Lamar-Days Inn
1302 North Main Street Lamar, Colorado, 81052-2116, United States
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Today I pedaled my bike across 200,000 meters of highway 50... and it wasn't that bad. The weather was hot but cooperative and the route was rather scenic and not very challenging. We were eating breakfast by 5 AM and pedaling by 6, which isn't exactly fun for me, but I was happy to do anything I could to beat the heat.
The miles went by fast and steadily today as the day got warmer and warmer. There wasn't much in ...
Rough ride
... on ice cream sandwiches, guzzled water and cold tea, and took a dip in the pool; awwww..... an oasis in the middle of nowhere, colorado. After replenishing our bodies, the rest of the evening was spent relaxing, laughing, and just enjoying eachother's company...as we always do. Then came the wind, fierce fierce wind. The wind hit our tent at 50 mph with gusts up to 70mph. We traded shifts sleeping and holding up the tent. finally we figured out that taking off ...
Mexican Food - Why Bother?
... got outside we saw there was no pavement, no pedestrian crossing, or any clue that human beings are not four-wheeled vehicles.
The only place we could get to was a shabby little diner style place called The Hickory Smoke House. It's common to get a plate for the salad bar as a starter here. When I got to the salad bar I saw it had four types of vegetable and 9 types of thick, sweet gloppy dressing. ...
Potayto - potahto
... when this happens).
We asked someone in a pick up the way. When they asked us where we'd cycled from, we weren;t sure what to say. We could say L.A. but they probably mean today, as in La Junta. Al said "La Djunta" but this is America, so I quickly added "or La Hunta". We laughed and explained we never know how to pronounce place names around here. He pronounced it for us as: La Honna.
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La primera semana en Granada
... name...we´re still trying to figure out the pronunciation) in an apartment that is right across from the river. The apartment is very small, my suitcase could hardly fit down the hallway! I live with another student from the Central College program, Brett. It´s difficult at times to understand my host family, especially the sons since they speak super fast and don´t ennunciate very well...but I´m better at understanding my senora. ...



