Hey,


We met up with a girl named Vanessa in Moncton that joined us for this leg of the trip. We crashed last night in a hostel in Halifax, NS.
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We began shopping for cheap Albertan beer, when two men loudly alerted us to their presence. "Let's get some FUCKING beer!" This was the prelude to one of the most surreal nights of my life.

"Backpackers? You wanna place to crash? I gotta big field and some beer-chicken for dinner. My name's Chris, and this is Dan."

We hopped into the bed of their truck and took off down the highway.

Chris began soliciting his "sister" in the process. "Man, you gotta fuck my sister; You like big boobs? You gotta fuck her." The offer did little to entice me.

We arrived to meet his "family," an unrelated group of five fully dysfunctional people living in a house. I met his "wife" (girlfriend) two months pregnant, double-fisting a cigarette and beer.

Thenight became hazy as Gregg and I began drinking malt liquor to weather the storm.

Dan eventually stole his girlfriend's wallet and made a break for the liquor store in his truck. He later phoned, claiming he threw it out the truck's window, sending Gregg and I on a a charity-enduced hunt.

When he returned - with wallet, Gregg and I hid behind the house as a domestic dispute raged in the front yard. The climax resulted in Chris knocking Dan out... Apparently Chris was a former boxer.

Video games and more beer followed. Gregg repaired a Playstation One controller with hockey tape after Chris' rage landed it across the room. Need for Speed '03 was an alarming anger-stimulus.


Chris' girfriend began hot-knifing hash - Chris' main source of income. "It's ok though," he assured me. "We're not keeping it."
"Abortion?" I inquired.
"Nope, adoption."
Yikes.

Chris became increasingly apologetic and emotive as the night progressed (or regressed, perspective depending)

"Man, get the hell out of Alberta; This place is a fly-trap."
"Sorry... Sorry... Sorry."
"My life is shot now."

We left early the next morning, glad to never see them again, but grateul for the experience.


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We're off to explore Halifax, then likely hit up Antigonish or catch the ferry to PEI.