A whole bunch of trouble
1/08/2011 Alton all day.
Another fine day was on offer, Tony and I cleaned the back of his pickup, ready to put the camper in the tray.
He is going to Durango in Colorado to help his brother with some house construction. The girls are coming too for a break from the heat.
I am ahead of schedule so am joining them. It is a fourteen hour drive, we will share some driving. Driving through Kansas is boring as bat shit according to Tony, it is mainly just grasslands with some huge cattle feedlots. Traversing it is a must to reach Colorado. As Tony put it, he wishes it wasn’t there.
He has got 10 days work so He is dropping me off at Colorado Springs and I am going to ride a loop through Pikes Peak country. It will be nice to be around mountains and coolness. He will pick me up on his way back and drop me off at Clinton to do the Katy Trail back to Alton.
Thats the plan anyway, I know now that these plans are made to be broken on occasions.
We headed to Godfrey and both got a bit of laundry done during the cycle I headed to the local supermarket for a graze,doing so took me past many fast food outlets, the temptation was minimal. The supermarkets here do brilliant salads supplied with forks and fruit was at my disposal.
I was trying to get on the net but with no luck, usually sub way have wifi, we were in the burbs, it was not a given in these stores.
Judy phoned and said she was working from home and would come and get me. I told the woman in the laundromat to tell Tony where I was.
Anyway Judy turned up,I climbed in with all the laundry and we headed to her place. The laundry got tossed in the drier and we both got a bit of computer work done. I burnt her a couple of favorite albums that I had, a bit of B Tribe and Paul Kelly
On Tonys arrival at the Laundromat the woman jokingly told Tony,you wont see the aussie guy again, he’s got your clothes and he took off with a girl in a red mustang.
Judys dog finally got what he wanted and chewed my thongs to bits, reminds me of a similar incident in Hastings,NZ where a Goodwin dog destroyed Leas runners.
Heading back to Tonys, his brother and a lady friend were there. Needless to say the plans were delayed with this impromptu gathering. A fair few Buds were bought, it was one of those classic unplanned afternoons which ended up in a few bars.
Another fine day was on offer, Tony and I cleaned the back of his pickup, ready to put the camper in the tray.
He is going to Durango in Colorado to help his brother with some house construction. The girls are coming too for a break from the heat.
I am ahead of schedule so am joining them. It is a fourteen hour drive, we will share some driving. Driving through Kansas is boring as bat shit according to Tony, it is mainly just grasslands with some huge cattle feedlots. Traversing it is a must to reach Colorado. As Tony put it, he wishes it wasn’t there.
He has got 10 days work so He is dropping me off at Colorado Springs and I am going to ride a loop through Pikes Peak country. It will be nice to be around mountains and coolness. He will pick me up on his way back and drop me off at Clinton to do the Katy Trail back to Alton.
Thats the plan anyway, I know now that these plans are made to be broken on occasions.
We headed to Godfrey and both got a bit of laundry done during the cycle I headed to the local supermarket for a graze,doing so took me past many fast food outlets, the temptation was minimal. The supermarkets here do brilliant salads supplied with forks and fruit was at my disposal.
I was trying to get on the net but with no luck, usually sub way have wifi, we were in the burbs, it was not a given in these stores.
Judy phoned and said she was working from home and would come and get me. I told the woman in the laundromat to tell Tony where I was.
Anyway Judy turned up,I climbed in with all the laundry and we headed to her place. The laundry got tossed in the drier and we both got a bit of computer work done. I burnt her a couple of favorite albums that I had, a bit of B Tribe and Paul Kelly
On Tonys arrival at the Laundromat the woman jokingly told Tony,you wont see the aussie guy again, he’s got your clothes and he took off with a girl in a red mustang.
Judys dog finally got what he wanted and chewed my thongs to bits, reminds me of a similar incident in Hastings,NZ where a Goodwin dog destroyed Leas runners.
Heading back to Tonys, his brother and a lady friend were there. Needless to say the plans were delayed with this impromptu gathering. A fair few Buds were bought, it was one of those classic unplanned afternoons which ended up in a few bars.
