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thought i'd do a thread about the Nahbs visit, wasn't sure where to put it so i figured it was best to stick it in G+OT as it's modern but retro, sort of a 'meet'.
so after leaving home at 6.30am, drove to Heathrow, flight left at 12.30pm, landed 9 1/2 hours later at 3pm! time change is always weird. shouldn't be an issue though as working weird shifts at work means i'm sort of used to being out of sync time wise, besides being out of place and time is retro isn't it?
anyway, got a transfer from the airport to the Crowne Plaza in downtown Denver which is the shows recommended hotel, haven't seen any bikers yet (you can usually spot them even in normal clothes). the driver was happy squinting through a snowed up misty and dirty windscreen (windshield for the Americans!) i think he was using the Force to guide the bus!
checked facebook and have seen a post by Rody:-
Well folks, after battling our way through the "storm of the decade", as it's being called on the news, for more than 25 hours of driving, we have landed safely in Downtown Denver. Passed more than 12 cars on their roofs, countless vehicles spun out and mashed off the road, drove at 15 mph in whiteout conditions for more than an hour, and had more than our share of exclaiming "holy crap, where is the road???" Once here, the downtown capital area was closed by police for a standoff with shooter from a balcony. All this as I walk around in my Birkenstocks, maybe shoulda brought some footwear that covers my toes. A bike show in the middle of February in Colorado? Don, next year, I vote for Hawaii.
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that made me laugh, i missed the stand off though, while i'm here i fully expect to see a police chase (like the one at the end of Blues Brothers in Chicago would be cool, aswel as a proper cowboy style bar fight (to watch though, not take part as i'm too pretty to risk being scarred by a right hook to the mug!)
the hotel kindly left me some reading material but i prefer to read about Wiggo than some imaginary geezer from 2000 years ago.
P1090857 by Dr. Branom, on Flickr
and here's the view from the hotel window on the 18th floor, the weird yellow bit is a reflection of the lamp in the window by the way
P1090856 by Dr. Branom, on Flickr
so after leaving home at 6.30am, drove to Heathrow, flight left at 12.30pm, landed 9 1/2 hours later at 3pm! time change is always weird. shouldn't be an issue though as working weird shifts at work means i'm sort of used to being out of sync time wise, besides being out of place and time is retro isn't it?
anyway, got a transfer from the airport to the Crowne Plaza in downtown Denver which is the shows recommended hotel, haven't seen any bikers yet (you can usually spot them even in normal clothes). the driver was happy squinting through a snowed up misty and dirty windscreen (windshield for the Americans!) i think he was using the Force to guide the bus!
checked facebook and have seen a post by Rody:-
Well folks, after battling our way through the "storm of the decade", as it's being called on the news, for more than 25 hours of driving, we have landed safely in Downtown Denver. Passed more than 12 cars on their roofs, countless vehicles spun out and mashed off the road, drove at 15 mph in whiteout conditions for more than an hour, and had more than our share of exclaiming "holy crap, where is the road???" Once here, the downtown capital area was closed by police for a standoff with shooter from a balcony. All this as I walk around in my Birkenstocks, maybe shoulda brought some footwear that covers my toes. A bike show in the middle of February in Colorado? Don, next year, I vote for Hawaii.
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that made me laugh, i missed the stand off though, while i'm here i fully expect to see a police chase (like the one at the end of Blues Brothers in Chicago would be cool, aswel as a proper cowboy style bar fight (to watch though, not take part as i'm too pretty to risk being scarred by a right hook to the mug!)
the hotel kindly left me some reading material but i prefer to read about Wiggo than some imaginary geezer from 2000 years ago.
P1090857 by Dr. Branom, on Flickr
and here's the view from the hotel window on the 18th floor, the weird yellow bit is a reflection of the lamp in the window by the way
P1090856 by Dr. Branom, on Flickr
) says his bikes are still stuck in Kansas City!
