First part of the trip

I have arrived in Denver; the first stop on my trip. I will be here until Monday when we will start our long journey towards the SP. Here in Denver we have orientation for the next two days. I guess the will tell us all the ins and outs of what to expect and everything else. My friend Carol has been to the SP before, this will be her 4th season, so she has preped me pretty well for what to expect. I have a really nice hotel room at the Red Lion hotel, a nice bathroom and a flatscreen plasma tv! Won't be suffering to much while I stay here :-) Denver is really pretty, I like the way the Rockies form a semi-circle around the city. I haven't noticed the altitude yet, so hopefully I won't have any problems down at Pole either, even though the elevation is double what it is in Denver. On the shuttle from the airport, I met some other people going down to the ice as well, however, they all will be at McMurdo, the coastal station that we will pass through on our way to the pole. Still, it was fun to talk to them, one of the ladies is going down for her seventh year! She just loves it I guess. Well, thats all for today, Carol is going to come pick me up (I got moved to a different hotel) so that I can get some dinner. :-)