We're are now in the cowboy country - mid-west. We left Bob and Jen on Thursday 5th from Bangor airport (it was very sad to leave the 'hangers on' as we like to call them, especially after having such a truly fantastic time with them) . We flew from Bangor to Boston in a 16 seater plane it was so small Elvis was in row 1, seat 1 and for a second I thought she was going to have to be the co-pilot - she was that close to the cockpit - although she felt sick by the time it landed an hour later. We then flew four hours to Denver. We then went to pick up the car, which was a small ordeal when they said they didn't have the car we wanted - Elvis then went into 'negotiation overdrive' and we ended with with a Dodge (Hodge in a Dodge - what else!) Durango, basically a git big seven seater - it's great to store all the camping gear we have. We stayed in a hostel that night - clean and cosy and then set off to Walmart (for the camping gear, which took 2 hours) then set off for the mountains - the drive through the Rockies was amazing - we have some good pictures but not sure how to post them now that we don't have the Sissy's laptop, I (Keith) am working on it though.
You won't believe where we spent our first night camping - Camp Dick (the equivalent name in England would be Camp Willy!) Beautiful place - very basic but that's the best places in the Rockies, I bet you're all wondering how we are managing with no showers and holes in the ground for a thunder box - well all I can say is the 'Wet Wipe' is a modern day miracle! We did eat well though - chicken and veggies on day one and a risotto on the next day, all home made of course, although the risotto got tricky when we had a thunderstorm in the middle of cooking!
Left Camp Nobby this morning for the National Park (Rocky Mountain NP) and got a great site. We're in the library now at Estes Park, got some hikes planned for tomorrow about 9,000 feet up the mountains (Estes park is about 8,000 feet above sea level).
May check in again tomorrow, hope to post some pics next time.
PS Happy Birthday to Deborah, have a good one and keep a piece of tomato garlic bread for me!
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Tell everyone how you made that "homemade" chicken you're on about! Everyone is dying to know how you cook chicken, (probably a whole one at that) with very few cookimg facilities up in the Rockies.
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