Downtown Denver

Today we traveled to downtown Denver. In an effort to save money and be like a local, we decided to use the public transportation system-the light rail. Light rails are electric and therefore don't add to pollution. The system was close enough to our place we could walk to it and fairly easy to navigate. What was interesting was the payment. You pay at an automated system which produces a ticket as a voucher of payment. Upon boarding and exiting, no one checks your ticket. It's basically the honor system. I really like the idea of using the honor system, but I know that too many people are dishonest for it to work. It took us a half hour to get downtown and we now have a better idea of the area because the stops correlate with major freeway exits.

Once downtown, we walked the main street. No cars can drive this street, only buses. It makes getting from place to place safe and easy. There was plenty of plant life and even working pianos from block to block that several aficionados took advantage of. This street housed the typical restaurants, bars, stores, and coffee shops. It was kept very clean and there were few people panhandling. At our first stop people were playing cornhole/bags/bean bag toss/baggo, whatever you choose to call it. They finished and we decided to play, in which I promptly kicked R's butt! Most of the rest of the day was spent walking around, eating, and drinking beer. All in all, we really enjoyed Denver and if anyone wants to come visit, we'd be happy to show them around/learn the area with them.

 (I win!)

(trying to capture the enormity of skyscrapers-failed)

Love,

K