Ben moves to BC!!
I have since moved back to Ontario, London to be exact.......but I'll leave this stuff up just cause I have tonnes of server space and nothing to fill it with!!!!!!
The picture above is from my first morning at my friend Brandon's house........where I'll be living for a while. I'm still in my jammies but I'm sure you can all understand that since I just got off a 3-day trip.
So far all I really have to offer is the document of our trip. I kept notes the whole time so here goes.................
- Day 1-The trip begins from Erieau at about 9:00 AM. We pack the car..........i hug my sis and dad and its time to jet. We're both a little unsure as to the condition of the car, the upcoming weather conditions, or even the money situation, but oh well. We're bad mutha#@$%^'s and nothing can stop us.
- We take the 401 to Windsor and stop at a truck lot. Carl has a bag of herb that Ben wants him to get rid of before crossing the border so Ben rolls a 4-paper cannon and Carl proceeds with launch. He puffs until near vomiting and then puts the bombshell back in the bag to be later dispensed out the window.
- We Drive to H&R block so Carl can get his tax return money, and he ends up with 420 dollars. Ben finds a used book sale and gets a David Bowie biography.
- We hit the bank, get in the car, and realize someone in a red truck has pulled up beside us and left their window open. Carl tells Ben to throw the bag with the roach in the trucks's window, so he does. We both have a good laugh trying to imagine what the person will say when they find it.
- We make way for the border, and accidentally get into the toll road lane. We have to pay the toll, 2.75, and they tell us we have to make a U-turn and go back through the "entering Canada" gates. We have to make a 5-lane U-turn......."yes!!!!" and when we get to the gate the lady asks us how long we were in the US for...........we tell her we haven't been there yet and after her bitching at us we get back in and go to Canada customs.
- We hit the Canada Customs building and have to rip apart all of our stuff so they can see what we are bringing across the border. Then we head across and venture into Yankeeland.
- Near Flint Michigan we hit a crazy traffic jam and it takes us almost 2 hours to go 2 miles.
- We stop in Morseville Michigan and go to K-Mart to buy some stuff. Carl gets some Winston Lights, and then we go to McDonalds and Carl asks for McChicken sauce but they've never heard of it......
- Heading up to Sterling Michigan, we hear the song "Be My Baby" from Dirty Dancing. I love that song.
Cause it reminds me of a certain someone.......(wink, you know who you are)
- We see a sign that says "Do not pick up hitchhikers, prison area"....haha
- We stop at a gas station near Sault St. Marie and try to buy beer but they have an automated ID checker and it catches us red handed.......we ain't 21.
- When we cross the border the stupid girl tries to tell me that my Canada Customs slips aren't real because they are white and not green. She's full of it but lets us pass.
- Go into Sault St. Marie......aaaaaah, back in Canada finally.We go buy some King cans of Budweiser and Carl buys a porno mag......hahaha
- We leave for Thunder Bay with only 3/4 a tank of gas........(dumb idea). We crack open the beers cause theres no cops around. After driving for about 2 hours without seeing any life.......we start to get worried. We finally get to a gas station near WAWA and pump 43 dollars worth of gas only to find out that they don't have interact. We have to leave my wallet there and drive to WAWA to get money. We return, pay the dude, get my wallet back, and we go back to WAWA to hit the bar.
- We get quite drunk and see 4 girls there dressed up as kiss, and a lady wearing a Batman uniform but we have no idea why........we meet a 51 year old woman who is originally from Blenheim......wierd.......
- We leave the bar and Carl insists on driving even though he's hammered. I'm too messed up to protest so I just get in the car and pass out.
- I wake up 30 minutes later or so and we are stopped and all I can see is flashing red lights. Carl got pulled over for driving all over the road and it was insanely foggy out AND we only had one headlight. Damn. Carl apologizes to the cop and says he couldn't see the road because of the fog and that he did not notice the headlight was out. The cop believes us (don't ask me how) but we are once again on our way.
- The fog gets worse so we pull over to get some sleep. End of day 1............
- Start day too........its freezing. My legs are numb.
- We start the drive to Thunder Bay, all hung over. We stop at an A&W to get breakfast. The car is making a strange ticking noise when we drive off.
- Carl wants to find a cold spring so we can get some drinking water for the road so we pull over on a side road. The ticking is much louder so we check the oil and its dry as a bone. we fill the oil and start the car..........it makes some strange noises, then the engine is purring again.....phew!!!! thank god.
- we continue and find some running water over the rocks. Carl tries it but it tastes horrible. I brush my teeth with it anyways though.....ewwwww
- we're driving through some crappy weather........its really rainy. we see a cool semi truck parked on the side of the road that's completely burned. we turn around and stop for a picture.
- we stop to get gas a little ways down the road and discover that the gas tank is leaking heavily. great.
- next stop is the terry fox monument. its pretty cool. theres also some hot girls working at the information building. by now the terrain is getting much more hilly, and the dirt is all reddish. i thought that was only in PEI but i guess i was wrong.
- we get to thunder bay and we're really hungry. we stop at a chinese buffet and when we walk in, it seems like something really queer is going on......like someone is robbing the place, or something. all the waiters seem like zombies and just look at us with blank expressions. we eat and the chicken sux so we're pissed. i didn't want to tip them but Carl did........oh well. we were gonna steal a bunch of chicken legs for the road but they sucked so bad we just wanted to get out of there.
- we're heading to Kenora, Ontario, and the weather is worsening. snow, sleet, low visibility. the road has huge potholes. carl and I both look at each other at the same time and say "nice fucking road". we make it to Dryden, Ontario and stop at the Wal-Mart. At that point in time all we have on the radio is a celtic violin band from Cape Breton Island so we decide to get batteries for Carl's ghetto blaster so we can listen to CDs. We also buy some Handi-Snax, juice boxes, and oysters.......yummmmm.
- back on the road to Kenora........Carl stops to take a shit.......pardon my french......he stops to take a poop and theres a trucker pulled over right near us. so Carl gets on the other side of the car and does his business and covers it up with a paper towel. as we drive away i look out the back window and the trucker thinks Carl dropped something and goes over to look at it. we hope madly that he picks it up and gets gross stinky liquid "i drank beer last night" shit on his hands.....hahaha.
- hit Kenora quick for gas but pass right through on the way to Winnipeg. its getting dark and we're cranking some Spur of the Moment CDs.......we get to Winnipeg and Carl looks for some herbs. He talks to some girl who points him in the direction and he scores. now he's happy so we leave Winnipeg en route to Regina.
- we stop through Brandon, Manitoba so we can hit a bar. we think we only have 15 minutes, cause its 1:45 so we run into this bowling alley lookin for a beer. we forgot about the time change so we have more than an hour. they direct us to a place called OCC's so we go there, and theres a fight brewing outside when we pull up. it doesn't look too good, but we go in anyways. when unside, theres a cool band playing "Celebrate good times, come on!!!!", and then they play "Heart of Glass" by Blondie. it rules. Carl goes to get a shooter and i don't want one cause I'm driving but he surprises me with one anyways. i'm actually glad because i'm craving one but it turns out the stupid bartender just gave us straight vodka. yuck.....we go sit down near the side exit and all of the sudden a fight breaks out and 5 bouncers are dragging a huge guy right towards us.......they all bump into me and send the table flying into Carl. the fighter guy grabs me by the chest and drags me with him, I get away and the bouncers get him out the door. 10 seconds later we hear a smash and the guy punched through the door..........the music shuts off and the place goes quiet. we meet the friend of the guy who just punched a hole in the door and he seems pretty cool. he says we can crash at his place so we take him with us and head to subway for some eats. heres where things go wierd......
- we're in subway and the guy (tyler) is all drunk. Carl's pretty drunk too, i'm pretty much sober. at first its funny cause the guy is being really funny to the employees, then he just gets annoying. he goes to the washroom and i ask Carl if he wants to ditch the guy but he says no.......then the guy comes back and is getting louder and more obnoxious. he starts talkin about how the government rips us off and how subs cost way too much.....(you should have got a 6 inch buddy!) then a customer mentions to the employees that they should write our plate number down and call the cops so we split.
- we drop off tyler and tell him we no longer want to crash at his house. we say good-bye and hit the road for regina. I figure i'll stay awake till regina but after nearly killing us an hour down the road i decide we should pull over and call it quits. we find a hick town, and pull down a side street and we end up at a cemetery. (no way!!).......so i turn left and theres a big sign that says GUNS. we get freaked out and skip the town, find a country road and pull over for a sleep. end day 2!!!!
- we wake up and i feel a bit disoriented..........actually i totally forget where i am..........but decide to continue driving. i'm determined to reach BC by the evening. We get to Regina and pull over at the parliament building for a picture and to change clothes in the public washroom. the washroom is locked up so we just change right there in the car. we head to get some food and hit the "melrose place family restaurant". theres many good looking girls working so Carl and I rename Regina "Freegina". sorry, we're guys, we can't help it.
- Then its off to Calgary........right about now Carl tells me he's broke, so we decide to skip Calgary and take a shortcut to Fernie, BC. to save money and gas............we're listening to Tricky Woo and flying through the beautiful Prairies. its amazing the vastness and the hills and the sun and everything but the wind is strong so its using up lots of gas.
- its now 9:00 pm, sunday. we are finally seeing the rocky mountains......they are breathtaking. we finally make it to Fernie and call Carl's friends. they have rented a hot tub at a motel for a welcoming gift.
- we slide into the hot tub, and its awesome........so soothing. we see Matt and Gil, the guys I recorded at Carl's house a long time ago. its cool, we all chat. after the hot tub we hit the bar and get some beers. theres a really bad band playing and you can't smoke in the var. damn. i bought smokes too and they are 5.85 for a small pack. time to quit.
- after the bar we go back to Carl's friends place, watch revenge of the nerds and eat 7-11 food and fall asleep.
- the next day we wake up and i do some house cleaning for the people of the house while they are gone snowboarding........i get a hold of Brandon finally and Carl drives me half way to penticton so we can meet up. all is well, and Brandon brings me to my new home............
- AND THATS WHAT ITS LIKE DRIVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY!!!! TRY IT SOMETIME!!!
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