Colorado feeling

After going through Nebraska, which looked like Iowa from the window of the bus except it's a little more hilly, we arrive in Colorado. Our stops are nicer and seem more authentic compared to the usual gas stations and fast food chains. And also, I can finally make out the cherished mountains I've been really looking forward to...

Denver is not far. It is the turntable of the Beats in On the Road, in which the characters continuously pass through Denver, coming and going. Neal Cassady -- Dean Moriarty -- "a man of the West, from a lonely race, such was Dean" was born here and was the phenomenon that captivated and inspired Jack Kerouac so much.