Sep 09, 2008 13:17
Well im back!
It was a crazy, exciting, fun, stressful emotional and physically draining trip but if i could id do it all over again!
Green bus, no air con, no showers, opp. road land, weird 4way stop signs, maps reading skills = 0
Times RV broke down with me behind the wheel = 4
Times we ate at gas stations/truck stops = too many
No doe addicts = 3 aussie girls
Days went without showers = 10
Interviews = 30
No. of States travelled= 19
Best places = Lake Tahoe, Austin Texas, Brooklyn, Central Park, The Arches National Park Utah, San Fran
Most Random town = Wendover= WTF....a town that consisted of A giant neon cowboy and one small casino and a truck stop...and a sex shop...thats it...seriously
!!! = Chicago Baseball game , Moto resturant transmogrifies food, running through a corn of field (field of dreams) Graceland, Camels!, SMORES!!!, Doing Cartwheels in Slat Lake City in a summer rain shower
People everyone should know about- Augie Nieto, Hamaro Cantu, Ray Kurzwei, Beirut, Roadtripnation.com, Celine Cousteu, Tom Nazario ,Godfather of Skate SF, Christina Heinigger, Eli Quinters
Qoutes from interviews:
"My body will not define me" -Augie Nieto
" STOP THINKING!!!" -Carolyn Thompson
"Don't guilty for doing what you love"-Jeremy Oretega
"Find that little red button" -Godfather of Sk8
"I planned to stay for three months...then life happened" -Celine Cousteu
"You' re bullet proof" -Terry Stewart
"No age limit on your dreams" -Elaine Kwon
" Failure is not Failure, its a deferment of success" -Ray Kurzweil
"If you're going to eat shit, take big bites" - Bruce Schwab
Ok Im tired best trip of my life.