After breakfast we checked in with the weather 98degrees. Yikes! Luckily our destination was within walking distance - the Denver Art Museum.
On the way we discovered two things - 1. It was PRIDE day in Denver and there was a big parade and outdoor celebratioin. 2. It was Denver Comi-con which Emma was itching to attend.
The art museum was fabulous. Lots of great interactive elements, good, comfy seating areas, beautiful exhibition spaces and a wide variety of work. Emma and Lydia even got to sit in the belly of a whale.
We were there to see WOMEN OF ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONISM. Thank you to Mary Gaylord for pointing this out to us - and as she said "About time!!". As we walked through the exhibit and watched the video, we kept expecting to see Mary Gaylord in the mix. She certainly belonged there. Anyway - it was a great show.
After 2.5 hours we walked down the 16th Street walking mall. It was hotter than hell so we weren't feeling very adventurous. This is a nice idea, but two things we noticed - 1. The stores for the most part were very uninteresting and 2. There are a lot of homeless in Denver. Our destination was Rockmount Ranch Wear - this is a store that has been around since 1946 and a classic. The prices weren't from 1946 unfortunately, so we didn't go on the western buying spree we had hoped for.
We also visited the famous Tattered Cover Bookstore and Union Station.
At this point we were beat and we hurried back to the hotel Concierge Lounge for their 5pm Cocktail hour. We have gotten used to Cocktail hour.
Then we headed to the famous Larimer Square Historic District for dinner. This was a great part of town with lots of restaurants, banners, festive lights and architecture to rival Albany, NY.
We ate at the Euclid Cafe and celebrated father's day in style.
Then we went home to figure out how to get all our stuff back home for an early flight the next morning. A beautiful sunset was a lovely good bye.
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