Rule of the road #1: Your GPS is old and will take you to sketchy areas

I know all of you are wondering if I finished my road trip and I am proud to say I made it back to Denver in one piece! The drive was most certainly a journey. Some stops included jumping in Lake Michigan (way too cold to be jumping in Lake Michigan) and Indiana University! Then it was 18 hours to Denver. I drove 14 in one day, slept in the back of the van and then did the last four with ease. Once you hit the mountain range its not really driving anymore, just observing beautiful mother earth! I arrived into straight chaos as our buddy Ben Meyers and his roommate Matt came out for the weekend! First video post of the blog below! Shotty camera work I know.  (Sorry mom for the swear. It was cold!)

Moving On Up!

        As all you dedicated readers know, I am staying in Denver until at least the Fall as I am now working with the Colorado Rockies.  After many stressful weeks of searching for a new place, hard work has finally paid off and I have found an apartment.   Its a 1 bedroom 1 bathroom but it will be perfect for me and has plenty of room for visitors and overnight guests.  For those who want to send me congratulatory cards, gifts, money, etc. my new address is:
                               
                              25 East 5th Avenue, Denver, CO, 80203 Room #412
         
Its going to be a perfect place for the upcoming Summer and Fall and I am looking forward to moving in officially at the end of April.   Visitors are strongly encouraged!  Here is the view from the living room.

                                                                  (Red Rocks is on the left)

Whats that? Thats the border. I want to go beyond, beyond the border

Well folks it has been almost 8 months since Evan and I moved to Denver and let me tell you that it has been an amazing ride. Not only did we have the winter of a lifetime on the slopes but Evan is now working for the Rockies with a job that not only gives him a paycheck but more importantly throws a few decent perks his way (most notably free ice-cream!)  Myself on the other hand have a new adventure to go on as we will be parting ways at the end of April. More on that to come.

I have quit my job at the bar and I would like to thank all of my co-workers and managers at It's Brothers! It has truly been a pleasure working with you all and I have learned a lot from everyone.  My experience in Denver has been amazing and that is largely to do with the friends I made working there so I thank you all from the bottom of my heart!

Anywho, I have flown back to CT and started my road trip back to Colorado with a man van packed full of goodies. (new f*ing bikes) After failing to find a driving buddy (the vocal solos for 30 hours will be amazing) I decided to header alone and took off from Tolland at 4:30 Tuesday morning. My mother sent me off with an amazing gift as I now am the proud owner of a new BANJO!!!! (Tunes to follow)

My plan was to head to Michigan and crash at the Harrell household. Ryan is a role model of mine and a great friend and his whole family is amazing so even though it was a little out of my way, it was worth the trip. I would head south under the finger lakes and cut north to head to Hudsonville. Well that didnt go as planned as when I put the address in the GPS with tired eyes I did not realize that I would now be taking the North route. As I drove aimlessly for 10 hours I soon found myself at the Canadian border! Whoops.

No turning back there! I entered that hoboken country through the city of Niagra Falls and an impromptu stop at the gorgeous waterfalls was all I needed for my little mistake to be worth it. That and it ended up being faster! Snapped a few shots and headed out. I arrived at the Harrell household right around 7 PM to a cold beer, some great company and a warm place to sleep.  Thank you again for your hospitality Harrell family!!

Next Stop, INDIANA UNIVERSITY?!!!