Poked, Prodded, Hyperventilated, Ouch, Tired!

Exhausted!
But I got to cross off Wyoming and Montana off my list!
Montana was absolutely gorgeous! And Wyoming was quite nice as well.
A smile came across my face each time I crossed a new state line.
Now I have 17 more to go!

So so tired. Spent the night in Denver last night. And visited the dentist, doctor, and lab for way too much!
I arrived to Vail about 2 hours ago and I am about to take a pain pill and go to bed. My arm from my shots hurt :(!

Get me to Vail already!

OK...so woke up a bit hungover. URGH! Gathered my bags, iced my cooler and packed up the car. At checkout, I asked the front desk of a good local place for lunch and inquired about the man from the bar. They apologized and we had quite a laugh. I was informed that the man...does not always tell the truth. Which I pretty much already knew. The girls at the desk mentioned he is difficult to deal with. Makes them call him MR. xxxxx and requested surround sound when he checked in, and when the flat screen tv did not work he took it apart and requested a second room for watching tv b/c he did not want to move rooms. We had a laugh and I started my day. at about 11. first stop Brint's diner.

Brint's Diner

It was on Diners, Drive ins and dives on the food network channel. It was on the show for diner...but think it was more of a dive. I drove to a back alley and there it was right in front of what looked like low income housing. I went in and it was kind of quiet in there. But it did begin filling up at about noon. I ordered the Chicken fried steak, with fries, peas, salad and a roll.

At noon...back to the car and continued down the road. Accd. to GPS I should get to Vail at about 9PM. OH my can we say hot day! Drove through Kansas and thought it was nice and peaceful to see nothing. But it was HOT. Car registered at 104 degrees. Funny thing is an hour later once I made it to Colorado the temperature dropped down to 84. The view became gorgeous. I was watching the sun set and then it would storm. I saw rainbows and and enjoyed the ride until I got into Denver. The highway was so difficult to see. There was a bad glare and I did not like the drive. I had a hard time seeing. Drove through tunnels and around mountains. I stopped off in a little town about an hour from Vail. I so loved it. It was the neatest little place I have seen in a long time. I grabbed a Carl's Junior...And jumped back in the car.

Vail

Finally made it here. 9:34. Could not park the car in the garage. Was very difficult so was going to go find a parking garage. I called my dad and he told me there was another garage in the complex, so off I went to the other garage, parked my car, and straight to bed.

expenses:

lunch $12

gas $40

Gas $40

dinner $ 8.00

GPS

Last July, I went to New Zealand. Last July, I planned to keep a blog. Trip is over..and as you can see...did not write a thing. Loved it stayed in Napier most of the time and travelled through North Island and South Island. Arrived back to the states at the end of February. I have been in Atlanta since then. I have taken several trips. One disastorous trip to Vail, a fun train trip to New Orleans (until I ended up with food poisoning), and a fabulous tour of Cali from San Diego to Napa Valley to San Francisco then down to LA to visit one of my closest friends and her new baby. I have been up to Lake Rabun once and went to Macon to pick strawberries. Needless to say, I have been keeping busy with lots of mini vacays..And I have been getting bored with times spent trying to figure out what is next!

When I arrived back in Atlanta, I spent a lot of time with my neice and nephews. I looked through their school work on the bulleton board and spent loads of time talking to my Caroline. A lot of the kids had to fill out...how old is mommy, what does mommy do, what is mommy's favorite food...etc.. and I got a good laugh out of that. I wanted to see what a 5 year old thought about me, so I asked her the questions so I could see how she perceives me. I can't remember the answers to any of them but one. And that was when I decided I need to get out of here. When I asked her "what do I do" -she answered - sit in your room. OH GOODNESS...I am 35 years old, living in my old bedroom at my parent's house and unemployed...Not a way I want to be thought of.

So needless to say....I am leaving tomorrow. I could not decide between bus, (ok..ok...ok...but for $550 (or something like that) you can get a pass for 60 days of travel. Not too bad) plane or car. I opted to jump in the car and decide along the way where my journey will take me. 1st stop Birmingham to visit an old dear friend for a few hours then hop back in the car and continue on to Vail. Not sure if I am going through TX or travel North through MO. Both options are fun...could stop in and visit a friend in MO or stop by Cadillac Ranch and see if I can find my signature on the cadillac I signed in '99 and then visited again '00. It is probably gone by now. My mom wants me to take a GPS so I don't get lost. She just went to the store to buy me one. But I don't even know where I am going...so what good is a GPS at this moment? Oh well, first stop is b'ham. Then maybe I will figure out the next one.

Hopefully, I will be better updating this blog on this trip. Because did not even get started on last one...Off for a good night sleep before I start on this journey to I don't know where....