People in the casa

This is a shot after we prepared some food tonight.  From left to right is Sofia, Bob(owning the picture), Rocio, and Peke.  Tonight we made a bunch of food and stayed in(I think).  I only think this is the plan because it is only 12:30 and apparently we have people stopping by before going out on the town.  Lima never sleeps.

Leaving the country

THE BLOG

I understand that I should be better with my pictures and posting them on here but I am finally ready to leave the country again and there are definitely pictures to come.

Currently I am in Woodbridge, VA staying with my friend Brandon and his amazing wife Desiree and she is taking me to the airport tomorrow.  I have been hesitant to disclose my travel plans thus far because everything was tentative and like any traveler I did not want to set myself up to fail.

In terms of lateness on disclosure I really couldn't be closer.  I take my first flight tomorrow morning at 10am and I have been packed for a week now.  My first destination is Lima, Peru where I will meet up with my friends Robbie and Flame who are down there currently on different trips but the three of use will unite in the same apartment (just like at Snowshoe) for the first week I am there for some light imbibing at social gatherings (partying) and taking in of the local culture (more of the same). 

After the month of July ends I will be slowly migrating south (although unlike the birds I will be heading into winter conditions) down to Chile.  Hopefully, as of tomorrow my apartment will be booked and I will be living near the ocean in the resort town of Vina Del Mar until at least December of this year.  Granted, I will be there illegally after 3 months so before that happens I will have to cross the border for over one night before crossing back in.

Well now that my travel plans have leaked out I guess I should sleep because it is nearing 12 and I leave for the airport at 5am to catch my first flight down to Fort Lauderdale, Florida where I will wait for my 5pm flight to Lima Peru.  Wish me luck.

Training on the Trail

I am currently looking ahead to the end of this month when I plan on heading to the Appalachian Trail to meet up with Bob and Russell for some hiking. In the spirit of being bored and out of shape I have decided to train a bit here locally on the River Trail.


I took a training partner with me to keep me going. This is Hector.

We only put in 4 or 5 miles but I did load down my pack to 25 lbs and will build up the distance and weight over the course of the month to get myself a little bit more prepared.

It is easy to train where I live because this is the average scenery.


I am hoping to do most of the state of Virginia when I meet up with the duo of Tumbleweed and Fisherman's Friend (Trail Names) so every step I take preparing will have to buy me an extra day out on the trail.

The other beach

I am now at Chincoteague beach or something like that... just north of Viginia Beach. Bob brought me along for some fun.

Here is a vid of us gettin here and what is going on.

BOB Returns

The Bob has returned from driving his father around the East Coast to chauffer my broken ass around town. Granted he has shoulder surgery next Tuesday, but the driving will last me for a few days. Already picked up a case of PBR.

Roomate gets stuck

The other day at Snowcreek we found some sweet stickers of the $1 variety. It was immediately decided that "The Shaw Mobile" had to feel the full blunt of such an attack. The stickers ranged everywhere from the "I know what boys like" to "Boyfriend Challenged".

Here is the driver of the "The Shaw Mobile", "The Bob". He has been a bit of a douche lately.


Damn what a Hottie

The finished backside

We will never know who the culprit was...

A dark, dark picture. The crime was done in the cover of night.

I am certain that he deserved it. (If you don't believe so just take another look at the picture at the top... he deserves whatever is coming to him.) His friend drove it for a day or so before either of them realized that they were on there... he then thought I had done it in the parking lot outside of the apartment. Talk about oblivious.

Bob gives a haircut...

So it is the time of season for me to do something stupid so I decided to get a creative haircut which turned out ok. Basically I have a Vanilla Ice style mohawk. The process was simple until I asked my roomate to cut a stripe in the side (remembers 5th grade haircuts).

This is the start of it all.

Everything seemed OK

He apparently didn't know what a stripe was and started cutting a chunk out of the side of my head.

Damnit Bob

Video of the finished style is available at my photobucket account. I hope this grows out before the wedding I am in at the end of the month.

No Sleep til Work

So last night I couldn't sleep at all... not so much because of being full of energy, but that this guy








decided to have a party that started at 1 in the morning and I finally excused myself from the apartment at 3 something in the morning. Tried sleeping in the car outside of work but the sub-freezing temps didn't allow that so I got to sleep on the floor inside of the shop. FUN FUN


I might have been ok with it had he been dressed like this. Oh well