Friday, June 22, 2007

Day 1: San Diego, CA to Yuma, CA

Mile 0.0: It's 8:15PM! Here we go! (Only two hours late.)

Mile 0.4: Donna & Jeff are gettin' rowdy! They dream of Yuma and Vodka.

Mile 1.4: We're on the 8. Jeff hates the 8. It peed on the car as they got on the 8. One mile down, 168 more to go. We're exhausted.

Mile 6.1: Donna: "Should I be doing something." Jeff: "Uhhh, drive?"

Mile 11.4: Jeff loses his camera 12 minutes into the trip. His arm gets caught in between the door and the seat. "Fuck this car," Jeff proclaims! Donna's car replies by making him bleed.

Mile 13.4: First sign for Yuma! 162 Miles away!

Mile 14.6: Jeff finds the camera.

Mile 15.7: Donna has road rage. Donna: "Don't write that, because I don't!" Jeff: "I will not be censored!!" Now Donna has Jeffrage.

Mile 19.5: Donna: "Don't look at the clock tomorrow morning when I wake you up." Jeff: "Now we're in a fight."

Mile 21.6: Donna goes crazy and thinks she hears voices in the car.

Mile 25.6: Donna and Jeff both get "Nostrilitis" as they head into the dry air.

Mile 26.3: Elevation 1000 feet!!

Mile 27.1: Now their ears are clogged. Hi, their bodies are shutting down. Maybe they should hurry.

Mile 29.2: Elevation 2000 feet!!

Mile 34.9: 3000 feet! Hi, they're going veryfarup!

Mile 39.8: 4000 feet! Everyone's heads are exploding.

Mile 49.0: Hi, it's verydark.

VeryDark

Mile 76.9: We're going back down the hill.

Mile 77.2: San Diego County Line sign. Jeff wonders if we're going into or out of the county.

Mile 77.7: Another sign for San Diego County Line. Hi, the road is in reruns.

Mile 78.1: Strong Winds Possible, Next 16 Miles. Oh christ.

Mile 78.8: Apparently, we need the runaway truck ramp. It's VERY windy. And dark. Did we mention dark?

Mile 79.5: Back down to 2000 feet. And the winds are going 2000 miles per hour.

Mile 80.0: Rock Slides Ahead. This road is VERY dangerous. Jeff continues to hate the 8.

Mile 83.0: Now there is a 2000 foot drop to the left of the road and no guard rail. Donna moves into the other lane.

Mile 89.0: Donna has to pee. Ofcourseshedoes.

Mile 99.5: We're at sea level! Donna is at pee level, still.

Mile 104.5: 2 Miles to Rest Stop. Donna briefly considers holding it in for sixty more miles.

Mile 105.1: Donna reconsiders her decision to hold it in and we make our way to the Sunbeam Lake Rest Area!

Mile 106.5: We arrive at the Sunbeam Lake Rest Area! We nearly perish. Donna: "Damned hippies!"

Mile 115.0: Donna thinks there are bugs in her hair from the rest area.

Mile 117.2: Donna: "Now there is a cricket under my arm."

Mile 122.4: Now there is one on her foot. Jeff is concerned that she is hallucinating as she drives. People, please be aware.

Mile 164.6: We see signs for Yuma, but we don't seem to be in Arizona yet.

Mile 172: Oh. Here is Arizona.

Pretend that picture was taken at night.

Mile 173.5: We just found the Largest Burger King in Arizona!

"Burger King: Largest in Arizona! 3 Story indoor playground!"
...we don't stop.

Mile 175.8: Hi, we're at the Ramada!

Our lovely room.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You're giving Hunter S. Thompson's fear and loathing a run for it's proverbial money.-Davy

nmfeliciani said...

you're gonna get pulled over. NO SPEEDING!