Garden Of The Gods Colorado

We have made many trips to Colorado to enjoy nature and legal cannabis. Even though it is a tourist attraction Garden Of The Gods is never a disappointment. The scenery is breathtaking and it is a great place to take a leisure hike.

Duck Duck Duck Goose Goose

During the down time in this god forsaken land the domesticated  birds keep me company

by trying to attack me or running from me. The ducks are majestic creatures while the geese are just creatures. 

PEOPLE POWER!

This was for sale locally. From what the post said these were designed in the 70's during the gas crisis as an alternative. I think it was only a few hundred dollars but in a world full of lazy couch potatoes it may be a hard sale!

UPDATE

Nothing much going on except mundane life shit so when I have something to post I will. Fuck the Holidays!

Fuck All Bike Thieves

Stobe The Hobo

I have traveled my whole life by various means but never have I had the balls to hop a train. Jim did and he did it better than anyone who filmed it. His outlook and commentary was honest and so was his videos. He never went viral or made millions off his YouTube channel but he has a considerable amount of loyal watchers (including myself) who live vicariously through Jim and his adventures. Coming back from Oregon after traveling almost 5 months I was a little behind watching any videos or even uploading myself and so I didn't know Jim had passed until a few days had gone by. There is no final account of what happened and in the end does it matter? Jim lived and entertained thousands of people and now he is gone and will be greatly missed. My condolences to his family and close friends who must be in a great amount of pain as I type this. I hope whatever is out there that it is a kind place and that Jim can continue his adventures as he loved to do and that there is a cold one waiting for him.

Vinyl was everything once

I use to eat and breath vinyl records. 1980's hardcore punk was my obsession. Black Flag and Minor Threat as well as the numerous bands from East Coast to West Coast and even in the Midwest. I last sold my personal collection of my very loved wax to someone opening a record shop, 500 records that I hand picked and cleaned and listened to. I knew every crack and pop and even the occasional skip and that feeling you get when the needle dropped on Circle Jerks "Letter Bomb" I now have a box of Cd's and I am pretty content with them. I even have a stack of Maximum Rock-N- Roll Zines that I pull out every once in awhile when nature calls and I want
some quality reading material. I guess what I am
trying to say is yeah I miss my records sometimes
but I still have the music, the memories and I lived
those times. I was there and I experienced it.

HOME SWEET HOME UGH!

Well we rolled into town on 11-06-2017 which was a dreary Monday night, The car covered in road tar and the inside was littered with clothes and dirt. We stank and my head itched from sweating underneath my beanie for days on end. Furthermore my anxiety was at full alert and a nervous breakdown was definitely in my near future. Hopefully the small amount of weed we had smuggled into this god forsaken land would keep us going for at least a few days and ward of the inevable insanity that was sure to find us.

$5 Grams

This is the place to go if you are low on cash and need a gram

of some pretty good strains. It's Queen Bee tonight.

In Decline

I have used these since the late 70's. Now they are relics rotting away on the side of the road.
I took these pictures off Main Street in Springfield Oregon.

Pen And Paper

The road is always there. I use to dream about it when I was very young. When I got older I felt most comfortable moving about. From farms to cities and everything in between I felt alive when I was heading somewhere or nowhere at all. Just as long as I kept moving. 
Rolling into new towns meant new women and new pussy. Strip clubs and dive bars were where I felt the most comfortable. Dark and with the permanent smell of rancid beer that had been spilt and spewed over the years. I met the mother of my daughter in one of those places. Even out of the darkness there is sometimes light.

Update 11/02/2017

The rest area is at the top of my list of legal and safe places to sleep in Oregon. We slept here last night and it looks like we will be here tonight and if tomorrow as well and maybe until the 6th. The routine seems to be wake, library and then a park to sit at. We may go to the thrift store to kill some time this afternoon after the responsible stuff has been taken care of. Time seems almost like an enemy when you have no where to go and you can almost feel it slow down just to spite you. I am thankful I have food and gas and a little smoke left to take the edge off. The rain has moved in but luckily there are breaks and I am able to walk around and burn off some energy.

The semis roll in all hours of the night but it doesn't really bother me. I sleep pretty good and the indica strains help me go back to sleep on the off chance I am awakened by anything. It is the place where misery meets adventure and they co-exist in this section of concrete in the middle of nothingness. There was no free coffee today but we will keep an eye out for the trailer that sets up here through the week. The last time we were here there was a girl who flew a sign by the men's restroom and to our surprise she was still there 2 months later. Like I said it is the only legal safe place I know of and she always has a fresh batch of faces and potential donations. 11/2/2017

It could be worse 11/01/2017

Well we left this morning at around 7:45 am. The sun was just barely peeking over the mountains and it was a crisp 35 degrees but luckily without fog. We are still waiting on money to begin the trip but thank god I have some money put back to eat and we still have some smoke to ease our troubled minds for the time being. Tonight's lodging looks like it's going to be the rest stop off the highway. We are no stranger to this particular one and it is safe lit and plenty of activity to keep the people up to no fucking good away for the most part. Since Oregon is one of 6 states that allow overnight sleeping at it's rest areas there are some long term RV's and people. We keep to ourselves for the most part and try to appear like we have somewhere to be but just in need of some rest. All and all it could be worse.

Happy Halloween Tomorrow We Leave The Commune

Happy Halloween to anyone who stumbles across this blog and since you will most likely if at all come across this post after Halloween then well maybe Merry Christmas? Halloween for me this year is preparing my pack and bag for transport and making sure I have everything. I loaded the Ipod with Howard Stern and Norm Macdonald podcasts and the phone with King Of The Hill and Bob's Burgers just in case I need something to watch at any given moment. We are still in the process of obtaining the final funds to proceed so the worst case scenario we will have to sleep at the rest atop and spend the days at the library for 1-3 days but again that is worst case. What we expect is to be on the road Nov 1st 2017 before 10am and that seems to be moving forward without a hiccup so far and so until it falls apart that is the current update. So if you are out tonight drinking or fucking please be careful and take care. Until the next one.

PROJECT X

Straight Edge was important in the 1980's. Not because I was a part of the movement or claimed to be straight edge but rather because of the music that was spawned from it all. Let's see SSD, Minor Threat, Youth Of Today, Gorilla Biscuits, JUDGE, and then for one brief moment their was PROJECT X. Not the most notable 7" inch of the era but you be the judge.

Coming Soon

Well I should have a new video up on YouTube in the next few days and I have some important news to tell you guys. Stay tuned.

A record from the past (Wasted Youth Reagan's In)

Recycling - A Vlog - And Itchy Ribs

Public Bike Repair Stations

On the road we came across a few bicycle repair stations. They were for the most part operational but with the excess of assholes in the world many were vandalized or for better words broken on purpose. The good thing is that not everyone is an asshole (let's be honest most are though:) so let's hope someone was able to get some use out of the stations before the assholes caught wind of them. My favorite one was in Port Orford Oregon on the coast right on the 1 or 101. It was in good repair and I was told that 100's of cyclists make there way through town every year and the station is appreciated.

Medicine and just plain getting high

If you watch my videos you know I partake in the devils lettuce. I have been for over 30 years and it has been a tremendous aid with my insomnia and anxiety as well as providing many good highs and times along the way. If you don't like it I get it but in Oregon as well as a few other states it's legal to buy, smoke and grow and if you are like me you take full advantage of this freedom that many others don't have the luxury to experience. I never thought I would see the day that I could drive down the road with weed on me and not fear the men in blue ruining my life.

A lesson learned

So if you heard me mention in a video previously that I was having problems with my external hard drive aka jail then I am with great displeasure to update you that it appears all data is lost. It holds hostage all my Go Pro footage my entire hardcore vinyl collection I ripped and 10 years of photos, videos and my entire howard stern radio archive which was almost his entire radio existence among many other really cool fucking things. But in the end it was my dumb ass that let it ride and put everything on black just to choke at the very end and be left with nothing but memories and remorse. So take my word for it. Not because I am wise but rather the opposite. BACK UP YOUR DATA!!!!!

Foster Lake Oregon

Sleeping in the car

We spent almost a month car camping out of the 2012 Scion Xb. If you move the seats up and put something in the dead space to brace the last few inches of the 4 inch memory foam pad you can sleep 2 comfortably and be able to extend your legs completely. We used our packs and extra compression pillows to brace the small space to form a sold bed. We woke up looking at streams and mountains and on other nights people coming and going from the bathrooms of the rest areas, Some travelers and others seeking a safe place to sleep for the night like us. Oregon is one of 6 states that allow overnight sleeping in highway rest areas and they have some very nice ones with bathrooms and free coffee if you happen to be there the day the program has it's camper parked out front. You are only suppose to stay 12 hours in a 24 hour period but there were many RV's parked with generators and it was obvious they didn't move during the day.

Day Hike On The Mountain