After lunch and naps, we drove over to Mile High Comics. There was a gathering of guys at the back and I suggested we (the only chicks in the place) ask if we could get a group picture, but Cjo and Sammi declined.
Monday we headed for Corner Bakery for breakfast. Coffee!!
And yummy panninis.
Then we set out for the Mineral Station to catch the light rail. Good thing we decided to check the C train schedule after we let the first D train go. Turns out the C wasn't coming for another three hours. The next D train and a transfer it was!
Yay public transportation!
And easy as that, we arrived at Union Station in about 20 minutes.
First stop, the Tattered Cover, where Cjo could use their WiFi to check in on her Southwest flight at the 24 hour mark.
Sammi would've happily stayed right here all day.
Or here.
But we did finally get going down 16th Street Mall, where the only motor vehicles you have to worry about is the mall shuttle bus for those who've had enough of walking.
Looking down Market Street:
Courtney points out for Nathan the 300 days of sunshine a year in hopes this will convince him to one day move here.
Through the summer the Art Pianos are scattered about the mall for passersby to play. We tried to get a picture of each one as we found them.
We chose Rock Bottom Brewery for lunch. Good choice.
I had the Twisted Mango Margarita.
Cjo tried a couple tasters, the raspberry wheat and the Molly Brown, which is was a really dark chocolate brew. She went with the lighter one for lunch.
The big soft pretzels and spinach cheese dip were wonderful!
And Sammi and Cjo split a chicken mac and cheese, although Cjo got both the salads.
Then it was on up the Mall to find more pianos.
We popped into Hard Rock along the way.
Where I snap this fun shot of Cjo's smile in the mirrored drums next to Hunter S. Thompson's typewriter.
Cjo points out the butterfly on the next piano.
Dancing sculpture in front of the Sheraton.
And on down to the end of the shuttle route where we caught the bus back up the street.
There's the golden domed Capital from the back.
We hopped off early at Champa because we'd spotted Mermaids Bakery House. Cjo has a thing for mermaids and they had PIE, so it was a perfect fit.
That is, it would have been if we'd noticed the sign says breakfast and lunch. They'd already closed for the day :(
So we kept walking back toward Union Station in search of an afternoon snack.
We ended up settling for gelato at Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, which, well, just wasn't pie.
But Sammi dived into her Chocolate Chip nevertheless.
Full circle
And Sammi dives into her book for the ride back.
A cool spot at the Auraria campus stop.
And some interesting art outside the Englewood Civic Center from the train.
We collapsed once we got back home and spent the rest of the evening relaxing and Cjo packed.
The next morning was one last coffee on the deck before the airport. Let's not wait another 2 years to do this again, k?
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