Bottom: Newark New Jersey Terminal
Top: Tweetie Bird, Colorado Resident
Middle: Denver international Inside

Denver 2007
Getting there, in a plane.
Saturday, January 6th
11:40am
Well Miranda, you said you wanted to be right in the middle of things; well I’m there. I’m sitting at terminal C, Gate 86 at Newark Airport. From here I can see the New York skyline including the Empire state building. On the way in this morning I saw the Statue of Liberty out on its island in the middle of the harbor. The flight out of Halifax was short at just under 2hrs. The sun is shining here in New Jersy and it is warm. I arrived wearing my sweater and jeans and as of now I’ve down graded to cargo shorts and a t-shirt. Its interesting to note that in Canada you see things in English and French, here its the same idea but English and Spanish. There is quite a number of little shops around that I have seen; notably Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream and Dunkin’ Doughnuts. On the plane I had some cola and some pretzels which I have saved for the later flight just in case. I think I am for the most part over my flu and anything left is probably due to my lack of sleep. I didn’t sleep so well last night, probably because I’m not used to such a large empty bed. The name of the hotel was the Airport Hotel.
I’m assuming that they’ll be some other Up With People people on this flight with me. its far too early to say though as we’re not due out for another 2 and a half hours. It would be neat to send you a postcard from so close to New York, but as of Yet I have not seen a postal outlet. Perhaps I can buy one, write it and send it later. I’m probably going to get hungry at some point and then I’ll go out prowling then. Oh!, there is other good news as well, I conned my folks into buying me some Skype credit so I can phone you when I get to somewhere with free high speed internet. I really wish I had some now cause I’m lonely and bored. lol. People here actually talk like they are from “Jersey”; Our flight crew this morning was from Texas. Perhaps I’ll go to Starbucks for some coffee... All For Now :)
12:55 pm
Well, I walked around the terminal a bit more. I’m getting quite familiar with the place. I found and figured out how to use one of the pay phones here since the wireless internet is over 7$ an hour. I phoned Miranda to let her know where I was and how things are going. It was all good. There is a bazzillion and half planes here. I’m not sure which is bigger though, Newark or Heathrow; this place does have a monorail. I can’t believe it, CNN news headline story is a UFO sighting. Anyhow, I’m up to 6 Mac Sightings today. One Macbook Pro, a few Powerbooks and an iBook. My machine, when out grabs a few glances wherever I am. What can I say, its all good. Man I am getting tired, I’ll wake up when airborne again though; More free pretzels, Yay!.
11:44 pm
I got into Denver right on time. As we were landing I saw a wolf out the window running across the airfield. I found the up with people people and then got my luggage. They took me out for coffee at this fance coffee place and I had no idea what to order. I probably made a bit of a fool of myself but its all good anyhow; the coffee was good served cold. We then boarded a bus for the rec center where all the final papers and such were done up and there was pizza and pop. I have come to find out that there are 5 of us from Canada, me, one from Nova Scotia, One from Edmonton, one from Comox, and one Ontario. I really have no sweet clue what I am in for but it seems ok. I met my host family for the duration in Denver, they are veterans as shown by the numerous photos posted on their living room wall. They live in a house in a suburb of Denver about 20 minutes out. My room mate and I are basically staying in a basement flat of their house. His name is Peppe from Sweden and he is very soft spoken, not to say he doesn’t speak, but he seems very nice. I had a tour of the place and he made us ham sandwiches on halves of cinnamon bagels then covered them with shredded cheese and microwaved them. We talked at length in the living room about the weather and travels and such. Their son who us leaving tonight for New York is a dancer/choreographer. Tomorrow we are going out for breakfast and I get to see a little more of town as I have the day off tomorrow.