T-Minus 11 Days and Counting...

Well, here we are, 11 days until our epic journey begins. It seems like only yesterday we met our dear friend, Morris. And after all the mishaps and follies, Morris has prevailed. From losing a wheel bearing on the Trans-Canada Highway, to losing our entire exhaust going up Columbia Street, it has been good times. The car literally paid for itsself in the first hour or two when I decided to spray the washer fluid whilst Steve had Morris' bonnet up, I had determined that this car has a beauty of a personality as I watched Steve scream while washer fluid rained down upon him.

As for Morris updates, as Steve mentioned, he brazed the pipes together to form a proper exhaust (no thanks to me actually tearing the pipe while trying to bend it). There is one other idea I came up with while trying to organize the disaster I call a living quarters... A portable DVD player hooked up to the tape deck! "Surely you jest!", one might say, "You can't possibly watch DVDs and drive on the superhighways of California!", you are probably thinking. I believe that this will be mighty fine plan thanks to the capacity of the mighty DVD ROM, we will be able to store literally thousands of songs on one disc and be able to navigate them nicely as well. Steve has managed to acquire a sweet ass cassette mixer to make mix tapes and has successfully turned his computer desk into a full blown recording studio using his computer, the mixer, and a small JVC tv that I left there on boxing day claiming that i would be by the next day to come pick it up...

I hope to use my digital camera to film a short video going over all the behind-the-scenes work that we put into morris and didn't quite make it into the blog. Another thing that will be covered by the video (or series of videos) is the other (mis)adventures that we encountered in Morris, going over all the locations Morris has been and the friends he has made. Also, our passports should arrive next week, and we have to go pick them up in Surrey, I would really like to film our trip down there and start posting videos on YouTube. I know I have mentioned this in the past, and the only reason I haven't started is because try as I might, I just can not find the carger for my little camcorder. For now, I think the digital camera will suffice.

Anyways, I seem to be rambling on like I normally do with a blog post (which is why I ususally try and get Steve to do them). With that being said, I am signing off for now.

-Mitch