We started outside the city at a beautiful escape that belonged to some of William's friends, Sam and Marcia Roberts. We ate Guido's pizza within view of the Great Divide while sharing camping stories and hearing about the trail from a local's perspective. They have section hiked the trail so they had some good insight, making me feel better about grizzles and a little worse about encountering a moose.
After dinner we headed downtown. We met up with one of the guys' pledge brothers, Bradley aka B-smooth. He showed us down to 16th street market which was an awesome area of town with many restaurants and shops and locals.
Tuesday morning we woke up in search of a "hipster coffee shop" per William's request and didn't have to look too far. We found one with coffee for $2.50 a cup and a collection of coffee mugs that could be found at goodwill to choose from. Then we met a friend of mine, Jack, at a place he suggested called Snooze that was AMAZING. If you're in Denver you have to go there.
Post breakfast included a goodwill trip to the fanciest goodwill we'd ever been to and strolling downtown to eat some BBQ before the Rockies game--which we'd heard since we got here would be nothing special. Everyone was right. And it started pouring rain about 15 minutes after we got into the stadium. So we all raced down the street in the rain to meet Bradley after he left the game.
It's currently Wednesday morning and were about 15 mins from the Rocky Mountain National Park. So I'm sure we'll be writing about the beauty and adventure encountered within the next 24 hours shortly...
A conversation from taking this photo:
Adam: "My arm is in the picture"
Me: "Don't worry we can crop it out"
It's still there. Sorry Adam -- we tried.
With an open heart ready for the trail,
Morgan
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