wrapping my head around colorado

We crossed into Colorado around 6 pm.
THAD- there was an immediate distinction between how much better Colo was than Kansas.

Driving across Kansas took 7 hours. The distance we drove was equal to the distance from Charlotte to just north of Philadelphia. Kansas is unnecessarily large.

Currently we are halfway across Colorado driving down the backface of the mountain. We've got the sunroof open, letting those big Colorado rays shine all over us, and are enjoying every inch of the landscape infront, behind, and next to us. I guess I'll just start from the beginning...

Okay so we pulled into Colorado and it was just amazing. I'm gonna do my best to put into words. The Eastern part of Colorado is totally undiscovered. It's enormous an unobstructed. There are no mountains eclipsing the sky so the sun shines bright (it was almost white) and the Carolina blue sky felt like it was a mere few inches above our heads, like the only reminder that we were still tied to the ground was the sound of our tires speeding down the smooth road. Colorado made me feel slightly elevated and the eastern side is so wild because not many people traverse on those back roads even though the views are equally incredible in their own right.

We were both so excited when we finally made it to Denver. The city is BALLER. We stayed at a friend of Thad's house which was great. He had a really nice house and his roomie gave us a bunch of good tips for Utah. We went out to this great burger joint in Denver called the Cherry Cricket and it was maybe the best burger I've ever had (only slightly rivaled by, of course, the Penguin.) The vibe was great too. Really run down and laid back. Had old school Coca-Cola posters and lit up Coors Light signs. Metallic chairs and checkerboard floors. It was great.

We then drove around downtown Denver which was pretty kewl. No one in that town is above the age of 26 and they all ride their bikes to work and to bars. I felt like an asshole riding around in the car but oh well. Also the entire city is completely lit up. Every single building is adorned with millions of little yellow lights and luminous christmas lights hang off of all the awnings of the Downtown restaurants. Dig it.

Okay we have a lot more to say but I'm gonna post this for now and finish up later tonight. We are almost to Utah now!