Made it to the Rockies

Finally made it thru Nebraska and into Colorado. Iowa was a very nice state, nicer than it really needed to be as Robert said. Very clean well kept up cities, wireless even at their rest stops, beautiful rolling hills and farmland. The main problem with Iowa is that nobody lives there and it's in the middle of nowhere. Nebraska, on the other hand was about as boring as a place can get. With the exception of Omaha and the University there, it was flat, shit brown, and full of giant cow feederies and slaughterhouses that smelled like shit. Shit was kind of the theme of the state of Nebraska. They did have a wildlife safari drive for some reason that we took, outside of Omaha. Now, driving along 76 into Colorado, we should see the Rockies soon.


It was clear yesterday, unlike the past week or so, and we headed to Rocky Mountain National Park for some hiking. Turns out Robert didn't bring a coat on the trip (wonder what his mother thinks of that...) but it didn't matter because I had an extra one and hiking uphill at 10,000 feet or so heats you up pretty fast anyway. (I measured my pulse above 180 at one point) So after drying off we headed into Denver to the house of some family friends where we stayed last night. Erika, their daughter, took us to some Cowboy bar which was packed for a Thursday. I got hit on the head with a bucket of ice, but it all worked out because I got a free shot of tequila from the bar for it and I had had enough beer that it didn't really hurt anyway. (After this, Robert was trying to follow the ice guy around in hopes of getting hit) More Denver today, then Boulder tonight sometime.

Day 7, 2153 miles