Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Getting to the super wall
So after that shitty night, we head to where the crew change says. The Super Wall! We walk to Broad and get to a gas station where we find a ride to the road we need to get to. They take us in the back of their truck to a rehab center? At this place these people run into someone they know who says they're going that way and could drive us instead. So we get in the car with this lady who's a NewYorkRican who complains a lot about how people drive in Richmond and that no one knows directions. Of course she knows this because she'd been asking everyone around for directions while were with her, causing traffic jams. She's really nice though and offers us a ride to Baltimore that weekend because she's going to Philadelphia to visit her son. We finally get to the spot we needed to get to which was a bridge passing over a train yard. Now we just have to figure out where the spot is. We walk across the bridge which is sketchy because we have packs on with CSX trucks passing us and being visible from the yard. We get to a spot under the bridge that fits the description a little bit but is still a little weird to us and pretty visible. After some discussion, we decide that isn't the right spot. We walk across the bridge to the other side and get to a spot very similar only this time there's train graffiti. So then we decide we're in the right spot. After waiting for a long time, we start to question again whether this is the spot and I decide that if we don't catch something by about 1 o'clock, I'm going to hitch with or without them. Trains are passing by but nothing is stopping except a few southbound junk trains. After noticing the graffiti is all southbound, and a lot of talking and calling Fiz, we realize this isn't the right spot. Fiz finds the spot for us on Google maps and we head there. Along the way I decide that I want to hitch. Kelsea also wants to hitch but is torn because Kiki absolutely does not. Kelsea and I start to get really frustrated however because Kiki is on the phone with Fiz and not talking to us about what we're going to do. So after arguing and waiting, I begin to hitch and Kelsea decides she's going to stay with Kiki. We split up on bad terms and the lack of sleep, lack of food, and the extreme tension start to wear on me. After hitching maybe 20 minutes I decide I need to eat and get water. I got my things and walked about 20 minutes to a gas station to get a banana and a jug of water. Along the way, I decided to see if Kelski had gotten a train because I was now considering to meet up with them. I was in no shape to be hitching. I decided I could probably get some sleep if we were waiting for a train also. They hadn't caught out yet and Kelsea told me the spot was very close to where I was, so I decided to meet up with them. I was calling Kelsea to get the information for the spot and she wasn't picking up. I knew this had to be Kiki. I end up figuring it out and of course as I'm walking up, I see Kiki on the phone with Fiz. Extremely irritated, I sit my stuff down to put the water in my camelbak. Of course, when I do that the open jug of water falls down the very steep rocky hill were on. The spot was interesting. Directly under an interstate and behind a fence covered by trees, it was a relief to have finallly found the spot. It was covered in train graffiti and the wall down by the tracks was covered in traditional graffiti. There was a small ledge at about eye level where I could lay down to sleep as I found out that it is very difficult for me to sleep on an incline. But, alas we were here and now just had to wait.
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