ROAD TRIP!

How to make the perfect road trip.

Alright so lets cut this right to the chase. No beating around the bush here. I'm not gunna doddle on this one. This post is going right to the counter. I'm really too tired to sit around and try to amuse my followers with my brilliance of wit and bold, attacking prose. So no more dilly-daddle. Lets do this.
Heres how to have the ultimate road trip experience.




Step #1: Your Group.
You'll need a group of devoted, close friends to be in on it. Your going to be in a small space and up late nights with these people and it's probably going to be better if your all close and trust each other. 5 to 6 people would be the optimum, though you can have a more intimate one with your best friend or lover. Or you could brave a tribe, and have like 10 or 12 people.






Step #2: Your Dough.

Your going to need money. And the more the better. If you have a crappy job? No prob, just set aside at least 10 to 20 bucks a paycheck JUST for the trip. Don't rush it. Plan to have the trip at a time convenient for everyone. And try to have it a ways away from now. Like if its summer, plan to do it NEXT summer. Or if its winter?  Plan to do it the summer after this or just come up with a great financial plan so it could be for the coming one.
Everyone should be pitching in. Ideally, 2000 bucks a person for the trip. But like I said, the more the better.

Step #3: Your Destination.
Where you headed? My personal opinion? Road trip in the US. Good roads, solid laws, you can go forever and not have to cross a country boarder, great destinations, and you dont have to go far for awesome and diverse scenery and cultures.
The classic road trip is classic for a reason. Go drive through the mid west and/or the west. Red canyons, cactus, plenty of pit-stops, roadside pigs outs, and (of course) long stretches of open road.

Step #4: Your Wagon.
You need the rollin' shack. You and/or your friends have to pick out what you guys are gunna roll in. Again, my personal opinion? Get a Volkswagen Van/Bus. If you don't how the seat are put in, I would just pull them all out, cover the floor in something soft that you'd like to kick it in. Shag carpet is part of the stereotype for a reason. Optimize your vehicle. Add a cooler, a good sound system with plenty of tunes organized by play-list, room to for everyone to lay down when they want to sleep, and whatever else you feel would make the van a home away from home.

Step #5: Your Mash.
Your going to want food. Lots of food. Don't just buy enough food to get by. Your going to want food not only for meals but for just sitting around and having something to snack on while you chat, or drive, or in-between meals or when your bored, and yaddy yaddy yadda. Its good to always have stuff to eat. Eating from hungry to hungry just makes you think about meal times too much, and you want to enjoy your trip. Get LOTS of canned food and water before you leave. Of course have a healthy road-trip supply of your favorite verity of chips, nuts. and candy. If you can afford it get a lot of peanut butter and honey with bread. Nothing has to be refrigerated and a PB&H is amazing. Get cold foods in accordance to what type of cooling unit your vehicle has and how much room is in it. Always have cash put aside for roadside cafes and neat little restaurants along the way. It's always cool to be able to stop into different places and see what they have on their menus with your friends. Remember drinks; bottled water, sodas, energy drinks, etc, etc...




Step #6: Your Reckless Abandonment.

Leave. But in style. Look for a new job if you already have one. Set it up with a friend or a relative, knowing it will be there when you come back, because your current one? Gone. Your just gunna leave. Leave your job, leave your enemies, leave your problems. Still in school? Senior year? LEAVE! YIPPY-KAI-AYE-YAY!









Step #7: Burnin' Out.
Everyone pile into the Van, crack open some sodas, blast the opening tune, and burn out!