We drove down Friday night and ended up talking until 3am which we hadn't done in a while. We talked a lot about style and influences and taboo stuff like drugs and what I've done and what I'd do again and what we would do together if we ended up in that scenario and vice versa and piercings and how he liked industrials and those spiral piercings and how if he got one that I'd get one too and about video games and cosplay and all the different cosplays he looked forward to and how he would make a good Haru but he wanted to keep his hair long etc and also personal things we needed to address together. It was just generally nice.
Since we stayed over Friday night, I made blueberry pancakes in the morning and lounged around playing Super Mario Sunshine. We set out around 1 and got some pizza at Louis's request and then approached the bike shop. The staff was pretty surprised I wanted the tandem bike and seemed pleased about it. He brought a giant red tandem bike around the front. I paid for it and we were off. Louis seemed kind of embarrassed about it but warmed up to it quickly, hopping on and riding it around the parking lot in front of the canal.
It did look kinda goofy, but look at him go LOL
After a couple tries in the beginning we finally got the hang of balancing on a two person bike and off we went!! The whole canal is about 7 miles long. It was an absolutely beautiful day with very little wind and a nice breeze as we rode along the canal.
Unfortunately the tandem bike was a little tilted in the back so riding in the rear first was a little uncomfortable. We kind of leaned to the right and it felt like we were gonna just speed right into the river. It took us about an hour to bike the whole 7 miles down which wasn't bad at all. We stopped twice to rest and once to get water. But once we made it we went out onto the rocks and found somewhere to sit.
We sat down and drank a ton of water and gatorade and started eating the lunches we packed. We had made ballin' sandwiches right before we left and ate in the sunshine. It was such a nice day out, not too hot and not to chilly and we watched a lot of people fish in the canal. Behind Louis in the picture is the Atlantic Ocean. I'm sad we didn't have time to walk along the coast a bit but we had to have the bike returned by 4:30. So after a nice long lunch and a few billion selfies and pictures of each other, we headed back out.
This time the ride was a lot easier. We biked the whole seven miles in one shot without stopping, this time I was riding up front. Louis was chillin in the back and a lot of passersby thought the sight was pretty amusing. A ton of little kids became really excited at the site of a two person bike and pointed and shouted and pulled their parents to look or check it out. One kid specifically yelling "MOM LOOK IT'S A TWOFER" with a lisp was the cutest thing.
We arrived back in one piece and hung out at the house a little more. We played more Mario and then my brother arrived and Louis and he played Smash together. Neither of us had picked up Smash in 6 years according to the time stamp on the GameCube but Billy was able to hold his own pretty well for not having played. Most of his deaths were from his own stupidity.
Around 8-9 Louis and I headed back to Providence and Louis was craving pizza again. (I guess I'm a terrible influence). So we stopped at a place called Bob and Tim's which supposedly got the GQ Top Ten Pizza Places in the United States. It was well worth it - probably the most delicious thing I've had in a while. We also had calamari which is another fave of mine.
We arrived back in one piece and hung out at the house a little more. We played more Mario and then my brother arrived and Louis and he played Smash together. Neither of us had picked up Smash in 6 years according to the time stamp on the GameCube but Billy was able to hold his own pretty well for not having played. Most of his deaths were from his own stupidity.
Around 8-9 Louis and I headed back to Providence and Louis was craving pizza again. (I guess I'm a terrible influence). So we stopped at a place called Bob and Tim's which supposedly got the GQ Top Ten Pizza Places in the United States. It was well worth it - probably the most delicious thing I've had in a while. We also had calamari which is another fave of mine.
Returning to Louis's house, we met Steve who had returned from his summer in New Jersey and was pretty much seemed the same as always LOL. After a much needed shower from the bike ride and some alone time and good chats, eventually I had to go home for work. Overall I felt like it had been a very productive day and fairly cheap for an adventure!! I hope to go again because we both had a lot of fun. Next time is the zoo for sure though or another trip around boston!
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