Denver : National Parks and Canyons: Bus Trip

Welcome to Denver, the "Mile High City," capital of Colorado and gateway to the Rocky Mountains. An attractive city with broad streets, a tree-lined pedestrian mall leads to the gold-domed State Capitol and Larimer Square in the city’s historic heart. Enjoy time at leisure to relax or to do some independent exploring.
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Today [Wednesday, 27 August] our National Parks & Canyon Country Bus Trip commences.   This is a 14 day Tour.
 
Our Tour Director is Bruce Fritzges



Bruce Fritzges
 

Travel Documents

This morning we met a couple from Auckland who are going on our Trip.   They are originally from Levin knew Bills relatives.    There is apparently 3 couples from New Zealand on our trip, will meet them tonight between 4.30 and 6 p.m

We went for a walk this morning and went through the State Building.    Had too go through Security to get into the Building.

Bill did walk to the top of the tower but it was closed for renovations, so was not able to take any photos from there.

Margaret outside State Building

Dome State Building

From one of the lower Floors
 

We continued to walk around the square they were setting up tents as it is Labour Weekend here this weekend.    Getting extremely hot here today not a cloud in the sky.    Caught the free Bus up the Strand again, lovely way of getting around without costing any money.

This afternoon spent time just sitting on concrete seats on the 16th Mall watching people playing pianos and playing music, using empty plastic buckets and sticks (don't need drums).   Even watching people put money in their buckets and clapping.

Lot of portable Food Carts here as well.

Playing the Piano on the Mall

Playing drums using plastic buckets

Lots of people asking for money, sitting on the footpaths with signs advertising homeless and needing money, they just come up and ask you.

I also will remember Denver for their flower pots around the streets outside shops and on the Mall.    The flowers in these pots would certainly not last cold weather, so would be interesting to know what they put in them in the Winter.

The Mall

The Streets in Denver are very clean.    Even yesterday saw a lady with only one arm sweeping and putting the rubbish in a shovel and then moving on to the next rubbish on the street.

Many policeman in the Mall on bikes, motor bikes, and sedgways, all with guns.    There is also some on push bikes.

Policeman in the Mall

Met Tour Director Bruce Fritzges tonight in foyer, has a trainee with him, gaves us our options to look at and decide before tomorrow nights meeting in Keystone.