Miles today: 797 by air, and 25 by busMiles to date: 3142
Where are we again? Denver, Colorado
Fun fact: Few people realise that Colorado is the only US state to share a border with every single one of the other 49 states that make up the USA. It is more commonly known, of course, that Colorado has fabulous surf.
The Day’s Events: Well, this morning we had to get up at some godforsaken time and forego our free hotel breakfast so as to get ourselves over to St Louis International Airport for a 7.30am flight to Denver. Two hours later, as we were coming into land, it became very clear that we weren’t in Kansas anymore, but in serious Prairie and Mountain country (see photo above). Colorado, it seems, is big, and pretty much unpopulated except for Denver where (Wikipedia tells us) more than two-thirds of the state’s 4.3 million population live. Probably more surprising, given its location, is that Colorado has one of the highest percentages of Hispanic residents of all the US states; this we also learned from Wikipedia, and it explains why we ended up having Mexican food for both lunch today and dinner today (washed down with Singletrack Ale and Coors respectively, both local brews.)
And that is probably all we have to report today; we were so tired from our early start and travel that it was all we could do to venture into downtown to pick up our Amtrak tickets for tomorrow’s journey to Salt Lake City. So since late afternoo
n we have been holed up in the Ramada Inn (see right - attractively situated, don’t you think?), where we have just about managed to wash some clothes, and to book travel and accommodation for the next few days of our trip. We plan to get an early night because we have an early start tomorrow: we’ll be boarding the California Zephyr train at 8am for a 15 hour ride to Salt Lake City, travelling right through (over? around?) the Rocky Mountains (where, curiously enough, the residents are mainly of British extraction). Exciting eh?! Well, to bed now, so tarra a bit.
Ted’s Photo Blog
A picture of me, Ted, feeling so tired from getting up early this morning that it’s all I can do to sort out Malcolm and Vikki’s route for tomorrow before having an early night.
Fun fact: Few people realise that Colorado is the only US state to share a border with every single one of the other 49 states that make up the USA. It is more commonly known, of course, that Colorado has fabulous surf.
The Day’s Events: Well, this morning we had to get up at some godforsaken time and forego our free hotel breakfast so as to get ourselves over to St Louis International Airport for a 7.30am flight to Denver. Two hours later, as we were coming into land, it became very clear that we weren’t in Kansas anymore, but in serious Prairie and Mountain country (see photo above). Colorado, it seems, is big, and pretty much unpopulated except for Denver where (Wikipedia tells us) more than two-thirds of the state’s 4.3 million population live. Probably more surprising, given its location, is that Colorado has one of the highest percentages of Hispanic residents of all the US states; this we also learned from Wikipedia, and it explains why we ended up having Mexican food for both lunch today and dinner today (washed down with Singletrack Ale and Coors respectively, both local brews.)
And that is probably all we have to report today; we were so tired from our early start and travel that it was all we could do to venture into downtown to pick up our Amtrak tickets for tomorrow’s journey to Salt Lake City. So since late afternoo
n we have been holed up in the Ramada Inn (see right - attractively situated, don’t you think?), where we have just about managed to wash some clothes, and to book travel and accommodation for the next few days of our trip. We plan to get an early night because we have an early start tomorrow: we’ll be boarding the California Zephyr train at 8am for a 15 hour ride to Salt Lake City, travelling right through (over? around?) the Rocky Mountains (where, curiously enough, the residents are mainly of British extraction). Exciting eh?! Well, to bed now, so tarra a bit.Ted’s Photo Blog
A picture of me, Ted, feeling so tired from getting up early this morning that it’s all I can do to sort out Malcolm and Vikki’s route for tomorrow before having an early night. 
4 comments:
So its things to do in Denver when you feel dead.
You got it!
Oops, I just realised I'm not keeping up with the soundtrack for your epic journey. So now it's "Get Out of Denver" (Bob Seger). And very soon it will be "Let's Go to San Francisco" - but "if you're going to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair" and whatever you do, don't get the "San Francisco Bay Blues".
LA, Flying Burrito Brothers-Sin City,
"This old towns filled with sin,
It'll swallow you in"
and,
"On the 33rd floor,
A gold-plated door,
Won't keep out the Lords burning rain."
So beware!
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