Denver
Travel Blogs from Denver, United States
Quick pass through of Denver
We landed at the airport, picked up our Hertz Kia Forte and drove west towards the Rocky Mountains. We stopped at a Ruby Tuesday for lunch. The manager, TJ, told us about a small neat town, Manitou Springs, that was on our route south. ...
Mmmmm... Crawdads
... year in Denver, but it made for an interesting hike. The trees were filled with frozen condensation that looked like icy feathers. After another night in Denver, we headed out to Boulder to visit our friend Jeremy who had moved there a few years ...
Awe
I am in awe of the blessings in my life. Was just reading Psalm 23 and two things continue to jump out at me. "He restores my soul." Psalm 23:3 Wow. This one touches a very intimate place and previous hurt in my heart that I can't ...
Home Away From Home Away From Home
... , parks, and pools. thanks for everything Lawson! I owe you big time brother. He really has showed me a new side of Denver that I have really enjoyed. I also have gotten to meet a lot of new friends along the way. Saturday night Lawson, Karen, and I ...
Back in Denver
Back in Denver, to finish my last year and a half at CU. --- De vuelta en Denver, para terminar mi último año y medio en la ...
Back in beautiful Colorado
Landing in Colorado always feels like coming home for some reason... I think the mountains call ...
Prep. Work
... leave it behind. September first came and as we were moving out, our friends were moving in. September second we left Denver. Erin headed towards Pennyslvania where she would spend a couple of weeks seeing family and friends. I drove South along the ...
Fourth of July celebrations - US Stylee
... which we were proud considering the long night we'd had the previous evening with some of the other councellors who were also in Denver over the weekend!) and headed into town to meet Ben’s parents. We had some breakfast (huge portions and very ...
Denver - Where It All Started
After an all nighter, I am off for a six month trip through South America. While I had spent a couple of weeks accumulating the stuff that I needed to take, I found that I had way more than would fit into a backpack. How to pack for the jungle and the ...
The Day Before....
... course this summer...I think it will really help. I will be up at 4:30 a.m., bright and bushy tailed! My flight leaves Denver at 7 a.m. I will fly through Dallas/Ft Worth and then to New York. From there I will connect in Frankfurt, Germany to ...
my travels
US Air Force technical training school. I'm a supply puke. Daughter was born 5 March 1974. Man my life drastically changed in the past 5 months!!! Got married in August, cut my hair, learned how to march - and now a baby! Shit, I was only 18 years ...
Last day of "down time"
We have had an amazing Chirstmas holiday! First we were in Breckenridge with all of Luke's family where we skiied, snow boarded, went tubing, snowmobiling, ice skating, dog sledding, and sleigh riding. Whew! It was great fun to spend ...
Denver 'nuggets'
... that had a sidewalk table area and chose to sit outside. I was a beautiful day with moderate temperatures, so we took advantage. Denver has some trollys that reminded me of the old trolly cars in San Francisco, except modernized. They were much longer, ...
Random Denver Friends
... country thinking that Denver is cold and wintry so that they can keep the nice winter weather to themselves. Hm. Finally, since Denver attracts so many physically fit people (Colorado is the second healthiest state in the country, behind Utah), and since ...
Preparation....
As I do with everything in my life, I've created a list for my trips. I know that the large black suitcase is where things for the cruise are to be packed, my Dakine carry-on is where things for LA are to be packed, and my Dakine duffel bag is were ...
Arrive into Denver, Colorado
After not getting much sleep last night I would hope I would today but it was so hard to sleep in the train chairs. We arrived into Denver at 10.30am and only stopped for 30 minutes which was a enough time to get off and stretch the legs. When we got back ...
Packing up
Starting the packing process yet again. It didn't make sense to keep my rental at the STAR palace if I'm going on the road for 2 1/2 months, spending another week or so in IN for C'mas. Plus, I'll be able to find a place in the mtns when I ...
A Visit to the Denver Zoo
We are taking advantage of a couple of down days and decided to visit the Denver Zoo. This area has been getting enough rain to keep machinery out of the fields. The soil is a very fine silt that turns to grease with the least amount of ...
Back to My Old Stomping Grounds
... of February, so I decided to spend the month in Colorado. I alternated staying with my brother and sister-in-law in Denver and my friend Sarah and her boyfriend Mike in Lafayette (which is near to Boulder). Spent the time snowboarding, chilling out, ...
Last Day at Work
After a grueling semester in academia, I am officially done with work in the US. Today was my last day at the school, and again I find myself unemployed. I'm starting to really like being a bum - but then again I have had great mentors. Tomorrow I'm ...
Buh Bye Denver
... I had met and then when I was 22 I met Phil, her half-brother, and Cris, my uncle and aunt, and all these cousins from Denver who I had never heard a word about in my life! To keep it short, Phil and his family and I instantly hit it off (I have a great ...
Um Final Feliz!
Aproveitamos ateh o ultimo minuto! No caminho para o aeroporto ainda passei numa loja e achei promocoes otimas! Fizemos um bom almoco ja no aeroporto. Uma das malas estava muito pesada e Rodrigo teve que rapidamente ajeitar tudo, trocar alguns artigos ...
Denver und die Rockies
... das beschissenste war, das es an der colfax avenue lag, wie ich rausfinden musste. den wer seinen ersten eindruck von denver anhand dieser straße bekommt, denkt, dass diese stadt aus alkekolikern, pennern und drogensüchtigen besteht, die bereit sind ...
Back home, for now
... aren't so far apart. It seems at times that I'm so far away from the countries and cultures I've been surrounded with. But, Denver has a California-like latino/hispanic population, and that presence is so noticeable that at time I feel like I may as well ...
Cez zasnezene hory domov
... pohode stihli a aj ked sme este stale len zmurili a boli rozospati naskocili sme do lietabla do Denveru, Colorado. Denver je stredisko zimnych sportov v Skalistych horach (Rocky Mountains), takze sme z teplej Floridy ochadzali do zasnezenych hor. ...
Layover in Denver
We had a nice dinner at the bar in Paradise at the Denver airport. Watched some football and got the last draft local beers. Skinny Dip Ale for me. Boston made Sam Adams for John, of course. ...
Thunderstorms and tornado warnings, oh my!
... nbsp; But our plane got tired of circling and needed fuel so it headed down to an airport in Colorado Springs about an hour south of Denver. It's now on it's way back and we should (hopefully) be only about an hour delayed. Not a big deal for ...

