hello from denver

so not two days ago i was in austin, texas. 1100 miles and sixteen hours of driving later i find myself in denver with ken and joy. if anyone wasnt aware, ken is having a baby! actually his wife is, but from what i understand he is at least partially responsible. also, he is the proud owner of a wingzone - i am writing from inside the store. its not at all smelley, which surprises me.

today i had a couple of minor mileage-milestones (can i coin a term here? - 'mileagestones') first, my car passed 25000 miles today, and shortly thereafter my trip passed its 4000th mile. and the last one is the neatest, in my opinion: when i bought my car it had 16967 miles on it - when i left on my trip it had 21054. that means between march and august i drove 4087 miles. well since i left on my trip ive driven more than that. i think thats pretty fucking cool.

i spent last night in wichita, kansas. what a dump! i stayed at the nastiest motel 6 on earth (ive never stayed at one before, so perhaps theyre all nasty - for thirty bucks a night i wasnt expecting much, but it didnt even live up to that low expectation). i swear the blanket on my bed gave me smallpox. but i got some famous daves bbq and a good nights sleep, so im satisfied.

so if kenny can pry himself away from work at some point in the next two days, were gonna do some fun denver-exploration and perhaps some rocky-mountain climbing. but im actually having a pretty good time at his wingzone. and hey, free wings...