road trip.

last summer, i embarked on a solo journey to ottowa via two feet a heartbeat and a thumbs up. i was sitting at my moms house, bored so i decided i wanted to go somewhere. i packed up my backpack which contained a few changes of clothes, a book or two, and a carton of smokes. then i emptied my savings ( a booming $180), grabbed my guitar, and set off from fort erie- which is where my mumma lives. i walked for the rest of the day before i got picked up by a guy named mike, or doug i think. he was a nice guy but he kinda creeped me out so we didnt get too far before i asked him to let me out at a motel off the highway. i crashed there for the night spending $30 on the room for the night. the motel was tottally nasty though, oh well it was cheap. the next day i cant really remember much because i didnt sleep well the night before but i do remember getting picked up by a nice couple who were on the way to ottowa themselves. i didnt want a ride directly there so i asked them if they could let me off in kingston, where i walked around and saw some uninteresting stuff for the rest of the day. that night i stayed in an even crummier motel where i didnt sleep at all because of the arguments i heard or the cars i could hear loudly passing by. the next day i decided to try and find a scenic route, but decided against it because i was too tired. i also found out that i was lost and running out of money, i had something like 70 or 80 bucks left, so i parked myself down on a street corner, pulled out my guitar and started playing. one or two people stayed around while i played and asked me if i was homeless, i told them i wasnt and that i was backpacking to ottowa, they seemed to accept it and tossed in some change. i made about $20-$30 that day, which was pretty awesome. afterwards i made it to the highway and stuck out my thumb. my luck was awesome because once again, an old couple picked my up, they were really nice, and they had a rv, so i napped on a couch in the back. i was dropped off at a gas station outside of ottawa and i walked over to it to get a map. theyre like $5 for a stupid map that i only used once, which sucked because i still had to make it back from ottowa, and i wasnt made of money. i hitchiked the rest of the way to ottowa with a really really weird woman who was definately crazy, and she dropped me off at a mcdonalds. for a thanks i bought her a burger, she was really weird and i hope i dont cross paeths with her ever again. i was in ottowa, but i was tired. i really wanted to stay at the old prison in ottowa, which was also a hostel, but it was way further into the city then i was. so i stayed at another motel. this one wasnt bad, but the continental breakfast sucked, dry stale donuts and sludgey coffee. i contemplated hitch hiking back home, but decided against it and bought a bus ticket back to st. catherines. i left at 12:00 and got back home at 8:00pm. it was a long tiring trip, it was fun, but it wouldve been better if id had some company. im not sure if id do it again but id love to visit b.c so..... lets see what goes down next summer.