Day 8: Boulder and Denver

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On our last morning in Boulder we decided to cycle out along Boulder 'creek' (more like a raging torrent) to Boulder Canyon. Some pretty exciting cliffs, although I didn't really have much time to appreciate them since once again my lungs were complaining about the altitude. We then did some cycle-based souvenir shopping downtown (I bought some Colorado running socks to add to my new collection, which made me happy).

We then got the bus to Denver where we were met by Peter Batty. He works in computing and was a Pathfinder a while ago; he and his parter Paula now live in an amazing apartment above a microbrewery. We played a bit with the robot dog which Rosie had told us about (she stayed with Peter on her trip) and had a power nap before heading out to Red Rocks. The sandstone forms a natural amphitheatre where the Beatles once performed. It started to rain quite heavily so we headed back to town and had supper in the brewery restaurant. I had an amazing buffalo burger - apparently much healthier than a normal one!

Now back in the apartment and watching '127 hours' on the home cinema. The main guy in it is from Colorado, and given he's a complete psycho for outdoors adrenaline rushes I can well believe that.

One last thing: happy anniversary to Simon.

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Photos

Boulder Creek
At its highest point this year from all the meltwater

Me being lazy and taking a break!
It was hard work, honest

Rocks
You can see the way all the rocks slant up, so you get amazing fossils of dinosaur footprints coming to the surface