COS to DEN Starts with a Glitch

So much for planning a 7:00a departure! The delay wasn’t our fault, though. We were up and at ‘em way early … dressed and ready by 6:30a … waiting for a driver to be assigned for our pre-scheduled Uber ride. Hah!

Turns out that there were no Uber drivers available … even though we’d already received confirmation of our request. We figured this was due to one of two reasons — or both … not enough drivers due to the increase in fuel prices … and tied into that, drivers not wanting to accept rides up to Denver. Yeah, I know, Uber has added a surcharge to help with the fuel prices. But let’s get real. A 55-cent surcharge per ride isn’t going to help much when you have to fill up a couple times a day if you’re accepting long ride requests. This was all later confirmed by our driver, Michelle.

So, yes, we did eventually get an Uber. But not before trying to call a cab … none of the three numbers Google gave us worked. And not before we tried Lyft … which seems to always have trouble finding us … and which, this time, wanted to take us to an airport in Anchorage, Alaska!! Luckily, a third try with the Uber app had a driver accepting our request. Forty-minutes after our planned departure of 7:00a, Michelle pulled up to our driveway. By 7:45a we were on our way … without having to resort to driving ourselves and leaving the car in the long term lot at DEN for two months!

We’re now pulling up to DEN. More later … probably after we’re in the air.Read more