http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from North America , United States , Colorado , Denver en-us Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:57:15 BST Wed, 08 Oct 2008 06:57:15 BST Letzten Sonntag habe ich es endlich mal geschafft nach Denver zu fahren. Mit dem Bus braucht man ungefhr eine Stunde von Boulder in die Innenstadt von Denver die Fahrt kostet nur vier Dollar und dank einer Menge komischer Leute im Bus war die Fahrt auch noch recht unterhaltsam.Denver ist die Hauptstadt von Colorado im Stadtgebiet leben ca. 590.000 Menschen im Ballungsraum etwa 26 Millionen. D http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-329606.html Sailing through Wyoming is sometimes tedious. I was therefore understandably excited by an oped piece in the Casper StarTribune which mentioned some plans for a Billings to Albuquerque high speed rail connection. Turns out it is still in the dreaming stage and probably only from Cheyenne to ABQ. Why don't the states and the feds build the multiple new tracks needed and then let transportatio http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-325594.html Today was a drive free day We hung out in Denver shopped for some winter clothes went to the Rockies game. Jen made a new friend...Dinger. 0 Miles traveled. whoo we needed that after yesterday http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-321139.html We spent the morning hiking around Zion. We walked the river and saw the weeping rock. Then we drove and we drove and we drove thru Utah ended up in Vail for dinner. They were celebrating Octoberfest instead of Lederhosen das Dirndlkleid there was lots of Uggs Prada.628 miles of travel in the day 1082 miles total. 9E to 89N to 70E to 6E to 25N. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-320727.html Well the drunk guy just left our hotel room. Dorothy let him in NOT me. How can that be you askLet's begin with how difficult it was to find a room near downtown Denver during the Cedia convention. Not easy I took probably the last room available at the Ramada Inn. The train goes downtown the person in reservations told me and then you can catch a cab to the hotel.After we landed in a thun http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-319962.html Hello FriendsIt has been a while since we have sent anything out but this past week we were able to attend the Democratic National Convention and I have some pictures to share. Mike and Linda Sean's parents came to Denver last weekend to visit and to be apart of this exciting politically historical time. They were so kind to find tickets to Barack's speech and then hand them over to Sean mys http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-318011.html I arrived in Denver with chronic toothache. After getting myself to an emergency dentist who gave me a prescription for a whole load of painkillers I could finally take in my surroundings. The drugs prescribed were expensive and strong. Tylenol that famous US painkiller. Even though I welcomed the pain relief it still seemed frighteningly easy to load myself up with pharmaceuticals.After a pi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-313965.html Have enjoyed Denver it's really nice place. There's a free shuttler bus which takes you up and down the main street very frequent as well So yesterday it rained a lot We had breakfast at The Denver Diner then got our bus ticket to Colorado Springs did loads of booking thigns on the internet in the hotel and went to the gym adn pool. We'd got soaked in the morning in a very short whicle so we http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-313300.html Returning to Colorado has proven to be a continuation of my grand adventures and a nonstop inspiration for insights. Its when I return to homebase my world of familiarity that I really am provided insight into what happened while I was away. As I fought armies of traffic and navigated the concrete jungle of cherry creek I finally made my way to the mall. As I stepped into the seemingly diamond http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-313219.html Am typing this in the Business Centre at the Hilton Garden Hotel Denver it's a bit over our budget but as there are quite a few dodgy areas in Denver according to our travel guide we thought it best to be downtown So the internet is free and there's a gym and pool Anyway back to the story we got to Chicago Grand Union Station about 2 hours before our train was due to leave as we didn't want http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-312538.html Well we're officially underway. We had everything loaded up in DarkStar and were ready to leave the Rochester area by 400 PM on yesterday. Ian and I drove straight through the night and reached Denver a few hours ago where we're staying overnight at the house of a friend of his. That was a long drive taking us about 30 hours running between 65 and 70 mph. I drove the first 5 and a half ho http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-306582.html Wowtwo days in one place. We sure do love these little minvacations in the middle of our trip.Today I had the wonderful pleasure of meeting a new second cousin. I have to tell you that I am wonderfulsecondcousin rich. I spent the day with second cousin Joyce and we just family historied ourselves into a dither. I had read several family letters and captions to pictures that always describe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-299869.html Hello from a Mile High in the Skyor at least the 6th floor. We're in Denver which was an interesting drive in from I76sort of made us long for the beauty of Nebraska. Until about 18 miles outside of Denver Bam neighborhoods. I drove into Denver and probably scared John to deathpeople really drive differently here than any other parts we have been in....I publicly apologize to the guy in http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-299357.html So I'm getting ready to get back in the saddle I'm hoping to be off to Cape Town tomorrow via the circuitous route of LA to Sydney to Joburg to Cape Town. Assuming that I can get on all these flights. Ah the joy of traveling standbyAnyway between my last update and this one I've completed my second circumnavigation From Cape Town I flew to Joburg and on to Perth Australia where I vi http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-299335.html Denver270608 Thursday.Arrived at Dallas at about 2 pm but it took 1 hours to get through the red tape and another hour to get to Dallas so we have not had much time. However we walked to the Kennedy assassination site and the Kennedy Memorial from the West End Downtown Hotel. The hotel is changing its name to Crown Plaza.Tomorrow Mexico after a good night's sleep. http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-298972.html Heading east to Albuquerque NM wersquoll hang a left toward Denver. On the road for another very long day of driving. We were very late leaving Williams and made a stop in Flagstaff so our travel time began about three hours behind schedule. Crossing another time zone back into mountain time we took a vote and decided to stop short of our goal. We spent the night in the parking lot at whe http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-297026.html Spent first full day in Denver at the aquarium and looking around downtown. It was hard to pull Macayla away from the reptile petting zoo outside of the aquarium. She was able to handle all snakes and could pick them as she pleased. Very surprising that it was allowed but the guy running the petting zoo said he had raised all the snakes by hand since they were babies and they were all very frie http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-295117.html I'm sick of sitting on the bus I hate it because my long legs spend all their time curled up into little pretzels I desperately want to brush my teeth but can't and all this time to think is making me depressed. Isn't it seriously sad when a person can't have too much time alone to think without feeling despondent What's worse is that I'm worrying about the same exact things I worried about http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-294613.html I decided to start a blog to keep everyone updated on my trip so I don't keep telling the same stories over and over with emails. I'll keep this updated as often as I remember so don't forget to check up So far I'm pretty content with how my trip is unfolding. I have almost everything I need I just have to start packing. I'm sooooo nervous but I know I'll have tons of fun. I'll miss all http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-292242.html Christer and Christi's WeddingOn the next stage of my adventure I attend the wedding of my good friends in Denver Colorado http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-292157.html So Many Options So Little Time After a quiet evening I wake up to a slight drizzle. I look outside and see several people running by with numbers on the front of their shirts. I realize I could be running in a 5K. I am motivated to get to a gym. I look at my invites for the day and realize that the Baby Shower is 2 hours earlier than I thought. I attempt to drive around all of the a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-288960.html We leave tomorrow morning Denver Dallas Tokyo then Hanoi Vietnam. 1st night in Hanoi. More to come when the adventures begin http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-288250.html Phase 3Who Came Up With This Roadtrip Idea I wake up early in Grand Junction and the weather is still as foul as my mood since the Lakers lost the first game of the series. The grey clouds allow me sleep in until 8ish. I had to get downstairs for my free breakfast at the lovely Hampton Inn. I t was a brand new hotel with incredibly comfortable beds. The free breakfast was a large b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-287144.html Well the travel blog is set up and this is the first entry. Tminus ten days until I leave the country and I wouldn't say I am too nervous or apprehensive... yet. I washed all of the clothes I own over the weekend and packed up my new backpack a bit. Still more shopping to do loose ends to tie up but right now I am just trying to make it to work every day and look busy for one more week... o http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-285552.html AndrewTuesday started off pretty well we were in a new place staying comfortably with friends and we were starting to think about what our next moves were going to be. After sleeping in and waking up late Sarah took us through town to find the grocery store so we could buy more food before we left. We ended up just buying some chili a good purchase unlike the refried beans from earlier a http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-285134.html Edit 1 Ok so this is a repost from a few days ago. Turns out there's a bug with maps that have too many points which explains all of the loading problems. I wasn't able to successfully delete the map without deleting the post despite my best efforts so I copied all of the text deleted the old posts and added this post without the map.Edit 2 Now with working map and picturesRyan So we h http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Colorado/Denver/blog-284804.html