Day One Staten Island To Harrisonburg, VA

We woke up with the proper hangovers for the meeting. I actually heard someone say to a team that just arrived that morning how they would see the Short Bus in action later on in the night. I think people finally realized we know how to drink and have fun. Our challenges were getting pictures of different items. 3 Ford edges, A building with a presidents name on it, a license plate that had 2 words on it spelt out no abbreviations, a Ferrari, 6 different state trooper cars. We decided that since the Short Bus only gets 5 miles a gallon going out of our way for anything wasn't an option. By the end of the trip we only got 2 state trooper cars, nothing on the Ferrari and got lucky on the Ford edges since the Ford dealership picture had 2 parked out front that we didn't know about.

We pulled into the hotel and surprisingly were not the last ones to arrive. Even the girls at the counter commented on the AA Hates Us shirt and asked if we were part of the drinking team because that one was there favorite. We got all set up and started drinking again. More beer and shots. We got our new friend Schwartz all messed up since he is the one who donated the tap system to us. He was cursing all of us the next day when he was trying to fix his exhaust. We found out later he doesn't even remember walking from the parking lot to the hotel but did remember how much he liked the apple pie shots. Once again we were the last ones in the parking lot at the end of the night. We decided that everyone was going to need Red Bull Cola in the morning so we placed 4 cans on every car. The biggest casualty of the night was the Shotski. It slipped off the bus and fell breaking on shot glass and the other 5 fell off.