The Great American Road Trip!

My tour of duty in Hawaii is at an end, and my next posting will be in Louisiana. So instead of having my car shipped to Louisiana, I had it shipped to Los Angeles, and my brother and I are going to drive cross country. We've got planned stops in Phoenix, Amarillo, Tulsa, and Little Rock, and should make it to Nashville in time for my grandma's 90th birthday party. Then it's down to Louisiana and the swamps. So I'll probably be offline after tomorrow until I get to Nashville. But who knows, maybe I'll find some interwebs somewheres.

 

Cool. We're expecting logs on this one.

 

You picked a nice time of year for a southern road-trip, Japes.
Have a safe trip, enjoy the scenery, and keep it between the ditches!

 

Beware the rising gas prices! oooOOOooooh! [/ghostly]
But yea, hope that your trip's a blast!

 

Trade your car in for a couple choppers and sleeping bags. Might save you some money on gas and lodging. Road trips are great.

 

Yes, hopefully it will be a memorable, but not too memorable experience. My brother has a knack for getting himself and the people around him into improbable situations. But I don't think we could find too much trouble on the I-40, so we should be fine as long as I don't let him talk me into a stop in Los Vegas.

 

Okay, first update. The drive out of L.A. was stressfull, and the drive across the desert was uneventful (except the part where we stopped to do some donuts in my '07 Impreza. Will post pictures of that later) I'm in Flagstaff, AZ right now. I spent all day yesterday in Phoenix, and It's probably the cleanest city I've ever seen. It's also overflowing with gorgeous single women. After we rolled into Flagstaff last night and checked into a hotel last night, we went downtown to find a bar. It was the first time I'd been to a bar in my life. This joint was full of hot college girls, so I picked a table where four of them were sitting. They told my brother and me to sit down and order them some more drinks, so I did (and put them on their tab). They said they had just come from a 'passion party,' which is apparently an adult toy party. They got stupid drunk and kicked out of the bar about 15 minutes later. I ended up dragging my drunken brother out of the bar a few hours later so he wouldn't get stupid and punch somebody. All in all a fun time. We're shooting for Amarillo tonight, will post more updates when I can.

 

Are you kidding? He woulda just wound up with a five foot long vibrator nicknamed 'Frank' rammed up his ass while he watched girls play with each other.

 

Second update: My brother was too hung over and tired after our adventures in Arizona to do any driving yesterday, so I got to drive all the way from Flagstaff to Amarillo (600 miles), and put up with his grumpy ass all day. Apparently there's not much of a night life in Amarillo, Texas on a Sunday night (go figure), so we just went to Hooters. Had a nice conversation with a semi-attractive waitress, but I lost interest when she said the words, "senior in highschool," and "my boyfriend." Went back to the hotel and chatted up the night-shift receptionist for two hours before she finally mentioned the words, "my boyfriend." Got her number and a hug anyway. So it's off to Arkansas tomorrow, and since my brother is sober, he gets to do most of the driving.

 

My sister and I are going to be doing the same thing in the next two weeks, Cali and back, or maybe Minnesota and around.

 

Spent all day yesterday in Conway, Arkansas with my cousins. I went to lunch with the older one and her friend, and the whole time they were talking up this other girl who I was supposed to meet that night when we went to her house to watch a chick-flick. They said she was really pretty, great personality, amazing singer and pianist, and single. Sounded like she was right up my alley. So we went to her house, and all these things proved to be true, but apparently some other guy had shown up the day before and they really hit it off. So I was a total third wheel all night. *shakes fist*

Made it in to Nashville a few hours ago, so now it's time to chill for a few days.

 

edit: Never mind.

 

People turn 18 their senior year... you shoulda gone for it!!