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From my daily walks Downtown, Part 5

admin April 29, 2020 | April 29, 2020

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More pics from my allowed daily stroll.

4/20/2020

Weather finally turning for the better.

Civic Center Park closed.

Blue Bear reflections.

14th and Larimer.

Some history of Larimer street (Larimer Square).

4/22/2020

Walking up 16th Street Mall towards the Capital Building.

Views from the Pavilions.

Evening walk around Union Station.

4/23/2020

Around 17th Street.

One of many murals that can be found downtown. This ones on the 16th Street Mall.

Another evening stroll around Union Station.

4/24/2020

Had some fun connections with the Argentine Central Line during this days walk. The ticket office for the Argentine Central was located in this building off 17th and Wynkoop. One could hope on a Colorado and Southern Train (C&S) and after a ride on the famed “Loop”, end up at the end of the line for the Argentine Central at Mt. McClellan- 14,007ft.

Here is a pic of my pal Travis (@honeybadger) and I at the end of the line for the Argentine Central, off the Argentine Pass Road for reference (summer 2018). The second owners of the Argentine Central even went as far as to propose an extension (they got as far as a survey) of the line to the summit of Gray’s Peak (14,278ft), where a grand hotel and spotlight would be built- one could watch the sunset and sunrise from the summit and be back to Denver in time for work.

4/25/2020

Took a walk up to Wash Park for a change of scenery ( my friend and I practiced proper social distancing).

The Capital Building a bit quieter this weekend.

Was really surprised to see so many people out- doing the exact things that they were asked not to do.

We watched these guys for a bit.

Tulips still in bloom.

Couldn’t ask for a nicer Saturday.

4/26/2020

Along 15th Street.

Looking down and empty 15th street.

4/27/2020

Who knows how many times i’ve walked by, but the original site of Denver’s first City Hall (1883-1936).

Denver’s Performing Arts Complex.

The Curtis Hotel on the left with an empty Curtis Street.

An empty Performing Arts Complex.

Walgreens on the 16th Street Mall. Seen this guys a few times now. He kindly waved to me.

4/28/2020

17th Street.

Looking down Welton.

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From my daily walks Downtown Part 4

admin April 24, 2020 | April 24, 2020

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4/19/2020

Good views of the 16th Street Mall from an empty Civic Center Station.

Went to check out the rally that Sunday. Didn’t stay to long- I just don’t get it, sorry.

4/20/2020

Feel like the weather is finally turning for the better. Looking up at the Clock Tower from 16th Street Mall.

Civic Center Park closed down.

Blue Bear reflections.

Another view of Larimer Square.

Lots of colorful history on this block.

4/21/2020

Didn’t get any pics from my walk this day. Was a bit bummed out after getting a call from HR that afternoon that I was being let go at the end of the month (4/30/2020).

4/22/2020

Another stroll up 16th Street.

Rialto Cafe.

Views from the Pavilioins.

Looking back towards the Clock Tower.

Went out that evening for “howling hour” at Union Station.

4/23/2020

Walking up 17th Street towards Civic Center.

Wall art on 16th Street.

Another evening stroll at Union Station.

From my daily walks Downtown. Part 3

admin April 19, 2020

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From my daily walks Downtown. Part 2

admin April 14, 2020 | April 14, 2020

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More images from my daily strolls. Took Sunday off and didn’t venture to far for yesterdays stroll with the weather.

4/9/2020

16th and Larimer (Cheesecake Factory).

Clock Tower reflections.

Known as the father of the 16th Street Mall.

An eerily quite Civic Center and the gold dome of the Capital Building.

17th and Broadway. Usually one one of the busier intersections of Denver- I was told while at RTD that Colfax and Broadway is the busiest in the state (?).

Â Was also the old Spaghetti Factory.

4/10/2020

The San Luis Valley- A place I wouldn’t mind being right now…..Â

18th and Blake.

Â The Ballpark- 20th and Blake. Usually a hopping spot this time of year.

Retro Room. 21st and Larimer.Â

Seemed a fitting image for the current state of things.

Wouldn’t mind being back to work right now..

4/11/2020

Good time for road work to be done-17th and Blake.

Seems like most of the neighborhood around Union Station has some kind of road work going on.

Looking towards 16th Street Mall.

Westminster line still running.

Need to come back and do some night photography here.

Super quiet at Union Station for a Saturday.

4/13/2020

A wintry Monday on the mall.

Always one of my favorite views of the Capital Building.

Could use some social gathering right about now….

An empty 16th Street Mall for a Monday.

More progress on the blog

admin April 13, 2020

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I’ve been making more progress editing past trips and getting them posted. They are posted as static pages on this site. Usually, if it’s more than a day outing, I break up the report into “acts”. Knowing that I take a lot of pictures and share a lot, this seems to make it easier when viewing a past report. If it’s broken up into acts, you can either click on the act type or the picture just below to read the trip report.

Bill Moore Lake Run

Kingston Peak

Snow Pizza Run 2006

Henry Mountains

–Summer 2009

–Summer 2010

Georgetown Loop Railroad trips

Enjoy:).

From my daily walks Downtown. Part 1

admin April 9, 2020 | April 14, 2020

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Been bringing the camera with me every day during my afternoon walks. Figure it be fun to post up pics every few days. Crazy to see Downtown so empty.

Sunday 4/5/2020

16th street mall.

Mall shuttles were shut down this day.

4/6/2020

Oxford Hotel on 17th street.

The Mint Robbery.

17th and Curtis.

The Dairy Block.

4/7/2020

15th and Blake.

Larimer Square (so named for General Larimer who built the first residence in Denver- supposedly the doors were made from coffins).

Skyline Park from 15th street. The iconic Clock Tower in the distance- originally part of the old May D&F building.

Denver’s Convention Center.

16th and Welton- my current favorite watering hole is on the corner to the right of me.

Alley art.

4/8/2020

A stroll up 14th.

Essential.

14th and Curtis.

14th and Stout.

Denver’s Blue Bear. Denver Convention Center. At 40ft and 10,000lbs, it was installed in 2005 and designed by Lawrence Argent.

Butch Cassidy:). The other two would have been Matt Warner and Tom McCarty.

16th and Lawrence.

My afternoon walk Downtown

admin April 4, 2020

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Decided it was time to bring my camera for my daily afternoon walks downtown. Amazing how quiet it is. For a Saturday afternoon with nice weather, the 16th street mall is usually hoppin’.

A good sign to see some green on the trees.

From the Pavilions.

Didn’t see one person walking around the Pavilions.

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Hopefully you’re not as bored as I

admin April 1, 2020 | April 5, 2020

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But if you are, thought i’d provide some links to some places that I follow.

And to update, i’m in week one of two weeks paid time off from work. Ever grateful that work did that. To be honest though, my first paid time off in a long time. I’ve applied for two part time jobs, so far a no go for Target Downtown.

Anyway back to being not bored:

Scott Brady just posted this trailer of the Expeditions 7 team crossing Greenland South to North. I’ve shared it with everyone….

Wulff Land Expedition

I came across Chris Shontz back in 2018 while I was still pondering the Idea of living in Skageway, AK. I still ponder that idea, but Chris’s travels seem to help get me through the work week.

Venture4wd

A fun family trio adventure from NM. Knowing that they’ve explored the Capitan MTNS (Lincoln County) early on, I was hooked.

Lifestyle Overland

A great man to enjoy while he fishes the lakes down in County Kerry, Ireland.

Vincent Donnelly fishing

Proffitt’s Resurrection Land Cruisers TV

Pic: Snow Pizza Run 2006

Current routine

admin March 29, 2020 | March 29, 2020

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With two weeks unexpected paid time off and the current state of the world, find myself at home a lot. I try to break the day up with a walk in the morning and one in the afternoon but the rest of my time has been spent editing pics from past trips and getting them posted on the blog, along with watching photography courses from Kelbyone.com (a birthday present from my dad for 2019).

Actually have made a bit of progress on some past trips this week. Whats been posted on the static pages of the blog so far:

Hole in the Wall. June 2013.

Argentine Pass clean up day. June 2011.

Holy Cross City Trail. September, 2005.

Cascade Montana. June 2013.

A note on the static pages: If there’s more than one day on the trip, or enough pictures to justify to pages, i’ll break that report up into “Acts”. Both the title and picture will be linked to the full picture report.

Currently re-editing pics from the Dork Squad Iceland adventure from 2017. Such a fun trip and an amazing place.

Pic: We stopped to check out some lava flow on the way to the Glacier Lagoon. Both super cool.

Stay safe out there.

Some crazy times we’re in

admin March 25, 2020 | March 25, 2020

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So here it is a Wednesday and I find myself at home when I should be at work finishing my last day for the week. For the last few days i’ve been over at Enterprise helping with production there instead of Alamo. Mid morning I received a call from HR. After complimenting me on all my hard work and always being there, they told me to finish yesterdays shift and to take two weeks off- that would be paid time off. They are doing this with most of the employees given the current state of the world. I thanked both HR and the boss for at least giving us paid time off during these hard times- i’ve really come to enjoy being at Enterprise/Alamo.

So my first thought after hearing the news from work yesterday was to head for the hills. Spend a week at the cabin away from it all. But then I started to think about the small town communities and how there being affected by all of this. It’s best, as much as i’d love to pack the 4runner and grab the camera, to hunker down through all this. Wash you hands and make sure family and friends are safe.

Moving forward? Probably need a few days to process everything that’s been going on- lots of emotions, then start looking for some kinda job to fill the unexpected days off ( my new camera fund has been unexpectedly depleted. A hard life lesson and a story I probably wont ever go into) . And maybe clean the apartment………….Maybe.

I have been making progress on past trips and updating them in the static pages.

P.S, this is the first time in a very long time that i’ve had paid time off…

A pic of Denver’s 16th street mall during last weeks snow storm. Downtown has been early quiet.