All Moved In!
Well folks the move to Denver was all that it could have been. It seemed as if Devin and I had the pleasure of enjoying all four season in the span of 15 hours. We left Chicago Monday night after he closed the store (Running Away Multisport) and the temp was around 60. We drove until 3:30am and landed in Lincoln NE, where the temp was 36. No major happenings to report on this leg of the trip, just heavy rain at times and good stories when Devin wasn’t passed out. He did stay up for a lot of the drive. If I wasn’t driving and had the adrenaline rush in me, I would have slept too. Once we hit Lincoln, we napped for a couple hours, 5, and then left around 9am for Denver.
Leg two was great. The sun was out on our face all day. The temps kept dropping the further west we went however. Me being me, I drove and wore shorts the whole trip. It’s great in the truck, but once you got out and filled up for gas, it hits you! We filled up a couple times in Nebraska and the last time, the temp was a mild 25! As we kept going into Denver the day seemed to good. The roads where clear with no traffic and we where making great time! We actually pulled into Denver 2 hours ahead of my projected time. By the last leg of the trip I was averaging close to 75! I wanted to get to my new HOME (Denver!). So being early we dropped off the car dolly and headed to the new digs. We had to weight for my neighbor who had my keys. So being early didn’t really benefit.
So what does one do? Take Devin on a sight seeing trip of Denver and some of the hot spots to see, such as Wash Park, Cherry Creek and a little of Downtown. By then it was time to head back and meet the neighbor and my boy Jeff Ayotte (former co-worker who lives in town too). Now the snow is starting to fall and it’s pretty cold out! Cold being 20 degrees. Yes I’m still in shorts. We planned on just getting a few of the larger items out such as the bed, a dresser and boxes in the back of the truck. So mission accomplished after about one hour. Of course the Bed was the pain, but it was so much easier this time around with an elevator and not having to go down two flights of narrow stairs.
Like I promised in the previous entry, once we completed some of the move we’d head over to “My Brothers Bar” for a JCB burger. So I sprung for the gang for helping me move and I think that Devin enjoyed the burger. For those of you in Chicago you’ll have to ask him again once I’m not around to confirm that.
Wednesday consisted of Devin and I starting our day with a good breakfast at the Denver Dinner. Great food and prices if you’re ever in town, we’ll go! My first time there too, and I give it the thumbs up.
Once we finished that it was 9:30am and we banged out the rest of the truck. However this time it was snowing like mad out. So two days in a row I unloaded the truck in snow. Funny as I loaded the truck in Chicago and it was 60+! We finished by 11am and unpacked a few boxes here and there making the place a little like home and not a cave.
Sorry, but as I sit here writing this, I’m looking out my porch window and seeing the snow come down into the city and I still have to pinch myself that I’m here living in Denver and it’s so pretty and peaceful.
We have one funny and or sad story from the road. About 16 miles from the city limits of Denver we stopped to top off gas. While there I had bought a drink which was 80 cents. The lady behind the register hit the pay button to soon and the draw opened with out doing the math for her. So she actually had to take a calculator and find out that she owed me 20 cents change from paying her 1 dollar for an 80 cent purchase. At first Devin and I didn’t know what she was doing, but once we headed to the truck our disbelief surreal. It’s scary to see how dependant people are on computers and items that they can’t even do simple math to give someone 20 cents change….ahhhh. I’m not perfect in anyway, but that was a first for me in all my travels.
Ok, I’m going to stop rambling now and let you all enjoy your weekend as I get ready to feel the burn in my lungs again for the second day with a nice run (on the treadmill). Don’t feel like running in the snow when it’s 25 out, just yet.
Have a great one and thanks again for Devin for making the trip, glad you got a chance to meet up with your relative and cousin. Jeff, thanks for offering a hand in moving in too.
Leg two was great. The sun was out on our face all day. The temps kept dropping the further west we went however. Me being me, I drove and wore shorts the whole trip. It’s great in the truck, but once you got out and filled up for gas, it hits you! We filled up a couple times in Nebraska and the last time, the temp was a mild 25! As we kept going into Denver the day seemed to good. The roads where clear with no traffic and we where making great time! We actually pulled into Denver 2 hours ahead of my projected time. By the last leg of the trip I was averaging close to 75! I wanted to get to my new HOME (Denver!). So being early we dropped off the car dolly and headed to the new digs. We had to weight for my neighbor who had my keys. So being early didn’t really benefit.
So what does one do? Take Devin on a sight seeing trip of Denver and some of the hot spots to see, such as Wash Park, Cherry Creek and a little of Downtown. By then it was time to head back and meet the neighbor and my boy Jeff Ayotte (former co-worker who lives in town too). Now the snow is starting to fall and it’s pretty cold out! Cold being 20 degrees. Yes I’m still in shorts. We planned on just getting a few of the larger items out such as the bed, a dresser and boxes in the back of the truck. So mission accomplished after about one hour. Of course the Bed was the pain, but it was so much easier this time around with an elevator and not having to go down two flights of narrow stairs.
Like I promised in the previous entry, once we completed some of the move we’d head over to “My Brothers Bar” for a JCB burger. So I sprung for the gang for helping me move and I think that Devin enjoyed the burger. For those of you in Chicago you’ll have to ask him again once I’m not around to confirm that.
Wednesday consisted of Devin and I starting our day with a good breakfast at the Denver Dinner. Great food and prices if you’re ever in town, we’ll go! My first time there too, and I give it the thumbs up.
Once we finished that it was 9:30am and we banged out the rest of the truck. However this time it was snowing like mad out. So two days in a row I unloaded the truck in snow. Funny as I loaded the truck in Chicago and it was 60+! We finished by 11am and unpacked a few boxes here and there making the place a little like home and not a cave.
Sorry, but as I sit here writing this, I’m looking out my porch window and seeing the snow come down into the city and I still have to pinch myself that I’m here living in Denver and it’s so pretty and peaceful.
We have one funny and or sad story from the road. About 16 miles from the city limits of Denver we stopped to top off gas. While there I had bought a drink which was 80 cents. The lady behind the register hit the pay button to soon and the draw opened with out doing the math for her. So she actually had to take a calculator and find out that she owed me 20 cents change from paying her 1 dollar for an 80 cent purchase. At first Devin and I didn’t know what she was doing, but once we headed to the truck our disbelief surreal. It’s scary to see how dependant people are on computers and items that they can’t even do simple math to give someone 20 cents change….ahhhh. I’m not perfect in anyway, but that was a first for me in all my travels.
Ok, I’m going to stop rambling now and let you all enjoy your weekend as I get ready to feel the burn in my lungs again for the second day with a nice run (on the treadmill). Don’t feel like running in the snow when it’s 25 out, just yet.
Have a great one and thanks again for Devin for making the trip, glad you got a chance to meet up with your relative and cousin. Jeff, thanks for offering a hand in moving in too.
posted by Jon at 12/02/2006 09:34:00 AM
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