So with spring break happening I decided I needed to do something cool. Monday night I went to the Cursive show. Tuesday I was headed to El Paso to meet up with my brother and we were going to see The Matches, one of our favorite bands. I wasn’t to far from home when I get the call saying that after calling ahead, my brother found out that the club in El Paso didn’t accept the New Mexico temporary paper drivers licenses which incidentally both my brother and I had while waiting for our real ones to arrive in the mail.
So apart from playing shows and going to shows, my spring break plans consisted of riding my bike long distances. I was kind of bummed Tuesday night that we didn’t hit up the show, and I decided I would ride my bike into Albuquerque the next day.
Tuesday night I tossed and turned for a few hours then decided, “forget it, why not start my trip then instead of tossing and turning all night?” So I set out though it was 2 am, and started out on what turned into my first overnight bike ride.
I shut my garage door (fearful of waking the still asleep) and rolled down the street with my pathway illuminated by my bike light.
At first it was quite fun, the first 20 or so minutes. No cars were on the road, and the night air was cool and refreshing. After that I turned off Corrales road on to a road called Loma Larga, which proved to be the funnest (sarcastic) part of my trip.
The road was pitch black, all I could see was the 3 or so feet lit in front of my by my bike light. There weren’t many houses along the road. I never thought I was scared of the dark until riding along that road for a while. As I rode past bushes and ditches I’d here animals rustling around, at times jumping out at me. Though they where probably rabbits and such, I could not see them, and I kept imagining coyotes and stray dogs about to chase after me.
They say that prisoners in Alcatraz went crazy in the pitch dark cells. Many did things such as rip buttons of their shirts, throw them in the air, then crawl around on their hands and knees until they found it to try and maintain sanity. After like 40 minutes of riding down this dark long street, I began to believe I was very much insane myself.
Finally after I thought I was destined to end up in the middle of nowhere, I saw lights. Civilization! Never had I been so excited to see Walmart! Luckily Walmart is one of the only places open at 3 AM in the morning. I locked my bike up and went inside, bought some Gatorade, then basked in the warmth of the foyer sipping my Gatorade (I didn’t take into consideration that it got progressively colder as the night went on, and I was freezing.) I ended up sitting in the foyer for about an hour and Walmart security became concerned that I was homeless and was about to sleep there or something.
To make a long story short, I left went on my way, rode for however long more till the Albuquerque train station. I waited for the first northbound train (forever) and headed towards my house. I arrived home at about 7 PM, very freezing, and very exhausted.
My fun over night adventure on no sleep ended up being not so great, and actually quite unpleasant. Next time I am tossing and turning and can’t sleep, I will be grateful that at least I am warm.
Band of the Week: The Action Design
Why? I saw them on Monday and reminded myself that they are amazing, and have yet to make band of the week. I have been a long time fan of Agent M and Tsunami Bomb, but The Action Design is just as, if not more catchy than Tsunami Bomb.
Where they are from: San Fra, Cali.
Best song: Landmines
Check it: www.myspace.com/theactiondesign
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