Long drive to Dodge

What did we do before GPS?
Easy flow from airport to I70 in bright red impala with Texas plates !
350 miles of dry landscape and up to 105F outside.

Arrived in Dodge just in time for the gunfight at Boot Hill & missed the huge thunderstorms which hit all along the route after we had passed

Heatwave tops 40C breaks all records

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Downtown Denver covered in a smokey sky with the occasional lightning strike is HOT today. A dry heat which for a while is really pleasant but after walking in the thin smokey air becomes oppressive. Must be time for a cold beer, it turns out Denver is the home to lots of micro breweries in addition to Coors

Delayed flight has some advantages

The low evening sun accentuates the desert rock formations

Connecting Flight to Denver delayed by 2 hours

Did not have WIFI but lovely lady at United took pity and gave us complimentary access to the United Club
Now have WIFI & a free cup of tea :-)

It is still Monday, it has lasted 34 hours already and there are a few more to go

With time zone changes we will probably get to Denver at Midnight

Lesley busy marking exam scripts on the iPad - no chance of the papers blowing into the sea .... more of that story sometime

Nearly the last on the plane

Got stopped at departure gate & boarding cards were found to be incorrect

:-) Upgrade to Premium Economy !
Could get to like this