this is the end (my darling friend, the end). i borrowed this sentence from jim, i hope he won't get mad at me. but seriously. this seems to be the last post of this somewhat irregular and somewhat uncomplete diary of my trip to the u.s. of a. i would like to share some more pisc but since my laptop refused to cooperate with me coupla days ago, i've been hoping that the pics are not gonna get lost at least. if you feel like that, check http://my.opera.com/theorange/albums/ some time in the end of october. if something new comes up, my pics were saved.

i got a story to tell you in the very end. well, it's not much of a story, rather a piece of information. i saw a bear two days ago. i was hoping this would happen one of these days in here (since it definitely won't happen where i am from) and it did. i was running on a bike trail along the yampa river here in steamboat springs in the evening and i saw him. he saw me too so we both turned back (me after a while) and walked/ran on in the opposite direction. well, that was my first "close encounter of a bear kind" (sorry for that, steve) ever. and living where i do, it'll stay like that for some time.

and just to finish with, i'll list some of the things i always wanted to make a note about on this blog but never found time. these and many more. you can ask me some more once we meet somewhere...

... huge cars ... no locking of houses ... no recycling ... no smoking ... huge breakfasts ... no walking ... long time from work ... smalk talk ...

this was a spectacular trip, thanx for that. and thank to the gse team of wonderful people.