holy crap, where to begin?! first of all, i'm in elko, nevada right now. i
crossed over into nevada about an hour and a half ago. something like that. i
crossed over and was bombarded immediately with signs of casinos, gambling,
girls, everything. it was so weird coming from the quiet road and beautiful
scenery of utah into that. so far nevada is not really my thing. it's not
that the mountains haven't been beautiful. they have. jaw droppingly
beautiful. going over these mountains and reaching the top and then seeing the
world from that high up, it's just incredible. i wish i could take pictures of
what i've seen, but it's just not possible.
so, elko! i followed signs to a starbucks because i figured wireless, right?
well, the s-bucks is in a casino. ok, i can deal. so i park and open just the
first set of doors and am hit with SMOKE. lots of it and i can see slot
machines and madness inside. i immediately turn around. i decide to check out
a place called Moxie's across the street, they have coffee. but it doesn't
seem like the kind of place to have interweb, so i decide to check out elko's
main road, Idaho St. (BOISE!). there is nothing but scary motels and casinos.
then i see a sign that says elko is a citywide hot spot. so i take a chance on
Moxie's. i walk in and it's a super cute little place with couches and a
really nice woman who made me a coffee with a shot. this is where i am writing
from now.
it's so nice to not be in the car for a few minutes, though i have really really
enjoyed the drive so far today. leaving utah this morning when the sun was
just about to come up was incredible. the mountains and snow and everything,
just beautiful. then as the sun came up behind me it lit the horizon and the
mountains and with the clouds, it just made the mountains look so beautiful.
80 west from utah is very very straight. i mean like you can see the end of
the world straight. it's hard to stay focused, but i had great music and lots
of coffee and just plowed on.
i started the day again with American Beauty. i don't know what it is about
that album, but it starts my day off right. i just feel like nothing bad can
happen when you are listening to jerry garcia and the band. cheesy maybe, but
i don't care. i'll take whatever encouragements i can on this trip.
i stopped in a tiny gas station in an area called Salt Flats just a mile from
nevada, don't ever stop there! the bathrooms were disgusting. and i felt
like i had seen that place in a horror movie. but, damnit the coffee was GOOD!
i mean REALLY GOOD!
if this damn computer weren't so slow i'd post a few pics i took today of the
mountains. i guess those will have to wait until tomorrow. TOMORROW!! i will
be in berkeley tomorrow. this week has flown by.
ok, off to actually post this (i write in notepad in case of crashing). oh,
one last thing. i thought a lot of mike on this last leg. maybe because
nevada reminds me of him, i don't know. but, he gave me this good luck coin to
borrow on my trip and i am constantly making sure it is in my pocket. it meant
so much that he let me use this and i just wanted to mention it because i've
been thinking about it. when he gave it to me, i was about to break down and
couldn't tell him how much it meant at the time. so i say it now. thanks
mike! your the best big brother anyone could ever have!
i really miss you all -- so much! and i'm thinking about all of the crazy
stuff we've all done and sometimes it makes me laugh out loud. fun.
now i'm really going. love to you all!!!
neils
p.s. i'm out of phone range again, so my apologies to those who have called. i can't answer. DAMNIT
p.p.s. YEAH PACIFIC TIME ZONE!!!!
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welcome to the P.S.T neile. :)
Damn - I almost teared up when I read this post - but then my circuitry started to short so I had to eradicate my emotion program all together. I kept anger though.
The week did go by fast. Please keep this all going. I miss you.
Also - I forgot to mention that Monday morning when I came into work, the internet was down for about 30 minutes. I thought it was pretty appropriate since that was the first day you weren't here. Kinda like even the internet knew you were gone....of course, I was just knocking on door after door saying, "Computer shiny??" "Computer shiny??" : (
Rhapsody won't let me sync things on my iRiver, but I can listen to whatever I want -- so I popped in the Dead's American Beauty album. Yeeps. Hope you weren't falling asleep on some of the slower tunes (e.g. Attics of my Life)! Truckin' is appropriate, though.
No racquetball for almost a week. Dunno if I can stand it. When's that rematch, Neils? ("Stay focused!") I've got a platter waitin' here for you.
Gotta run.
rt
Why haven't I been checking this thing all week? You're almost there and I'm just checking in. It's been great to read about our trip. Some of my thoughts-
1) I need to do a trip like this! I'm so jealous.
2) Looks like you and your bike are on talking terms again since you decided to take it with you to CA. Whenever I see your bike I think about good times - you were the first to witness me fall over while still clipped in and thank God you and Lisa were laughing so much during our Helluva Ride.
3) Salt Lake City! How I miss that place. I loved the mountains. I ruled at school, soccer, the spelling bee, and had two guys get in a fight about/over me (I was in the third grade. really, one doesn't forget such a thing). How life has changed.
4) Really? You're already in PST? Wow. It seems like just the other day that I saw you.
Looking forward to your next post. Great procrastination tool.
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