Reno Nevada is our next stop and while in Tahoe we saw a commercial, buy one get one free nights at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, so we booked it. Drive up after a 3.5 hour drive and the place is huge. Check in then, see the huge room with 2 giant beds and one real small tv but we smoke and watch some pre-season football anyway. Then i see in the local paper that there is a huge tomato throwing fight for cancer right downtown. We go down and we are an hour late, there are so many crushed tomato's in this park piled a few feet high. A few stragglers are still there throwing tomato's and people are all over covered in tomato juice and seeds. The festival is not over there are booths and bars set up all over the streets. Also there is live music with some white guys rapping on stage. We check out downtown Reno and eventually go back to the Grand Sierra. Starving we go to find some food and see a huge line at this buffet so it must be good. We decide to wait till the line goes down some and walk around the hotel. This place is amazing they have so much stuff to do like a bowling alley, movie theater, driving range, laser tag, a big pool, arcade, and of course a huge casino. We go back to the buffet around 8 and still don't get in until 9, which is a problem because they close at 10 and we want to put a dent in the buffet but we sit down anyway. Eleven they were still seating people so i guess i had nothing to worry about. It was good but nothing compared to the one in vegas great food and service. After that we were planning on getting in on this poker tournament but we missed the deadline so not wanting to lose a lot we sit down at the penny slots and ended up staying all night because the coctail server kept coming over to us every ten minutes. I used a 10 dollar bill in the machine and i think i drank 12 free coronas. We met some people that kept talking about burning man a festival going on right then in the desert. We thought about going until we looked online and saw the tickets were 300 for camping with no facilities.
Next day i slept in then checked out the hotel a little more. Then we went to the driving range, which is on the water so if you make your ball on one of the islands you win a prize. The furthest ones are prizes like a trip to Hawaii and the close ones are free dinner. I actually hit the free dinner one but it didn't stay on. Get some dinner then Jorge signs up for that nights poker tournament, i was not feeling lucky so i went and worked out instead. After i showered i went back out to the casino floor and he was still playing so i hit up the blackjack table. I put down 100 on the dollar blackjack and was up 40 bucks when it changed to 5 dollar minimum at midnight. I should have quit then but i ended up losing all but 25 dollars. So i took a break to blaze in the room. After some chilling i decide to go back out with the last 25 dollar chip. I sit down and meet these aussie guys from Melbourne who are going to burning man and they could not believe i was in the area and not going. I ask them why is it so expensive and they could not give a real reason but they say it's worth it. I ended up losing it and vow not to gamble anymore the rest of the trip.
Next day i call the front dest and get my normal late check out. Then it's off to Denver through Wyoming what a boring drive.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Beautiful Lake Tahoe
Well we spent a lot of money the last month in California, so for one night we are going to ruff it and sleep in the car. In that case there is no real hurry to leave San Fran, so we check out and sneak back in the hostel. I successfully went first and made some breakfast. By the time i saw jorge again was in the theater room and he was not so successful. He said he left his hat upstairs, they made him to leave his license and to come right back. He didn't and I fell asleep until this employee came in looking for Jorge. So I went and talked to the chic at the front desk gave her both ID's and she let us hang out as long as we needed. Around 4 we decide to make some moves and pick up the truck. Then we hit the road heading east for the first time, our slow trip home has started. We smoke and drive a little then get some food. A little more driving through nowhere Cali and we see a city in the distance. We finally get up to it and see that it's sacremento surrounded by vast nothing. A small two and half our drive and we get to Lake Tahoe. Since Tahoe is on the boarder of Cali and Nevada of course there are casinos on the nevada side. So we end up at Harra's watching some pre-season football. Ahh it's so good to have football back. Jorge got real sick from the temps in san fran so after the game he went to the truck and passed out. So i got some food and then went to the bar. I put 20 in the video poker, gambled slow and drank real fast. I met a chic named Roxy, she seemed cool. After a few more drinks we went to the truck to smoke where she told us she is an escort. I then made sure she knew it wasn't a business transaction and we went back in to drink some more. After i had enough alcohol to the point i thought i could pass out in the car and Roxy found what she was looking for, a rich business guy. We drove back to the Cali side for fear of DUI while sleeping on the nevada side and found a hotel parking lot to park in for the night. I woke up once at like 6am to maintenance people around the truck so moved the car and passed back out.
At about noon i went to the hotel we did book for the next two nights and checked in. Not sleeping much the night the night before i went back to sleep. We woke up worked out, ate, and showered. That was about enough activity for jorge so i went a drive around the lake. Which is beautiful, a bright blue lake surrounded by mountains. After a 1/4 of the lake i had to turn around because it is getting dark. I go back and smoke some relax and go to bed.
So next day i decide we have to do something so i was thinking volleyball. We go outside and it's freezing, one of the coldest days in tahoe, of course. So we want to go see a beach at least and King's beach is on the top part of the lake. South Lake Tahoe is where we are staying so i drive up the Nevada side get some good pics. It is an all mountain road at one point the drop off is on both sides staight down, kind of freaky. When we get to the beach it is so windy sand is blowing everywhere and it's like 45 degrees. So i guess volleyball is out and so are we. I head back the california way to the hotel. So after some chilling we decide to go to the casinos because there is a UFC fight and we know Harra's will have it on. We watch the first few at some bad casino seats then i find this cobo wabo bar in the tunnel from from Harra's to Harvey's where we watch the main event with bj penn and edgar. I try to buy Jorge a drink and he declines so i knew he was really sick. After the fight i play a little slots and stay away from the black jack! Back to the super 8 for our last night in Tahoe. I like Tahoe but i feel like we were just there at a bad time with the cold and no snow. If i could go back to Lake Tahoe for some snowboarding i would be all about it but summer is not a great time to visit this beautiful boarder town.
At about noon i went to the hotel we did book for the next two nights and checked in. Not sleeping much the night the night before i went back to sleep. We woke up worked out, ate, and showered. That was about enough activity for jorge so i went a drive around the lake. Which is beautiful, a bright blue lake surrounded by mountains. After a 1/4 of the lake i had to turn around because it is getting dark. I go back and smoke some relax and go to bed.
So next day i decide we have to do something so i was thinking volleyball. We go outside and it's freezing, one of the coldest days in tahoe, of course. So we want to go see a beach at least and King's beach is on the top part of the lake. South Lake Tahoe is where we are staying so i drive up the Nevada side get some good pics. It is an all mountain road at one point the drop off is on both sides staight down, kind of freaky. When we get to the beach it is so windy sand is blowing everywhere and it's like 45 degrees. So i guess volleyball is out and so are we. I head back the california way to the hotel. So after some chilling we decide to go to the casinos because there is a UFC fight and we know Harra's will have it on. We watch the first few at some bad casino seats then i find this cobo wabo bar in the tunnel from from Harra's to Harvey's where we watch the main event with bj penn and edgar. I try to buy Jorge a drink and he declines so i knew he was really sick. After the fight i play a little slots and stay away from the black jack! Back to the super 8 for our last night in Tahoe. I like Tahoe but i feel like we were just there at a bad time with the cold and no snow. If i could go back to Lake Tahoe for some snowboarding i would be all about it but summer is not a great time to visit this beautiful boarder town.
Monday, September 6, 2010
San Fran!!!
We wake up an hour after check out and scramble to grab our gear. Then we drive through Oakland and over the bay bridge then we see the golden gate bridge very clearly. Which is important, remember that for later. So we get to the HI (hosteling international) downtown san francisco and check in. I am a member of YHA hostels and have stayed at them in Australia which is affiliated with HI. So the hottie from Minnesota at the front desk gave me a discount. We leave our bags since we have to park the car about two blocks away. We pull in and it is 20 bucks a night, makes staying at a hostel not so cheap. We walk back and go to the room where meet george a japanese guy who lives in Vancouver. Then Jorge gets a little lost and when he gets back wants nothing to do with p90x but finally decides to man up. After the workout we eat and get ready to go party it up in San Fran. We ask around and are told Polk st. has a bunch of bars so that is where we head. The first bar we go into is dead we pound one (captain for me) and leave. Then we go to a bar that is a little less of a dive meet the hottest girl in california, take some shots drink a bunch. Then we ended up at some goth bar on the corner grab a drink and see that there is live music upstairs. I forgot to mention that it was 95 degrees outside which is very hot for san fran. So when we get upstairs it is so hot i instantly start sweating and, you know what, it was just not our seen anyway. I think after that we hit up one more bar before closing then we walked around a little. Right before 2am we grab 22 from the liquor store. Keep walking until Jorge walks into a "massage parlor" you know his back has been hurting. So i go inside and sit down the owner wants me to take this girl but i just wanted to smoke and drink. So i said no i'm good he told me to get the fuck out. So i left and stood on the corner by the liquor store and hit the one hitter. Then this black guy about my age comes up and asks me for a dollar, i tell him i have no money but he can hit the weed. So we smoke a little and there are a bunch of late night drinkers and bums on this corner by this time and i am wasted so i could careless. I meet this guys sister when finally Jorge comes back and we start walking. When this same guy i smoked with again asks me for a dollar, i yell back no money. So he hits me in the leg with his cane. I get in his bum face and tell him to fuck off i just smoked with him. Right before bust him in the face this other street guy comes over and gets his boy. Man i have not been that pissed the whole trip. After that we smoke on the way back to HI and call it a night.
I wake up pretty hungover to all this yelling outside like a chant. So i look outside pissed and there is strike going on at the Hilton across the street, unbelievable. Jorge is already gone, i find him in the kitchen but i have no groceries so i go to the jack in the box downstairs. After that i walk around downtown a little then i see my favorite receptionist is back so i ask her about this 49 mile driving tour of san fran that khaiman told me about. She gives me a map i get jorge and we get the truck. We decide we are not going to hit all 49 but definitely the major ones and honestly i don't remember all of the ones we saw. The driving tour is great for a hangover no hiking and smoking the whole time. City Hall was real impressive and the library across the street is where we packed the first bowl. Then the gates of china town which we drove through. Then a tower, forgot the name. A left turn, hard to do in san fran, and we are at another point Lombard street. The road is so straight down that it has to have switchbacks in it. After that we go to the best stop fisherman's warf which has like 11 points of the tour right there. First we wanted to see Alcatraz, so we head down pier 39 and before we get to the end we see a huge amount of sea lions on this dock. There where so many we get some picks and one swims right by us, sure don't see that on the east coast. We go to the end where you can see alcatraz and it is a crazy rock, i can't believe they built anything on it let alone a prison. One thing i didn't know, i thought it was further away from shore. I think someone really desperate could swim that but it is the freezing pacific ocean. We watch a little street dancing. Then we start to drive to the golden gate bridge. As we are driving we notice it getting foggy very quickly. We get to the golden gate park and the wind is kicking the fog is rolling in. We get out and you can't even see the bridge only a little red painted steel. We actually go walk on it thinking we could see better but i could barely see 5 feet in front of me. So we get out of the freezing wind as the sun is going down. It is amazing how fast the temperature drops out here. It went from shorts weather to coat weather in less then an hour. We get some food from the safeway the grocery store and jorge decides to make fajitas. The HI is real nice brand new modern kitchens almost looks like a restaurant kitchen. We get some good food finally then go to the movie theater, yes a hostel with a movie theater. Chill in there until this girl comes to lock it up and kicks us out. I try to make small talk with her and she ignored me. Jorge says i don't think she likes you much i say maybe she doesn't like you. When he informs i pissed her off being a smart ass last night when she was at the front desk and i don't remember any of this but i do believe it. Roll one up and walk to this city park near our place. Sit out there and smoke for a while. Then off to bed since we have to check out at 10am. Sux we have to leave so early and only two days in san fran but i feel like we did a lot with our time. Here people don't judge and good thing because there are some crazy californian's in the most liberal city in the U.S.
I wake up pretty hungover to all this yelling outside like a chant. So i look outside pissed and there is strike going on at the Hilton across the street, unbelievable. Jorge is already gone, i find him in the kitchen but i have no groceries so i go to the jack in the box downstairs. After that i walk around downtown a little then i see my favorite receptionist is back so i ask her about this 49 mile driving tour of san fran that khaiman told me about. She gives me a map i get jorge and we get the truck. We decide we are not going to hit all 49 but definitely the major ones and honestly i don't remember all of the ones we saw. The driving tour is great for a hangover no hiking and smoking the whole time. City Hall was real impressive and the library across the street is where we packed the first bowl. Then the gates of china town which we drove through. Then a tower, forgot the name. A left turn, hard to do in san fran, and we are at another point Lombard street. The road is so straight down that it has to have switchbacks in it. After that we go to the best stop fisherman's warf which has like 11 points of the tour right there. First we wanted to see Alcatraz, so we head down pier 39 and before we get to the end we see a huge amount of sea lions on this dock. There where so many we get some picks and one swims right by us, sure don't see that on the east coast. We go to the end where you can see alcatraz and it is a crazy rock, i can't believe they built anything on it let alone a prison. One thing i didn't know, i thought it was further away from shore. I think someone really desperate could swim that but it is the freezing pacific ocean. We watch a little street dancing. Then we start to drive to the golden gate bridge. As we are driving we notice it getting foggy very quickly. We get to the golden gate park and the wind is kicking the fog is rolling in. We get out and you can't even see the bridge only a little red painted steel. We actually go walk on it thinking we could see better but i could barely see 5 feet in front of me. So we get out of the freezing wind as the sun is going down. It is amazing how fast the temperature drops out here. It went from shorts weather to coat weather in less then an hour. We get some food from the safeway the grocery store and jorge decides to make fajitas. The HI is real nice brand new modern kitchens almost looks like a restaurant kitchen. We get some good food finally then go to the movie theater, yes a hostel with a movie theater. Chill in there until this girl comes to lock it up and kicks us out. I try to make small talk with her and she ignored me. Jorge says i don't think she likes you much i say maybe she doesn't like you. When he informs i pissed her off being a smart ass last night when she was at the front desk and i don't remember any of this but i do believe it. Roll one up and walk to this city park near our place. Sit out there and smoke for a while. Then off to bed since we have to check out at 10am. Sux we have to leave so early and only two days in san fran but i feel like we did a lot with our time. Here people don't judge and good thing because there are some crazy californian's in the most liberal city in the U.S.
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Rock The Bell's
So after a long time in wine country, with a great place to stay it is time to move on. The next big thing on our list is the Rock the Bells concert. So we drive through Oakland to Pallo Alto where we rented a hotel room. We got there a little late but still got a good workout in. Then we get some rest for the concert tomorrow.
We wake up early-ish and get some food on the way to the Shoreline Amphitheater. The plan was to be at at the second stage by 2pm for Clipse but with the parking and eating we didn't get in until 4. So we head straight to the main stage and DJ Premier was on. We find a good spot high up on the hill in the lawn seats. Now we prepared for this concert while at Khaiman's and Gabbie's by pre-rolling 8 joints (snoop can't be the only one smoking.) So after finding a seat we light one up. We wore pants because it gets real cold at night but still it is very hot during the day so sitting in the sun in between sets i took a nap. Then KRS-ONE went on and i was not very impressed but very stoned. Next was Rakim and at this point i was getting very thirsty so Jorge and i played rock paper for who had to go get the first round and i won. It took him like a half hour and he gets back with one beer. They told him he had to have two ID's for two beers. So i went through the crowd of blankets and people to get my 10 dollar beer. After i got it i stood there a moment and drank a little, looked over the crowd and there was a huge cloud of bud smoke just hovering above the crowd's head. That is when i knew this was going to be a good night. Next up was Lauryn Hill and she is not very good live. Next up was Tribe Called Quest and i was so high at this point but still not very impressed except they had a special guest appearance by Busta Rhymes and he killed it. The sun was starting to go down which was great because i was getting burned. Also the crowd was really starting to fill up no more spots left to sit. So we let these two indian chics sit kind of in our space but they were smoking some medical mj and they let me taste it. Next finally something i was looking forward to, Wu-Tang Clan all the original members with Boy Jones ODB's first born son. Out of all of them red man was on his game he also killed it so we smoked one to him. Now it is 11:30 pm and we have been sitting on this lawn all day for snoop dog. He comes out and announces that he will be performing Doggystyle in it entirety. Which so bad ass since i don't really know his new stuff but i know that CD. In a addition to that good news he has Warren G, Kurupt, and the dog pound with him. We each lit up our own J's right as snoop dog and the thousands of other people there did. I could not sit up on the hill anymore so we got as close to the stage as possible and i could actually see him blazing. Jorge found these two real hotties wearing barely anything and we smoked with them right as warren g performed regulators with out Nate Dogg for one of the first times. After all the classics he did end up performing some new stuff, then about 1 am we start to head out. A long day of music and smoking will make you very tired. Check out the next day for San Fransico!
We wake up early-ish and get some food on the way to the Shoreline Amphitheater. The plan was to be at at the second stage by 2pm for Clipse but with the parking and eating we didn't get in until 4. So we head straight to the main stage and DJ Premier was on. We find a good spot high up on the hill in the lawn seats. Now we prepared for this concert while at Khaiman's and Gabbie's by pre-rolling 8 joints (snoop can't be the only one smoking.) So after finding a seat we light one up. We wore pants because it gets real cold at night but still it is very hot during the day so sitting in the sun in between sets i took a nap. Then KRS-ONE went on and i was not very impressed but very stoned. Next was Rakim and at this point i was getting very thirsty so Jorge and i played rock paper for who had to go get the first round and i won. It took him like a half hour and he gets back with one beer. They told him he had to have two ID's for two beers. So i went through the crowd of blankets and people to get my 10 dollar beer. After i got it i stood there a moment and drank a little, looked over the crowd and there was a huge cloud of bud smoke just hovering above the crowd's head. That is when i knew this was going to be a good night. Next up was Lauryn Hill and she is not very good live. Next up was Tribe Called Quest and i was so high at this point but still not very impressed except they had a special guest appearance by Busta Rhymes and he killed it. The sun was starting to go down which was great because i was getting burned. Also the crowd was really starting to fill up no more spots left to sit. So we let these two indian chics sit kind of in our space but they were smoking some medical mj and they let me taste it. Next finally something i was looking forward to, Wu-Tang Clan all the original members with Boy Jones ODB's first born son. Out of all of them red man was on his game he also killed it so we smoked one to him. Now it is 11:30 pm and we have been sitting on this lawn all day for snoop dog. He comes out and announces that he will be performing Doggystyle in it entirety. Which so bad ass since i don't really know his new stuff but i know that CD. In a addition to that good news he has Warren G, Kurupt, and the dog pound with him. We each lit up our own J's right as snoop dog and the thousands of other people there did. I could not sit up on the hill anymore so we got as close to the stage as possible and i could actually see him blazing. Jorge found these two real hotties wearing barely anything and we smoked with them right as warren g performed regulators with out Nate Dogg for one of the first times. After all the classics he did end up performing some new stuff, then about 1 am we start to head out. A long day of music and smoking will make you very tired. Check out the next day for San Fransico!
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