Blogs from Denver, Colorado, United States, North America - page 36

Not for me... the story: Christmas is spent with family. Always. In all my (umm, few) years, I've always been with family on Christmas Day. Well, this year, Denver got hit with a huge snow storm on the 20th of December. Where does my family live? Denver. Where was I going? Denver. When was my flight to Denver? My flight was on the morning of the 22nd. I should be fine, right? Well, DIA (Denver's airport) shut down, and the flight cancelations just kept piling up... They actually closed the airport for almost 48 hours. Are you kidding me? A closure of a major airport hub for 2 days? So when was my flight from Los Angeles (LAX) to Denver? 11:30 a.m. on the 22nd. Whose flight was the first United flight to leave LAX for ... read more

I love a heavy snowfall. Not just because of the beauty of a thick white blanket, but because all the normal social rules take a holiday. For once, people loosen the buckles of their straitjackets and relate like the loving humans they really are. Despite the dire warnings issued on the TV news, the two feet of snow that hit Denver this week built more community than a month’s worth of ‘Holiday Festivals.’ It seems that when the mittens go on, the facades come off. Around here, we built community one snowshovel-full at a time. “Why are you shoveling way up here?” a neighbor named Pete asked me. We were both outside in the midst of the storm, trying to stay ahead of the snowfall. I had already cleared the sidewalks of the two neighbors on ... read more

Cloudy with snow forecast, 18c You invite a strange Aussie into your circle of friends; introduce him to life in the Rocky Mountains & invite him to the dinner table for the most important celebration of the year - Thanksgiving. He eats all your food, enjoys some wine and than throws up in your bathroom. That person unfortunately is me. I was asked whether Adelaide has any high mountain ranges and before I could stop laughing I was informed that the mountain road I’d just driven across reached peaks of 11,500ft. That’s almost 11,000ft higher than any mountain I’d seen in Adelaide! Little did I know my laughter would come back to haunt me. Add a gigantic feast of Thanksgiving proportions, some wine, more food, desert and a Denver altitude of 8800ft and this little Aussie ... read more

Well, I guess it's that time again. I finally have some time to tell you what we have been up to since our last email. Seems like ages ago I wrote it as we have been on the road quite a bit since then. Russ found a little welding company that could do our welding for us in Vegas. They were only meant to weld a hitch together that we could bolt to the car but we found out later that they have welded it to the chassis and have painted the hitch while it is on the car!!! Russ isn't too impressed as he could have done a better job himself but it does the job for now. It only cost us $200 so we shouldn't complain. Will have to take photos of it for ... read more

well, i'm in denver right now. i'm finishing up a few last things before i head out in two days! that's about all i have time to write at the moment, i have a ton to do before wednesday. ... read more