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02-08-2007, 01:32 AM
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HitHard69 goes to Miami for Superbowl XLI
The story of me and my two buddies, roadtripping from Chicago to Miami for the Superbowl with no tickets, no place to stay, and next to no money.
We left on Friday, Feb 2, at approx 5pm. Myself and my two friends Grant and Joe. Our first major adventure took place at a Steak n Shake just outside Indianapolis...We had to stop and talk some smack to the Colts fans on the way down. Next, Billy showed up. Billy is a Demon spirit trapped under the hood of my '94 Buick LeSabre. (Pronounced La Sab Rey...It's French. Sounds cooler) Billy likes to make VERY loud noises, for hours at a time. He stayed with us for about 10 hours. Probably the most annoying sound ever, and so loud you could still hear it with the radio up on full blast. Grant slept most of the ride down there. Joe was very excited about seeing Louisville (Kentucky Chicago) and Atlanta (Georgia Chicago) The farthest he's ever been from home was Ohio. I drove for exactly 1000.1 miles before turning responsibility over to Grant at approx 10am. We arrived in Miami in the early afternoon following a brief stop at a Georgia IHOP. We immediatly headed for the beach. Joe had never seen the ocean. Did a little swimming and decided to wander around. Went to the Primarepa Sports Bar for some food and beer. We soon learnd that the Primarepa Sports Bar is not a bar. They don't serve alcohol. We also learned that no one there spoke English. It was one of those authentic Cuban places. We didn't fit in, and got the hell out. Went to another resturaunt, which was much better. This one served alcohol. In fact, it was happy hour. Buy one beer, get two free. After dinner we headed to South Beach. Met up with my uncle and cousin for awhile...Of course THEY had tickets to the game. South Beach is just one giant outdoor party. ESPN was broadcasting Sportscenter. NFL network was there. The cops let you drink in the streets. We accidently walked into a gay bar. Found a club with all you can drink for $30 dollars. I guarantee I drank more than $30 worth of Grey Goose. We saw Fat Joe, 50 Cent and Jamie Foxx. Grant stripped down to his drawls and jumped into a random pool in front of a hotel. Then he walked around South Beach in his drawls. It's ok though. The cop told him it's not illegal to walk around in your boxers in South Beach. We asked. Drove to Hallendale to meet up with another buddy staying at The Diplomat Hotel. He was down there with his dad and his dad's girlfriend, so he got his own room. Must be nice to have a rich father. However, this was the Greatest. Hotel. Ever. They don't allow you to park your car. Valet only. The '94 LeSabre fit right in. Beautiful pool, sweet hot tub, awesome golf course, and a toilet made for cleaning your ass. Can't remember what the official word for it was...something with a B maybe? Anyway, this was also the hotel some of the '85 Bears players were staying at. Otis Wilson was on the same floor as us. Sunday we got up and headed here http://beardowninmiami.com/tail.htm to do some tailgating, then off to Hooters for the "Miller Lite Official SuperBowl Party." We got there at 2pm for a wonderful surprise. $5.99 pitchers of Miller Lite. Time to get hammered! Grant went for a drive to find some WiFi to turn in some homework online, Joe and I started drinking and eating wings. Grant came back a few hours later and joined the festivities. 11 pitchers down before game time. Bears fans outnumbered Colts fans at the bar by about 4-1, so we were pumped. Hesters opening kickoff return cause the whole place to go crazy. When Grossman threw to Muhammed for the 2nd TD, I did the Moose TD dance across the bar. Halftime rolled around and Grant started complaining that he was tired. (We were all tired. We slept a grand total of 2 hours over 2 nights) Joe and I stepped out for a smoke, and when we came back, Grant was passed out on the table DURING THE SUPERBOWL. We couldn't wake him up. People took pictures and laughed at him. I hit him multiple times. The manager came over and threatened to kick us out if he didn't get up. Finally, with 1:05 left in the 3rd quarter, Grant awoke from his deep slumber. The rest of the game I don't wanna talk about. Way too depressing to write about. Monday morning we woke up and hit the road. Every time we stopped for gas or to use the bathroom, people saw my car (we wrote all over the windows "Go Bears, Miami or Bust" etc) and kept trying to tell us why the Bears lost the game. Lots of people told us we need to get rid of Grossman. Some really old guy in Gainesville rambled on and on, giving me advice like I was Lovie friggin Smith. For about 30 minutes we kept seeing signs for an adult bookstore, so we figured what the hell, we'd check it out. (Dude c'mon...everyone loves porn) Well, this was a special place indeed. Cafe Risque. It was a sit down resturant with naked women dancing on stage. Image eating a grilled cheese sandwich while a naked woman shakes her pussy 18 inches from your face. Made it to Macon, Georgia about 1030pm on Monday and then trouble struck. Billy and the LeSabre were just too upset about the Bears to continue on. Transmission is all gone. Got it to a gas station. Lost all gears, including reverse. Grant's gotta be back for work by 3pm Tuesday or he loses his job. He "forgot" to tell his boss he was going to Miami so he missed quite a few days. He called his mom and got a plane ticket home from Macon $492 one-way. He then called a cab and left Joe and I in the midldle of the dirty dirty South. Eventually we got some sort of a plan figured out. We booked a flight home from Atlanta. $239 one way, plus a $29 shuttle to Atlanta. It pays to be patient and shop around. Left the car in Macon. Took of the plates. Left the keys there. Also 3/4 bottle of Bacardi and a few MGD's. If anyone wants its, it's sitting off of GA 475, exit 3. We took a shuttle from Macon to Atlanta and our driver was quite possible THE craziest hillbilly in the entire south. He kept rambling on about all his guns and killing people, Vietnam, the worthless Democrats, the ACLU... It made for an interesting trip. We also got an entire history lesson on "The South." Apparently the phase "That's a fact" is big down there, because he must have said it 100 times over the 75 mile shuttle ride. Got to the airport, checked in, bought some Burger King for breakfast. They weren't selling Whoppers. Only breakfast. What ever happened to that commercial "Now you can have burgers for breakfast!" All I wanted was a friggin Whopper. I was upset, but there are greater tragedies in life. Apparently everyone in Atlanta hates the Bears too. We were still wearing Bears clothes, and we got alot of dirty looks, and a whole lot of people coming up to us to tell us how bad Rex Grossman is. I hate Atlanta. We finally got on a plane to Philladelphia, and from there flew into O'Hare Int. Airport, and snowstorm and -10 degree temperatures. I miss Miami already... I have a bunch of pics to post if there's interest, and if someone could explain to me how to do it... 
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02-08-2007, 01:55 AM
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Re: HitHard69 goes to Miami for Superbowl XLI
awesome story! Wish I was there, well for only the 1st quarter really....
Post pics plz http://imageshack.us/
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#3
02-08-2007, 02:23 AM
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Re: HitHard69 goes to Miami for Superbowl XLI
Hope this works...
The Crew hits South Beach  [/URL]Crazy South Beach party  [/URL] [/URL]The Beach  [/URL]Sportscenter feat. Sean Salisbury and Mark Schlerith  [/URL]Dolphin Stadium, as seen from the highway  [/URL]Dirty dirty South  [/URL]Miami or Bust? We got to do both...  [/URL]
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02-08-2007, 02:33 AM
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Re: HitHard69 goes to Miami for Superbowl XLI
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Awesome trip report! So wait, you just abandoned your car?? [/ QUOTE ] Yea. It's only worth about $500, and transmissions are alot more expensive than that. I had already pretty much bought a new one before I left... I just have to go in Friday and sign the papers and pick it up.
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02-08-2007, 02:40 AM
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Re: HitHard69 goes to Miami for Superbowl XLI
More pics...
Fer-rar-ee  [/URL]Grant pounding beer in the middle of an intersecttion  [/URL]Me drinking and smoking in the middle of the street...Gotta love South Beach  [/URL]Obviously I was hoping this was Shaq's police car...  [/URL]
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02-08-2007, 02:49 AM
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Re: HitHard69 goes to Miami for Superbowl XLI
Great story. I've been lucky enough to stay at the Westin Diplomat on 2 occasions and can honestly say it was about the best combined 5 days of my entire life. Also in agreement that Cafe Risque can be quite a shock if you don't know what you're in for the.
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