Jorge's favorite aunt lives in Vandalia, IL like an hour east of St. Louis. I am about over the family reunion but he insists we stay for one night. So we get to this small mid-western town and pick up his hot 16 year old cousin from high school and go to their house. Nobody is home so we give her a ride to work where i meet angel, her older brother works there as well. It's a pizza/pasta place so we decide to come back and eat there later along with another younger cousin. So with nothing to do and nobody home we go find a basketball court and start a game of 21. This meth-head looking guy asked to join in so we let him and i really think he was on meth, he was running around so fast. So after he won it was so hot we could only play one game. We go back to the house and his aunt is home from work i take a shower and let them catch up. Then we take the 7 year old up to the pizza place and get some food. It was pretty good and we got some leftovers for later. The mom goes to bed early and we haven't smoked all day so we go to wal-mart to get a redbox and blaze on the way. When we get back angel is about to go to friends house and invites us to ride with. Now this kid seems like a good kid so jorge doesn't want to ask him if he smokes but right when we get to the friends they are rolling blunts from some home grown shit. We smoke out in their garage and chill out. Then back to the spot we watch our movie and i get to sleep on the couch.
Next day we pack up, eat some leftovers, say our goodbyes and head out to Chicago!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
East Saint Louis, IL
Right across the Mississippi river is east saint louis where jorge has more family. So head over to his aunts house, where he has 4 girl cousins. She invited us to stay the night, said yes. Then we went to see his uncle who is more our age. The two older cousins came with us. We chilled with his wife and daughter, a 7 year old cousin jorge has never met. When he got home from work the corona's came out and then of course the tequila. The oldest cousin who was 19 started drinking with them and ended up getting wasted with a little cousin pressure from Jorge. Then a round midnight their dad is banging on the door. He comes in yelling at the girls. Then he starts in on the wife and says someday when you have kids you will understand, his dumbass didn't even know they had a kid. So we go back to jorges aunts chill a little and hit the couch. Next day we go up to the mall where the oldest cousin, Jenifer works got some food and talked about how her parents are way to overprotective. Then we went over to the ghetto where the younger uncle works at top metal. We drank some beers there found a little dime midwest dirt weed. Then went over to some other family of his started really drinking some coronas while playing the washer game. It is kinda like hourse shoes but u play with a washer and a box. This house had a cross eyed pit bull and a garden with some nice nugs, turns out we didn't need that dime. Smoked and drank all night then crashed at the younger uncles house. Next day we hit the road again. Good stop jorge saw more family then he has seen in 10 years and i was immersed into mexican american culture, wish i knew spanish!
Thursday, February 10, 2011
St. Louis
So after experiencing the wonderful western U.S. it is time to head back east. We wake up real early and leave Lee's house in Colorado Springs. I took the first shift just so we could wake and bake. I took us out of Colorado and into the most boring state to drive through, Kansas. I quickly gave the controls back to jorge before i fell asleep. Kansas is nothing but flat fields, i was hoping for a tornado just to break up the boredom. Near to the end of kansas i drove the third shift that took us past kansas city and through Missouri. Around 1am jorge's cousin, that we were staying with, was calling him talking about how they are drinking and waiting for us. So i step on it and we finally get there around 3am. Juan and Alex are waiting for us outside of Juan's fiancée parents house, where we are staying part of the time. Downstairs juan and his girl basically have their own apartment, where they are playing this drinking game called Bizz on a beer pong table. You throw your dice and try and get your opponent to drink their whole beer by getting the right numbers. To be honest i never really understood it i just drank and threw dice. After some beer drinking, of course the tequila comes out.
Next day we grab some food then go downtown to Alex's house where jorge's aunt lives and some more cousins. By the way all of jorge's family that lives in the U.S. lives around st. louis except his parents. He has so many cousins around here that he doesn't even know them all, that's crazy to me. So we go to his aunt's where he has 4 cousins and the youngest one he never met so that was cool. This is where we planned on staying part of the time but they really didn't have the room. Then Juan gave us a little driving tour of downtown. I saw the Mississippi River for the first time and the arch. That night we went to the restaurant that Alex works downtown. I got a nice steak and we made plans to go to Morgan St. which has a nice strip of bars. We finish up dinner got a nice discount and head to the first bar. Stay there for a few drinks then we head down the street hitting up a few of the bars that didn't have a cover. As we were walking i saw the fake field goal Michigan st. did to notre dam to win the game. We ended up at this club with different dance rooms but you go outside to go to a new room it was pretty cool. We did some shots and the drivers wanted to leave so we left around 1 and went back to the house for some more beers. It was a great night i'm glad i partied downtown st. louis and that jorge's cousins are so cool to show us around.
The next day is Sunday and the eagles happen to be playing the lions. So we get up all hungover and tell juan and his girl that we are going to find a place that has the game on and they decide to come with us. So we try this one wanna be hooters bar but they didn't have it on. So Juan took us to buffalo wild wings where they did have it. We got a table and some food and watched the game. Lions had a chance to win it but they are the Detroit lions so i lost the bet. We went back to the house and watched the rams in the late game.
We sleep in everyone is at school or work so we decide to do some sight seeing. We wake and bake on the way downtown to the riverfront. I park and we walk over to the arch take some pics then we go inside it. It costs 14 dollars to go up to the top of arch so we got our tickets. We wait outside these little doors, they open and 5 people got out of this little enclosed carousel looking pod. Jorge and i get in and it's real tight but two more people squeezed in and eventually we start going up. I never thought i was claustrophobic until a ride into the arch. Once the doors opened we were in the top center part of the arch if you look at a pic you can see these little windows and from those windows is an amazing view of the city. You can see right into the cardinals baseball stadium, the Mississippi river, and Illinois. So we get back into the pod and 3 frenchies get in with us so we are really packed in there. Then the ride stops and we were stuck for what felt like forever. After getting back on the ground we checked out the western expansion museum under the arch. Then back to the truck which had it's 4th parking ticket on it. Then we drove up to the st. louis blues stadium and the rams stadium for some pics, we did our own driving and smoking tour which we have learned is the best way to see a city.
Next day is one of our last on the nice side of st. louis and we are finally going to the Anheuser Busch Brewery. We wait for the tour to start in the budwiser museum. They have some cool shit in there like these drinks they made during prohibition to stay open and all kinds of other products they have made over the years. First the guide explains the brewing process then he shows us the brewing process. The size of these mash tanks are ridiculous. After a tour of the process all the way to the bottling, we got to see the Clydesdale horses. Then we went to the brewery bar and got a beer tasting. I really liked this pumpkin ale it was delicious but the bud i had from that place was the freshest budwiser i have ever tasted. After the tour, which was free by the way, we went to the gift shop and i got a t-shirt. We hung out watched a movie and jorge called relatives on the other side of the river to tell them we were coming through. Good people and good times in the lou.
Next day we grab some food then go downtown to Alex's house where jorge's aunt lives and some more cousins. By the way all of jorge's family that lives in the U.S. lives around st. louis except his parents. He has so many cousins around here that he doesn't even know them all, that's crazy to me. So we go to his aunt's where he has 4 cousins and the youngest one he never met so that was cool. This is where we planned on staying part of the time but they really didn't have the room. Then Juan gave us a little driving tour of downtown. I saw the Mississippi River for the first time and the arch. That night we went to the restaurant that Alex works downtown. I got a nice steak and we made plans to go to Morgan St. which has a nice strip of bars. We finish up dinner got a nice discount and head to the first bar. Stay there for a few drinks then we head down the street hitting up a few of the bars that didn't have a cover. As we were walking i saw the fake field goal Michigan st. did to notre dam to win the game. We ended up at this club with different dance rooms but you go outside to go to a new room it was pretty cool. We did some shots and the drivers wanted to leave so we left around 1 and went back to the house for some more beers. It was a great night i'm glad i partied downtown st. louis and that jorge's cousins are so cool to show us around.
The next day is Sunday and the eagles happen to be playing the lions. So we get up all hungover and tell juan and his girl that we are going to find a place that has the game on and they decide to come with us. So we try this one wanna be hooters bar but they didn't have it on. So Juan took us to buffalo wild wings where they did have it. We got a table and some food and watched the game. Lions had a chance to win it but they are the Detroit lions so i lost the bet. We went back to the house and watched the rams in the late game.
We sleep in everyone is at school or work so we decide to do some sight seeing. We wake and bake on the way downtown to the riverfront. I park and we walk over to the arch take some pics then we go inside it. It costs 14 dollars to go up to the top of arch so we got our tickets. We wait outside these little doors, they open and 5 people got out of this little enclosed carousel looking pod. Jorge and i get in and it's real tight but two more people squeezed in and eventually we start going up. I never thought i was claustrophobic until a ride into the arch. Once the doors opened we were in the top center part of the arch if you look at a pic you can see these little windows and from those windows is an amazing view of the city. You can see right into the cardinals baseball stadium, the Mississippi river, and Illinois. So we get back into the pod and 3 frenchies get in with us so we are really packed in there. Then the ride stops and we were stuck for what felt like forever. After getting back on the ground we checked out the western expansion museum under the arch. Then back to the truck which had it's 4th parking ticket on it. Then we drove up to the st. louis blues stadium and the rams stadium for some pics, we did our own driving and smoking tour which we have learned is the best way to see a city.
Next day is one of our last on the nice side of st. louis and we are finally going to the Anheuser Busch Brewery. We wait for the tour to start in the budwiser museum. They have some cool shit in there like these drinks they made during prohibition to stay open and all kinds of other products they have made over the years. First the guide explains the brewing process then he shows us the brewing process. The size of these mash tanks are ridiculous. After a tour of the process all the way to the bottling, we got to see the Clydesdale horses. Then we went to the brewery bar and got a beer tasting. I really liked this pumpkin ale it was delicious but the bud i had from that place was the freshest budwiser i have ever tasted. After the tour, which was free by the way, we went to the gift shop and i got a t-shirt. We hung out watched a movie and jorge called relatives on the other side of the river to tell them we were coming through. Good people and good times in the lou.
Sunday, January 16, 2011
White Water Rafting!
We have had a lot of fun exploring colorado it's a great state to visit but we wanted one last adventure before heading to the midwest, so we decide to go white water rafting! We found a half day trip on the Arkansas River through the Royal Gorge. The trip takes off in the small western town of Canyon City which is about 45 minutes from Colorado Springs where my friend Lee lives. So i call up Lee and tell him the plan asked if wanted to go but he had to work. So we drive from Boulder to Lee's house. The rafting is early the next day but we go out anyway. His roommate manages a bar so we get some free drinks. Then we go to this other bar where this band is playing and BBQ going on so we get some grub and beers. After some listening to the band and beers we go back to lee's and smoke a little.
Next day we wake up real early and drive the short distance to canyon city. I smoked on the way but Jorge was scared to smoke and hit the rapids. We get to Raft Masters the company we were going with, sign some waivers. They tell us to get our helmets and wet shoes. Jorge and i get matched up with this old couple and the best guide. The whole group gets on this buss they drive us up the mountain, past some prisons. The guides unloaded the rafts they give us some last minute instructions. The water is cold but refreshing. It was a level 3/4 rapids but the water level was down a little. The mountains were amazing, the view from the raft looking up at the royal gorge just surrounded by rock was awesome. There was a bridge all the way at the top and our guide told us last year he was coming down the river and found a guy that was parachuting and got cut in half on the bridge cables, CRAZY. Part of the way, there was an old railroad track right next to the water and the guide told us those tracks were older then the state of colorado. I can't imagine someone building that through the side of a mountain that long ago. On one set of rapids i almost pushed jorge out but no one fell out of our raft. There was a lady in a different raft that fell out. Jorge and i both jumped in at this one calm part to cool off. After about 4 hours our trip was done and we all got back on the buses to go to the raft masters office. Gave our equipment back looked at some pics they wanted us to buy for like 40 bucks, i bought a t shirt instead. Starving after our trip we went to the small downtown of canyon city and found this pizza place we ate, it had real shity service. Then we drove back to lee's he was just getting out of work. We played some video games and smoked all night then the next day we have one of the longest drives of the whole trip ahead of us, 14 hours to St. Louis!
Next day we wake up real early and drive the short distance to canyon city. I smoked on the way but Jorge was scared to smoke and hit the rapids. We get to Raft Masters the company we were going with, sign some waivers. They tell us to get our helmets and wet shoes. Jorge and i get matched up with this old couple and the best guide. The whole group gets on this buss they drive us up the mountain, past some prisons. The guides unloaded the rafts they give us some last minute instructions. The water is cold but refreshing. It was a level 3/4 rapids but the water level was down a little. The mountains were amazing, the view from the raft looking up at the royal gorge just surrounded by rock was awesome. There was a bridge all the way at the top and our guide told us last year he was coming down the river and found a guy that was parachuting and got cut in half on the bridge cables, CRAZY. Part of the way, there was an old railroad track right next to the water and the guide told us those tracks were older then the state of colorado. I can't imagine someone building that through the side of a mountain that long ago. On one set of rapids i almost pushed jorge out but no one fell out of our raft. There was a lady in a different raft that fell out. Jorge and i both jumped in at this one calm part to cool off. After about 4 hours our trip was done and we all got back on the buses to go to the raft masters office. Gave our equipment back looked at some pics they wanted us to buy for like 40 bucks, i bought a t shirt instead. Starving after our trip we went to the small downtown of canyon city and found this pizza place we ate, it had real shity service. Then we drove back to lee's he was just getting out of work. We played some video games and smoked all night then the next day we have one of the longest drives of the whole trip ahead of us, 14 hours to St. Louis!
Boulder with Robyn and Karalinda
So after a relaxing week at uncle kevin's it's time for some partying and no better girls in CO to do it with then my friends from the brio in FL, Robyn and Karalinda. They live in Boulder about 45 minutes north of Denver. We find their apartment complex and meet Loki a puppy chiwawa they got recently. So we blaze a little and plan on going to pearl st. downtown boulder that night. So we slowly get read, pre-gaming a little. Then we are off to shooters i guess one of boulders favorite bars. Some nights they have wet t-shirt contests or midget wrestling but we missed both those nights. So after a few captains we go to another bar on pearl. After hitting up a few more spots we end our night back at shooters. The girls were hungry so we went to del taco it was robyns first time. Nothing special but it works for drunk munchies. Robyn goes to work early and the rest of us slept in. Then i put some football on since it was a sunday and karalinda kept trying to get us to lay out by then pool, no offence but if i'm hungover i would much rather chill in the ac, watch football, and burn one. So after a while robyn gets home and she was so shocked how late we slept and didn't do much while she was at work. I don't think she understands that by this point we had been traveling for almost 3 months and it's ok to just chill out and not spend money.
Next day jorge and i made one of our many shopping trips to the grocery store. Worked out then went to the pool where we met some of their neighbors who shared some beers with us. The pool was freezing but the hot tub was nice. That night we ended up back downtown denver on 15th and 16th streets. We met up with katie rooney. That night i got real wasted drank more then any other night in CO. At the end Robyn got her car and this gay guy really wanted to drive it. I thought it was a bad idea but it's not my car. It's a stick shift and he tried to put it into first and ground the gears real bad. At that point i told him to get out the car, he did. Then he tried to fucking kiss me, i pushed him as hard as i could he fell backwards into the glass window of the hyatt. So i was disturbed and wanted to smoke so i went with katie back to her house. Robyn, jorge, and kara followed all the way back and through a mcdonalds then decided she wanted to go all the way back to boulder because she had to work early, so they left. We went back to katies and her cousins dog wanted to eat me. She had to lock the two pitbulls in the room. We smoked and drank a little more then passed out. The next day she was nice enough to drive me all the way back to boulder. I made her a sandwich and smoked her out as a thank you. Katie chilled for a minute then went back to denver and that was the last time i saw her.
The next day i booked a room for our upcoming trip to steamboat springs. We went out to dinner at this nice place downtown, i forgot the name. Then we got a redbox movie and chilled out that night.
The next day robyn finally gets out of work so we hit the road to go to steamboat springs. A two hour drive is nothing with a nice blunt. So we get there pretty late check into our hotel and call it a night. The next day the girls wake us up real early to go get some brunch. I had eggs benedict. Then went to the Strawberry Hot Springs. A very amazing place, up on the mountain there is a very hot spring just coming out the side and running down into these huge pools. The highest pool is burning hot then they get a little cooler as they go down and eventually run off into this little river. It's crazy i have never seen a natural hot tub before now. So we hang out for a while before going exploring down the river, which was very hard torain especially with no shoes but we made down to a cool waterfall and found a place to smoke. So we went back to the parking lot where this old man worker told us if we left we would not be able to get back in. Which is bs since we needed to get some drinks in us. So we left anyway and went to this cantina got some mexican food and some beers. Then we went to this sports bar and continued to drink. The girls went in this photo booth and took some nice pics for us. We took some shots then about 9 went back to the hot springs and the same ass hole old man was in the hut by the parking lot. We all agreed we were not paying 20 bucks again when kara just went off waking by him. So the rest of us went too and of course he stops us. So i talked to him and said hey man you said we could not leave so we took a nap in the parking lot. He looked confused but let us back in. Let me tell you the change at the springs from night to day is crazy. During the day it was families chillin, at night it was a party people drunk and naked everywhere. So we broke out the captain found a nice spot in the pool on some steps starting passing it around the bathing suits soon came off. Robyn has the most amazing ass i ever seen. It was just sticking out of the water with the moon light hitting it. Amazing one of the best natural wonders i have seen on this whole trip. Lets just say we had fun then the grumpy old man came down from his hut to kick us out. So we packed up and went back to the truck. Drove out of steamboat springs and headed back to boulder. Robyn fell asleep right away before she could even get dressed. The rest of us smoked the whole way back. I was almost falling asleep and it is a crazy drive through the mountains but we made back safely. Instantly passed out.
The next day was our last we made some dinner, watched a movie, and packed our bags. It is time to move on next stop white water rafting in colorado springs!
Next day jorge and i made one of our many shopping trips to the grocery store. Worked out then went to the pool where we met some of their neighbors who shared some beers with us. The pool was freezing but the hot tub was nice. That night we ended up back downtown denver on 15th and 16th streets. We met up with katie rooney. That night i got real wasted drank more then any other night in CO. At the end Robyn got her car and this gay guy really wanted to drive it. I thought it was a bad idea but it's not my car. It's a stick shift and he tried to put it into first and ground the gears real bad. At that point i told him to get out the car, he did. Then he tried to fucking kiss me, i pushed him as hard as i could he fell backwards into the glass window of the hyatt. So i was disturbed and wanted to smoke so i went with katie back to her house. Robyn, jorge, and kara followed all the way back and through a mcdonalds then decided she wanted to go all the way back to boulder because she had to work early, so they left. We went back to katies and her cousins dog wanted to eat me. She had to lock the two pitbulls in the room. We smoked and drank a little more then passed out. The next day she was nice enough to drive me all the way back to boulder. I made her a sandwich and smoked her out as a thank you. Katie chilled for a minute then went back to denver and that was the last time i saw her.
The next day i booked a room for our upcoming trip to steamboat springs. We went out to dinner at this nice place downtown, i forgot the name. Then we got a redbox movie and chilled out that night.
The next day robyn finally gets out of work so we hit the road to go to steamboat springs. A two hour drive is nothing with a nice blunt. So we get there pretty late check into our hotel and call it a night. The next day the girls wake us up real early to go get some brunch. I had eggs benedict. Then went to the Strawberry Hot Springs. A very amazing place, up on the mountain there is a very hot spring just coming out the side and running down into these huge pools. The highest pool is burning hot then they get a little cooler as they go down and eventually run off into this little river. It's crazy i have never seen a natural hot tub before now. So we hang out for a while before going exploring down the river, which was very hard torain especially with no shoes but we made down to a cool waterfall and found a place to smoke. So we went back to the parking lot where this old man worker told us if we left we would not be able to get back in. Which is bs since we needed to get some drinks in us. So we left anyway and went to this cantina got some mexican food and some beers. Then we went to this sports bar and continued to drink. The girls went in this photo booth and took some nice pics for us. We took some shots then about 9 went back to the hot springs and the same ass hole old man was in the hut by the parking lot. We all agreed we were not paying 20 bucks again when kara just went off waking by him. So the rest of us went too and of course he stops us. So i talked to him and said hey man you said we could not leave so we took a nap in the parking lot. He looked confused but let us back in. Let me tell you the change at the springs from night to day is crazy. During the day it was families chillin, at night it was a party people drunk and naked everywhere. So we broke out the captain found a nice spot in the pool on some steps starting passing it around the bathing suits soon came off. Robyn has the most amazing ass i ever seen. It was just sticking out of the water with the moon light hitting it. Amazing one of the best natural wonders i have seen on this whole trip. Lets just say we had fun then the grumpy old man came down from his hut to kick us out. So we packed up and went back to the truck. Drove out of steamboat springs and headed back to boulder. Robyn fell asleep right away before she could even get dressed. The rest of us smoked the whole way back. I was almost falling asleep and it is a crazy drive through the mountains but we made back safely. Instantly passed out.
The next day was our last we made some dinner, watched a movie, and packed our bags. It is time to move on next stop white water rafting in colorado springs!
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