James Richard Lane blog

A bittersweet Chicago Story In 2015, I have had a layover in Chicago via bus, via plane, and have driven to Chicago and stayed there for 4th of July weekend. I have had no intentions to go back this year, however I was convinced.... Buying the tickets A friend named Mike needed to go to Chicago to fly out to get to LA for very cheap tickets. He asked me to go intriguing me the price of $70 round trip. I agreed. He asked me to get us a free stay at HI-Chicago. I requested but could only get myself the free stay. He would of had to pay $30 a night. He refused. I cancelled my reservation, and declined to going to Chicago anymore. He said he would figure this out... This is a person I have been to (New York, Boston, Miami, New Orleans, Denver, Toronto, LA, etc.) with. I decided to just go along with it. He found a Couch Surfer named Anthony (Chi is his actual real name). I agreed, I bought my $70 round trip tickets with Spirit. After I bought them was given an offer for a $50 re...

Philly I took a trip to Philly recently. I figured I might as well take advantage of the privilege I get to stay at HI hostels for free. I invited my girlfriend to come along and we drove up. We arrived to the city after our bladders were about to explode! We both share Small Bladder Syndrome , fortunately we made it to a bathroom. we also did our usual round of the best vegetarian food ever at Govinda's. After all that excitement we made it to the hostel, they greeted us in welcoming arms and informed us they were having a guided pub crawl that night, so we hit a lot of the local bars in Old Town and ended the night with an exciting round of karaoke as I drunkenly arm wrestled the bar tender and lost. The next morning we woke up to get a delicious breakfast at Green Eggs Cafe. The service was fantastic and the food was exceptional especially for a vegetarian. We continued our morning by taking a boat ride over to Camden, NJ. We walked along the pier side, visited Rutgers (...