Blogs from Denver, Colorado, United States, North America - page 22

Denver is a very outdoorsy town, and a very big town on physical exercise too, makes sense as I didnt see a single fat person in all of Golden! There's skiing in the winter and cycling in the summer, Chris is still trying to convince me to ski.... One thing that you hear about but you dont appreciate until you are there, is the change in the air as you get higher in altitude, and there really is a difference, headaches, nausea and tiredness, we have felt it all in the short time we've been here and there's still 80% of the air that you get at sea level, imagine being on Mount Everest where there is only 30%! A real treat for both of us was the unexpected snow, we were driving up towards the ... read more

This is a last minute trip. Things worked out, I thought I might be able to get a magazine article written and check out things on the west coast. Day 1 - Tuesday The plan was to get to Denver early. But my schedule the week before I left didn’t leave me anytime to pack so I was up until 3am packing then back up at 7:30am to load it all on the bike. I was beat before I ever started. I didn’t have any real stops planned, it was going to be a straight shot there. I wanted to be into Denver before it got late. Last time I took the long way. I was going to spend the first night with my cousins then Wednesday head to Wendover, UT and the Bonneville Salt Flats. ... read more

Thursday night, we had a great time downtown. For a small town they had a good turn out. They closed off one of the streets and set up a big open sided trailer with a band up there. Cauldened off an area for the drinkers, people were just walking around browsing the shops, listening to the music. They had some kids activities set up at the back of it as well as some food stalls. It was the last one for the summer, by the sounds of it they had had them every thursday night for most of the summer. Friday, We biked down to a baseball diamond just down the road and played baseball with the 4 of us. Kids really enjoyed just getting out and running around, along with a bit of competetiveness in ... read more

le 20 et 21 août. un jour et demie à denver et deux nuits dans un motel pas loin du centre-ville : à cinq minutes d'une grande place avec capitole, hotel de ville, colonnade pompeuse et concentration de sdf. Et à dix minutes de la grande artère centrale où se concentrent toute la vie, les buildings, les boutiques, une navette gratuite qui fait l'aller-retour. Mélange de vieux immeubles (début XX) et de neuf. Agréable sensation de marcher de nouveau au milieu d'autres gens après ces semaines dans le désert où les bleds sont déserts aussi. Au motel, les parents ont une chambre, et les enfants une autre, à un autre étage. Tout le monde est très content. Théophile regarde le football américain à la télé. le 21, nous allons au Museum d'histoire Naturelle en bus. En ... read more

We are not visiting many cities and visiting Denver was a good break from our hiking boots. The city is not big and a lot of things can be done on foot (sandals this time). It is a clean and pretty city. We arrived in the evening and went to a bar were we had dinner while people were singing and dancing on the stage. We met a good bunch of people that evening. The next day we visited some of the main tourist points. We walked around the city centre and there are many old buildings still preserved. On our second night we went to a country dance club and enjoyed ourselves watching all sorts of line dancing and couples showing off their skills.... read more