Back to Denver Pt 3: Smooth Start, Rough Finish
Back in IL after a final, exciting day in Denver. The day started off wonderfully and ended on a bad luck streak that continued to this morning, but we’re thankful we got home safely!
Back in IL after a final, exciting day in Denver. The day started off wonderfully and ended on a bad luck streak that continued to this morning, but we’re thankful we got home safely!
Today’s update is going to be relatively short since I want to get out there and make the most of my last day in the Denver area. I’ll have to add photos on Monday!
Denver holds a special place in our hearts. It was the first leg of our final segment of the 50 state challenge in 2018 (Colorado->Wyoming->Montana->Idaho), and we immediately fell in love with the area. Open roads with high speed limits, great scenery, and fantastic escape rooms.
Travel is back on the menu! I’ve completed one (very safe) trip, got another (very safe) trip I’m on right now (more on that later!), and I have a bigger trip on the calendar for August, followed by the Red Bull Discovery Lab in September. Indianapolis, Denver, Miami cruise, and Boston, respectively.
No guarantees that I’ll do this, but a fun idea I’ve been floating as states start to come off of COVID-19 lockdowns…
During the COVID-19 lockdown, I’ve had quite a terrible adventure dealing with the dregs of the internet provider community. I could write pages and pages of the full story, but I’ll leave it with the shorter synopsis below.
In case the world wasn’t feeling quite grim enough, I got this gem from my navigation unit. “Need a break? Try the abandoned gas station just up the road!”
So things continue to get more and more dire out there. Somehow, I still haven’t managed to spend a single evening kicking back…
I have to admit, my first reaction to all the craziness about the epidemic was “Man, flights are getting cheap!” At the onset, Christina and I were excited about the month of April and the ability to take quick trips to places like San Diego and Myrtle Beach at record low prices.
Day 3 in Tampa… Also the only day spent in Tampa itself. We closed out our trip to Tampa with an action-packed day.
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