Twenty years ago tonight, I was in Northglenn, CO. I was spending the night in a hotel there just off I-25 waiting for a snowstorm to end rather than try to cross the Rockies on I-70 in a snowstorm. Lucky for me there was a gasoline station with a mechanic nearby because my car had a problem just as I got off the highway.
It was around 3:30pm when I decided to stay in the Denver area for the night. Since my car was having a problem, I took the car to the service station. The mechanic said to come pick it up before 6pm (MT) / 5pm (PT) when the service portion of the station closed. I walked back to the service station to pick up my car, missing the beginning coverage of the World Series game on TV which had started at the top of the hour. The service station had a grainy TV where I saw the news that there had been an earthquake in San Francisco. I paid for the service to the my car and rushed back to my hotel room.
Less than three weeks earlier I had been living in Central Florida (in Altamonte Springs near Orlando). I had obtained a new job in Sunnyvale, CA and decided to make the big move west. I don't remember the hotel room. I don't remember what I was feeling. As I recall it now, I think I felt determined. Determined to build a new life in the Bay area. Determined to continue on my journey west. Determined to continue on my self-journey.
It was around 3:30pm when I decided to stay in the Denver area for the night. Since my car was having a problem, I took the car to the service station. The mechanic said to come pick it up before 6pm (MT) / 5pm (PT) when the service portion of the station closed. I walked back to the service station to pick up my car, missing the beginning coverage of the World Series game on TV which had started at the top of the hour. The service station had a grainy TV where I saw the news that there had been an earthquake in San Francisco. I paid for the service to the my car and rushed back to my hotel room.
Less than three weeks earlier I had been living in Central Florida (in Altamonte Springs near Orlando). I had obtained a new job in Sunnyvale, CA and decided to make the big move west. I don't remember the hotel room. I don't remember what I was feeling. As I recall it now, I think I felt determined. Determined to build a new life in the Bay area. Determined to continue on my journey west. Determined to continue on my self-journey.
