Friday, June 1
Thursday, May 31
Denver, CO
Hey hey hey, hope your last day of May was okay.
I had a wonderful night's sleep at station 21 last night. No calls. I headed out early to get the rear tire changed on the bike and then rolled out to Red Rocks. Red Rocks is an area west of the city that has these huge, beautiful, red rocks jutting out of the landscape. There is a natural amphitheatre there that I'm told has great acoustics. The amphitheatre is located just beyond where my shoe is in the pics. I hiked up a good size hill to get some great views and meditated on a small overhang for about a half hour. On my way down a 5 foot rattlesnake was warming up on the path. I'm glad I've watched Steve Irwin and Jeff Corwin - I kept hearing them in my head on the path - "You gotta be very careful, danger, danger" (in an Australian accent). I carefully found a way around the awesome snake and met with the burn unit Dr's and nurses at U of C at Denver. Mary and her clan were happy to have me and I was able to meet Kedrick, a burn patient there. The other patients were sleeping at the time.
I then met up with Melisa, a burn survivor who is helping get the Phoenix Society SOAR program started in Denver -YAY! I am meeting with Melisa and her boyfriend Erin, also a burn survivor, for Asian food tonight and some Jazz.
After U of C Hosp. I drove over to Children's Hospital to meet up with Denver FD Asst. Chief Pat Hynes. We met with Jamal, a 7 year old who is in burn rehab and doing great. He did a great job today in rehab and loved the toy and crayons I gave him. A smile on a child's face is priceless isn't it? Hopefully Jamal will be able to attend the Denver Burn Camp this year.
I want to thank Pat for letting me crash at his place this evening- all for the small price of washing and ironing his laundry, tiling his bathroom, and waxing his truck. Not a bad deal if I may say so.
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After dinner post:
Just got back from a great dinner with Melisa and Erin, 2 very cool people. Thank you both for the great conversation and dinner.
Erin is from Durango and gave me a list of restaurants and microbreweries (take it easy Mike) to try down there - can't wait!
Melisa is a stunning inspirational speaker who's mantra is "Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional." Doesn't get more real than that folks. Melisa can be reached at melisa@ofloveandfire.com for speaking engagements.
Well, I'm tired and going to bed after I get this 2nd coat of wax on Pat's truck. Good night all.
Mike
I had a wonderful night's sleep at station 21 last night. No calls. I headed out early to get the rear tire changed on the bike and then rolled out to Red Rocks. Red Rocks is an area west of the city that has these huge, beautiful, red rocks jutting out of the landscape. There is a natural amphitheatre there that I'm told has great acoustics. The amphitheatre is located just beyond where my shoe is in the pics. I hiked up a good size hill to get some great views and meditated on a small overhang for about a half hour. On my way down a 5 foot rattlesnake was warming up on the path. I'm glad I've watched Steve Irwin and Jeff Corwin - I kept hearing them in my head on the path - "You gotta be very careful, danger, danger" (in an Australian accent). I carefully found a way around the awesome snake and met with the burn unit Dr's and nurses at U of C at Denver. Mary and her clan were happy to have me and I was able to meet Kedrick, a burn patient there. The other patients were sleeping at the time.
I then met up with Melisa, a burn survivor who is helping get the Phoenix Society SOAR program started in Denver -YAY! I am meeting with Melisa and her boyfriend Erin, also a burn survivor, for Asian food tonight and some Jazz.
After U of C Hosp. I drove over to Children's Hospital to meet up with Denver FD Asst. Chief Pat Hynes. We met with Jamal, a 7 year old who is in burn rehab and doing great. He did a great job today in rehab and loved the toy and crayons I gave him. A smile on a child's face is priceless isn't it? Hopefully Jamal will be able to attend the Denver Burn Camp this year.
I want to thank Pat for letting me crash at his place this evening- all for the small price of washing and ironing his laundry, tiling his bathroom, and waxing his truck. Not a bad deal if I may say so.
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After dinner post:
Just got back from a great dinner with Melisa and Erin, 2 very cool people. Thank you both for the great conversation and dinner.
Erin is from Durango and gave me a list of restaurants and microbreweries (take it easy Mike) to try down there - can't wait!
Melisa is a stunning inspirational speaker who's mantra is "Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional." Doesn't get more real than that folks. Melisa can be reached at melisa@ofloveandfire.com for speaking engagements.
Well, I'm tired and going to bed after I get this 2nd coat of wax on Pat's truck. Good night all.
Mike
Images from the Road: Denver, CO (From Mike's Cell Phone)
Mike said there is a snake some where in this picture!
Wednesday, May 30
Trinidad, mucho gusto
Yesterday was fun. I made it through eastern CO, crazy unpopulated. Hwy 160 in eastern CO is where you can run flat out for miles and not see anyone, surreal.
Made it to Trinidad around 10:30 AM and got a great pizza at a local cafe. I then went after some coffee and a huge cinnamon roll at a Main St. bakery, it was awesome. I have realized that I need a lot of food. I have lost 7 pounds since I began this journey, I think it's because I don't have food readily available every 2 hours. I'm trying to keep more food on hand.
I worked out at the FD and took a cruise out to Trinidad lake where I took a picture of the mountain top mesa in the pics. It is very dry out here and my lungs feel like cardboard. I'm drinking copious amounts of h20 just to stay hydrated. Trinidad is an old mining town on the Santa Fe Trail, Billy the Kid and some other famous people of the era have been here. A classy local girl recommended I try the local micro-brew for dinner and it was awesome. They had a dark Lager that was delicious and after dinner I went out for some dessert that was spectacular.
I drove up here to Denver this AM and met with a Dr. at the children's burn hospital here. Chief Paddy Hynes hooked me up at Station 21 by the park and the crew just made a great chicken and pasta dinner - thanks! I'm riding Engine 21 tonight and hope it's QUIET.
Since FOX NEWS cancelled, I'm getting a new tire put on the Harley in the AM and then meeting with some burn patients at U of C Denver Burn hospital. I'm then meeting with a bunch of burn survivors for dinner and hopefully taking in some live Jazz.
I hope everyone out there is having a great "now", I know I am.
Quote of the day:
“A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world” - Jack Kerouac
Made it to Trinidad around 10:30 AM and got a great pizza at a local cafe. I then went after some coffee and a huge cinnamon roll at a Main St. bakery, it was awesome. I have realized that I need a lot of food. I have lost 7 pounds since I began this journey, I think it's because I don't have food readily available every 2 hours. I'm trying to keep more food on hand.
I worked out at the FD and took a cruise out to Trinidad lake where I took a picture of the mountain top mesa in the pics. It is very dry out here and my lungs feel like cardboard. I'm drinking copious amounts of h20 just to stay hydrated. Trinidad is an old mining town on the Santa Fe Trail, Billy the Kid and some other famous people of the era have been here. A classy local girl recommended I try the local micro-brew for dinner and it was awesome. They had a dark Lager that was delicious and after dinner I went out for some dessert that was spectacular.
I drove up here to Denver this AM and met with a Dr. at the children's burn hospital here. Chief Paddy Hynes hooked me up at Station 21 by the park and the crew just made a great chicken and pasta dinner - thanks! I'm riding Engine 21 tonight and hope it's QUIET.
Since FOX NEWS cancelled, I'm getting a new tire put on the Harley in the AM and then meeting with some burn patients at U of C Denver Burn hospital. I'm then meeting with a bunch of burn survivors for dinner and hopefully taking in some live Jazz.
I hope everyone out there is having a great "now", I know I am.
Quote of the day:
“A pain stabbed my heart as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world” - Jack Kerouac
No FOX for you!
I have just been informed that FOX NEWS will not be interviewing me tomorrow, they are covering a new war story instead. Oh, well.
Tuesday, May 29
Images from the Road: Trinidad, CO (From Mike's Cell Phone)
Well, we got a cryptic note from Mike via his cell phone that there was no ISP (Internet Service Provider) - so presumably we will not hear from him on the blog tonight. We do have this amazing photo of the scenery that he sent us from his phone. :-)
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