The rest of the first day. More to come in the morning.
July 24th, 2007

Posted by james

3:00
So we got the hell outta Olympia with pizza to boot. Heading for some factory outlet stores further south and are just about to head back out on the road. Adam and Bill have died and gone to heaven. They are currently inside the Nike Outlet Store trying on shoes that actually fit them. WEIRD!!!

4:22
Well I knew it was going to happen but I was hoping not this quick. We just got past Vader, WA and the bus started to loose momentum. And just as we passed a bridge we had to pull over. So I am sitting on the side of the 1-5 with a bus that we are hoping to hell just over heated! I am being told that it was most likely overheating cause we have a coolant leak! YAH!

5:22
So it’s an hour later and thanks to some awesome dude who towed us into a HUGE truck stop we are at a mechanic. More to come 😛

6:13
We are coming up to 6:30 and there is some good news and some bad news. The good news is the Bus starts. The bad news is we haven’t actually had a mechanic look at it yet.
So some of the guys just went into the truck stop to grab some food. Now I guess we will sit around and wait for a mechanic to at least take a quick look at what the problem is.

6:50
Ok we are back on the road. Had a mechanic check it out and he seems to think it was just an over heating issue. (GOD I HOPE SO) And the whole thing became completely worth it. And that is defiantly something that is going to remain a secret. It was just to fucking good to share with you right now. Our goal is to try and make it to Eugene, OR. Thought if we can make decent time we might be able to get to Medford, which was our original goal!

8:30
So we broke down again. Waiting for Mechanic, that is all.

8:54
Ok so we now have the mechanic out taking a once over of the bus. He seems to think the problem is gas is not getting to the engine. He doesn’t seem to think it is the gas pump, which is a very good thing. Right now he is thinking it might be a blockage in the gas line.

10:06
We spent almost 6 hours coming to the realization that cars, do in fact, NEED GAS. Now before you tear into us for being completely fucking retarded there were extenuating circumstances. We learned a couple things about our bus today that might have been good to know YESTERDAY!!! (name the reference) So we are now (hopefully) on the way to Portland, OR. Any family or girlfriends that may be reading this blog might want to consider on looking into a new sons or boyfriends. 🙁

12:17
FUCK YOU WASHINGTON STATE! Not the people mind you. They were pretty rad. So we finally made it through to Portland, about 4 hours shy of where we wanted to be. Surprising about how long it took us to be not stupid. It took a couple trys, but we finally found a hotel to stay in. Got 2 rooms and a deal to boot! So that was good. Today has been nothing short of a whirlwind. It was awesome but certainly painful at some points. I would like to personally like to thank the following people.

-The guy who actually stopped on the I5 and towed us into the truck stop. Can’t remember his name but he was awesome.
-The mechanics at the body shop. Our stupidity was not there fault and they helped out so much and charged us so little. You my friends, are heroes.
-And to the guy at the hotel we are staying at right now. These 2 rooms would have normally cost us upwards of 300.00 but he gave both of them to us for 200.00.
-Also Jesus, Jesus is our Homeboy!

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I will fix this post tomorrow. To lazy to fucking spell check right now.


11 Comments

  1. It isn’t a roadtrip without a breakdown or two. Granted I am a little at fault for not suggesting a mechanic look the bus over BEFORE you guys left (i’m a bit of a bastard, and I apologize), but as long as you can get there and back without the engine exploding or the brakes failing, you will be fine.

    See you in the morning, guys!

    PS. James, the pics make me jealous of you and your camera skills.

    Comment by Tim — July 24, 2007 @ 2:55 am

  2. Was the fuel gauge broken?

    Glad to hear everything’s all right, and hope you guys didn’t lose too much time figuring things out.

    Comment by The Pious Flea — July 24, 2007 @ 5:58 am

  3. (Upon seeing the stencil on the bus)

    I vote that the shortbus be christened ‘The LRRmobile’. That is all.

    Comment by The Pious Flea — July 24, 2007 @ 6:28 am

  4. Damn you, Edward James Olmos!
    Even if you’re having some trouble, I envy you sooo much.

    Why is that gorram Comic Con on the other side of the world?
    It’s not fair : (

    Comment by browncoat — July 24, 2007 @ 7:32 am

  5. atleast the bus didn’t catch fire… yes thats right, on the way to the airport for their “italy tour” with the orchestra, the bus my mom and brother were on CAUGHT ON FIRE!! and they weren’t even out of the county yet… yeah that was just the first part of the trip from hell…

    Comment by korri — July 24, 2007 @ 9:46 am

  6. Were you referencing the Wedding Singer?

    Comment by jess — July 24, 2007 @ 11:40 am

  7. Guys I love all of your t-shirts….

    Have you transformed the bus yet?

    Comment by Conor — July 24, 2007 @ 12:55 pm

  8. Thank you for providing hysterical laughter and entertaining antics to my day. I had hoped that Adam had inherited his brains from me….it now seems obvious – NOT! Hence the gas blockage? If the bus has any instructions with it …this might be the time to read it. Rock on and have a great time!

    Adam’s mom

    Comment by Jann Savidan — July 24, 2007 @ 4:21 pm

  9. oh my god, you where in eugene?! i live there! stop back by on your way back!

    Comment by Kenny — July 24, 2007 @ 8:02 pm

  10. Rofl Adam your mommy misses you

    Comment by Lavos — July 27, 2007 @ 7:38 pm

  11. I must ask… what is the deal with the t-shirts?

    Comment by Aaron — November 27, 2007 @ 5:26 pm

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