more and more travel stories since i do have tons of then and i think most of them are pretty funny or crazy....
until tomorrow...



IM OUT for some bowling!