Topic: Thinking of a road trip to Canuckistan (Read 6787 times)

Patrick · « **on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:05 »

I am going to be employed in 10 days. With some of the money from said employment, I am setting 3 very, very important financial goals for myself.

Goal 1: get myself some transportation (currently looking at a Honda Rebel motorcycle)
Goal 2: get myself a new acoustic guitar, plus a gig bag
Goal 3: get myself enough money saved so's I can take a week or two off work and go visit Canada (on said motorbike) and the forumites within, all the while paying rent!

The earliest I could do this would probably be spring, but I'll have a better time estimate as things carry on. Let me know if any of you Canuckistani forumites would mind putting me on their couch for a maximum of 2 nights! I can only offer a reasonably large bottle of b00z in return (yay, Canada's drinking age!) and reciprocation if you ever visit me anywhere in the future.

Drill King · « **Reply #1 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:11 »

I have an 8ft long couch and a love seat in one of the most lovely Canadian cities(Great people, great art scene, GREAT music scene). you are 100% welcome Patrick.

allison · « **Reply #2 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:18 »

I've already said it, but you're welcome in my home! I live in modern comfort with all the newfangled amenities like running water and indoor plumbing. Plus, only a stone's throw from the thriving metropolis that is Toronto!

Patrick · « **Reply #3 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:26 »

I should probably also add that I will bring a sleeping bag (good news for people who do not want to clean their couches more than necessary!), and I do not mind sleeping on floors.

(also, thank you both very very much!)

(also also, I probably shouldn't be drinking right now, but I wanted to do this even when I was sober so yeah)

MrBlu · « **Reply #4 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:32 »

Yaayayayaya let's do this @#$%errrrrrs

tania · « **Reply #5 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:38 »

unfortunately i am living with my parents for the next 12 months or so, so i can't offer accommodation of any sort. i can offer hangouts though! i promise i'm a pretty decent person.

Liz · « **Reply #6 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:41 »

Fargo is pretty close to Canada. You could swing down here if you want!

Radical AC · « **Reply #7 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 10:43 »

Where in Canada are you planning on going? It's a big place even if you don't count the Yukon. I used to share a property line with Canada when I lived in International Falls, MN. You didn't need a passport or anything silly like that back then.

Patrick · « **Reply #8 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 11:00 »

Well, I mean, I am planning on saving up plenty of Buxx beforehand (I am pretty certain American check cards will work on Canuckistani ATMs and card-swipe machines!) just so that if I really need to stop somewhere cheap overnight I can afford to. That and I'd like to treat my hosts to feeding-time at some point, and buy gas, and all that stuff.

I might bring a tent along with me though just in case I decide I am too exhausted to do anything.

(Tania I was never worried that you would not be a decent person!)

J-cob9000 · « **Reply #9 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 12:49 »

You can't come live with me. Just because.

Melodic · « **Reply #10 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 13:15 »

Come to Vancouver, it's better here.

Johnny C · « **Reply #11 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 13:25 »

Patrick you KNOW I can hook you up. I hope you like futons with crayon blankets and sleeping near a drum kit - as long as it's not during May you've got a space.

Johnny C · « **Reply #12 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 13:28 »

Also I have no idea how far you plan to go but you might want to take a little longer than two weeks off - Canada's a really big country.

allison · « **Reply #13 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 13:33 »

We're bigger than Malaysia, almost as big as Asia, we're bigger than Australia and it's a continent!...

Scandanavian War Machine · « **Reply #14 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 15:27 »

if you end up dipping down south of Vancouver into Washington state, you can stay with me. i'm just below the border.

Canada's outside my jurisdiction though.

orangepeas · « **Reply #15 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 15:33 »

Not sure where I'm going to be then, but your more then welcome to crash here or hangouts or whatever.

I know I don't post often here, but I'm a decent person. hehe

Patrick · « **Reply #16 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 15:51 »

Quote from: Johnny C on 06 Jul 2009, 13:25

Patrick you KNOW I can hook you up. I hope you like futons with crayon blankets and sleeping near a drum kit - as long as it's not during May you've got a space.

Oh shit I love crayon-print blankets, I never had one as a kid. I am serious, I would sleep under that and I would sleep like damn Ray Smuckles under direct sunlight, that is how I would sleep.

Also idk if I could take a month off work (that would be ideal), but maybe I could, my landlords are pretty a-ok about rent so long as I catch up. Since they are my bosses at work too I would probably be fine. They take rent out my pay anyway.

Melodic I will probably dip by Vancouver! B.C. is like inches from where I will be in Alaska (about 150miles south of Juneau) so yeah I'd be down with that. Probably my first stopping point. I might have to swing back through on the way back home, too

Patrick · « **Reply #17 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 15:54 »

Quote from: Scandanavian War Machine on 06 Jul 2009, 15:27

if you end up dipping down south of Vancouver into Washington state, you can stay with me. i'm just below the border.

Canada's outside my jurisdiction though.

Yeah I'd be game for that. Got family there I wanna see (grandpa and a bitchin' rad first cousin), they are in Seattle or thereabouts.

Also holy balls guys, thanks for all the responses and all of that! I was only beginning some plans but now I'm gonna start getting real serious.

(also Johnny C do you think I could do an acoustic opener for your band? I am hoping to have myself a new Taylor by time this happens, which I will secure to the back seat with rope, bungee cords, and a modified gig bag with loops to keep it all secure. If not I would love to jam and maybe write jams with you, you are actually one of my biggest writing influences right now)

Zingoleb · « **Reply #18 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 18:17 »

I have talked to you about the situation, Patrick. Perhaps!

Joseph · « **Reply #19 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 23:48 »

Depending on the time of year you do this, I will be in Vancouver or Montreal. Either way, I'm sure I could lend you some couch space or something.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #20 on:** 06 Jul 2009, 23:57 »

Also, Patrick, don't make this into some sort of Easy Rider scene.

yelley · « **Reply #21 on:** 07 Jul 2009, 10:37 »

dear patchy,

i don't have a place that you can crash at in canada, but are we still up for this sunday? reply to me somewhere that's not here, since i don't check here often anymore.

<3, yelley

Scarychips · « **Reply #22 on:** 07 Jul 2009, 13:37 »

And if you end up in Montreal (ie, crashing at Joseph's), send a message and I can meet up with you guys (I've never met any of you guys and you all seem pretty rad) (although I think I saw Joseph at a Final Fantasy show like two years ago, but I'm not sure it was him).

20 jazz funk greats · « **Reply #23 on:** 07 Jul 2009, 14:10 »

hi patrick,

i live in canada and actually have a place of my own now, but i don't live there yet and my parents would not be up for having strangers from the internets staying in their home.

so can't help you there.
but i would probably be willing to hang out with you if you will be coming to tronno at some point! is that something you might be interested in?

love,
anna

Patrick · « **Reply #24 on:** 07 Jul 2009, 14:42 »

Anna you know I'd be down.

Update: I'd prefer if we did any discussion of this strictly in this thread, AIM/MSN, or via PM, and NOT Facebook. My mother is basically urging me not to ride a motorcycle ever and so I am gonna have to disguise it as having turned into a road trip in a car in order to make her not shit herself, and she stalks me pretty rigorously on Facebook.

For everybody else: I might actually turn it into a road trip with a real car if I can convince one friend (and I promise ONLY ONE oh god I know how bad it is to get more visitors than expected) to come with and let us use their car. Due to my mother's safety concerns this might become an issue.

I will update you as the time approaches whether or not I will be accompanied by anybody. I CAN say that it will be no more than one other person. I will be talking to the police regarding special training and certification for motorcyclists, so this may not even be a concern. I understand that my welcome is not necessarily an open door to my friend, and I will be doing everything I can to shave it down to just me. I don't like the idea of imposing on other people.

Caleb · « **Reply #25 on:** 07 Jul 2009, 15:03 »

If you need to stay in a place NEAR Canada you can stop by Plattsburgh, NY and crash on my crappy couch.

But I bet there are enough people in this forum from Montreal so there is really no point in me offering.

I am jealous. The only cool car trip I ever took was across NY state to find a job. Good luck!

Lunchbox · « **Reply #26 on:** 08 Jul 2009, 05:44 »

I'd probably suggest doing a longer trip in a car anyway, 'cause if you get wet on a motorcycle it means everything you have will be wet also. And if you stack it, there goes your new guitar...
But then I am always the party pooper so whatever.
Vancouver is a nice place! So is Victoria! And Whistler! I went there. Woo!

Patrick · « **Reply #27 on:** 13 Jul 2009, 17:56 »

Yeah, I might wind up getting myself a beater of a Honda Civic or something instead, and just use that. If I do, I might just bring my Jag and an amp, too. That'd probably be the best plan, and just use the motorbike for riding around town and doing small errands. More economical that way, I figger.

Johnny C · « **Reply #28 on:** 13 Jul 2009, 18:47 »

yeah then you can arrive in regina a day or so early and play a gig with us where you play all my guitar parts and i just sing

Durb Durb Durb · « **Reply #29 on:** 05 Aug 2009, 21:07 »

Quote from: allison on 06 Jul 2009, 13:33

We're bigger than Malaysia, almost as big as Asia, we're bigger than Australia and it's a continent!...

Ten thousand internets awarded for quoting the Arrogant Worms.

Try Atlantic Canada. We're all the Canuck but without all the sense of entitlement you get from...THE WEST.

allison · « **Reply #30 on:** 05 Aug 2009, 21:12 »

He's right, the West is evil. I'm like, kind of to the middle and south and east. It's pretty good.

Durb Durb Durb · « **Reply #31 on:** 05 Aug 2009, 21:22 »

Quote from: allison on 05 Aug 2009, 21:12

He's right, the West is evil. I'm like, kind of to the middle and south and east. It's pretty good.

You shall be spared our fishermany, covered-bridgey wrath.

calenlass · « **Reply #32 on:** 05 Aug 2009, 21:35 »

Patrick stop by Atlanta on the way. This is a good plan.

Drill King · « **Reply #33 on:** 06 Aug 2009, 15:17 »

Allison, you're from ontario, you are from the worst part of canada.

But it's okay I forgive you because you partake in my favorite beer on occasion.

Jimor · « **Reply #34 on:** 06 Aug 2009, 17:15 »

Hmmm, did Patrick get eaten by a bear up in Sitka?

allison · « **Reply #35 on:** 06 Aug 2009, 17:28 »

Quote from: Drill King on 06 Aug 2009, 15:17

Allison, you're from ontario, you are from the worst part of canada.

But it's okay I forgive you because you partake in my favorite beer on occasion.

Cheers, Andy!

Durb Durb Durb · « **Reply #36 on:** 06 Aug 2009, 20:23 »

Quote from: allison on 06 Aug 2009, 17:28

Quote from: Drill King on 06 Aug 2009, 15:17
Allison, you're from ontario, you are from the worst part of canada.

But it's okay I forgive you because you partake in my favorite beer on occasion.

Cheers, Andy!
cuteness/product shot

Those who like it, like it a lot.

calenlass · « **Reply #37 on:** 06 Aug 2009, 21:41 »

How does one have a favourite beer?

Christophe · « **Reply #38 on:** 06 Aug 2009, 21:43 »

Quote from: Jimor on 06 Aug 2009, 17:15

Hmmm, did Patrick get eaten by a bear up in Sitka?

I got a text from him the other day, he should be safe.

Patrick · « **Reply #39 on:** 19 Jan 2010, 23:10 »

So for a while I had been without internets, then I was with internets, but by then the whole idea was dead for lack of funds and I had neglected (and then downright forgotten) to post about it. Now the whole thing might just be back on!

See, the way things are going right now, I am likely to be getting a reliable, really fucking inexpensive car (see: blog thread), as well as my CA driver's license, within the next 2 months. By summer, if I work HELLA like I fully intend to, I should have a decent amount of money (after paying off all debts, too). If I don't stay in hotels at all on the way to Tronno (we'll see how I manage that without being absolutely gross), and if I manage my food budget, I could actually be back on with this plan by summer.

I apologize for the bump after a billion years of deadthread, but I am really excited about the idea of my first epic independent-of-family travels.

To QCers in the Bay Area of California: if you would like to pitch gas money, I could reasonably fit a maximum of 2 other people in the vehicle I am planning on getting. It might be a tight fit (that is what she said) but it'd be hella bomb to not be FUCKING ALONE driving across the entire United States of America.

valley_parade · « **Reply #40 on:** 20 Jan 2010, 08:44 »

Hey ass, just come to the northeast instead. I can provide accomidations.

allison · « **Reply #41 on:** 20 Jan 2010, 10:50 »

Patrick (and assorted other forumites),
You can stay at my house! I will not kill you and you can even ask John he will tell you that he stayed here and is still alive.

David_Dovey · « **Reply #42 on:** 20 Jan 2010, 17:48 »

But he wishes that death would just come and take him already.

MrBlu · « **Reply #43 on:** 21 Jan 2010, 14:31 »

Quote from: Drill King on 06 Aug 2009, 15:17

Allison, you're from ontario, you are from the worst part of canada.

Apparently I haven't expressed my discontent at this absurd statement.

michaelicious · « **Reply #44 on:** 21 Jan 2010, 15:55 »

She is right, though, even if her taste in beer is questionable.

A. Smith · « **Reply #45 on:** 21 Jan 2010, 15:59 »

While I cannot offer accommodations (living with parents and all), I WILL say that you should give Quebec a try. We're a nice bunch, and Montreal is widely renowned for it's hot girls

Slick · « **Reply #46 on:** 21 Jan 2010, 16:32 »

Ontario is pretty cool for a bunch of reasons, but is also pretty lame for a bunch of reasons. Also, people from Toronto have a bad rep for being obnoxious about how much cooler Toronto is than the rest of Canada.
Allison's aces though. Tania's OK. I assume this 'Machine' character ain't too shabby but I can't say for sure.

Patrick · « **Reply #47 on:** 21 Jan 2010, 17:21 »

Well, the way things are going, I think I'll really only be making a few stops in non-Ontario places. 'Cause Shane's right, I should definitely get to the east coast of the U.S., at least for a visit.

I'm still really hoping I can get at least one person from here in LOLifornia, preferably another QCer, to join me. That way I don't have to drive through the fucking desert all by my lonesome. It'll keep me awake and focused (and therefore a safer driver) if I'm kept stimulated by means of somebody else's company. And I'd truly hate to be the only person who gets to do this.

Allison I would be pleased to crash at your place, and I would greatly appreciate it! I'll have to if I'm going to drink you under the fucking table.

Jimmy the Squid · « **Reply #48 on:** 21 Jan 2010, 17:31 »

NQG lives in Cali.

Just putting that out there.

MrBlu · « **Reply #49 on:** 21 Jan 2010, 17:41 »

Quote from: michaelicious on 21 Jan 2010, 15:55

She is right, though, even if her taste in beer is questionable.

I LIKE Ontario.

Toronto, not so much. Brampton (or "Bramladesh" as it has been called) is pretty tits.

So, yeah. Ontario is awesome, what's up?

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