Back in the USA...

So I am here in Boston waiting for my 7:40pm flight to Denver.  My 5 hour layover turned into 4 since my flight from Dublin to Boston was delayed.  It is really sinking in now that the adventure is over. I am here in Boston and my bike is still back at the port in Liverpool - a strange feeling.  I guess the consolation prize will be sleeping in my own bed tonight - after 20 hours of traveling today it will undoubtably feel pretty nice.  

The plane ride was pretty uneventful - but the security/customs/pre-clearance process in Dublin was a cluster.  It was taking people 3 hours to get through - hence the delayed flights.  Ken's flight to DC was delayed as well due to the customs problems.  Apparently the U.S. pre-clearance in Dublin was understaffed.  My Global Entry access probably saved me an hour in lines but I still had two hours of lines to wait in.

My seat mate on the flight was Belinda - a professor at Boston University.  It was nice chatting with her off and on throughout the flight.  You don't want to get stuck with a bad seat mate on a 6.5 hour flight and I certainly didn't.  

I will get into Denver (hopefully) at 10:10pm - then a two hour ride up the mountain.  Lots of time to reflect but mostly feeling a bit down that the journey is over.  Time to start prepping for the next adventure in less than two months - 25 days on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon.

The day it began over three months ago - riding out from the farm...