Greetings all!
Well it's been all go since Nora and I tied the knot this summer Married life has been treating us excellently! I managed a quick trip to Chicago to hang out with some members of the elite North Leinster Brigade! Next up was my road trip to Cleveland, Ohio to talk sense into some American voters in this November's Presidential election -
I left Seattle at 11am August 22nd on a 9hr drive to Missoula, Montana. It is a neat little college town with a great brewery called the Iron Horse. Next day I hit up Butte, a town which was once called Ireland's fifth province because of it has a ton of Irish back in day working at it many copper mines. I also saw the State Capital, Helena, which has a statue of it's former mayor Thomas Meagher who was born in Waterford and a was a Army General for the Irish Brigade in the American Civil War. I then checked out Bozeman which is also a cool college town and lay my head to rest in Billings that night.
On Sunday I drove to the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado. I travelled through exciting Wyoming (not) along the way. I stayed with my good friend Beth while I was there and attended lots of events including the Obama speech at Invesco field. Can you believe they let an Irishman in?! It was quite the week and one I shall never forget.
It was then onto Lawrence, Kansas on Friday August 29th. Kansas is a dreadful state apart from Lawrence! Next up was St Louis, Missouri to hang out with Ariana's family which was great craic! Those Ghasedis are a wild bunch! PS Frozen custard is the way to go people!
I left for Cleveland, Ohio on Sunday on another 9hr drive through Indiana and have been here since staying at the Kelley homestead! I started working on the Obama campaign on Monday and have been located in Lakewood which is on the west side of Cleveland where the Irish are located! It's been all go so far with plenty of meeting people, canvassing, phone banking etc. All good!
It has been an exciting journey (3,000 miles) so far and my plan is to update this blog as often as possible!
Feel free to leave comments people!!
CB
PS I shall be returning to Seattle in November to finally settle down with my new wife!
2 comments:
Ah to be sure boy theres only one way to see that country. Get your arse up to New England for the Autumn. Its class
My friend Brendan Ring, proprietor of Nighttown in Cleveland Heights would be offended to hear that the Irish-Americans are on the West side. So would Ed Kelley, my former mayor in the heights. Pretty much everything good about Cleveland is on the EAST side and the adjacent Eastern suburbs.
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