Up to California
Jul/090
Once upon a time in a land far far away there was a Jetta with a Connecticut license plate in the parking lot of hotel. In a 4 day whirlwind we drove across the country and ended up staying with a good friend of ours also visiting San Diego. We took I-81 from Pennsylvania down to Nashville and stayed at the Music City Hostel. Although we only stayed for a night, Nashville seems like an interesting city, definitely worth checking out again. Next we drove up through Missouri and Kansas, sleeping overnight in a Colorado rest stop. From there we visited Boulder, a really hip and happy city. We at brunch at the Dushanbe Tea House made and shipped from Tajikistan. We had Russian caravan black tea and vanilla nut rooibos. Next we grabbed a beer at Mountain Sun Brewery, specifically the Kind IPA on nitrogen.
The real purpose of our excursioin to Colorado was to visit and mooch off a friend of ours living in Fort Collins. We made the 45 min drive north and met him after work for some beers at the Odells brewery. My friend had recently bought a house, had 2 dogs and a cat, and was getting married in 19 days, it was an interesting stay. The following morning we got back in the car and drove through the rockies, and over the continental divide. Its interesting how on the east side its all green, lush and full of pine trees while on the west coast side the land is sun baked shades of red and orange.
Then a few hours later we ended up in a castle in Las Vegas. Then after checking in, walking through the New York New York we bumped into some friends from home. Small world. After a night of drinking and various Vegas activities we drove the final 5 hours to San Diego.
Across the country in one post.