The Shibaricon Road Trip. Day1
1:54 pm PST Missoula WA.

As with all great cross-country road trips, one must look to the past for inspiration. Where did Griffin and I turn when we first started kicking this idea around? Why “Fear and Loathing” of course. Now in that book, the great Dr. Gonzo and his lawyer sped across several states in a car they dubbed “The Great Red Shark”

Our car is more scarlet than red and well… it really isn’t much of a shark. When you think Pontiac Grand-Am “Shark” is really not what comes to mind. Granted when you look at Griffin and I you don’t think “Gun toting, drug fiends with an unlimited expense account” Well some folks do, but we promised never to speak of that night ever again.

So we set about trying to come up with a name.

What are the names of ships from our favorite sci-fi films?
“Jupiter 7?”
Too old school.
“Planet Express 99?”
Too Obscure
“The Millennium Falcon?”
We are SO not that cool
“Slave 1”
Now we are onto something, everyone knows that Bobba Fett was the best part of the second film. But “Slave”, na the car is not THAT cool.
Something close perhaps… like “Slug”, “Slob”, “Slut”?
So we figured “Slut” as in “Road Slut”

Now you know we could not keep well enough alone, nope the car has now been dubbed “The Crimson Road Slut”

So if you happen to find yourself along a Montana freeway today and see a loaded down crimson Pontiac with two guys singing Meat Loaf at the top of their lungs… wave. Or better yet, flash.