This weekend we decided to get out of Avon and do a bit of sight seeing. So we set off for Denver to check out the nightlife and also a few cars whilst we were there. We got a hire car from here and hit the road.. the conditions were horrendous. We were driving on about half a foot of packed snow (no tarmac in sight) on the freeway with more snow coming down and just to add the cherry to the cake every so often a huge gust of wind would blow all the snow off the mountain as a cloud around the car and then you simply couldn't see a thing. Now I am the WORST passenger ever in a car I shriek and yell at every corner or obstacle on quiet country roads so you can just imagine what I went through on this journey. I made myself feel physically sick with worry and poor Jon was ready to kill me by the time we arrived in Denver. OK not off to the best start - first stop Big Buffalos Car Lot where the owner tried to sell us a jeep with a crack that went from one side of the windscreen to the other... hmmm I'm sure they are ilegal at home. "Oh No" I was assured "totally legal in Colorado". I wasnt convinced - luckily we made a quick call to one of our friends over here who assured us that in fact we were right it wasn't legal!! Next stop - some ridiculously expensive car sales yard where the guy had misheard Jon on the phone and thought that we had $10k to spend.. they had in their forecourt the BIGGEST truck I have ever seen in my life and it was only a two seater. The salesman persevered trying to sell us one of their "cheaper" vehicles but when we started bargaining back Nepali style we were shown the door!
By this point we had been on the road for about 5 hours (a 69 mile journey) and I was tired hungry and developing a nasty cold so we decided to can the night out and go and get dinner - Mexican mmmmmm I have been living off Mexican since I got here its amazing and catch a movie. Rock and Roll eh? (The movie was great I can definitely recommend it Charlie Wilsons War with Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts). So all in all Denver ended up being a bit of a flop and we drove back on Saturday after purchasing my brand new beautiful Apple MacBook Pro...
Sunday we decided to go mountain biking instead of snowboarding (but on the same terrain).. hmm that was fun the flatter sections of the track that had been packed down by the snow mobile were quite easy to ride on but once we got to the single track section it was totally impossible - Jon managed to ride some sections but we both did a few face plants into the snow and came out looking like snowmen by the end of it.. the mountains were beautiful though and we were across the valley from the skiing so we could see everyone bombing down in the distance. Colorado really is amazing to look at. So I will attach some photos for you and we are off to do some skiing now and try to get rid of this cold!!
Caroline x
This is the road section
This is the Single Track...
Denver Skyline
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