Telluride Adventures Day 1: a series of near disasters

4:00 am: cabbie throw-down. apparently I did not know the way of the world and when ordered a cab, brought an innocent cabbie into conflict, since tim's buidling was the turf of others.

7:30 am: flight good. car retrieval check. even a complimentary upgrade to brand new car with 104 miles, power windows, and satellite radio. SCORE!

wrong. kia forte more like kia farte, as in old fart that cant pull hills or accelerate for the life of it. this will be fun on the mountain driving.

9:30: garden of the gods. nick cheats on me with a camel.


we try and take some self portrates. then ask some old ladies to take our pic.



11:30: SONIC LUNCH!

and then we drive. and drive. and drive.

5:00: stop for gas, the farte gets nearly 40 mpg thats cool.

5:45: the hunt for 58P (aka last dollar road). google maps you should not direct people to drive on the same roads that local tourism suggests for off roading fun. ESPECIALLY when going only three miles farther lets you enjoy a route on nice paved state highways.

6:40: arrival at telluride lodge. after wearing the same clothes for 27 hours, being awake for 16, and not peeing for 11, and where our reservations are not until the next night despite what our confirmation says. fortunatly no one is in our place so we can have a place to sleep, and at this point more importantly pee.

7:15: realize the toilet wont flush, so wait for maintanience to come fix.

8:00: stumble into pizza bar place for food. eat delicious pizza, excuse my appearance because Ive been up since 2:45 colorado time.

9:15: home and in bed.


day 1 recap:

highlights:
free car upgrade
colorado's 75 mph interstate speed limit
farte's 40 mpg
being in colorado

lowlights:
farte in general
highway 58-P

all pictures from the trip can be found here