Denver, Colorado - Business Office 2

In Part 1 of our Denver report, nosotros made it to our 21st Major League Stadium yesteryear taking inwards a Rockies game at Coors Field, tried out Denver’s prissy but imperfect low-cal runway system, too had a very..VERY…good dinner at the Wyncoop Brewery.

Today is dedicated to exploring downtown Denver a piffling to a greater extent than too to start our Denver Pub Crawl (click on link to see the pub crawl share of this trip on the Cocktail Hour).

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Again, it’s the E Line from the Dry Creek low-cal runway station a few miles due south of downtown too across the street from our hotel, the Drury Inn too Suites inwards Englewood, Colorado. All the means to the destination of the describe at Union Station.

From there, it’s simply a few steps to hop on the best accessible transit inwards Denver, the 16th Street Shuttle Bus. These cracking hybrid buses stitch too downwards the mile long 16th Street Mall every dyad of minutes. H5N1 ramp opens on the 2d door dorsum (manually yesteryear the driver) too you lot tin common inwards 1 of 2 dedicated spaces really easily. The driver volition necktie you lot downwards if you’d similar but the buses are the alone vehicles that move the mall, too they don’t become also fast, too thence you lot powerfulness non intend it’s necessary.

The 16th Street Mall is closed to vehicle traffic, except the buses, too the effect is a really nice, mile long pedestrian mall. The shopping pick is a combat bland, generally corporate chains similar Bed, Bath, too Beyond; Corner Bakery; Starbucks too the similar but all the adept places inwards downtown are inside iii blocks or too thence of this artery.

Alighting from the due east destination of the mall, it’s 1 block to the golden domed province capitol building. Another dyad of blocks due east is the describe solid that the unsinkable Molly Brown lived in.

Our pub crawl got off to an inauspicious start hither every bit nosotros couldn’t discovery the kickoff pub nosotros wanted to endeavor (I mixed upward the address number, nosotros were alone one-half a block away too would instruct at that topographic point after inwards the week) too the 2d 1 turned out to live inaccessible to wheelchairs.

Walking dorsum to downtown, nosotros transcend the Denver Art Museum, alongside its giant broom too dustpan out front, too the U.S.A. Mint, which was closed to tours on the Lord's Day nosotros walked by.

Across 16th Street, our following halt is the Brown Palace Hotel. In describe organisation since 1892, this was the country’s kickoff atrium means hotel. Its wrought atomic publish 26 balustrade too stained drinking glass ceiling hover over the foyer expanse where afternoon High Tea is beingness served every bit nosotros walk in.

The beauty of the foyer too the hotel accept your breath away when you lot walk in. Nook, crannies, too multiple hallways invite you lot to explore the building. We become inwards for a quaff inwards the nighttime forest paneled Ship Tavern.

Afterward, I brand certain to instruct a quaff from the one-time H2O outflow close the front end door that serves upward H2O from the hotel’s ain artesian good located 720 feet below the building.

Back on 16th Street, it’s fourth dimension for a snack too closed to java to accept the border off our pub crawl at the Corner Bakery. Continuing on, nosotros run into 1 of Denver’s cracking characters, Denver Robo Mike, every bit nosotros get got drinks at the Paramount Café, following to the Paramount Theater. Robo Mike too I commiserate virtually how shabby Shaquille O’Neal was treated yesteryear the Lakers too other assorted NBA topics. Yes, he was inwards total robot regalia, including his huge afro. He’s a really prissy guy too I advise keeping an oculus out for him when you’re on 16th Street.

The low-cal runway takes us dorsum upward to 20th Street. From here, the map says it’s a piffling over a mile to walk to the Denver Zoo. We tin also accept the 32 bus…which nosotros simply missed…but since the following 1 won’t live yesteryear for closed to other one-half hour, nosotros start walking. And walking…and walking.

It’s to a greater extent than similar 2 miles too virtually one-half means there, the curb cuts at the corners start disappearing. It has turned into a trudge too a dyad of hours later, we’re finally at the zoo’s gate.

We’re worn out too a combat moody. Hundreds of kids…who get got helpfully been given noisemakers…are swarming the expanse on plain trips. We accept a dyad of hours to see virtually one-half of the zoo earlier nosotros throw inwards the towel.

We did instruct to see most of the birds, my wife’s favorite part, too a few large animals too monkeys earlier leaving.

At to the lowest degree this fourth dimension we’re smart plenty to accept the coach back. Stay tuned for the lastly Denver chapter where crew gets to accept oculus stage.

-Darryl

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