We were up at 6.00 am to do our final packing and get a lift to Cromer station. Train to London via Norwich and then the Lizzy Line to Heathrow, where it was busy but no hold-ups. Our BA flight, direct to Denver, landed 40 minutes early and we were through Border / Customs and on our way to ALAMO car hire in no time. A short drive to the Quality Inn, provisioning at the local Walmart and we were in bed for 8.00 pm – with the time difference that made it three in the morning. No wonder we were done in! Still we did manage to get our list off the ground with nine species on the way to and around the hotel – Swainson’s Hawk (doubtless now called something else), Killdeer, Mallard and Red-wing Blackbird the highlights. Today we start birding in earnest and our first crack at a grouse sp.