So the plan was to wake up. Grab gas. Head out. Yep. Sure. Lol.
I take a shower and gather my person. Tell Shane I’ll meet him in flagstaff for a beer around 2pm. That was the plan with a 4.5 hour ride and going back in time one more hour. Oh how things change.
I pull up to the gas station and my gas cap is missing. Fuckkkkkkkk. Alright autozone. Here I come. Get my new gas cap and figure fuck it I might as well go to the Walmart across the street and buy my shit for burning man. So I buy like 15 gallons of water, 16 Gatorade bottles, a case of water, a ton of canned food (that I still don’t think is enough sadly) and some other crap. They don’t sell booze so now I need to run to Walgreens. Another stop.
Walgreens was super friggen cheap. I bought two thirty racks, two handles of tequila one silver one gold, a strawberry margarita mixer, a 5ltr box of sangria and a handle of Jim beam. I’m ready to fucking party man. The guys at the store were like man where are you throwing the party and I told them in the desert and they looked at me like I was an asshole. So I explained burning man and the cashier was like oh shit you really meant the desert. Lol ya buddy.
Packing all of this shit was a nightmare by the way.
I get my gas. Grab two slices of pizza and sunflower seeds and I’m out.
I head straight to this hostel where I was going to try to stay. Both of them end up being booked fuck. I could camp but I don’t feel comfortable in a college town with all of my shit having easy access and me getting hammered down the mountain, so I found an Airbnb. I didn’t even go until I was done with the night anyway but whatever. A place to sleep, shower and was my clothes.
I go straight to this bar that Shane told me was filled with ladies but he had to leave because I was a bit too late. It’s all good I go there and it’s yuppie central. Mostly couples. It’s all good. After I headed around the corner to the altitude bar which was super awesome. I had a delicious bowl of clam chowder, 2 beers and 2 shots the bartender bought for me because the soup took like 20 minutes. I told her not to worry about it. I was writing anyway. :p
Around 8pm I had a strong buzz and remembered. Holy shit I wanted to go to the observatory and there’s only two hours left of it being open. This observatory is where Pluto was discovered for the first time. I also just really love astronomy. So I was super excited. I got to sit in on a lecture for a little bit and then ran to see the rest of the museum. It was beautiful but cloudy so I didn’t get to see out of any telescopes. ?
I went to this apartment first by accident. Would’ve made for a much more interesting night haha.
After I finished up I went to one more bar had a drink and headed to the Airbnb to rest and wash my clothes. When I got there I drove around for 15 minutes looking for the right building and then another 25 looking for a parking spot. I was kind of pissed off. Finally I get inside and I go to do laundry and their wager and dryer are stuffed full with extra clothes all over it. Fuck. Oh well. I should be able to do it in Reno.
Side note: I walked up to the box to get the key out for the Airbnb. The door was already unlocked and no one home. Maybe it’s just the jersey in me and where I grew up but I don’t think I could let strangers in my place without screening or meeting them first. Kind of nuts to me. But hey.
Sadly if I want to get to burning man by Tuesday I have to skip Vegas. I really wanted To do a night there but shit happens.
So for now. With love. <3
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