travels continue. after a wicked time in new orleans we headed back home. i settled into a state of benign indifference at the ‘rent’s home, with alternating periods of severe alienation and fear of the future and complete happiness in laziness. i watched a lot of television and movies, ran on the treadmill, delivered pizzas, and ate food and drank beers.
hot sass
we get to new orleans after a wicked day of transport. we essentially do not eat for the entire day, stupid i know, but after traveling for a bit and making sure you are catching buses and carrying giant backpacks and what not it becomes less important. also, you can no longer count on that cup of tomato juice and miniature bag of pretzels on the airplane to tide you over. damn economy.
beers
i enjoy drinking beers. they’re my buddy. traveling to florida i was a bit concerned i wouldn’t be able to find many tasty beers, but there have been moments. i am not picky when it comes to beer, i’ll drink it as long as it’s wet, but i certainly do enjoy trying new beers. overall, i’m a fan of hoppy beers, pale ales and what have you.
south florida
miami
have to do a bit of back-tracking, as i’m often too lazy to type down my oh-so-important thoughts.
hollywood, florida
presently in florida. warm, sunny, on the ocean. it’s florida, that’s what it’s known for–good weather and old people and disney world. but is there anything else?
colorado 2
home made sign south of cotopaxi
ryan’s aunt and uncle live with four children on their own plot of land of granite ridges and cacti, with a view of the sangre de cristo mountain range to the west. they live off the grid, and use solar panels for their electricity. they have a greenhouse and root cellar and are frugal with their water, which comes from a well. the children are home-schooled and the father is a conservative libertarian, sceptical of most things related to government.
it was definitley an interesting trip. the family certainly lives outside of what is considered normal by most people, but i found them all to be very kind, intelligent, and welcoming. they fed us well and couldn’t have been more hospitable. i certainly admire the ability to be self-sufficient and to live free of most societal restraints, but i doubt i would enjoy the extended periods of isolation. i’d be happy with just a nice garden.
the next day we headed back up to denver and stayed in a hostel that looked like the hotel from the shining. we ate some buffalo and drank some beers and with full bellies retired to the prison like dorm room and went to sleep. i only woke up a few times, due mainly to ryan’s night terrors and the police sirens and screaming usually heard outside of hostels.
hostel in denver
the following morning we went to the denver museum of modern art, a pretty good museum in an interesting space. the western art exhibit was great, but after six more levels of all the the art of the rest of the world i was a bit “arted” out. there are only so many pre colombian pieces of pottery i can look at.
yes, this is in the denver art museum
colorado
view from a generally dirty house
out the car window shot