We drove the 1200 miles from Santa Rosa to Ft. Collins, Colorado on less than $100 tank of gas. Can you believe it? We left the beautiful vineyards of Sonoma County, and traveled across desert and plains to finally get to the more interesting area of Colorado, just east of the Rockies. Our friends, Ron and Ruth Chappell, graciously welcomed us into their home and have been super hosts again! Private bedroom and bath, great meals, and even some time for visiting. But most of our time is committed to working on the Obama campaign.
Our big surprise when we arrived was to learn that Barak Obama was going to be in Fort Collins on Sunday at the University. So obviously that was our volunteer effort that day. (see next post for Obama photo; middle photo here is of the crowds on the campus.)
How are we helping? We were assigned a neighborhood to canvass on Saturday, knocking on doors and trying to "get out the vote." We are now working out of a staging area in a donated space near downtown that has many cubicles for phone banking. John has been phoning and canvassing. I have been sitting at my laptop doing data entry from all the calls and canvass contacts. I've been in the same room as the three staffers -- all very young. Their energy, quick wit and multi-tasking has been fun to be around.
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