Road Trip: Alberta and Idaho
On the ferry I bought this month's issue of Wired Magazine, it had some great tips, like how to weasel out of your cell phone contract and how to text message updates to your myspace prof. Here's Stephanie trying to do the Colbert face (he's awsome).
Speaking of Colbert, the animal scene here is #1 on the "Threat Down".
These guys were riding some cool ratty Honda cafe racers. They also each had a skateboard straped to the back. Two awsome things in one: a skater gang and a biker gang!
It was a very long drive, we caught the 7 am ferry and arrived in High River Alberta by about 10:30 pm, but keep in mind Alberta is 1 hour ahead of BC. Bryce is a machine, he can drink and drive (never together) more than anyone I've seen. He would not reliquish the wheel the entire drive to Alberta. We stopped only for lunch, energy drinks and pissing. Natalie was in the front seat untill she started to nod off. Bryce can't have a navigator/i Pod DJ/food dispensor asleep at their post, so I took over.
Show me yo grill! Flexin' on Eazy hardcore!
The purpose of the Alberta leg of the trip was to attend my cousin Mark and his new wife Pamela's wedding reception. They got married over Christmas in London England, so this is the first time many of us got to meet Pamela. Here's the girls all dressed up. From left to right: Taneequa, Alyssa, Stephanie and Natalie.
Cheese face, say "I like cheese" like a downsy for instant laughs.
The reception was off the hook. Excellent food, carrot cake for dessert and the most important part: all the free beer you could drink.
I tried to take Rob's cowboy hat off. He grabbed my arm and said "Look at my nose." I did, it was crooked. "Never touch a cowboy's hat. I knocked a cowboy's hat off when I was a young guy, and I got knocked out, nose broken." Enough said.
The gang made a trip into Calgary. The first order of business was to find Megatunes to meet Twyla (my internet friend) for the first time. She suggested that we should go to the Ship and Anchor for lunch. Twyla was just like she is on the internet, with a little more awesomeness thrown on top.
I knew Twyla was really popular, but she's even tight with the skids! We went partying with Twy too and had a blast, to read more and see pictures visit Stephanie's blog:
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At lunch I had the big beer!
Bryce bought the sweetest shirt, but he only feels comfortable wearing it on his "home turf."
After partying in Calgary we pulled up stakes and drove to Idaho. Here's a pretty gay vacationish picture, but at least you can see the majesty of the lake.
I learned a couple of things thing about the USA while in Idaho. First, if you want to get drunk on their beer its got to have "Ice" in the brand name. Keystone Ice, tasted a little boozy like Wildcat at first, but once I got a couple deep I was ready to do the "Baby Dance". Second, the amount that we have to pay for beer in Canada is extortionate. At the local Wal-Mart, you can get a 24 pack of Keystones for $14! The government monopoly is gouging the customer!
After a few Keystone Ices. "Gotta get drunk before the day begins!"
Trailer park playground, wheee.
I wish I had this night on tape. Bryce stripped and went swimming. Sweet jokes about "Fucking dis-pear" and "Fucking dis-custard." Freestyle rapping...
and more cheese!
On our way home this kid was working at a fruit stand in the Okanagan. He and his friend were stoned off their asses and could not make change for the life of them.
Bryce found the craziest energy drink ever at the Wal-Mart: Steven Segal engergy drink. It says "Cherry" but it stinks like sweat and tastes like expired cough syrup. There is no way Segal has ever tasted this because after one sip, no one in their right mind would say "Damn, put my name on that!"