Roadtrip Across the USA: Day 3 and 4

For the past 2 days I have not had internet because on Day 3 the friend we were staying with kicked us out. That's right. We got kicked out. Why? I have no idea. Nor does Jake, or Whitney, or Andrew or even Meghan. We were completely baffled. So that night we had to pack our stuff and get out of Denver. We drove 2 hours south to a small town called Canon City, Colorado. We had a train ride through a gorge booked there the next day so we decided to crash there. But earlier in the day we experienced some of the most fun we have ever had in our lives. We white water rafted down the Cache le Poudre in Fort Collins. Our guide was named Nate and he knew what to do in every situation. For instance, we pinned our raft against a rock in the rapids not once but twice and this has never happened to Nate before in his raft guiding career. We popped his cherry on that one as he said himself. And plus he said that our raft was the most fun ride he has had all year. That's how we roll. But how we pin our raft against a rock twice in one trip is beyond me, even Nate.

One the first pin, everybody bailed except me. I managed to hang on with Nate as a rope was thrown to use to tug our raft back to safe waters. The second time all of us survived by climbing onto the massive rock right smack in the middle of the river. We moved the raft to the other side of the rock and hopped back in and continued rafting. It was one of the best experiences of my life. Words can't describe how giddy myself and Andrew were when these instances happened.

Later on that day, we drove through the Rocky Mountain National Park. One word: EPIC. Seeing the Rockies at 12,000 feet high makes me feel absolutely minuscule in this world. It was land untouched. It's the way the rest of this world should be. If I could stay there for the rest of my life I would have because I would wake up with the best view I've seen in the entire world. I would need an oxygen mask though because it started to get difficult to breath at that altitude.

After that, we got kicked out, my camera died for good and then we packed and headed south not knowing where we were going to sleep. We found a decent motel owned by a nice Russian family. The wife was sweet even at 11pm when we rung her doorbell for a room. As for my camera: Whit let me borrow hers until we get to San Fran so I can buy a new or used one. I can not believe my camera died. Of all trips in my life.

Well for what happened on Day 4, we woke up, did the train ride through a gorge which was really relaxing. As soon as that ended we packed our luggage for a 21 hours drive through the West to the Pacific coast. I must say the landscape between the Rockies and California is amazing. There is always something to look at and you never get bored. Mountains, valleys, canyons, deserts, grasslands, farmlands, ect. I loved it. We all took turns driving into the night and morning. I started driving from 3:30am to 1pm when we arrived in San Francisco. We just drove across the entire country. I can't believe we did that. I can't believe I had the chance to do this in my life. All I have is a :) on my face.