Currently Listening Emotionalism By The Avett Brothers see related

my very first hitch-hiking experience.... :)

So i've finally done something interesting. On monday Travis and I hitch-hiked up to NC. Here's a run down of the day......

we left tmy house around noon i guess and walked to the intersection near my house. we really just needed a ride to the end of the street because there was a spinx station there that we thought we would be a good starting point. a couple with a baby picked us up and took us to the spinx station. They actually turned around and when out of their way in the opposite direction to take us there.

once we were at the spinx station we got out the asheville sign and waited for only about 5 minutes before someone turned around to come get us. The guy who picked us up had gotten off work early because of the heat and was heading home, but he said he'd take us as for ar 25... which was out of his way. He dropped us at another spinx station and we got out our sign again.

While we were waiting we decided that maybe we'd go to Hendersonville instead because my roommate had told me before we lef tthat there was an Apple Festival going on that day. We had barely gotten the hendersonville sign written before someone stopped. A girl named Cassie picked us up. She was heading through asheville but said that she could drop us at the hendersonville exit. Cassie was a cyclist who was on her way back from ATL. SHe had just biked in a race in which she placed third. She talked about cycling the entire way up to Hendersonville. Very nice person. When we got to our exit the cars were backed up and the traffic was ata stand-still. She dropped us off on the bridge and we were hoping that someone would know where the festival was because we didn't.

We were in the process of getting out the cardboard and marker to make an "apple festival" sign, when this guy starts hollering across the road that they'd give us a ride. We hopped in the car with and older hippie couple. They talked about how they were about to move back to NC and were looking for a house. They talked with travis about out west and how, apparently the high dessert in AZ is a great place to do mushrooms.... keep that in mind... They were so funny. Really cool people. So they dropped us off at the festival in downtown hendersonville.

We hung out at the festival for a while. We had sabretts and ended up drinking some pretty nasty looking brownish water from the waterfountain... i'm still alive though so i guess it was ok. :) after the parade was over we decided to head back and just get a ride back into downtown greenville.

We waited FOREVER it seemed like before anyone stopped. we stood at what seemed like one of the busiest intersections and NO ONE stopped. Finally, after we had made a sign that said I-26, this huge truck stopped and the guy asked how far I-26was. we told him it was only a few miles and he said "well shit that ain't far! grab a beer from the cooler and ge tin the truck!" WHA?! haha... wow... so we got in with our drinks (i opted for coke in a glas bottle for some reason) and we were off with David and Theresa.

We got to the exit for I26 and we told him that was our exit and asked him where they were going after that... he said he was going "to drop emily off in greenville". haha... so they brought us the entire way, over an hour out of their way, back into downtown greenville. They were definitely some of the most interesting people i've ever met... and this was by far the most interesting ride of the day! From the minute we stepped foor into the truck he was starting in with these fantastic stories of who they were and what they were doing in hendersonville, and where they were from. Everything from marijuana farmers to fugitives like bonnie and clyde. It wasn't until a little ways intot the trip that we got the real story... well, kinda. he was constantly joking so i'm really not sure how much of what he told us was real. He buys and sells agricultural realestate and she owns some sort of business. THey both live on a horse farm in south GA from what i understood. Cowboy boots, hats and all... they were great.

We made it to greenville, after stopping several times for them to grab more drinks from the back, and once to buy more... Once in Greenville they asked if we wanted to eat with them. So we did. They bought us sushi and drinks, racked up an enormous bill, and then asked how much money we had. We told him. He said "you can't eat on that! Babe, give him a fifty"... ha! she didn't have one so she gave us a twenty and a hug, and they were on their way. We got their number and i think we may try to hitch up to brevard at some point to see them at the farm they just bought. We'll see though. They were really great people.

Once we had eaten and walked around for a while we realized that we didn't really have a way back to my house. So eventually we made a sign that said "taylors" and went towards the end of main street and started thumbing again. I really didn't think that wnyone was going to pick us up... but it was only a few minutes and this guy named Peter pulled over and took us all the way home. He said that he lived in taylors and was one his way home.

I wish i would have gotten some pictures, but i didn't. Maybe next time. Hopefully i'll do it again soon.

Currently Listening Friend and Foe By Menomena see related

...so i'm bored at work and thought i'd post a little on xanga...

last week was a really rough week. hopefully this week will be better. it's starting off ok. i'm tired already, which is not good since it's only monday and i have to work from 630am until about 9 tonight. guess i need to take my vitamins today! I think that i'm feeling a little bit moresane right now than i have for the past several days. I know these things come in waves, and i always get better. i just have to fight for the end.

i think i need a vacation.

(by the way, if you've never listened to Menomena then you HAVE to... listen to Friend and Foe. It's addicting. You have to give it a couple listens before it really catches you, but once it does you'll be addicted too. )

so, i don't use xanga anymore... i never post on here...

hmm

quote for the day....

 ...spoken of a well-poured beer...

"A perfect pour has no foam...

 No, that's impossible. there won't be a perfect pour until we're in Heaven."