So dragging ourselves out of bed to leave Denver, we planned and plotted our next move. The South beckoned. However sleeping in was much more important, naturally, so we left Denver at around 4 after a lunch of garlic bread..big hugs to our host Matt who kindly burned us some music - boo for dying ipods! We headed South through Colorado, arriving in the agricultural crossroads town of Lamar just as darkness fell. Goodbye hostels, hello motels! Calling it an early night, we settled into our motel room for movies, fast food and sleep. Oklahoma! Keeping to our '5 minutes after checkout time' rule, we got going the next morning to head further South, braving skunk and deer roadkill and the endless fields of Oklahoma... after mile upon mile of farm, we got a glimpse of
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