Archive for the ‘United States’ Category.
August 2, 2004, 8:46 AM
Got up early thinking Tequila isn’t my friend. Got my crap packed up again, and hit the road somewhat early, as I wanted to be in Denver for a Dinner party my friends Jay and Chris were throwing (and I was crashing.) I took Highway 220 out of Casper, then 487 south to Medicine Bow. 487 was a great, desolate road. Not a lot of cars, not many people, but more dead animals than I’ve seen anywhere. Maybe since there isn’t much traffic the animals get complacent. Or maybe it was just a death trap, a suicide rap. When I got to Medicine Bow, I didn’t see anyone in the town. It was odd. No children playing, no people out front. Seemed like something out of a horror movie.
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August 1, 2004, 10:04 PM
Slept a little later than I should have, and managed to leave in the heat of the day (10 a.m. – ish) Went to a place called Pompey’s rock, which has the odd distinction of being the only place Lewis and Clarks left physical evidence of their passage. Old graffiti eventually becomes history. I wanted to see it because it was supposed to be this rock jutting out of the flat lands around, like Uluruh/Ayers Rock or Devils Tower, but much smaller. Not that interesting. When you are on top, you can see for quite a ways, and the river running beside it was gorgeous.
Next stop was Custers Battlefield.
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July 30, 2004, 7:00 AM
Thursday 7/30/4
Left Helena pretty late. I spent part of the morning getting this blog working correctly, or at least more correctly, and part of it sleeping. I didn’t hit the road till it was late and warm. Since I’m not on a schedule, I should try and take my time, or so people keep telling me. Travelling in the US is more expensive than I’d like. Need to get to Mexico to save some money.
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July 29, 2004, 8:38 AM
Got an early start today, since the guy in the room next to mine was deaf. I give him credit for trying to live a normal life, to do the things that we all take for granted, such as watch TV. His can-do attitude didn’t stop him. Nope – he just turned the TV up loud enough to feel.
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July 29, 2004, 8:29 AM
Tuesday, July 27th, AKA Day One..
Today I did 352.9 miles, after a late start (11:30 a.m.) I had to take care of a few personal task before I left. It wasn’t easy doing these last minute task, as it finally hit me what I’m doing. Got no job, no house, not much of a plan for the future and on the downside of 38. I’m lucky that the last few months I’ve been too busy to realize this. Once I was on the road, the shock wore off.
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