Maybe A Chance At An Update

I'm going to see Alberto this weekend.

I hope I can get in that passenger seat for at least one outing so I can update this blog mobile style.  We'll have to wait and see!

To be fair - bill almost just killed me too on a 1 way street - but this isnt about him

Six of us in the car with Alberto at the wheel.

he signals left, goes right, total fake out

Berto follows no man

If this car had a Flux capaciter...

...Alberto would have been in 1955 4 seconds into this ride.

That's a Back to the Future joke, nerd.

Long time no see - we're off to joliet, IL - lets see how berto does as the lead car

Okay i lied - in addition to the 57 bugs, Bill's car battery was also lost during the trip - oh poor Subaru.

Just got back. Berto, we gave you some shit, but it was all in fun. Thanks for driving - and for the alive arrival.

Final 13 miles - great trip! Alberto thanks for putting up with all of our shit - the bugs on the windshield were the only things that were physically harmed, all 57 of them. Tour guides you were great -- next time please wear matching neon green tank-tops so we can spot you in a crowd.

Welcome to Ohio!

So the ride home has been pretty chill, hopwever after what was a quaint reststop adventure - we ha a race with an 18-wheeler, in which some yelling at backseat drivers led us to concede the race and let the trucker win - as if he was saying "Eat it Jetta" on the way by

much yelling and blaming ensued

almost home - and a relatively uneventful ride just about ended by being crushed by a semi leaving the rest stop

Why is it that the ride home always seems so much longer than the way there?

Picnic complete - car games are the best and hilarious, i mean what picnic is complete without mouthgaurds and zoo animals?

Clearly the words aren't flying quite like they were at the start of this trip. Stopped for a bite to eat at the delicious Twilight Diner. Full tank of gas and we're coming up on Bellefonte, PA. Current speed: 74 MPH.

Maybe it's the fact that I have only had about seven hours of sleep in the past two nights, but the ride has been pretty smooth so far.

So yesterday on the way to lunch, I received the following text from my friend Mary: "Billy, that blog about Alberto was mean. Aren't you grateful to him for driving you?"

First, I guess it should be said that none of this was meant to be mean. We're just poking fun. As we always do. Maybe we're just always mean.

Secondly, we definitely appreciate Alberto driving us. It's been fun. Death defying fun.

Almost hit a merging car - berto isn't acustomed to the right lane