Denver, CO to Portland, Maine
Hello all,
that's right. We drove from Denver, CO to Portland, Maine and it took a total of 2 long days behind the wheel of a van, Ryder truck and 5 extra hours of driving on Sunday the 19th of March. We arrived in Portland on Tuesday the 21st at 11pm; after starting that day in Columbus, OH.
I must say that I've had some long trips in my life as a promo-road warrior. But this seemed to be crazy as we where racing the storm that hit Nebraska hard. Due to the storm we also went further south thru Kansas and St. Louis, which added 200 miles to our trip, but kept us out of the snow and we only hit rain. Rain is ok, but better then snow.
During the trip and those that road in the Van, no-one wanted Farvra to drive, so Joel, and Kyle split a lot of the time along with Andy and I in the Ryder for most of it. Good times driving cross this great land a total of 2190 miles with 6 people that want to pee at different times and when a phone battery dies, watch out...That's why I spent most of my time in the Ryder this year to avoid the drama in the van...:)
It's been great being home for my first event ever in Maine. Of course since I'm here my folks are NOT, as there in FL enjoying the sun and warm weather. But after Sunday I'll be done with Snow events for a while and back to warmer weather and triathlon, marathons and flying. Have to love working for PowerBar!
I can say that since I've been back here in Portland. I've made it a point to eat seafood, at Gilberts, Newarks, a good burger at Ruby's and of course a great hearty breakfast at Becky's on the water with the fisherman in the early AM hours. I feel that most of the crew has enjoyed their time here in Portland too, with seeing some of the sites and enjoying the mild temps and great fresh air.
Tomorrow we're off to Sugarloaf to get ready for the last event weekend of the season before everyone gets on a plane to go home from Boston and Andy and I drive to NY to drop off all the elements and fly home!
I'm sorry that there are no photos attached to his entry. My computer crashed in Jackson Hole, WY, hence the reason for no updates for so long. It is still running a little slow in "safe" mode and it will not let me upload photos from my camera. So those great photos of skiing, large plates of food and me and my cowboy hat will have to wait a little longer.
Well friends. Take care and hope everyone is good.
JR
that's right. We drove from Denver, CO to Portland, Maine and it took a total of 2 long days behind the wheel of a van, Ryder truck and 5 extra hours of driving on Sunday the 19th of March. We arrived in Portland on Tuesday the 21st at 11pm; after starting that day in Columbus, OH.
I must say that I've had some long trips in my life as a promo-road warrior. But this seemed to be crazy as we where racing the storm that hit Nebraska hard. Due to the storm we also went further south thru Kansas and St. Louis, which added 200 miles to our trip, but kept us out of the snow and we only hit rain. Rain is ok, but better then snow.
During the trip and those that road in the Van, no-one wanted Farvra to drive, so Joel, and Kyle split a lot of the time along with Andy and I in the Ryder for most of it. Good times driving cross this great land a total of 2190 miles with 6 people that want to pee at different times and when a phone battery dies, watch out...That's why I spent most of my time in the Ryder this year to avoid the drama in the van...:)
It's been great being home for my first event ever in Maine. Of course since I'm here my folks are NOT, as there in FL enjoying the sun and warm weather. But after Sunday I'll be done with Snow events for a while and back to warmer weather and triathlon, marathons and flying. Have to love working for PowerBar!
I can say that since I've been back here in Portland. I've made it a point to eat seafood, at Gilberts, Newarks, a good burger at Ruby's and of course a great hearty breakfast at Becky's on the water with the fisherman in the early AM hours. I feel that most of the crew has enjoyed their time here in Portland too, with seeing some of the sites and enjoying the mild temps and great fresh air.
Tomorrow we're off to Sugarloaf to get ready for the last event weekend of the season before everyone gets on a plane to go home from Boston and Andy and I drive to NY to drop off all the elements and fly home!
I'm sorry that there are no photos attached to his entry. My computer crashed in Jackson Hole, WY, hence the reason for no updates for so long. It is still running a little slow in "safe" mode and it will not let me upload photos from my camera. So those great photos of skiing, large plates of food and me and my cowboy hat will have to wait a little longer.
Well friends. Take care and hope everyone is good.
JR
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