Sunday, July 26, 2009
41: The Snuggie Cult and the Demon Horse
| Stoker's Log Day Forty One |
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| 7/25/09 |
| Rest Day |
| Aurora, CO |
The bike repairs are going to keep us in Aurora for another day or two, but unfortunately our timing doesn't coincide with Pickle and Dave's. They're off on a trip to Mexico that they've had planned for a while. Fortunately they're letting us stay in their home for as long as we need, but this morning was our last chance to hang out with them. After breakfast and a flurry of last minute packing we took them off to the airport.
As we exited the highway, a blue horse with burning eyes reared up out of the grass.
On the one hand I think it's pretty stunning, on the other hand, I wonder who on earth would want to face a demonic equine with glow-in-the-dark eyes on their way to board a plane. Then Dave explained the highly disturbing story behind the already disturbing statue: its original creator, Luis Jimenez, was killed when part of the horse fell and crushed him during construction. I'm a bit afraid to even put its photo up.
Having escaped the airport and the blue mustang, Kyle and I spent the rest of the day doing nothing exciting. We blogged, we googlemapped, we played with Don Quixote, we tried out the Snuggie cult craze, we lounged.
Tomorrow is looking like more of the same, so don't expect a long, exciting, photo-filled entry. Pickle was kind enough to leave us with a list of tourist sites, but we don't have our bike, neither of us is very comfortable driving Pickle's very persnickety car, and honestly we both just want to not move for a little while. Hopefully we'll be picking up the bike tomorrow or the next day, however, so we can get back on the road again, whether we like it or not.
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