End of the road
Trip Start
Sep 01, 2005
1
4
65
Trip End
May 11, 2006
Denver,
Colorado,
United States
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Our lift to Washington went fairly smoothly, apart from getting really lost upon arrival. We had to navigate the underground system and then get a cab to the drive away office. After an hour or so we had sorted out all the paper work and were able to hit the road in our 1996 Jeep Cherokee.
We didn't have any time for site seeing in Washington and simply headed for the nearest campsite which was in a national park somewhere in Virginia. Having overslept a little we were on the road by about 10:30.
Country side in Virginia was mainly hilly wooded regions, pretty but not spectacular. By nightfall we were halfway through Kentucky and drove and extra few miles off the interstate to spend the night in another national park
Car and campsite in Virginia
. The campsite we were in was full of Americans with their huge RV's. These things are massive, I mean ridiculously big. A lot of them are the size of a modern double decker coach, they tow their cars behind them so they can drive around once they arrive at their destination (and don't get me started on their cars, our Jeep looked tiny next to the stupid penis extension SUVs they have). The RVs are kitted out with everything under the sun. It kind of defeats the point, in my opinion, of the great outdoors if you're sitting there in the middle of a beautiful national park with 500 channels of American Gladiators and Jerry Springer.
The country side I really found interesting was the prairies of Kansas and Colorado. They stretch out for mile after mile. They have quite a lonely feel to them but I much preferred it to what we had driven through previously. We spent our 4th night in a bleak and windy campsite just off the interstate 70 in Kansas. I have uploaded some of the pictures of the beautiful sunset that occurred shortly after we had finished setting up.
We've been in Denver for two days now and have already delivered the car to a warm welcome of free beers and a $65 tip
One of the roads crossing the praries, Kansas
. We're going to pick up our deposit tomorrow.We spent last night in Denver International Hostel. The place was a dive and full of people who have been lodging there for some time. It felt more like a half way house than a backpackers hostel and I think some of the people had drug problems, despicable. These people should be shot.
We've now found a much nicer place where the staff are friendly and we have our own room with balcony. It makes a nice change to the hot, crowded, mosquito ridded camping we've become used to over the last few days.
We're thinking about heading down to Mexico in the next couple of days but have heard something about a Hurricane down that way so have to check this out before we make any arrangements. From Mexico I'll probably try to get a flight back up to San Francisco where I'll meet my mum for a couple of weeks and attend my friend's wedding.
If there's one thing I have to do before we leave here is find Gaylord Street and get a picture of it, I know it exists because we pasted it on the way, it's just a case of tracking it down again.
