in july of 2007 we trekked to angle inlet, minnesota, the northernmost point in the country
next up: cape alava, washington, westernmost point, aka extreme roadtripping part 3 of 4. i also planned to enter the states of washington, idaho, and montana for the first time.
flew into vancouver, our flight was from 11pm to 1:40am, so basically a red-eye in the opposite direction. i found this interesting. got a bad first impression of vancouver when we lied to down to sleep in the terminal and someone tried to steal my cousins bag, then claimed that he was 'just making sure everyone is paying attention to their stuff.' bitch please.
first observation about washington state, people drive SLOW, almost painfully so. i feel like everyone lives in slow motion out there. on the way out to the cape we ate at a subway with only one guy working, making everyones subs and working the register. it took 20 minutes to get my crappy spicy italian sub.
we had to hike 3 miles through a forest to get out to the ocean. one thing we kept seeing - and i saw a lot at the grand canyon also - is people come on these easy hikes wearing all this hiking gear and their two little stupid hiking poles. man people are such panzees these days. if you cant walk up a slight incline for 3 minutes without hiking poles you forfeit all potential respect from me.
heres what the westernmost point in the continental US looks like. its as boring and non descript as you would think. and there were about 21,937 tiny little flies on that rock.
the pacific ocean is really crappy out here. its dark and damp with no waves and murky water. the beach is full of dead trees and wood washed up on the shore.
that nite we hit up safeco field. side note real quick: one time i was talking to someone about my upcoming germany trip, and i said we were planning on hitting up a concentration camp, and they got offended. haha, i mean i can see why, i just found it kinda funny tho.
safeco is my 16th stadum been to, possibly the best one. and the town of seattle is awesome too. everything is so nice and clean and colorful and upbeat. altho the weather was pretty crappy. we were there in july and it was cold as shit in the mornings.
july 4th, 2008 was probably my worst driving day ever. at like 9am in the middle of nowhere in washington i get caught doing 95 in a 70. and get this, he tells me since it was over 20mph above the limit, its deemed aggressive driving, and if i get caught again within 24 hours theyll impound the car. yikes!! so 206 dollars and 16 hours later, i'm driving home from the bar to our econo lodge like a mile away. literally as i pull into the parking lot i see the cop behind me with his lights on.
so i pull over and park right in front of the front desk of our fucking hotel, with a cop car behind me like a real dope. i had had like 4 beers and wasn't wearing my seatbelt. and i had to stumble around my wallet for 10 seconds looking for my license bc i put it back in a different place after having to take it out for the first damn ticket. im thinking great, first aggressive driving in washington now a DUI in montana. what a day.
so she tells me she pulled me over for doing 38 in a 25. seriously?? if u pulled over everyone that did 38 in a 25 u could erase the national debt. she comes back and asks me where im going tonight. i point to the front desk and say, 'right here,' trying not to laugh. she thinks about it for a second then lets me off with a verbal warning. whew. oh i also flashed her too, that mightve helped.
in glacier national park we got to look at some glaciers, but the funny thing was, theyre not there anymore. al gore was right! the things that were supposedly glaciers looked like regular week-old snow on a hill. i dont know, maybe thats what glaciers look like. if so they are overrated.
on the way back to vancouver we stopped at an A&W in castlegar, BC. the following conversation ensues:
counter girl: sir im sorry but i accidentally charged your card for 244 dollars instead of 24
me: okay, can you cancel it and fix it?
girl: no i cant im sorry
me: okay...
girl: all i can do is give you 220 dollars in cash back
me: well alright then!
so now im loaded with canadian dough, which is like a tiny bit taller than US dollars, so it sticks out the top of your wallet, very annoying. i wonder if they make wallets taller in canada to compensate for this. or maybe people just suffer lots of papercuts.
in vancouver that nite, we were blown away by the hotness of all the girls. i mean good lord. and the best part was they were all super dressed up, but they werent all on their way to the club like these snobby new york girls, they were at the BARS. everywhere you looked. i need to move there.
all in all, 3 more states, 2 more provinces, and another region of the country dominated by the cheifets
next up: eurotrip 08
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