Woo, we’re on vacation! That’s right, the bro’s drove down from Downers Grove last night, and we’re Georgia-bound this morning. The next 8 days are to be spent hiking, fishing, swimming, canoeing, and all-around have a good time. We’ve got a few competitions laid out so far, but I think the whole week will be competitive craziness. I’m talkin’ watermelon seed spitting contest, Euchre tournament, and “who will-jump-over-the-fire-naked” bets. Anything goes this week. We are on the road in less than 35 minutes. Later, automaticable.
PS: In case you weren’t following, yes, Kyle does owe me 22.22 beers this vacation. And yes, I did make my 50 mile goal. And yes, I am doing the Chicago Half Marathon in September (more on that later). I’m not really sure what kind of beer it’ll be yet– any suggestions?
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Well, two weeks and three days away until I leave on the trip of a lifetime with some of the closest people to me in my life. Most of them you have heard from if you’ve read automaticable for a while. Kyle Wegner, Scott Wegner, Joe Wegner, Stacy Friel, Lindsay Gerke, and I will all be road tripping down to the Smoky Mountains in Bryson City, North Carolina. This trip should be a lot of fun because it’s our first real big vacation where our parents haven’t been watching over our shoulders and there to guide us in what we should and shouldn’t do. My brothers and I have been camping and being outdoorsy for as long as I could remember, but we’ve never done anything of this caliber without our parents planning and them being there. But we’re finally making it our own and going down a path that has yet to be ventured by all of us. Granted we’re using a lot of the techniques that we’ve learned by observation through the years, like cooking teams, cleaning teams, planning out our expenses to a T and how much each meal SHOULD cost and what not. It’s kind of exciting to see how it will all come together in the end. So far we don’t really have many adventures or excursions planned for our trip, all we know is we have a cabin next to a lily pond, six people, two cars, and a weeks worth of time to have fun and enjoy everything that the Smoky Mountains and North Carolina has to offer us. If any of you Automaticabalites have been there and have suggestions for us to do or see, please, leave a comment and let us know! I’m sure when we return, there will be plenty for us to tell about our adventures and photos to go along with our delightful adventure.
Over spring break, my friends and I took a road trip to Toronto, Ontario. It was a 9-hour car ride each way, but we saw red barns, Crabby Joe’s, maple buds, flannel, drag queens, crazy hot dogs, Niagra Falls, and much, much more. The entire trip was a little under 60 hours, but it was a whole lot of fun. For my first trip to Canada, I’d say we had quite the experience. I’m going to break the trip into a series of posts– this one appropriately part “eh” (that’s pronounced “A”, for you Americans). Keep reading for the juicy details.
Continue reading “Roadtrip to Toronto, Part eh”
Woo, we’re on vacation! That’s right, the bro’s drove down from Downers Grove last night, and we’re Georgia-bound this morning. The next 8 days are to be spent hiking, fishing, swimming, canoeing, and all-around have a good time. We’ve got a few competitions laid out so far, but I think the whole week will be competitive craziness. I’m talkin’ watermelon seed spitting contest, Euchre tournament, and “who will-jump-over-the-fire-naked” bets. Anything goes this week. We are on the road in less than 35 minutes. Later, automaticable.
