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		<title>It&#8217;s 5AM, why not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Saturday night I decided to stay up all night to try and overcome the jet lag that has been kicking my butt recently.  In order to facilitate this I convinced another Japan-er to do so as well.  Around 5:00 am a series of events occurred which resulted in an amazing 24 hours that followed.   [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So Saturday night I decided to stay up all night to try and overcome the jet lag that has been kicking my butt recently.  In order to facilitate this I convinced another Japan-er to do so as well.  Around 5:00 am a series of events occurred which resulted in an amazing 24 hours that followed.   So here is a basic run-down of the 36 hour period as best I can remember.</p>
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<li><strong>5:00AM, Sunday</strong>: Sarah returns to Katie&#8217;s house from dropping her now ex-bf off at the airport to fly back to Wisconson</li>
<li><strong>5:30AM</strong>: We convince Sarah that the hotel room she has at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.mvmansionhouse.com/photos/trust-award.htm">Mansion House</a>, the nicest hotel in Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, should not go to waste and that we should spend the night there on Jeff&#8217;s (the ex) dime.</li>
<li><strong>5:30AM &#8211; 7:00AM</strong>: About 40 phone calls go out to Noah and Seth to try and wake them up to convince them to come on this now official journey.</li>
<li><strong>7:00AM:</strong> Pack for the night</li>
<li><strong>9:00AM</strong>: Noah is reached and agrees to come bringing the group upto 4 (key)</li>
<li><strong>10:45AM:</strong> Sarah, Katie &amp; Noah arrive at my house.  Noah is attacked by a bear and expresses his distaste for the day thus far.</li>
<li><strong>1:00PM: </strong>We board the Wood&#8217;s Hole freight ferry after missing the regular ferry, this was complete luck.</li>
<li><strong>2:00PM:</strong> We arrive on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard in Oak Bluffs and immediately rent a moped and a jeep wrangler for the 26 hours we will be on the island.</li>
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<blockquote><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-100" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=100" title="JeepWindow"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/jeepwindow.thumbnail.png" alt="JeepWindow" /></a></p></blockquote>
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<li><strong>3:00PM: </strong>After hitting up a package store for supplies we check into our hotel to find we have a 3rd story patio deck that overlooks Vineyard Haven.  We instantly decide Jeff need&#8217;s a thank you card.</li>
<li><strong>4:00PM</strong>: We decide to drive around the island and find some beaches, a lighthouse and other general stuff.  Katie and I go swimming and discover it was extremely cold.</li>
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<blockquote><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-101" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=101" title="Beach Girls"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/beachgirls.thumbnail.png" alt="Beach Girls" /></a> </p></blockquote>
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<li><strong>6:00PM: </strong>We make our first stop at the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.theblackdog.com/">Black Dog</a> store and purchase various attire to keep warm.  I purchased an amazing sweatshirt.</li>
<li><strong>7:00PM:</strong> We head to Eddgertown beach for the sunset and go offroading on the beach (we think it was legal) to find the perfect spot.</li>
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<blockquote><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-98" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=98" title="Beach"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/beach.thumbnail.png" alt="Beach" /></a> <a rel="attachment wp-att-102" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=102" title="Offroading Donut"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/offroad.thumbnail.png" alt="Offroading Donut" /></a> <a rel="attachment wp-att-99" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=99" title="Ninja Power"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/ninjapower.thumbnail.png" alt="Ninja Power" /></a> <a href="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sunset.png" title="Sunset"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/sunset.thumbnail.png" alt="Sunset" /></a></p></blockquote>
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<li><strong>8:00PM:  </strong>We find an A-I-R sign where we can refill our tires.</li>
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<ul>
<li><strong>8:30PM:</strong> After returning to the hotel, Noah and I invent the greatest drinking game ever, Oh Craps! Drink, which we will soon be producing and marketing for sale.</li>
<li><strong>9:55PM:</strong> After a case of Red Stripe on the patio deck Noah and I leave the hotel to meet up with Katie and Sarah at the Black Dog Tavern for dinner, which has already been ordered for us.</li>
<li><strong>11:00PM:</strong> We head to Oak Bluff&#8217;s to go to Sharky&#8217;s Bar.  Margaritas and Raging Bulls.</li>
<li><strong>12:30AM, Monday:</strong> I burn a hole in my arm, but not the dollar bill.</li>
<li><strong>1:00AM:</strong>  We return to our hotel after the bar closes.</li>
<li><strong>1:30AM: </strong>Katie and I venture out on the moped, only to a) discover there are deer roaming the streets you can chase around, b) go in search of a beach with no success, c) have it start raining and the temperature plummet, d) get violently lost</li>
<li><strong>3:00AM: </strong>We find a police officer who escorts us back to our hotel (which ironically was only a mile down the road from where we were)</li>
<li><strong>3:30AM: </strong>We go to sleep on a self-constructed bed built on the patio so we can sleep under the stars</li>
<li><strong>11:00AM: </strong>After waking up and getting ready there is much deliberation that leads to the decision to head to the flying horses carousel.</li>
<li><strong>11:30AM: </strong>Katie and I get sidetracked on the way to the carousel and walk to the end of the Oak Bluffs Jetti</li>
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<blockquote><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-103" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=103" title="Oak Bluff’s Jetti"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/jetti.thumbnail.png" alt="Oak Bluff’s Jetti" /></a></p></blockquote>
<ul>
<li><strong>12:00PM: </strong>Carousel and Ice Cream.  Katie got the gold ring.</li>
<li><strong>12:45PM: </strong>The decision is made to go on bi-plane &#8220;extreme thrill&#8221; rides so we head to the oldest grass airport in America</li>
<li><strong>1:00PM: </strong>EXTREME THRILL RIDES (be sure to open the first photo so you understand how extreme this was)</li>
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<blockquote><p><a rel="attachment wp-att-104" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=104" title="Certain Death"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/death.thumbnail.png" alt="Certain Death" /></a> <a rel="attachment wp-att-105" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=105" title="The Girls"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/girls.thumbnail.png" alt="The Girls" /></a> <a rel="attachment wp-att-106" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=106" title="The Guys"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/guys.thumbnail.png" alt="The Guys" /></a> <a rel="attachment wp-att-107" href="http://theGuiGuru.com/?attachment_id=107" title="The Plane"><img src="http://theguiguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/theplane.thumbnail.png" alt="The Plane" /></a></p></blockquote>
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<li><strong>2:15PM: </strong>Arrive back at Oak Bluffs to return the Jeep/Moped only to miss the ferry.  There is a 2:30 ferry out of vineyard haven however.  The Jeep rental place employee agrees to drive us there in the jeep.</li>
<li><strong>2:30PM:</strong> The Jeep is pulled over by a state trooper and the jeep rental place guy gets a ticket for 5 people with no seatbelts and 3 sitting up on the back seat of the jeep.</li>
<li><strong>2:35PM:</strong> We miss the ferry in VH only to discover the freight ferry leaves Oak Bluffs at 2:45PM.  Jeep guy drives us back</li>
<li><strong>2:45PM:</strong> We make the ferry.  End of journey.</li>
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<p>All in all it was an amazing journey.  Here are some videos, be sure to check out the extreme plane flight and remember the sun is basically straight overhead in the sky.</p>
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