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The Buckhorn Exchange is an interesting century-old palace of death and fine dining in Denver. Many famous people have come through here for all manner of consumable animal flesh. The steak is pretty good although the scenery is a bit… interesting. In the back the thing that looks like a tusk is actually a whale penis (dork). It is a very interesting and unique restaurant.
Heather and I went hiking at Mount Galbraith Park today. It is part of the extensive Jefferson County Open Space network. This is the creek at the bottom of Golden Gate Canyon.
Heather ready to head up the mountain.
The road that winds up Golden Gate Canyon.
Crossing a sketchy ice section in the shade. We encountered several very sketchy areas on the hike.
Some big houses with great views live on the hills on the other side of the canyon.
Panorama looking from west to east and to the north of lower Golden Gate Canyon.
North Golden and North Table Mountain.
Heading up the trail.
Looking up toward Mount Galbraith Park.
Looking over the saddle toward South Table Mountain and beyond.
The Coors plant down in Golden.
Coors ahoy!
Huge houses with gorgeous views.
The snowy path in the shade.
Walking through an older fire burn.
Snowy peaks on the continental divide in the distance.
Giants looming in the distance.
Looking west.
Heather looking down toward Golden. The Colorado School of Mines is visible in this photo. Denver is just over Heather’s left shoulder.
At the top of the mountain.
There were a bunch of cactus all over the mountain. I guess we live in a desert!
Big peaks a bit to the north.
Heather looking out to the east.
Pointing toward downtown Denver. Next weekend, the Portland Timbers will be playing the Colorado Rapids. We will be in attendance in the Timbers Army.
From near the top of the mountain.
Golden in all its glory.
Heading down through the snowy shade back to the car. It was a fun little hike.
On the way to the Great American Beer Festival, I changed trains on the Denver light rail system next to a big Union Pacific Railroad engine yard. There must have been close to 100 big diesel locomotives idling in the yard.
Out side the Colorado Convention Center, there were all manner of beer trucks parked. The Left Hand Brewing Company uses a limo to transport beer.
The parking garage on this high rise has an interesting set of flapping metal squares. It creates a pixel effect when the wind blows.
Waiting in line to get into the beer hall. Becky had a spare ticket and invited me along to drink some good beer.
Batman says PLEASE DRINK RESPONSIBLY.
There were bagpipers playing as we all marched into the building to start tasting beer from around the USA.
In the main hall. There were thousands of beers available.
One of the breweries had a chapel setup and were in fact performing weddings. I’m pretty sure that we didn’t actually get married.
A roving band of bagpipers made trips through the various aisles.
There was a mobile barbershop setup in the hall. This is the “before” picture. I decided to get my beard trimmed.
And afterward. The mustache looks like I’m some sort of creeper.