• Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    Cross country road trip, two weeks in colorado with friends, just drinking and smoking weed and playing hanafuda while basking in the ineffable beauty of the mountains, sleeping in hammocks. That's what september could have been if the united states didnt suck such incredible shit. The yearly trip that gets us through our trash pointless jobs. "Maybe if we push it back to october," we thought in like april, fully knowing it was doomed. At least i read a couple books and learned some cocktails i guess.

    • asaharyev [he/him]
      hexagon
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      4 years ago

      Yeah, I also really miss roadtrips. Though typically we would rush it a bit more due to work situations.

      Boston to Alaska and back in 17 days was a bit too forced.

      • Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        whistles damn yeah that must have been a bit of a hustle. The first few we did we never gave ourselves enough time, like 9 days to out west and back from ohio just really isn't enough to relax. Much nicer to have extra time (when work allows of course) so you can hang out for a few days at a place and take it in a bit before having to pack up and move on.

        How was Alaska?

        • asaharyev [he/him]
          hexagon
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          4 years ago

          It was cool. Anchorage is actually a pretty fun city, great craft beer/cider/distilling scene, good food. Chill.

          Then we camped in Denali, which was good, though somewhat negatively impacted by one of the people who joined us. They had no chill, even less flexible than I am, and I make spreadsheets to plan my trips.

          But yeah, I liked it. Would definitely do the drive again, but I'd want to at least double the amount of time we took.

          • Darthsenio_Mall [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            Wow I was just looking at pictures of Anchorage and Denali and they look like amazing destinations. That's one big ass mountain. Guy with no chill reminds me of the first big road trip I did, ohio - california fresh outta high school. One of the friends we brought had a previously undisclosed condition of NEEDING a shower every night. Not because he smelled or anything, he was just incredibly insistent on needing an actual shower every night and was intolerably crabby the days we didn't throw down for a hotel (which was most of them).