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Published: July 21st 2007
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Well finally at Denver after a 20hr bus ride. My body is aching!!! Had a bit of a nightmare bus companion for the whole way! This guy was in the queue beside me at Chicago and i did my best to avoid him on the bus but he ended up sitting in front of me. He was a right charmer, thought he was a bit of a ladies man. One memorable chat up line to any girl that would listen - "come on over to my cadillac, there's room for 2". Honestly he was eyeing up anything that moved and was going up and down the bus talking and singing to everyone. A few people told him to shut up but he wasnt bothered. He'd been on the bus for 3 days right enough and still had 2 to go. He was going from New York to California to see his new born baby and when someone asked him how wife and baby were he replied "oh no way i havent got a wife, im active babe". Anyway some poor soul got on the bus about 8 hrs into the journey and had the misfortune to sit across the aisle
from him. He started hitting on her and i fell asleep. When i woke up i couldnt believe it, she had swapped seats with the guy next to him and the two of them were making out, much to the amusement of the boy sitting next to me who said i didnt even want to know what i had missed. He said i was to leave it to my imagination. So i had to put up with this for another 12 hrs! Only on Greyhound im sure!!!!
Anyway when i finally got here my luggage was nowhere to be found and the very helpul guy(????) at the baggage desk said that my bag most probably got taken off somewhere along the route and couldnt explain why, sometimes it just happens!! I wasnt amused as you can imagine but there was nothing i could do so had to check into my hostel and wait til the next day. It wasnt fun i can tell you with no toothbrush, towel, change clothes, anything to sleep in etc etc Also was dreading sleeping without my silksheet after just recovering from the attack of the bedbugs in Washington but i was fine thank goodness!!
Got my bag back the next day, it had been taken off in St Louis. My hostel is ok but in a bit of a rundown area and not that safe at nights as its right beside a small bus depot so not ventured out at night here. Denver is great, again i wish i had more time here. Thought i was seeing things when i saw people walking about with Celtic strips on but no, apparently Celtic are playing in Denver tonight which i was a bit perplexed by but then that just goes to show how much i know about football!!
Its really hot here, Denver gets 330 days of sunshine a year. Also the sky is more blue because its 1 mile above sea level and there is is less water vapour in the sky! I am a wealth of knowledge :-) Went to Boulder for the day on Friday which was stunning. Its an hours drive from Denver and sits right at the foot of the Rockies so i had a chance to do a bit of hill walking. Followed the Boulder Creek for a couple of hours. It was strange to see families playing in
there, toddlers etc just cos its so fast moving. There was some people coming down it in a rubber floats which was a bit hair-raising but looked like fun. The mountains really are gorgeous and so peaceful, id have liked to have had a couple of days here. I didnt think they were as dramatic looking as the Canadian Rockies when i toured through Banff and Whistler etc but i wasnt right in the heart of them, im sure they probably are further in.
So im off to bed as im up at 6 in the morn to catch another Greyhound (aaaarrgghghh) to Salt Lake City. Its supposed to be a very scenic journey right enough. Hopefully ill get some sleep.....a girl in my dorm insists on playing the same tune on her guitar for hours into the night!!!!
ps dont ask why i have taken photos of pigeons and squirrels, im not sure myself!! :-) x x
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Nicola Boyle
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Hi Gill, looks like your still having a ball, chicago and denver look great, it was ronan's 2nd birthday on sat, he sends you a big kiss and cuddle, I was just wondering how you were getting on has we had not heard from you, take care looking forward to your next updates, Love Nic xxxxxxxxxxxxxx