Boulder, Colorado

It sounds too good to be true, I know. But when I found out that <a href="http://jetblue.com/deals/all-you-can-jet/?intcmp=HPHero1Eng_All-You-Can-JetPass">JetBlue was selling a month of unlimited flights for $599</a> (from September 8th to October 8th), I couldn't resist.

I envy the people who live in Boston, New York, and Long Beach...all JetBlue hubs, but alas - I'll still get in some amazing travel despite the repeated trips to BOS and JFK.

Has an airline ever done anything like this before? Will it ever happen again?

My trip starts here, in Boulder, CO where I've been living the past year. The best part about Boulder is that whenever I come back to it, I feel like I've just started vacation. It's just too beautiful.

Why did it take me 30 years to finally move to the mountains?

Regardless, I'm SUPER excited to fly all over the country at whim, without worrying about the cost of plane tickets. I'll have to book everything 3 days in advance, but that's okay.

Over the course of the month, there are 3 places I need to be which will help dictate my trip.
<ul><li>Sept 19th & 20th - Denver for the Ultimate Frisbee sectionals tournament with my team Love Tractor</li>
<li>Sept 30th - San Francisco for TechStars Investor Day</li>
<li>October 3rd - Phoenix for the Ultimate Frisee regionals tournament</li></ul>

Other than that, the world is my oyster!

I've been cranking so hard on creating the <a href="http://www.everlater.com/jetblue">All You Can Jet Group on Everlater</a> that I'm caught in this weird space - I know I need a break, but yet I love what I'm doing so much that I cannot bear to step away.

It's probably a good thing that I can't really do any work without an internet connection. My flights will be a good time to relax, read, sleep, and type up the experiences of the trip.

Ready? Set? Jet.

Nothing is simultaneously as terrifying and as satisfying as walking right onto the plane as it is already boarding. Lucky me, I was able to hitch a ride to the airport with <a href="http://www.everlater.com/andrew/jet-blue-jetting-trip">fellow Jetter Andrew Hyde</a> though we started a little later than anticipated after I was hung up in the post office for 30 minutes mailing some Everlater luggage tags to <a href="http://www.everlater.com/users/ontheroad">Niel</a> in Belgium for his 10 month around the world trip. Can't wait to read about it.

Luckily we took the toll road between 36 and DEN (which now costs only $3 instead of $8!) because at the checkin, the woman shooed me away from the kiosk, having already printed out a boarding pass for me. "Hurry up. They won't wait for you".

Were we really that far behind schedule? Apparently so. They had already called my row, so I walked right on.

Worry turns to immediate satisfaction. And fantasies of the Bahamas.

<a href="http://twitter.com/dannynewman">@dannynewmann</a>, whom I'd never met but is part of the startup scene in Boulder (he just finished <a href="http://www.jetblueset.com">jetblueset.com</a> - which takes your forwarded email confirmations and aggregates the results into a leaderboard for All You Can Jetters - most cities, most miles, closest call on layovers, etc) happened to be on the plane. New friend #1. He's off to Aruba tomorrow.

While taking my seat, the guy in the row behind me asks "Are you Ryan?" It turns out to be <a href="http://www.everlater.com/nathanjenkins/my-hotshoo-jet-blue-adventure">nathanjenkins</a> who I've met through Everlater - and happens to have already documented his route - as well as <a href="http://www.everlater.com/jetblue">the All You Can Jet Group</a>!

Sitting next to Nathan (who I learn, goes by Nate) is Kyle - who also has the pass. He's visiting 11 cities - a handful of places in the Caribbean as well as a bunch of friends in the states. Kyle hadn't heard of Everlater, but hopefully he'll log his trip. Over my shoulder I can hear Nate explaining it to him.

Hopefully I will be able to connect with the <a href="http://www.twelvehoursinacity.com/">12 Hours</a> boys tonight in Boston. (Yes, they plan to spend less than 12 hours in as many cities as possible this month). Each location page of my trip shows me which other members of the group will overlap with me. I reached out to them, and it looks like we'll be able to meet up tonight.

More to come...