Ok, so I wrote the previous post this morning in Zanesville or what everit was called lol!
I'm now sitting in the Marriott hotel across the street from the rink...I just walked in and am sitting in a comfortable chair stealing wifi! I might even use their nice bathrooms!
I'm a little worried about the van. The rink is right on the edge of the getto....I drove thru it trying to find some parking and...once again...lock the doors...I had the windows down and all I could smell was weed lol! So I turend around, found some meters near the rink...the one I found had like 7 hrs on it. So I hid everything as best as I could and left her there....I'm going to go see if I can find some more secure parking. Then I have to find tickets without spending a shit pile of money on em.
Pittsburg is a nice city sofar....busy with alot of roads going everywhere. Very industrial city. Around the rink there is not much...some churches, houses....nothing like in Columbus.
So I think I'm going to go and see about ticked and parking....still 2+hrs to puck drop...so should be able to do some rambling in there.
Also..the Steelers play tomorrow....not sure if it's here or away...if it's here...might have to look into some tailgating and maybe see the game....cheaply of course.
Ok....I'm off.....To all the Oregon people....have an outstanding night....I do wish I was there...so have a frosty beverage for me and I ll prob call later.
Cheers!
Saturday, November 13, 2010
Hello from Pittsburg
G'day
Well not too much exciting happened yesterday....woke up in the parking lot of the hotel I stayed at in Cleveland....made tracks for the airport to see about the food thing Kennith and Keri were talking about....drove around the airport abit....and did not get hassled by the cops!! Found the convention centre....then I remembered the the Blue Jackets were playing.....so I made tracks to Columbus....bout a 2.5hr drive.....I got a text from K and K about 1.5hrs later wondering where I was! Dam it!.....
Pull into Columbus, nice town...find the rink, park and begin to ramble around.
The arena is in the 'arena district' It's the rink of course, apartments, shops, and a shot pile of bars. So still rambling along....I ask some guy where to get tickets....he mentions that there are 10$ seats......ding dong! Line up, 10$ ticket in my hand! You can't get a beer in some rinks back home for 10$! Rambling continues, still 2 hrs before the game....I found a nice brew pub! Sit down at the bar....happy hour! 3$ beer.....and really really good beer too! They had a really nice IPA and a super super good......I have no idea how to spell it...heyfervitsen.....sound it out! Really tasty.....had a pizza...equally delicious, had a good chat with the bar tender and off to the game I go.
Get into the rink...not a bad place, not as nice as the Wilds rink but not bad....head up to my seat, got a nose bees on the way there....2 rows from the top lol! Started scoping out better seats and in the middle of the first...made the move to some.....better seats! My recon was good but foiled by a jacket...the seats I was scoping were right on the ice, row one, but buddy had his jacket on them...so I aborted and settled for row 10 on the blue line....I'm ok with that for 10$
So of course the seat I'm in...someone comes back....I just pull the 'I'm in the wrong section' line and move...same thing happens one more time and then I found some for sure empty ones! Sweet. Watched the Jackets get smashed by the Avalanche....and left the rink.
Some of The people that were there cared about the team...but there were alot of ppl there that had no idea....I kept hearing ' fight him!!! Smash him!!' the organization was trying really hard to get the fans into the game...with giveaways, draws...like they do in all rinks...but more so...alot of empty seats....yet the Ohio State Buckeyes....a college football team will draw 80,000 or more. But that's a whole different ball of wax as Kennith explained to me the other night.
Anyways, left the rink to go find a place to have a drink....and the bartender from earlier was outside having a smoke, saw me walking by and said hey! So I got a beer and joined him and some of his friends...nice people....James was his name...nice guy...we had some stuff in common and we both had a couple good stories to tell....he had a crack head smash up his car...while he was trying to get away from him! Smashed out the back window, a couple side windows and did a bunch of other damage....we were talking about insurance for some reason....so I told him my motorcycle story....we both had a good chuckle, raised our glasses and drank some good beer.
I wanted to peel off and go make sure the van was still ok, then meet up with James later at Rbar...just wanted to make sure the van was not torched, stolen, smashed...and check out the parking situation. When I pulled in, it was 8$ event parking....guy said take the ticket and you pay on the way out. Ok.....so I go talk to the gal in the ticket booth....shes like....well I don't know what that guy was doing...not his job apparently....she said....well it's 5$ for the night....I said deal! That's all taken care of, back to the bar.
Get to Rbar....it's just fun to say....say it like a pirate....say it with me.....RRRRRRRRRRRbaRRRRRRR lol! See that was fun!
Sorry lol! So James is no where to be found. Get my self a 3$ tall boy of shit beer....wonder around, watch some hockey, some skanks, and some jabronies. Very entertaining. Finish my shitty tall boy...and out to the street......packed....unreal!
It was a meat market the likes of witch I have never seen. Skinny jeans, short....and I mean short skirts....wow.....and shoes the gals could barely walk in! So the slut factor was extreme but sure was fun to watch! Lol! Greasy! But conversely....the douche bag slime ball jabronie factor was equally as Impressive. I can't comment on most of what the dudes were wearing.....cuz well....I was not checking out the dudes! Lol! But there were a couple beauties!! Shiny shirt wearing, pointy shoes, super lame hair...and some of them trying to work on gals that are just wrecked! It was very entertaining!
Also amongst all of this.....somewhere I made a call to the other party going on in Roseburg! And said hi to every one there!
Hopped in the ban and headed east just to get out of town....found a truck stop and good night. Woke up today....sun was shining....hot.....it's freakin warm....tshirt weather for sure! It's middle november and the weather since I was in reno has been nothing but sun! I hope it continues...but I have my suspicions that once I hit the east coast it's gonna shit....and if it does....depending on how bad it gets or is....the trip might get modified or shortened. Halifax, Montreal, and Toronto are the only for sure stops I want to make. I can always fly or drive out to the rock another time. I'll see how it goes.
So....I should hit the road.....I think the pens are playing tonight...see if I can get a cheap ticket!
Lol! I'm in a Tim Hortons in Zanesville OH! so I've written this on the iPhone.....thank you again Neil.....your 40's of shitty 2.49$ 9% malt liquor have been acquired!....so I just need to find some wifi and put it up.
Cheers every one!
Well not too much exciting happened yesterday....woke up in the parking lot of the hotel I stayed at in Cleveland....made tracks for the airport to see about the food thing Kennith and Keri were talking about....drove around the airport abit....and did not get hassled by the cops!! Found the convention centre....then I remembered the the Blue Jackets were playing.....so I made tracks to Columbus....bout a 2.5hr drive.....I got a text from K and K about 1.5hrs later wondering where I was! Dam it!.....
Pull into Columbus, nice town...find the rink, park and begin to ramble around.
The arena is in the 'arena district' It's the rink of course, apartments, shops, and a shot pile of bars. So still rambling along....I ask some guy where to get tickets....he mentions that there are 10$ seats......ding dong! Line up, 10$ ticket in my hand! You can't get a beer in some rinks back home for 10$! Rambling continues, still 2 hrs before the game....I found a nice brew pub! Sit down at the bar....happy hour! 3$ beer.....and really really good beer too! They had a really nice IPA and a super super good......I have no idea how to spell it...heyfervitsen.....sound it out! Really tasty.....had a pizza...equally delicious, had a good chat with the bar tender and off to the game I go.
Get into the rink...not a bad place, not as nice as the Wilds rink but not bad....head up to my seat, got a nose bees on the way there....2 rows from the top lol! Started scoping out better seats and in the middle of the first...made the move to some.....better seats! My recon was good but foiled by a jacket...the seats I was scoping were right on the ice, row one, but buddy had his jacket on them...so I aborted and settled for row 10 on the blue line....I'm ok with that for 10$
So of course the seat I'm in...someone comes back....I just pull the 'I'm in the wrong section' line and move...same thing happens one more time and then I found some for sure empty ones! Sweet. Watched the Jackets get smashed by the Avalanche....and left the rink.
Some of The people that were there cared about the team...but there were alot of ppl there that had no idea....I kept hearing ' fight him!!! Smash him!!' the organization was trying really hard to get the fans into the game...with giveaways, draws...like they do in all rinks...but more so...alot of empty seats....yet the Ohio State Buckeyes....a college football team will draw 80,000 or more. But that's a whole different ball of wax as Kennith explained to me the other night.
Anyways, left the rink to go find a place to have a drink....and the bartender from earlier was outside having a smoke, saw me walking by and said hey! So I got a beer and joined him and some of his friends...nice people....James was his name...nice guy...we had some stuff in common and we both had a couple good stories to tell....he had a crack head smash up his car...while he was trying to get away from him! Smashed out the back window, a couple side windows and did a bunch of other damage....we were talking about insurance for some reason....so I told him my motorcycle story....we both had a good chuckle, raised our glasses and drank some good beer.
I wanted to peel off and go make sure the van was still ok, then meet up with James later at Rbar...just wanted to make sure the van was not torched, stolen, smashed...and check out the parking situation. When I pulled in, it was 8$ event parking....guy said take the ticket and you pay on the way out. Ok.....so I go talk to the gal in the ticket booth....shes like....well I don't know what that guy was doing...not his job apparently....she said....well it's 5$ for the night....I said deal! That's all taken care of, back to the bar.
Get to Rbar....it's just fun to say....say it like a pirate....say it with me.....RRRRRRRRRRRbaRRRRRRR lol! See that was fun!
Sorry lol! So James is no where to be found. Get my self a 3$ tall boy of shit beer....wonder around, watch some hockey, some skanks, and some jabronies. Very entertaining. Finish my shitty tall boy...and out to the street......packed....unreal!
It was a meat market the likes of witch I have never seen. Skinny jeans, short....and I mean short skirts....wow.....and shoes the gals could barely walk in! So the slut factor was extreme but sure was fun to watch! Lol! Greasy! But conversely....the douche bag slime ball jabronie factor was equally as Impressive. I can't comment on most of what the dudes were wearing.....cuz well....I was not checking out the dudes! Lol! But there were a couple beauties!! Shiny shirt wearing, pointy shoes, super lame hair...and some of them trying to work on gals that are just wrecked! It was very entertaining!
Also amongst all of this.....somewhere I made a call to the other party going on in Roseburg! And said hi to every one there!
Hopped in the ban and headed east just to get out of town....found a truck stop and good night. Woke up today....sun was shining....hot.....it's freakin warm....tshirt weather for sure! It's middle november and the weather since I was in reno has been nothing but sun! I hope it continues...but I have my suspicions that once I hit the east coast it's gonna shit....and if it does....depending on how bad it gets or is....the trip might get modified or shortened. Halifax, Montreal, and Toronto are the only for sure stops I want to make. I can always fly or drive out to the rock another time. I'll see how it goes.
So....I should hit the road.....I think the pens are playing tonight...see if I can get a cheap ticket!
Lol! I'm in a Tim Hortons in Zanesville OH! so I've written this on the iPhone.....thank you again Neil.....your 40's of shitty 2.49$ 9% malt liquor have been acquired!....so I just need to find some wifi and put it up.
Cheers every one!
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