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From Denver to Athens for Ten Days for $3,000
This is the story of my arduous journey of ten days that brought me from my lower-middle-class suburban Chicago neighborhood to Denver, Colorado to Columbus, Ohio to the town where my son now resides, and then back again.
It was an expensive, time-consuming, hot and humid, coughing fit-inducing, and even a bit painful ten days spanning from August 13th through the 22nd.
I share about this for two reasons, the first being that I went the entire time without writing anything on this platform or responding to comments. I did read a few stories in my feed since I often found myself without any suitable reading materials and am always open to learning something new.
The other reason is that traveling, including unexpected delays and hardships, most often includes learning something new. For astute observers such as myself, it is also an opportunity to observe stark differences between Haves and Have-Nots and the way they live in other areas. I find it interesting that one may observe homeless encampments just minutes away from multimillion-dollar estates.
It is true that this is more of a diary/blog type of entry than a story, but as a writer on this platform who now feels as if I should be…
