THE DOG
my official name for greyhound bus services is the dog...so i'll refer to it as riding the dog.
here is the account of how i got to ely, mn.
monday around 7 at night i got the the bus station in baton rouge, rode the dog to neworleans.
left neworleans headed for jackson/memphis.
guy on bus has a fucking seizure.
we stop.
we start again.
get to hammond. jackson. memphis.
got no sleep.
almost get left behind in memphis.
make it to st. louis.
get on bus in st. louis.
ex-con sits next to me...interestingness ensues for next 6 hours.
i was afraid.
i finally get to kansas city.
i get on the bus leaving from kansas city.
no room on the fucking bus.
i stand all night, literally the whole night.
i arrive in minneapolis.
i wait in minneapolis for 8 hours.
still no sleep.
i take a bus to virginia, mn.
i'm the only one on the bus.
i get to virginia.
base staff picks me up.
we have to drive around "town" for hours waiting to pick up a chick from the czech rep. who works here.
get to base around 12:30 at night.
take a shower...finally.
finally, after 50something hours, a few hours of sleep.
since i got to ely, we've been doing a lot of training stuffs and we go out on a training trip in a few days and will be out for 5 days. a few days after that i'll start taking crews out on trips...i can't wait. honestly, all this way and all i want to do is be on the water.
desperately, i want to be on the trail. i am going to grow a beard and i cannot promise i will shave it for when i come home, i might keep it to go to austin and scare people, but after that its most definitely getting shaved off. besides, you people deserve to not only see pictures of my crazy outdoorness but to see the end result...me.
i'll probably come home with a few scars b/c the nature of the terrain is very unforgiving and the rock will slice you open like a knife if you fall wrong.
i look forward to coming home a bit different on the outside but still myself.
i'm fucking tired and going to sleep.
comment all you want and i'll get to you when i can.
i'm really busy and dont know when i'll have time to get online in the staff lounge.
be good.
RAB
here is the account of how i got to ely, mn.
monday around 7 at night i got the the bus station in baton rouge, rode the dog to neworleans.
left neworleans headed for jackson/memphis.
guy on bus has a fucking seizure.
we stop.
we start again.
get to hammond. jackson. memphis.
got no sleep.
almost get left behind in memphis.
make it to st. louis.
get on bus in st. louis.
ex-con sits next to me...interestingness ensues for next 6 hours.
i was afraid.
i finally get to kansas city.
i get on the bus leaving from kansas city.
no room on the fucking bus.
i stand all night, literally the whole night.
i arrive in minneapolis.
i wait in minneapolis for 8 hours.
still no sleep.
i take a bus to virginia, mn.
i'm the only one on the bus.
i get to virginia.
base staff picks me up.
we have to drive around "town" for hours waiting to pick up a chick from the czech rep. who works here.
get to base around 12:30 at night.
take a shower...finally.
finally, after 50something hours, a few hours of sleep.
since i got to ely, we've been doing a lot of training stuffs and we go out on a training trip in a few days and will be out for 5 days. a few days after that i'll start taking crews out on trips...i can't wait. honestly, all this way and all i want to do is be on the water.
desperately, i want to be on the trail. i am going to grow a beard and i cannot promise i will shave it for when i come home, i might keep it to go to austin and scare people, but after that its most definitely getting shaved off. besides, you people deserve to not only see pictures of my crazy outdoorness but to see the end result...me.
i'll probably come home with a few scars b/c the nature of the terrain is very unforgiving and the rock will slice you open like a knife if you fall wrong.
i look forward to coming home a bit different on the outside but still myself.
i'm fucking tired and going to sleep.
comment all you want and i'll get to you when i can.
i'm really busy and dont know when i'll have time to get online in the staff lounge.
be good.
RAB