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Mo Mo MO

2009-09-12T16:17:00.000-07:00

Well back in the car. More mountains, more beauty. Next stop the Columbia Ice Feailds, one of if not the largest glaciar in North America. Very cool. Me and Dave had wanted to drink yager off the ice but i guess some kid fell through the ice so now you can only get about 8meters away, so next best option yager off a cold dirty stone

Drinkin done more pictures

These girls were awsome travelers hard drinkin fightin road wariors and they almost never wanted shotgun. Alright back in the car. More mountains a stop at the posh Lake Lousie. Im not posh and got down to my boxers for a swim in the glaciar lake next to the hotel that cost more for a night than are trip didNext Stop Calgary

Wow

2009-09-12T15:25:00.000-07:00

Well we couldent have chose a niceer place to sleep. When we started driving the next morning we were less than 20km from the entrance to the park. I went snap happy right away and i must have 100 pictures of the first few Km. It was less than 20 minutes in when nature decided to show us one its amazing creatures.

We were no more than 30meters from this massive elk. We watched him swim across a river then sit down for a rest. We drove through more amazing mountains and found the stop that had been sudjested by the warden who let us into the park. She took one look at us then let us know where to go cliff jumping. We hiked up to the bluest lake i have ever sceen. So clear you could see the bottom in places that were over 30meters deep. When we got there someone was telling us there is a cliff there 80 feet high, my sphincter tightend. That sounds like a chalange. I have never been to the top of a cliff i havent jumped dumb as that may be. Last summer i jumped the highest cliff of my life with my bestest of buddy Max, when we jumped it we thought it was around 100feet(30 meters) but max has since told me it was no more than 50. We were both sore for a month after jumping it. I figured there was no way anyone was doing an 80foot cliff. When we got closer i saw it. It was high but not as high as what me and max had jumped. Max i still think that was a solid 100 feet. I found a local who claimed he had mesured it to be 67 feet that 18.9M or a 6 storie building. Well after a few smaller clifs i knew it was time to step up. As I walked over and a croud formed. I only took a practice run, i would have waited longer to deliberated more but the show must go on

You might want to click on that one to realy see how big it is, that little spot at the top is me.
That was invigorating. And you know it always feels good to show up the locals. Funny thing im scared of hights. Hear is dave given'er that water was so beautifull.

Such a good swim.

Keep roolin

2009-09-12T14:10:00.000-07:00

After the park we did more of what we did best drive. Another 6 or 8 hours at the wheel and we stoped to sleep, this time we just opend up a gate on the side of the highway drove in and called it a night. We set up the tents while the sky showed us the northern lights. They were faint i thought it was a cloud or the milky way but if you watched they danced.Day broke we drove. We had intended to go threw glaciar national park but the 25$ enterance fee and the fact that we were headed to what has been called "the most beautifull drive in the world" kept us driving. We did stop for a swim and a wash in a glaciar stream thats first wash of the trip and was much needed.

After a throught serch at the border we entered Canada and the largest soy feilds i had ever sceen, probably the only soy feilds i have ever sceen but it was cool endless feilds of yellow.

Are goal was on the horizon Edmonton and Daves lady were waiting. I wouldent say we were rushing but i guess i was speeding when it happend. BOOM BANG smoke and dirt filled the car i thought this is it, its over. Mermories of the acident in Portugal and the transmision giving out in Moroco filled my head but it wasent the end i got the car to the side of the road. I got out of the car walked behind it and layed on the ground in the feital position and shook. The tread had seperated from the drivers side rear tire the noise and smoke and dirt were from that tread spining at 130km and pulverising the side of the car in an area that was more bondo than car.

I was still too shook to drive after this and Dave took over for the last stretch.But we did it we arived in Edmonton befor the sun set. We checked in to the hotel the remained of the planters were at and got to work on the booze. A nice night of salsa dancing and too much yager. The next morning i felt like death and in this top form went looking for tires for the car. Dave figured if one goes the rest could. Found an amazing deal on tires and packed the car with all of our stuff. Well with are new traveler on boared the car was bit packed

We droped a bag of stuff on the greyhound and hit the road late in the day. We were headed for Jasper and Banff national park. We drove for a few hours and found a camp site, a real camp site and decided it was as good aplace as any to rest are heads. I got down to my favorit camping activity. Man Makes Fire and my second favorit camping activity Man Drinks Beer and i did these activites untill 1 ran out it wasent the fire.

Keep On trippin

2009-09-12T12:07:00.000-07:00

Back behind the wheel drive drive drive first day we drove more than 24 hours
When we finaly stoped this was the best we could do for a camp site

This is somewere just befor or after Fargo so much driving it dosent matter. We got up hit Perkins dinner for breki and back on the road. To make save time meany meals were had on the road

We soon hit the plains thats long straight driving
But after hours it starts to change. And soon you enter the bad lands. We stoped at a beautifull look outWe drove a bit further and came to Theodore Rosevelt National Park so glad we stoped. This place is filled with stunning vistas amazing wild life realy its beautifull.
Thats Tara elegaly leaving the car and aproching the wild horses
And look this big ol thing bigger than a smart car
These were pritty cute too live in little mounds and all stand stare when you drive by
Hear is a fine example of badlands

And hear are some bad mans in bandlands

1 Great old car 2 cousins...and the Twins

2009-09-12T10:45:00.001-07:00

So hears what i think my cousin had in mind. Drive.... Drive.... Get the Girl... Drive Drive Drive
What realy happend was a whole lota fun and yes driving.
Alot of stories over 3 weeks
I craigs list drove a girl to toronto stoped half way led her into the woods felt weird and turned back befor i got to swim. Something about leading a stranger into the woods dident fell right. I asked her when she got off the phone if that was weird she shrugged said "no you dont seem like weirdo"
Some Torornto time got to see some buddies and my beautifull god daughter who was finaly learning to walk, she dident have it perfect yet but she was practising for shopping
I tried to get in on her mid day snack but when i reached for some banana she gave me this look
Still having nightmares about it.
So the next day at redicoulosly early we hit the road. 3 Wariors me my cousin dave and his lady freinds twin sister Tara. Wait i almost forgot a very important merber of the team
Easly confused for a delorian its actualy a 1985 Toyta Tercel 4WD and this was to take us 10 000km.
First we drove to Sarnia were we would enter the states from there many Km to are first stop Chi town Chicago baby

wait thats not Chicago
Thats Chicago

Beautifull city Beers as big as your head

Middle Summer

2009-09-12T10:17:00.000-07:00

This bit of the summer is a blur

Not to much of anything happend

I baught a truck but this is the only pik i took

Does not exactly show the beauty you get for 260$ on craigs list.

Well life went on and truck work did not. I spent my time swiming, chillen in the sauna and fishin. I was living in a den of men.... that dosent sound good but its accurite. I was living(not officialy if walter asks) on a couch in a house my cousin Dan and his buddys Walters were renting, we had a nice rotation of who would buy that days case of beer. Spent lots of time watching the garden grow skated more than any other time in my life. There are lots of good skateboarding vidios that i will try and get from walted at a future date. I did help build a huge deck bigesst deck on the block in fact

This isent the finished product ill try and get some shots of that. Me and walter faught like little wimmen the whole time but did manage to lay a beautifull stone walkway again pictures at a future date. I have to say my aunt and uncle were great boss'es this back yard was recreated on little more than craling, beef jerky and trips to the compost pile. I had an amazing time spent great times with my famalie and all this is befor the big adventure......

Long time no blog

2009-08-09T21:50:00.000-07:00

Oh man

its been a while

done a bunch of stuff

Lots of photos

photos galore

Will start from where i left off

I was in florida rockin my retired styles

But like all good things florida had to come to an end

So hit the road with a trusty raod trippin companion

We were on a high speed burn from florida to waterloo around 2500km. We drove threw the "magestic" smokey "mountains"

They were so magestic and mountainy i only took pictures from the sun roof of the moving car. But realy there was alot of beauty along the way

Was a great drive. First time i felt realy good behind the wheel in a long time. I missed a few key shots like the "BOJENGALS" chiken restaurant i eat at, or the filthyest motel of my life so bad that Zoe walked around in circles sniffing the floor resfusing to sit down untill a put a towle down for her. Think about it an animal that will gladly sniff another dogs butt wouldent lie down.

I did the drive in 2 days and was very happy when the bridge to Canada was within sight.

I have to say the more i see of America the more i like it the people are wonderfull, so frendly and always willing to lend a helping hand. There is alot of beauty but as always there is the inverse and driving threw the ares that have been hit by the down turn in the auto industry is shoking filthy towns littered with empty houses and factory's. I dident know at this point how much America i would see this year and i feel lucky for all of it.

Bye Bye Beardie

2009-05-02T05:06:00.000-07:00

Is there any diferance between gorwoing a beard and just not shaving. IS it the intention that makes the diferance. Well i have been away from my razor for over a month and have grown a bit of a beard. Now i know i dident want a summer beard and was not interested in a beard tan so now that i was back in close proximity to a shaver it was time for bye bye beardie. The other reason for the shave beasides the tan thing was if i want to golf down hear its half price if im a junior and i dont know many 22 yearolds with a full beard so it had to go. I had been growing a moustach for several mounths now with the hopes of something i could wax and twist but as usual when i shave after a few cocktails i sliped with the electric and something that looked like a catapiler fell from were the left hand side of my stach had been.I have to say the next picture isent for everyone i was doomed to facial hair that is basicaly identical to pubes but that was a beard. I also put a little box around the thing that was half of my stach

gone gone gone i been gone so long

2009-04-30T08:45:00.000-07:00

Long time no blog

been away

am back

so yea i spent the last month in "sunny" Portugal. I use the "" because "sunny" Portugal looked more like this

Ok it dident snow and it wasent 1931 but it was cold and wet for a good 2n1/2 to 3 weeks i was there. Lisboners said it was worse than december and most of them blaimed me for bringing the shitty weather.

There was some sunshine and some very nice days. This was my 4th trip to portugal and i have to say i did more in this month than i had in all previous trips to date. I did all of the folowing:Thats me on the left, no wait im taking the picture thats someone from Benfica the loosing team in the benfica acadimia footbal match we went to see.

We had some pritty great seats and it was a riviting football match resuting in a crushing 0-1 loss but it was a great time..... One draw back to European football they only served Zero Alcohol Beer............... I had no idea sports could be enjoyed without a cold frothy one. Even without suds it was a great time.

Next was the tile museum

and as i love the many tiles around lisbon this was great. All sorts of cool stuff some suprisngly lifelike images of beautifull wimen
the tile museum is located in an old church so there was some kik ass religous stuff like this ancient skull and crossbones

Yea then there was this cool fountain i bought you know add a little bling bling to the front yard

I spent alot of time chilling in the same park reading books and drinkin beers hear is the view

I met a supper shaddy candian dude who was hangin out in lisbon waiting on an inheritance who cut his hand open breaking a window to steal the booze inside that was unforunatly booby traped

Then there was the beach

Beautiful beach eh

Man the next atraction we went to was a bit much

I have hread claims jesus was black dude but as you can see his ass is flat as a pancake open and shut case of beaing a white guy. So yea bit much this monument but the view from his feet(i kinda thought we would get to look out his eyes dont ask me why)
was very impresive. Its a lovely city.

Now im not to well versed in miracles but i dont recal anything about Jesus Lactating so im now sere what is going on hear

If anyone reading this(is anyone reading this) is thingking of visiting lisbon i would sudgest going to see this but dont waste the 4 euros taking the elivator to to top. Hear is the view if you dont go up, the cute girl was my lisbon tour guide and reason for going there in the first place

I did a bunch of other stuff but i am still a junior on the camera and dident snap too much. Saw a bunch of great films, went to spain to an amusment park and ... i dont know read some books went all around the city and did my best of doing what i went there to do.

So im back in florida have already got back into the retired life of up at 8 and to bed by 11. This was a huge update and i hope mildly entertaining. More to come

A blog

2009-04-15T15:53:00.001-07:00

Oh yea a blog
yea i got one of those

a douch tale

2009-04-08T12:51:00.001-07:00

As no one seems to have any stories of me beaing a douch(i find this verrrrry hard to belive) im going to have to bring up some clasic douch gold.(i supose its more likly no on reads this, thats probs for the best) So yea a douch tale with love going to my cousin dave. When i was much younger i would spend enormous amounts of time chilling with my too rad cousins dan and dave they rocked. we wouldget up to all sorts of mistchif, tom foolery, and shenanagins, i would genrelay sweat threw it all. im sweater that shit is fact, i sweat watching people eat for god sakes. So yea tom foolery working up a sweat we would oftean end up back and dan and daves and i felt the need to be a bit... fresher. So i would take liberties with daves old spice deoderant. and for god knows what reason when i was done i would leave a few pewbes on the deoderant for him. deuch move thats a fact. well im older now still love my cousin still get up to shinanagins still sweat i do now own my own old spice and if i do use dave i only leave a few chest hairs fact.nahhh
i was going to trow in a funny pic of some pubes in the text but all i could find was this so yea be wear
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/152/372345218_eb8494f643.jpg

Douchuverse

2009-04-06T03:35:00.000-07:00

Hey you will notice for the rest of the month this will be refered to as the douchuverse. This is because I was booked to go to central america with my old buddy old pal max but changed to go to portugal at the last minute...... A douch move so yea douchuverse
So yea douch month. If anyone wants to let me know when i did something a bit douchy please leave a coment it could help you know even an old douch can learn new tricks....Please dont write anything i dont want my mom to read...
I tried to upload some pics of other famous douches but im working o a computer the size of a big mac so expect more to come in douchmonth....

Time between failed trip and next trip

2009-03-26T06:57:00.000-07:00

So yea i have been florida lifeing it up again...And i tell you these retirees can party. I hid out in the spare room on ladies night crying under my sheets as the ladys partyed till the wee hours of 10pm. Not so exciting but yesterday was a zinger. Another day out on the boat this was suposed to be a ladys day but me and Denis taged along for the fun. We were all suprised by our first visitor who nearly bumped the boat

then swam and played around us

We also saw this guy

and he made me think we should change the expression "ive got a turtle peeking out" to "ive got an eguana peeking out" So you could be all "get me to a washroom ive got and eguana peeking out".

The day caried on with sunning and beers things got a bit wild on the boatThen out to dinner.... more drinksBut as me and my mom are new to this Florida life and cant seem to keep up with the veterns down hear are day ened soon after with a bit of....

sleepy time. But dont worry we woke up to watch The Wheel and Jepordy then went to bed.

Alright next update will reveal where i am headed this sunday.......... ill give you a clue its in this picture

The Truth

2009-03-26T06:39:00.000-07:00

Alright bloguverse readers its time you all know. On day 3 of the trip my knee gave out. I have been sheltering you from this unfortunante truth as i know some of you have nothing more to lookforward to than these posts. On day 3 after about 30 miles of riding my knee bent backwards and was rendered inoperative for any cycling. I rode the city bus back to the closest city were i could catch a greyhound back to hear. I missed the last greyhound that day would would need to hobo another night(i found a sweet spot inside a bush in a park but again spooky noises). As i wandered the city amelessly pushing my bike a small bearded man wearing mutiple hats biking on the side walk rode next to me and said"ross thats a nice bike". Well as i felt very defeted and had intended to leave the stupid bike in a gutter i said"you like it you wana buy it". We worked out the intracasies of the deal he metioned he hadent showered in a while gave me 20 bucks and refused to let me take his picture but he looked somethin like a cross between these dudes

only wearin a big white hat over a big straw hat.

So have been back a few days ice for knee relax bit a golf i do have a new plan but its a suprise for a few more posts from now pritty much i have a funny pic i want to put up first so yea it comes soon.

Nuts of the road

2009-03-23T08:18:00.000-07:00

You encounter several kinds of nuts while riding a bike a great distance. The 2 nuts i was quickly introduced to were swamp nuts

,caused by long rides in hot temperatures with not so breathable shorts on. This is not pleasent but is nothing in comparison to numb nutsIm sere my terible bike eat was responsible for this. Both nut problems are quickly cured by standing up on the peadles for a bit and vigourously shaking my lower half. I think a better seat and a better pair of shorts like these would have helped.An impreseive get up and flatering to the pakage espesialy as there isent even a pakage there to flater but i wouldent be caught dead in these more than 3 miles from Lepzig.

Mehh where was i

2009-03-23T08:09:00.000-07:00

Yea so post lunch next to turd

I continued on my way. By the time the sun was setting i had biked 80miles(137km)and i had found my self a secluded spot in a park to hobo down for the night. I feisted on vanila yogurt and grany smith apple's and tuked myself into my hot pink sleepingbag. A ruff first nights sleep with spooky noises(thats the spooky-est font i could find), bug bites and a sweat like you wouldent belive.

I woke up at the crack of dawn to hit the rode again bit sore from the sleep and the day befor but in high spirits.

Yea so ahhhhhhh

2009-03-19T23:11:00.000-07:00

I bought the hat on day 2 but i love it i had to add the strap so it wouldent blow off in the wind

Alright well ill start from the start always a good place to...start.

DAY 1

As any one who knows me know i have an amazing sence of directions wich is why it is so puzeling that when i got to the end of my moms driveway the first posible place to make a desions on direction(unless i had biked into the back wall) I managed to take the wrong turn leading me into the labryinth that is this naeighbourhood and eventual spitting me out at the exact oposit side of this massive complex, not a great start as it aded like 3 km to my day. But i would not let this crush my sprits i mean realy whats 3km added to 2400 ill walk furthere into the woods to take a leak over the next what ever days.

So smoth riding for the first few hours then for the first time in 20something ears of riding a bike i got a puncture, but like a good boy scout im prepared extra tube(wrong size but i squezzed the 27inch tube on the 26inch rim) and all the tools i need... nope not realy have the wrench to remove front tire but back is a diferent size shit. Well still high spirits and all that crap went to the closest gasstation kindly old lady has one in her truck im back on the road. Its a short day as i have freinds in they keys i can stay with only 50somethingKM.

DAY 2

Head north anlong the keys into a vishious head wind and for the first time in several months they are perdicting rain. So i strugle along at a snails pace fighting a head wind and having to push this heavy bike up all the bridges as my single gear and total wieght make anything greater than a slight inclin imposible to ride up. But its fun and its an interesting area good scenery yaada. Bam second puncture fix... Oh i forgot the freinds i had stayed with the night befor one of them had been kind enof(quite the eagre beaver) to go into microsoft maps and pritn me off a detailed map of the entire trip with recomendations of amazing route staying very close to shroe and seeing all these neat islands much better than my few scribled notes of what highway numbers i would stay near. His route took me to thisFloridas longest and highest bridge the sun shine or some stupid name. I had originaly sceen it on the map and figured i could not cross its an expressway bla bla. But if Barry included it it can be done. So i rode to the toll both and had my dolar redy for the lady in the booth she took one look and said "No Bikes". I protested i have sceen no signs that say no bike.... she got on a phone told me to ride up to the rest area and talk to the cop there. I rode past her and a few Km later the exit for the rest area aproched on my right and i thought i realy dont need a rest ill ride on. So i rode and its nother few Km i start to see no walking signs and i figure im not walking no problem, altho i had been having trouble with a gentle inclin on this bike and this bridge is so steep it give my mom the hebegebees to drive it ill just ride up and say oops dident think i would be walking. Well i got to the very start of the incline and this after more than 1okm without a sign is were they decide the no bikes sign should be. Im not one for braking laws especialy in the land of gun toting crazzys. So im at a loss i cant ride bake to the other highway it will add over 100km and well i would just feel defeted. So i shot my thumb out and smiled. This had little to no effect on the cars flying by at 120km/h i did get a few honks and smiles and the police on the other side of the rode. Well im not one to wait around on Jonny law so i need a plan.

This is what i came up with

I rode back to the rest area and asked a few pickup driven folk if i could toss my stead in the back of there truck. First 2 were not keen but lucky number three said it would be no problem but his truck was full and i would need to ride in the back. Sounds great to me. So hear i am 120km/h over this massive bride in the bed of a truck.

After this eventfull moment realy felling like im on my way i decided to stop for lunck at this senic spot i eat sitting in a mangrove tree that sat over the watter a few feetI thought i had found such a beautifull lcation to celebrate. As i finished my lunch i looked over and discovered someone eles had thought this was a beautifull location as well but lunch had not been there activity i had just dined several feet from what someone thought was a great location for a toilet.

Ok there is more but its 3am and i should sleep ill post more soon

One more thing

2009-03-16T03:53:00.000-07:00

Oh it was brought to my attention that i might be crossing a line by chosing to travel the way i will be. See right now im sonething like this

But as i will be living out of 2 brife cases sleepin on the side of the road and am thingking of fishin off of bridges and peirs and have entertained the thought of snaring some small game along the way i might be crosing a fine line and becoming something more like thisor this with a grim future as the spokes person for a product like this

I guess will just have to wait and see. Hobo that dont sound to bad.

Jitters

2009-03-16T03:37:00.000-07:00

Well Its 6:38 am and i have been up since 4am, woke up to take one of thoses smelly aspargus pees and havent been able to sleep since. I did a pre trip check of all my stuff, that looked something like this

It all still fits altho i did some poor planing when i left as it was -10000 and i was wearing all my warm clothes so my stuff fit nicly. It is now +27 all day every day(not to make any one up norht jelous...well mabey a little bit) and i dont think ill be neading the same stuff. But i did want to bring a hoodie and jeans both wouldent fit and as i dont fell like a man if i dont have my wearin jeans I made the sacrafice and am leaving the hoodie behind might regret this later if i am frezin my ass of on beach one night but mah.

So have usual pre trip jitters feels like i have this guy bootin around in my stomack but im sere that will disapear with the miles.

every one

2009-03-14T20:03:00.001-07:00

yea i just tried to email literaly everyone whos email i have but hotmail said "i have reached my limit of email for 24 hours" that sucks i "know" more people than hotmail will even let me mail i realy never knew i was that "cooL"

first shost

2009-03-14T09:12:00.000-07:00

I wanted to get some action shots of me riding to start the site off with
well i gave my mom the camera and hears how it turned out.

but we got it done its the picture at the top

hear what she looks like with no gear

and all loaded up

And thats everything im bringing. A pair of matching red leather breifcases with all my clothes and stuff and a 10L backpack. Also that sweet pink sleeping bag(it was the only one at the goodwill, well not only 1 but best/cheepest) i also have a matching pink camer(Sony Cyber-shot w1200 it was a crazzy good deal but they only had the pink fucker). My mom thinks ill be labled as "a gay" but what ever.

Im going to take some pics of all the shit im taking im sere everyone(no one realy as i havent told anyone about this yet) will be entrawled with my 5 pairs of undies and socks but fuck its my blog and ill do what i want to.

The Deal

2009-03-14T08:22:00.001-07:00

Alright so im in south florida and im tryin to bike to mexico
this is pritty much what im lookin at

View Larger Map

Now Google has informed that that this is 1515miles and thats 2438km
As i have no idea how fast i can ride that rikity old girls bike im gona guess this is over a months ride. I pulled a number out of my ass that i could ride 100km a day. Ill have a better idea when i actualy ride the bike as to this point i have only taken her around the block a few times.
But she feels like a runner and for a guy that lives like i do im in fine riding shape.