Day Six

Day Six ending location: Denver, CO
Total miles traveled as of day six: 2623

First off, I should be sleeping right now. I just finished a marathon drive from Denver to Muskogee, OK (an hour past Tulsa), but I’m still a bit too awake to sleep.

I woke up in Laramie, WY just in time to watch the Brazil – Netherlands game, but I was a little bit tired, so I started dozing and was re-awoken by a phone call. That was good, since I managed to stay awake to see Brazil’s goal in the first few minutes. (It’s actually disturbing right now – I’m watching 28 Weeks Later while typing this. There’s nothing like massive zombie-like violence to put you in a reflective mood.) I’ve mentioned the game earlier, but it was a great game!

After the game, I started the 2-hour drive to Boulder. Despite my getting a bit lost on the Pearl Street Mall and passing the same Greenpeace volunteer (Andrea) three times, I finally met up with Annie. She gave me the option for Japanese, Mexican, or American food and having not had anything but Mexican and American food the last week, I jumped at the chance to have Japanese food. We went to a sushi place called Hapa (I guess it was only half Japanese), and it was quite tasty.

It was great catching up with Annie – I don’t think we had seen each other in person for a few years. It had already been a while since we had even spoken over the phone. She and Brian are doing well with their two kids and love living in Boulder. I keep hoping that one day I’ll be on Brian’s flight on Southwest, but I guess I should do more flying if that’s going to happen!

Upon completing lunch, I went to Starbucks to do some blog updates and then went in search of a Jiffy Lube to change Joaquin’s oil. Apparently, GPS is better than iPhone maps. The iPhone had me in a residential area about 2 miles away from where I needed to be. GPS got me there right away. Grrrrrr.

The drive to Denver was short and sweet and I found Timi’s place right away. Well, Adventures With Eutimia deserves its own post, so that will have to wait. Suffice to say, it was very nice to only drive a couple hundred miles and to sleep in a comfy bed.