From Casper to Denver via Cheyenne and the Rocky Mountain NP This morning I could see what I was driving on last night. By daylight it was even more scary to see the ice shining on the highway. The american call this phenomen; black ice. You have to concentrate not to do anything else only push the accelarator. No sudden braking or steering. Surprisingly I saw only 1 car, which had a slight accident because of the slippery road. The people here seem to be used to that. Actually these are good road conditions. At the village borders, there everywhere gates and signs for the scenario of bad road conditions; you are not allowed out on the highway.
Cheyenne is the capitol of Wyoming with a popuöation of 60000 and a history connected to the natives here. It is a nice small village, you can look at it 15 minutes by car.
Since I was on time I decided to make a turnout to the Rocky Mountain NP Scenic Byway, climbing up again to 9000 feet in elevation. This part of the rockies is surprisingly rich in vegetation compared to closeby desert like areas.
Also found my second home in the Rockies
At 2pm arrived in Denver and was faced directly to the consequences of the economic downturn in the States. I stopped 2 miles out from the downtown to fuel and was afraid to step out of the car. Everywhere junkies, homeless, latino people just hanging around on the streets doing nothing. The guy at the fuel station was sitting behind bulletproof windows... The downtown itself is not much different. Either you see young finance guys and their secretaries in nice suites and skirts or afroamericans with pants on the knee and the latinos in 5-6 layer of clothes, which is probaly their whole wardrobe.
The structure of the city is similar to Salt Lake City or other cities that size. Huge outskirts with family homes and a small dowtown with skyscrapers and parking houses. Still, there you can find some nice examples for the symbiosis of old and modern.
Also can find places for casting of the CSI Denver, if not existing yet.
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Tomorrow hopefully I can catch my flight home, because after changing my suitcase I leave with my loved girlfriend to the Dominican Rebublic for adventure of a different type and temperature, like I had in the last 10 days. I might blog about it as well, so keep an eye on my blog if you are curious about the Caribean....
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