• http://twitpic.com/dw8i - Finally: Denver’s Union Station #
• http://twitpic.com/dwaf - And finally: in the suite (at 1am) #
• is very very tired and thinking there will be no Amtrak in her life again any time soon. Flakes. I’ve got enough of those on my fringes. #
• But oh… the HOTEL. Very nice. #
• Blog: “The Trudge Report: Sunday” http://tinyurl.com/4xtypu #
• Blog: “Anatomy of a 5-day Geek Hobo trip” http://tinyurl.com/4erj3m #
• Cruising south, windows down, 70s and sunny, “Crazy Little Thing Called Love” on the radio. #
• http://twitpic.com/dy72 - Mobile photo: Colorado Springs #

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We are crunchy granola bohemians traveling with dirty sandals, Macbooks and Palm Treos, alternating between primitive campgrounds and luxurious Pricelined hotel suites. (see large for more detail)

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Transcribed from notes taken en route.

3:15 pm - at the station

We were dropped off at the train station downtown 30 minutes before our train was scheduled to leave, and walked in to find a sign taped crooked to the ticket window: Eastbound train delayed until 6:15.

Three hours. I considered calling our ride back but decided we’d be fine waiting it out. I had a book, Shane had his laptop. We found a comfortable place to sit and dug in.

5:48 pm - the lobby starts to fill

There is an old man alone a few seats to my left, reading a roughed-up paperback. A woman with an unfriendly face sits opposite me by the window, picking at something in a tupperware container fresh from the microwave. Farther down, an attractive, wide-eyed woman in her 50s munches on Cheetos and glances around the room, out the window, at the floor, at me. Clustered in the center of the room are a gaggle of senior couples chattering - the women making small talk about vacations and grandchildren, the men pontificating on everything from elections to construction.

We’re all waiting for the same train.

7:12 pm - still at the station

A broken piece of track east of Truckee has delayed our train again; we’ve now been sitting at the station for four hours. Our new estimated departure time: 9pm. I finished my book 20 minutes ago. Shane calls his brother, Kyle, in Denver to let him know we’ll likely be getting in too late to meet them for dinner Monday night.

7:40 pm - on the platform

Shane and I have moved our party outside for some fresh night air. The road above us rumbles with motorcycles, but otherwise the track is quiet, dark and lonely. Shane, restless, wanders around and then breaks into a run, sprinting from one end of the platform to the other. We goof off. We box. We arm wrestle. Anything to get the energy out.

8:15 pm - still on the platform

Now we’re getting punchy.

9:03 pm - WE ARE ON THE TRAIN.

A few minutes later, and we’re moving.

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• http://twitpic.com/drb8 - Waiting at the station earlier this afternoon. Our train was 5 hours late. #
• http://twitpic.com/dueu - Rolling through Utah. Lots of color. #

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• Craig Armstrong goes with alfredo gnocchi, chicken caesar salad and crusty baguettes. #
• is finally packing the big red pack, freezing train snacks and picking Utah campgrounds. Only the 11th hour. What else is new. #
• is annoyed to be up at 3:30, but snickering as Ryan grumbles trying to tie his 1st tie (and refusing help) for his 1st shift as MGR today. #
• @LonnaS When I dropped him off all decked out and watched him unlock the door w/his mgr keys, then lock it behind him, I shed a little tear. #
• Leaving in a few for 5 days of trains, hikes, primitive river camping. No kids, no pets. CANNOT WAIT. Updates from here via mobile. Ciao! #

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• For @ChrisClarkeCRN: Immoderate politics don’t bug me. It’s when it degenerates into name calling, insults + stupid jokes on either side. #
• For @ChrisClarkeCRN: I saw more of that on the right during the ‘00 and ‘04 elections, I’m seeing it more on the left this time around. #
• For @ChrisClarkeCRN: And since it’s the left I generally identify more with, it bothers me more to watch the ignorance propagated around it. #
• Long night. #
• hasn’t even started packing yet. #
• @LonnaS Yeah, for the most part. You haven’t come to visited me yet though so not entirely. #

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• “It’s true creative destruction in action.” - Shane, on the economy and the news of WAMU’s seizure tonight. #
• Blog: “Tonight” http://www.adventurejournalist.com/2008/09/25/tonight/ #
• hasn’t finished a whole bottle of wine in one sitting with anyone for a very long time. It shows. #
• Using Twitter AND Facebook feels redundant; trying to decide b/w the two. Any tweeters out there that I don’t already have on FB? #
• What’s your Big Idea? http://tinyurl.com/4fyb82 #
• Blog: “blue teeth” http://tinyurl.com/4nn4a9 #
• Blog: “blue teeth” http://tinyurl.com/4nn4a9 #
• @LonnaS Mine already do post to both, but it’s just 2 different places to log into, check + keep track of, browse back through msgs, etc.. #
• is anxiously awaiting tonight’s debates. Almost feel like heading down to the pub to watch them with everyone else. #

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