AN EUROPEAN REDNECK IN THE USA (Part I)

[Giulietta]

Well guys...finnaly made it to beautifull Colorado.... Nice trip.

Charlie was waiting for me at Denver Airport...with 5 beautifull young girls... (not really).. But he was waiting for me at the Airport. Eating waffles??? anyway...NO SIGN thank you.. (Mtn mike I only saw your pm now, sorry)...

My suitcase was damaged in transit, and United (a very fine Airline, thank you) gave me a new one, NO QUESTIONS ASKED in 4 minutes!!!....unlike Continental, from which I still have "an itchy ass hole".....

By the way...we then went in Charlie's car, a very nice Subaru Outback, toured around a little and proceeded to have lunch....at UNO, Chicago Grill.

I was amazed how beautifull it is out here...I heave a headach fromthe altitude (I'm a sea level boy, remember??)...and how windy...it's blowing steady south at 15 to 18 kts...nice wind, but no water....

This is the view on highway 34545746671231238 or whatever (I don't know your number system...we give them names in Europe), and you can see the Rocky Mountain in the back....



This is Charlie....(he needs a haircut!!)



On the hiway I saw these wood "walls" they make here to barricade the snow, and create an eddy that "pushes" the snow over the high way...clever people in Colorado... Nice houses here, but very very flat.



We then had lunch at UNO, I had a GOOD OLD AMERICAN SIRLOIN with mushrooms and drank a beer called FAT TIRE!!! delicious..... The waiter was a beautiful African American (gotta be politicaly correct now, I'm in the US) whose hair had wheels!!! I almost got her photo..but I decided not...I'm married. Would look stupid...

Then we went outside and took some photos...

This is Charlie on his own...he wears these very large funny shoes with holes...



and again...



And here both of us....he's a really nice guy...and owns a Catalina....CD you hear that??
The very handsome extremely good sailor, to the right of the guy disguised as a BEAR is me....



Then, as we hit the street, and the wind was blowing so nice...me and Charlie sailed around in a Park Bench... we din't sail far, as one guy that looked at us thought we did not have enough canvas...

Here's me and Charlie sailing a park seat in Denver Colorado...nice ride...we sailed good...Charlie is a good bowman...




I then proceeded South, after renting from Hertz a SUBARU OUTBACK...I liked his car, so rented one....cool....better that that truck they gave me last time Explorer thing...I felt like the Rubber Duck in Convoy...so this time rented a car.

This is passing a cool place called Rock Castle....Colorado



and here are the beautifull Rocky Mountains...its beautifull here, but no sea...unfortunately..




As my week progresses I will say more about this place...a different place, no doubt a rich experience...for a Portuguese Redneck in the USA..

I feel like Borat, now

The photos are from my cell phone, so live with it SD..just in case

[tdw]

Originally Posted by Giulietta

Here's me and Charlie sailing a park seat in Denver Colorado...nice ride...we sailed good...Charlie is a good bowman...




case

Jaysus Charlie, You look absolutely terrified and Bluebottles only in charge of a park bench.

[sailaway21]

Since you're in the mood already, Portagee, rent the movie Jeremiah Johnson while you're here (or you can buy the DVD at Walmart for $10). It's about a mountain man in the Rockies. I think you'll like it-he gets wet a lot. (g)

[werebeagle]

Alex

Kim, my wife pointedly said that HER car (which I was using instead of my gas guzzler pick-em-up truck, and is still hers even though the money came from my checking account) is a Forester, not an Outback.

And it's Castle Rock, not Rock Castle.

But glad you made it to Pueblo safely, even though you were stuck in traffic.

[MtnMike]

Sorry to have missed you. You probably couldn't handle two bearded Coloradoans with Subarus at one time anyway!!

[camaraderie]

So Charlie...did he break the bench or was it not carbon fiber?

[MtnMike]

Oh man, I was posting the same time as Charlie and hadn't read it yet. Mine is a Forester also. I hope his isn't red too.
But I have to wonder about someone going for Wyoming to Pueblo !!?

I was going to offer to let you use one of my fly rod to do a little fishing while
you were here, but then I remembered.......... It's carbon fiber!

[sailingdog]

Welcome to the US again... DHS is still looking for ya... These are pretty good photos, considering that you took most of them.

I've asked sailnet members to keep hold a "Where is the Portagee?" watch.


Newsflash—A bench in front of a local restaurant was found overturned. The police are still looking for an explanation, since the bench was bolted to the ground originally.

[Giulietta]

Mrs. Charlie...thank you for lending your car to Charlie..a risk I understand...but he was ok albeit the 12 beers he had...the Fat Tire beer...

I was not worried as he was too drunk to sing, so he drove....

He was so funny doing those dances but naked on the restaurant table..well until the manager kicked him out....

By the way...have you looked at the front bumper??? he "re-arranged" it for you!!!!

Thanks for the car...it a nice car

[goose327]

Originally Posted by MtnMike

Oh man, I was posting the same time as Charlie and hadn't read it yet. Mine is a Forester also. I hope his isn't red too.
But I have to wonder about someone going for Wyoming to Pueblo !!?

I was going to offer to let you use one of my fly rod to do a little fishing while
you were here, but then I remembered.......... It's carbon fiber!

OUCH!!!!! That was gooooood Mike.
Hey Alex, when you comin' to California? I've got an old steel flyrod I'll let you use.