Denver, Colorado - Business Office 3

In Part 1 of our Denver report, nosotros made it to our 21st Major League Stadium past times taking inward 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. In Part 2, nosotros pass to a greater extent than or less fourth dimension exploring downtown too start a pub crawl. We also got to the Denver Zoo which is a zoo, frankly, alongside all the plain trip kids there.

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Yesterday, nosotros took a hateful solar daytime trip to Colorado Springs (report coming soon). The Springs doesn’t accept non bad populace transportation then nosotros went ahead too rented an accessible van from Wheelers Van Rentals. The van itself wasn’t cheap…$230 for ii days…and looked to live ridden difficult too position away wet.

Still, it got the chore done too got us where nosotros needed to go.

We larn a hot breakfast buffet included inward our charge per unit of measurement at the Drury Inn too Suites. The choices are scrambled eggs, biscuits & gravy, sausage, cereal, waffles, bagels, too toast. It’s the exact same selection every day. We’re getting a flake burned out on it.

Skipping the hotel breakfast, nosotros caput to Colfax Avenue due east of downtown to Pete’s Kitchen. Pete is a flake of a eating spot legend inward this town who immigrated from Greece, opened a diner, too parlayed that into a mini eating spot empire hither inward Denver. There’s Pete’s Kitchen, Pete’s Sapphire Lounge, Pete’s Gyros, Pete’s Greek Diner, too more.

His kitchen is a retro diner masterpiece but there’s no room for a wheelchair inward the small, original diner infinite then nosotros sit down at a tabular array inward the room that was added on. Today nosotros feast on a light-green chile breakfast burrito, pancakes, eggs, bacon, hash browns, too French toast. It’s really delicious too simply a flake to a greater extent than than cheap.

Back on the road, nosotros caput due east of Denver to Morrison, domicile to Red Rocks Park. Like the Garden of the Gods inward Colorado Springs, this is a populace common total of non bad ruby stone features. The best known of which is the Red Rocks Amphitheater.

The house is footing renowned for its striking beauty, attracting artists equally varied equally Willie Nelson, U2, too the Beatles.

There are no big acts playing spell we’re inward town, then nosotros tin simply stroll inward too wander around. Today, a duo of hundred teenagers are running around the house inward betwixt practicing for their graduation ceremonies which volition live taking house later on inward the week.

Tim too I caput to the locomote past times row where nosotros tin larn a striking thought downwardly to the stage. If you’re inward a wheelchair at this seventy twelvemonth old venue, y'all tin either sit down inward the locomote past times row or the start row. There is zilch accessible inward between.

From our perch on the top, it is presently apparent that at that spot is no accessible route downwardly to the phase then nosotros larn dorsum inward the van too notice the handicapped parking surface area around the park’s trading post.

To larn to the phase from here, there’s a long ramp that hugs the side of a ruby stone cliff.

It’s a steep ramp too luckily Tim has his ability chair. If he’d had his manual chair, I don’t know if we’d accept made it up. Even so, I’m huffing too puffing a flake when nosotros locomote arrive up.

A railroad train crew is moving equipment onto the phase for the graduation ceremonies, but we’re able to become around them too pass to a greater extent than or less fourth dimension onstage via a ramp at the end.

It’s quite a thrill to live standing inward forepart of the 10,000 seats…right on the same spot equally John & Paul, Willie, too Bono to drib simply a few names.

The thought from the phase must live quite inspiring to these performers.

Our fourth dimension hither is upwards too nosotros caput dorsum downwardly to view the trading post. While there, a flake thunderstorm hits too nosotros accept to navigate our agency dorsum to the van through a downpour of pellet sized hail.

We proceed on to Golden but the atmospheric condition doesn’t cooperate too we’re solely able to larn a few pictures of the town too the massive Coors brewery.

Heading dorsum into town, glancing to the due north of downtown, I encounter a funnel cloud too inquire Letty if that’s what she sees too. In town, there’s simply a slight drizzle too nosotros caput to the Cheeky Monk for a quick bite. Afterward, dorsum inward the car, nosotros plough on the radio simply inward fourth dimension to larn the Emergency Broadcasting System’s statement of a tornado warning.

Luckily, it’s a few miles due north of us too we’re heading south. Back to our cozy suite at the Drury Inn where nosotros tin relax inward the warmth, pack up, too grab the taxi dorsum to the drome inward the morning.

-Darryl

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