Round Two of my "Year of Travel 2011 Edition". Welcome to beautiful Buffalo New York.
So let me back up a bit and fire up the WayBack Machine (Thanks, Wyatt) and go to a few months before the trip. My "brother" Matt told me about "The Tenth Annual Buffalo Wing Fest" being held Labor Day Weekend in (Duh) Buffalo, New York.
My jaw hit the keyboard making a kind of "bnhngbnb bvghgghb bhbbnnbbvbn" type of response and next thing you know, our countdown was on.
So fast forward to the night before our trip, it was a Thursday, Matt and I had taken off work Friday to drive down. I was over at my girlfriend's house hanging out and I fell asleep on the couch. Now, for this next part, keep in mind that I was staring down the barrel of a seven hour drive.
I woke up to see Kelly standing over me saying "It's 4:20." It was 4:20AM, we went to bed around midnight or one so there wasn't much sleepy time between one to four. I didn't believe her, cuz I'm dumb, and she told me a few more times that it was 4:20AM so I jumped off the couch, grabbed whatever belongings I had, and bolted.
I drove home and got a bit of sleep before Matt got there around seven. I woke up, grabbed my bag, and got into the car and he headed North on Route 15, a beautiful, scenic highway through Pennsylvania. There were at least 25 billboards letting Matt and I know "PORN FOR SALE" and "Cheapest Porn on Rt. 15" and things of the sort, and I'm glad to say we made only one stop...at Taco Bell. For tacos and gorditas, get your mind out of the gutter.
So then we hit New York and blazed through the last few hours of our road trip. We got to Buffalo and dropped our stuff off at Dan's (He had to go out and do a Fantasy Football Draft so I already liked him) and took off again. Matt and I went to Anchor Bar (Home of the First Buffalo Wing, thanks Dominic's Friends!) followed by a bit of catch at a local elementary school then went to Dick's Sporting Goods (My favorite store of all time), where Matt took a giant crap, and then we went to get some beers and watch some football (TCU versus Baylor inna huge shootout, if only I knew the Skins would get RGIII then...).
So fast forward to the next day, we wake up and pile into Dan's car and head towards Coca-Cola Field, home of Buffalo Wing Festival 10. Our Mecca.
Now, to get any wings you need to buy tickets, if I remember right (I probably don't) you could get three wings for two tickets. Matt and I bought a ton of tickets and took off to sample wings from all over the United States. Some of the wings were terrible (Better Cheddar Wings shouldn't exist...) and some were amazing but Matt and I both decided that the best of the best were the "Almost Famous Peanut Sauce Wings" from a wing joint in Seattle, Washington.
Now, I think I ate around thirty wings, Matt probably ate the same if not more, which is more than enough when you think about it. And there were so many awesome sauces coating my fingers.
But the fun didn't end there. After a few hours of wings, we wanted some air conditioning, some sports, and some beers so we walked on down to Pearl Street Bar & Grill and knocked back a few local brews before heading back to the car.
On the way back, we hit up the liquor store (They do ten dollar growlers) for some more drinks then Might Taco (Cuz we really needed more food....). Let me say this, I love Taco Bell, always will, but Mighty Taco blew that place out of the water. Much better tacos, much better nachos, much better EVERYTHING.
After a "necessary" taco and beer run, we went back to Dan's to watch the LSU/Oregon tilt, eat tacos, an drink beers before turning in for the night.
Now, there is one more note about the awesome road trip that was "Big Guy and Chief go to Buffalo". On the way back through Pennsilyvania, we found heaven in Williamsport in the form of a...wait for it....all you can eat KFC Buffet.
The trip was epic, and as Matt recently put it "Wings, Beer, and bars that don't close till 4AM, what more could you want?"
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