So, we got breakfast in Limon, checked out, and left early for Colorado. We decided to go straight to Boulder . . . this was going to be 
the only gift I would buy myself on this long cross-country journey, a bicycle jersey. So, I googled on my phone bike shops in Boulder, and we drove straight to University Bicycles. On the way, we passed University of Colorado, Boulder, pictured here. Very nice campus, kids all around, looking very happy to be going to school in such a lovely place.
We made it to University Bicycles. Very cool shop, huge, all sorts of road, mountain, cross, city, hybred and even fixie bikes. I got a very cool jersey, blue with the bike shop logo on it. Dad was happy. Then, we moved onto Pearl street, just a beautiful strip with lots of
shops, restaurants and people. After the bike shop, we found a small coffee shop (not Starbucks) with about 30 people in it, 28 of them were working on laptops. The 
other 2 were Annica and I, we left our laptops in the car. I had a wonderful Latte, then we headed out to walk around.
There were lots of billboards for "The Buffs" which is the nickname for the University of Colorado at Boulder sports teams. We had a nice mexican lunch at Juanita's. Then we decided before going to Marty and Mary's, we would go to a care repair shop to check out the "check engine" light (see below, a few blog posts ago). We found "Charlie's Excellent Toyota Repair", drove there, it was in a warehouse building, way in the back. Very cool place, the retired dad ran the front desk, I explained the problem, he had his son the mechanic, Jake, hook it
up to his meter and he indicated there was a mis fire on 2 cylinders, not a big deal, he pulled the plugs to check, cleaned of a spot of oil, and cleared the check engine light. No charge. I left him a $25 tip, and we were off. Doodle (the car) seemed much happier. After Charlies, we went to the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, a really special place, built as a gift of Boulder's sister city, Tajikistan, with much of the structure, its hand carved and hand painted elements brought over from asia. I bought some tea for Pam. We then bought some fresh baked cookies for Marty and Mary, and headed out to their house.
shops, restaurants and people. After the bike shop, we found a small coffee shop (not Starbucks) with about 30 people in it, 28 of them were working on laptops. The 
other 2 were Annica and I, we left our laptops in the car. I had a wonderful Latte, then we headed out to walk around.There were lots of billboards for "The Buffs" which is the nickname for the University of Colorado at Boulder sports teams. We had a nice mexican lunch at Juanita's. Then we decided before going to Marty and Mary's, we would go to a care repair shop to check out the "check engine" light (see below, a few blog posts ago). We found "Charlie's Excellent Toyota Repair", drove there, it was in a warehouse building, way in the back. Very cool place, the retired dad ran the front desk, I explained the problem, he had his son the mechanic, Jake, hook it
up to his meter and he indicated there was a mis fire on 2 cylinders, not a big deal, he pulled the plugs to check, cleaned of a spot of oil, and cleared the check engine light. No charge. I left him a $25 tip, and we were off. Doodle (the car) seemed much happier. After Charlies, we went to the Boulder Dushanbe Teahouse, a really special place, built as a gift of Boulder's sister city, Tajikistan, with much of the structure, its hand carved and hand painted elements brought over from asia. I bought some tea for Pam. We then bought some fresh baked cookies for Marty and Mary, and headed out to their house.
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