Time has come

Here we are! Day D has come. We crossed the pond on April 2 to Denver, Colorado. We are currently staying at Jessica and Walter’s, long time friends of Xénia D. Jessica and Walter have given us a magnificent welcome at their home in Boulder, a beautiful city close to Denver, at the feet of the Rocky mountains. They even let us one of their cars to use for our various errands. Walter went with us on Thursday to tour the various car dealers in the Boulder/Denver area. Surprisingly, the smaller the van, the most expensive, because small vans are fuel efficient, easier to drive and therefore in high demand. So smaller vans, the size we commonly see in Europe are actually difficult to find. But we found one on the Internet on Thursday morning and went immediately to see it. We did a test drive to check how comfortable we were with driving it, checked the engine on and made an offer. We also checked other campers, bigger, with more space to live but the driving was quite cumbersome. We  have to keep in mind our 30’000 miles journey on narrow and bumpy roads. By Friday afternoon, the deal was done. Now we need to wait for the vehicle to be titled and get the licence plates of Colorado before we can actually embark on our journey. We hope to be done with all this paperwork by Friday latest.

In the meantime, we started to do some shopping, some mont-bell jackets, very thin but very warm, and the basics to live in a small van for a year. Space is very limited, so we need to think twice before buying stuff. We can take only what is absolutely necessary, no more. Jessica and Walter took us to a baseball game on Sunday and to some sight seeing in the mountains. We cruised across the Rocky Mountains National Park on Monday, very scenic, gorgeous, there is still plenty of snow and the lakes are still mostly frozen… I hope we are not going to freeze when we camp in the van….