THE PHILADELPHIA EXPERIMENT
Oh My God! What a way to start the day. First, when we logged onto our laptop computer a devil's face appeared and then the screen went blank. That cost $700 dollars at Best Buy, and now we have a new laptop, but all those illegal songs we downloaded were worth the virus that wiped out our hard drive. Only in America is it cheaper to buy a new computer than it is to have it fixed! Next, our cellphone blew up - fortunately we had a backup phone but it's battery was dying (of course!) so we ended up using pay phones all day - believe it or not they still exist! In the end, lets just say that the electronic gods were not happy with our circuits today. But even after this auspicious start, the day actually turned out to be an absolute WINNER!
We rode from Annapolis (goodby traffic, goodby Navel Academy and goodby to our friends Ray & Debra) to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. We spent the afternoon wandering around the Civil War battlefield there in absolute awe! All joking aside - the Gettysburg National Battlefield Monument is something everyone should visit. Truly an unbelievable and moving experience. We didn't want to leave, but the sun was getting low, we were thirsty and we still needed to put 100 miles on the bike to get to PHILADELPHIA and our friends Ron & Wendy.
After riding on the famous Pennsylvania Turnpike we got a cheap motel room and Ron & Wendy picked us up in their car in a matter of minutes. Ron drove in spite of his suspended license, and after a quick stop for pizza, we were at their house, sitting in the backyard eating and drinking - mostly drinking. Let's just say that at somewhere around two or three a.m. both cases of beer (not kidding) were drained, so we demaded either more beer or to be driven back to our motel. Now Ron's a bit of a hothead, so more beer was out of the question, and Wendy, well... she just yelled, "find your own F'ing way back to the hotel." Geeeez! You'd think after we had them pick us up, buy us pizza, take us to their home and then serve us two cases of beer they'd be a bit more friendly. Oh well, in the end we hotwired their 1978 Gremlin and left it on turnpike after we drove back to the motel. By the time they find it, we'll be back on the bike and halfway to...
Pay Phone? - How would Superman change his clothes? At the site of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address
Kevin - the "Uni - Drinker!" Stacy with Wendy & Ron before we stole their 1978 Gremlin
After an extensive search the length of the Pennsylvania Turnpike by the Penn State Police for our 1978 series Lime green Gremlin with the purple shag rug dashboard and bright red pleathera interior, the State Police have determined it to be used in the interstate transportation of massive amounts of Dunkin Donuts , Best Buy electronics and a surprising amount of womens shoes. The trail went cold entering New Jersey (something about jurisdiction) so it appears that the Palm Spring Bandits have made another clean getaway. However they did leave behind their dead computer which we are going to hold for ransom until the return of our car, a bag of Doritos and a small bag of popcorn. Unless these demands are met we will be forced to do the unthinkable to their dead computer. It will become a chew toy for our two puppies. You have 24 hours.
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Well, well, well, I knew the two of you were no better than car thieves. You're very smart not to have committed your crime in Texas, since they hang people who steal cars and horses. At the very least, you'd have been tarred and feathered. To Ron and Wendy I say, don't worry, I'm still diligently forwarding these posts to law enforcement officials along their route. If they should manage to elude capture (and also a guest starring role on 'COPS') and return to Palm Springs, I will set up a sting by luring them in with promises of free beer and off-duty Hooters waitresses. Justice will not be thwarted!
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At Gettysburg Battlefield you trod the ground of your gr.gr.uncle. You found your way onward with only a hangover; unfortunately, he never made it in one piece. A member of an Illinois regiment, he died from a miniball wound suffered at Gettysburg.
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LMAO at Uni Drinker. hahahaha
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