Denver

We started as we meant to carry on (elk 'n' Guinness)...

The next day we explored downtown,

with Rob and Amity.

Rob is, officially, even cleverer than James, and he's almost as tall, but here he struck a deliberately daft pose in order to try and crack my lens. The lens survived and thus he is blogged! 

Denver is the capital of the state of Colorado. Here is the centre of power.

 

The day was amazingly clear, and, looking the other way, the Rocky Mountains could be easily seen 40 miles away.

The leaves were also looking very autumnal.

Unfortunately, this was the only cowboy we saw.

Denver generally shows signs of gentrification with sculpture,

 

and prettied up old buildings

like the massive brick REI cathedral (of which this is just one end).

Next day it was down to the basement to play with our phones,

 

 and before long we were flying home on a chikinorbeef airline