Thursday was day two of Rick's Roadshow, the first of two five-day business trips across the country. I took a 6:00 AM flight from Portland to Denver and once again slept the entire flight. I picked up my luggage from baggage claim, found my energy from a bottle of organic orange juice and kicked into high gear. I confidently declined the optional satellite navigation feature while checking out my rental car. How hard could it be, I thought. After all, I'd been to Denver many times before. So I out of the airport I took my standard "right turn" when I don't really know where I am going. An hour later I realized I had no idea where I was, but I figured I couldn't be too far off. Until the paved roads ended and I started driving on a dirt road. I continued for another 30 miles, along a very much rural road. I drive past beautiful scenery:
Above: Cows, cows and more cows
Above left: It looked like it was digging for oil, but I'm sure it was for water. Above right: While I saw many horses, this one caught my eye for his striking pure color. Eventually I arrived at my destination and was able to "work" for the next five hours. While at the store, there was the most intense storm. Heavy rain, thunder, lightening, wind, hail, and tornado warnings. As I stood in the store, the building howled, as the roof was pelted with rain and hail. I ended up staying longer to wait out the storm. Once it calmed down, I got back on the road and drove back to Denver to meet a client for dinner.
Dinner in Downtown Denver
We went to a fun place for dinner called the Samba Room, a Cuban restaurant. It had a fun atmosphere, wonderful Cuban food and extra delicious drinks. I was able to conduct some business over dinner, so I felt it was time well spent, and enjoyable as well. Day two turned out to be another good day.
-Rick Rockhill
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