starting from silver spring, md

day 1. look at these clean *** clothes. what gives


2 hours later


our first campsite, north of richmond


morning of day 2, look at this ******* pretending he knows how to read a map


one of our air mats had a whole in it which led to one of the highlights of the whole trip, and for that matter, the whole world


miao jing wanted to buy this one but we did not have so many dollars as this


our second state capitol (we went to annapolis a while back)


none of the state legislatures were in session so we could go in and goof around



one thing that was weird is that we mostly camped in big campgrounds run by, like, KOA, or state park systems. so there were a lot of RVs and stuff around and i would've thought it would be really hard to find wood for fires but there was tons of wood just lying all over. maybe we werent supposed to use it?? but nobody yelled at us or anything


dream big and even if u miss u will land among the stars!!


this was a very exciting moment because we're huge weird nerds


its a W, see, like the V, before, for virginia...


heres a deer that got mushed and some cool *** birds who were eating that mushed deer


naptime. we're not actually camping here just SOMEBODY got sleepy
wv has a really beautiful capital outside and inside. the bell is a replica of the liberty bell, a bunch of which were made by france as gifts after world war 2, and this one is dedicated to like, "the spirit of independence and limited government" or something like that


check out this doofus


when we left charleston we got suddenly thunderstormed upon so we stayed at the country inn & suites and clowned around


look at these eyesores brokeback "the *******" odinkus put all over wv's beautiful coal piles


waterfall in a wv state park. we stayed in wv a long time because it rules

 

it took us a long time to find a coal mine because they arent on the free state map and we were too shy to ask people where they were bc we were afraid theyd think we were you know, those types, who try to take pictures of coal mines and mess up the jobs and so forth



here are 2 real life pieces of coal i rescued from the side of the road. actually i rescued four but i threw 2 of them in a fire to make sure they were really coal and not just black rocks.


we camped behind this ladys house west of romney wv and she let us hang around with her horses


emboldened by our earlier success at making fire we were all "two of the cheapest steaks good sir" for a rustic dinner. seasoning included taco sauce that we stole from the country inn, and the packet that comes with ramen noodles


oh its delicious


the next day we made it to harrisburg, our fourth state capitol!!!


heres an old timey truck and a rolls royce, as two ships passing in the night


amish types doing, you know, amish stuff


i found this motorcycle in new jersey for sale! im not smart enough to date it that well but its a shovelhead electra glide so say idk 1974?? miao jing wouldnt let me swap for it because she has no sense of adventure


new jerseys capital is garbage. complete falling apart rusted *** fire escapes, box a/c units popping out all over the damn place, garbage. a state capitol that cannot put central air in its own damn self? a shameful state capitol. this side looks ok but close up even these windows are all fally-apart


heres the side of the capitol in solidarity with brooklyn tenements of 1987


your parking space can SUCK IT, "representative miner"! power to the people. this parking space belongs to me now


sixth and final state capitol, hartford, ct


we were gonna make a tour of the new england capitols before heading to albany and then coming home, but when i woke up this morning i could barely, barely-barely walk, because apparently age 25 is when your back and legs start turning to crap and i was like zoinks if this gets like 1 percent worse i will have to go to the hospital and it will be a whole big deal sooo we drove back today

total mileage 1937

and me, like 6 hours ago

 

Very cool! Looks like you guys had lotsa fun. Keep it up.

 

I totally loved it! I did the 012345 odometer pic too! I'll bet you even like Star Trek! I wish I could get my wife away from work long enough to take a trip like this.

 

Nice trip...thanks for sharing!

 

Very kool, thanks for taking the time to share your trip with us, looks like a great time.

 

Looks like she's a keeper. One tip tho. get yourself some better travel gear for the bike.

 

Cool trip, thanks for sharing.

If Bass Pro was the highlight, you'll have to ride out here, I have the original Bass Pro right up the road from me, in Springfield, mo.

 

Jimbo

That was very entertaining. You guys look like a unique couple with a good sense of humor. If your back is bothering you at 25, you better start working out and doing stretches. My back started bothering me then, and by 38 I needed surgery.

Being tall is bad for your back. Don't slouch to talk to short people.

Your tailpack, does look like an accident waiting to happen.

Be careful out there.
Ron

 

Awesome pics. Looks like you guys had a lot of fun.