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Grand Junction to Ridgway to Ouray, CO

Wednesday December 28, 2005

     5:39am  Casey and I stayed up until about midnight. I crashed out on the floor in the TV room. I only got like four hours of sleep. Casey has her head down on the table. 

     9:15am  Argh, it's cold. Casey and I are standing on the side of the highway in front of the truckstop sticking our thumbs out. It's a bit frustrating when no one stops. I am ever so considering not going to Telluride with Casey. Just going to California already. I would have better luck asking for rides West than South. Then I think I should keep going with the flow and check out Telluride. I'm not sure.

     9:37am  Sirenia, at the A&W at the Acorn is going to give me some food after her manager leaves. She's going to hook it up.

     9:57am  Sirenia's boss finally left and she came and gave me a bag with a double cheeseburger and some fries. Casey asked me to ask her for a coffee too. Sirenia told me that they didn't sell coffee at the A&W, and pointed me to the gas station. I told her thanks anyway. I sat down to eat with Casey and Sirenia came over and gave me two dollars!

     11:00am  It was funny, this van pulled up to the stop sign to leave the truckstop. I saw a crucifix hanging from their rear view mirror. I put my hands together and visibly pleaded. When they kept going I yelled, "Sinners!" Ha, they eventually came back for us. Jack and Kristin.

     12:55pm  We're getting a ride to the edge of Grand Junction by Tim Smith.

     1:22pm  Butch and Mark pulled over for us. Taking us to Olathe. Montrose, I mean.

     2:21pm  I mentioned to Butch that I was going to keep my eyes peeled for a Mexican restaurant. Butch said there was one right where he was going to drop us off at. We're going to eat! Just watch.

                   Maria at Don Gilberto's is hooking us up. Called that.

     3:48pm  After I got us food Casey and I walked a couple blocks to Hawk Pkwy/Townsend Ave.

     3:55pm  Somebody Casey knows gave us like a one mile jump. Some girl named Nicole and some older guy.

     4:46pm  Wilie is being nice enough to give us a ride to Colona in his biodiesel Dodge Ram. eleistoceneis@msn.com

                   Actually, Wilie took us all the way to Ridgway. I think it's because he wanted me to finish my story. Casey doesn't. She's already annoyed with it and criticizes me. Casey is a bit stressed out. She's been framed with the law. She tells me a lot of people in Telluride aren't fond of her. Her ex boyfriend assaulted her so she filed a restraining order on him. Because of that, because she was worried about being assaulted by him again, she got a trespassing charge for going over to his house(that she paid rent for) to feed her seven cats. I asked her to give me more details, but she's stressed out and doesn't want to talk about it. I'll ask her tomorrow.

     7:26pm  Casey and I went to the White Horse Bar in Ridgway(yes, it's spelled like that). This older guy gave me a cigarette. Then this dude Casey's talking to, trying to get us a place to crash tonight, gave me five cigarettes! I didn't get his name. Oh yeah, Casey got some guy to buy me a beer too.

     8:18pm  Devan - blackdo5@msn.com

     9:04pm  Troy and Helen(Muff and Diver), some people Casey met at the gas station next door is going to let us crash at their motel room. At the Riverside Inn in Ouray. Troy just hooked us up with these awesome Winchester knives!

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