Manchester, NH through Providence, RH

Nick: Yesterday found us leaving New Hampshire and heading back to Boston to pick up Craig, a friend from college. This is no small moment because, with the exception of taking Dom to and from work, the road trip has always been the two of us. Craig kept up though. It worked.

Brian: After a couple of practice runs, Craig could Seabiscuit with the best of them.

Nick: Our first stop was the Sam Adams brewery which gives free tours and free beer tastings. I swear. The tour was sort of interesting, though I’m proud to report that Brian and I actually knew almost everything the tour guide told us about the brewing process. Maybe we should brew our own stuff. We are now accepting suggestions for the name of that beer, and any flavors you readers think we should try to capture. Anyway, the tour was cool, and the beer was cold and delicious. Actually, we got to try a Belgian Blonde that they haven’t even decided to sell yet so that was pretty fancy. After the brewery, we were off to Providence, Rhode Island to see Rachel and Nick (more friends from school.)

Brian: If we are lucky that won’t be the only Belgian Blonde on this trip. Yeah, I know that joke is extremely obvious. Rachel and Nick were wonderful; they fed us burgers and introduced us to their friends. Rachel is getting a promotion, and Nick’s guitar building has loosely affiliated him with Barack Obama, so again, we find ourselves mooching off of friends who have wisely chosen a life of success. I have not-so-wisely quit my job in the worst economy in 20 years in order to travel the country in search of fiber-glass Indian statues…

Nick: The one in Skowhegan was wooden.

Brian: Truth. Craig and I fulfilled a tradition of beating the arcade classic known as Final Fight before we fell asleep. If you ever get a chance, try and find the enemy biographies for that game. Among them are a transsexual cop, an autistic salad-lover, and the final boss is a crossbow toting maniac in a wheelchair. The game is unique in that the plot is revealed in the closing credits; until then you simply seem to be a ‘roided out dude in cut-off jeans with a penchant for kicking the crap out of societal rejects (I shouldn’t have said that). Game on!

Nick: Rachel promised us Double-Down sandwiches in the morning. For those of you that don’t closely follow KFC and all of their latest developments, the Double-Down sandwich is a cheese and bacon sandwich slathered in “Colonel’s Sauce” with fried chicken breasts for buns. This country is out of control. Also, we watched “She-Wolf” by Shakira followed by “She He Wolf.” Again. If you’ve never seen these two Youtube vidoes back to back, get it done.

Brian: Youtube has single-handedly revolutionized the amount of time people waste every day, and for that, we thank them. Alright, thanks for reading. Brian and Nick out.