Monday, May 11, 2009

TRIP TO HERMANNS HOLE: AN EPIC BLOG POSTING

I SPENT THIS WEEKEND AT HERMANNS HOLE. ITS D.I.Y. CONCRETE BOWL ABOUT AN HOUR WEST OF SAINT LOUIS. THIS GUY J.P. OWNS IT. THEY WERE HAVING A ONE YEAR BIRTHDAY BASH, SO A BUNCH OF US ROLLED OUT...


A FEW THINGS WE SAW ON THE 5 HOUR DRIVE.


WE ROLLED UP RIGHT AT DARK. IT HAD RAINED A BUNCH THE PREVIOUS DAY AND PART OF THE BRIDGE WASHED AWAY. THERE WAS ONLY ONE WAY TO HERMANNS HOLE. SO WE HAD TO CROSS THE RIVER "OREGON TRAIL" STYLE.








TOILET MAKE OUT OF TIRES.










GORILLA WITH HIS TURTLE.




I GOT MY "BRODY LICENSE" AND DROVE THIS THING TO TOWN. PULLED UP TO THE GAS STATION AND THE LADY WORKING OBSERVANTLY SAID, "YOU KNOW YER MISSING TWO DOORS?"



THANKS TO RYAN FOR GETTING THE TRIP AND CREW TOGETHER. IT WAS A BLAST...