Gaye decided to take us to Denver for my birthday so we hopped on a plane early in the morning. OK, we arrived at the airport early in the morning and arrived in Denver about noon. But the view of the mountains coming into Denver was spectacular.
First of we went to the Botanical gardens in downtown Denver. It was really cool. Like this squirrel who really likes M&Ms. In fact, after a couple he decided that he wanted more and started stalking me. I finally had to wrestle him down and throw him in the lake.
You can probably see the squirrel in the middle of the lake . . . but it sure is a pretty lake.
Then it is off to the Tattered Cover bookstore, of course. Can't pass up a town that has a good bookstore, you know.
And there was this cool Starbucks sign.
Then it was off to Silver Plume to ride the narrow gauge mining train. But it was a lot more like a tourist train which was still a lot of fun as it wound around through the forest crossing raging streams and . . .
. . . crossing a really tall bridge before circling around and traveling beneath the same bridge.
And right in the middle of the train ride there is a tour of the silver mine, which was very interesting.
At the recommendation of the mine tour guide we then drove a few more miles to the top of the continental divide at Loveland pass. It is a lot different than the continental divide in New Mexico.
On our way back to Denver we stopped for lunch at BeauJo's Mountain Pies. It was great pizza.
The Denver Library complex holds not only the library in a really funky building but also the art museum in another bizarre structure with really cool statues and art pieces.
Like this one of a cowboy having a shootout with an Indian. There are arrows flying through the cowboy;s hat and bullets going everywhere - even through the feather. And there is sits as big as life on top of a building where you only see it well from the top of another building. But here it is anyway.
And there was this huge piece of art work in front of the museum.
Finally we ended our day with a trip to LIKs Ice Cream parlor. It used to be Lickty Split Ice Cream but it got shortened. And it was really great ice cream where you sit out side in the shade of a tree or an umbrella as you lick the quickly melting dribbles from the scoop a-top a cone before you end up wearing it. At least that is the idea.
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