Today we were driving across Utah on our way to Denver and then Kansas. We left yesterday. We were supposed to leave at four but decided to have dinner at the Hilton and then Andy half jokingly asked me if I wanted to play Pick ‘Em (video poker) I said sure. So we left at midnight a hundred dollars up and me drunk on Red Bull and vodka. Because drinking free drinks is my part in the video poker equation.

At midnight we drove to Mesquite where I told Andy he was very lucky that I wasn’t driving and commented several times at the high rate speed the the car seemed to be going. We camped in the surprisingly quiet Wall Mart parking lot and slept well.

This morning we went for a hike and hung out until we felt like leaving.

Now it’s Utah, Utah and more Utah.

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We made it to Vlad’s house in Denver, took showers, ate Thai food sat in the hot tub and made a half hearted attempt at the steam room which was like Murpy the dog breathing on your calves more than anything. A half hour after we arrived, Denver was flash flooded and pelted by hail. The worst portions of the city being where Vlad lives. The tornado sirens were blaring, fire engines were at the next apartment, and the news 4 helocoptor was hovering over the apartment as we watched submurged cars and baseball diamonds and parking lots turned into lakes. We were joking that, it would be funny to see the Eurovan on camera, and then we became serious because the parking lot was on the other side of the building, and we had no idea as to what it’s condition was.

The rain has stopped. We’re about to leave again and be on our way to Kansas.