The Amazing Journey

So here we are, finally across the country and chillin' in Seattle. The journey across was pretty friggin' exciting, with lots of parks, hiking, climbing in the mountains, buffalo sightings, and many many other unbelievable events. Lets start it out with a shot of the North Dakota Badlands. This was the first leg of our trip. Of course, no trip across ND is complete without a stop in Jamestown to see the world's largest buffalo statue. And here it is...

How about that? That, my friends, is a big fucking buffalo! But that ain't the best part of the trip. Oh no, it was only the beginning. After that, we high-tailed it across the state to end up in Medora, where we stayed in a WICKED place...the wooly wagon!



Yes, this tasty little wagon was our home while roaming the ranges of North Dakota. Oh, and here's a picture of said ranges.



Next, we traveled on to South Dakota, home of the Crazy Horse monument, Wounded Knee, and along with them, one of the worst massacres of Indians the country has ever seen. Oh, and Mt. Rushmore. Also, Abe Lincoln frequents the place.

You didn't know I knew him, did you? Did you?!? Anyway, there I was with honest Abe. From there, it was on to Deadwood, SD, famous for Buffalo Bill, and lots and lots of shootings and stuff. Now they have re-enactments of gunfights every night. I'll have pictures of it in the next update.

Two weeks back at the ranch

Well dear readers, I've had a blissful two weeks in ND and MN, and while I've had a great time fishing, tubing, smoking weed, and getting hammered at the local bars with my girl, the annui has begun to set in, and I feel it's time to flee this burg. So with that in mind, I set out finding a way out of here. First Hanae and I were going to try to buy a $500 rat trap car to see if we could make it across the states, but that search proved futile. You can't get good cheap cars here like you can in Japan. Then we moved onto plan B, which proved a winner.

Did you know that you can rent a car for an entire fucking MONTH for $400?!? That is utter insanity! So we got us a car, and will be setting off on our journey west beginning Tuesday (gotta wait til after Labor Day so all the prices on hotels and shit go down). Anyway, we rented this car, and It's absolutely great. It's a Kia Rio wagon. You know how in Japan, the cars sometimes have stupid names (like Daihatsu NAKED)? Well this car is sub-titled Cinco, which in Japanese translates to Penis, which is about the greatest name of all time. (All you people in Japan, don't get on me about "C" and "CH", because you know the J-folks ain't gonna be able to tell the difference.) Anyway, I'm sure I'll have lots of pics to update you on the travels of Spooky D, Hanae, and Penis-chan.

And here's the lovely Hanae posing with the penis.