Date: December 28th 2009

So go to wherever your gonna go on New Years Eve. Party your face off. Dance to that awful music. Drink that cheap, shitty sparkling white wine. Sing that song. Wear a cardboard hat. Go nuts.



Then we get on the bus.



We leave at 2:30 AM. Your evening starts in the year 2009, but the bus leaves in 2010. We will take in some sights. And end up at Pinnacles National Monument, where will will have breakfast and nap and nurse hangovers.

For a few hours.

Then, we climb to the top.

The view is stunning. The climb, mild. It takes about 3 hours to get up. It's the right way to start your new decade. You won't remember the party. But you'll remember this.

Be back by 9:00 PM or earlier.

You'll need a sleeping bag to stay warm on the bus. The bus will be parked all day in front of the warehouse, the combination to the lock is 3223 (the address of the Odeon). You can safely stash your stuff there during the day so you don't have to schleap it around all night.

You'll need intelligent footware to walk up a dirt path. Sneekers are fine. Boots are cool (not new ones).

You'll need a jacket. It's cold at the top.

You'll want sunglasses.

You will want to bring a portable water vessel.

I will provide breakfast and utensils.



Generous donations of $50 or more are gladly accepted. If you can't give $50, don't worry about it. Be generous next time. The bus is expensive, it needs a little money so we can keep doing trips.

If you have never been on the bus, it's like a Green Tortise bus. It's downright loungy. It's comfy to sleep on. It runs like a top. KROB will DJ. I'll be your only driver and do not really drink anymore. I'll be dead sober all night. We can comfortably fit 40 people. RSVP is an absolute MUST.





The best thing I can think of to do battle with the ugliness of the worst amateur hour hallmark holiday is to remind ourselves that we live surrounded by natural wonders. Lets go visit one on New Years Day.


If it's raining, we just change locations. but we still do the trip.

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