This past weekend I headed to West Virginia for Clay's bachelor party. I've known Clay since freshman year of high school! Hat tip to Jay for a lot of these photos below which I'm permanently borrowing for this entry.
We left early on Saturday morning to get to River Riders to do white water rafting. Their lodge had quite a few Crocs, footwear perfect for Fashion Week, for sale.
Ben noticed that they also sold non-alcoholic beer, specifically non-alcoholic Busch. As we discussed, if you're going to drink non-alcoholic beer then why on god's name would you drink Busch?
Clay is PUMPED while Patrick is serene about the prospect of rafting. Before heading out though, they made everyone watch this instructional/warning video which basically scared the CRAP OUT OF US.
The bachelor of the weekend getting ready to get in the water.
Me hoisting the oars that we later were forced to use to fight one another to THE DEATH in an epic gladiatorial naval battle. Oh and also: I'M ON A BOAT!
Jay!
Oh my god, the water is SO EXTREME! LOOK AT THOSE CRAZY WAVES!
Patrick flipping his hair like a shampoo commercial after we all took a break.
Clay surrounded by the coolest dude friends in the world. That is a fact.
After an initial rockiness on the boats, we became pretty damn good. Look at us boating in the formation of awesomeness.
Clay and Ian floating down the river. They don't need no boat.
Extreme! Mountain Dew! Tony Hawk!
When we left to head back to the hotel-casino, we noticed these roadways signs saying: BBQ RIBS & CHICKEN. QUALITY HOTEL.
We were famished so we went to a restaurant at the casino. Chris ordered, no joke, two hamburgers and he successfully ate both.
After eating, everyone got the food-itis. And apparently a middle finger of camaraderie for me.
Hahaha. Clay caught me trying to sneak a up-close photo of him sleeping. I am so mature.
After getting our second wind, we headed to the race racks for some horse betting! Clay is loaded and ready.
A perfect dusk at the race track.
And the horses are off! I'd never bet on horses before and man, it's quite a lot of fun.
Joe, Patrick, a puzzled Chris, and Clay waiting for the next race.
News flash: Horses are freaking fast.
Hahaha. Once the horses were done, we headed inside to the casino.
Shots make me happy.
Shots makes us all happy (and Chris a little angry).
We got the late night munchies, so headed to the casino food court. As I started to take a photo of Jay, I noticed this cat in a Redskins jersey trying to photobomb it, so I assisted him and made sure he got all in the photo. This photo makes me laugh so much.
We then drunkenly returned to our hotel.
We played asshole. I was king once, made a decree, then passed out. I'm not sure if Clay is doing air quotes or bunny ears in this photo. Probably the latter.
Jay driving us back.
This was an excellent weekend with some fun people to celebrate one of the best guys in the world. Clay, congrats on your upcoming wedding to a very cool gal.