Denver

Today we went into Denver. What a to-do to get there! The hotel is next to a vast interchange but trying to get on to it was a nightmare. In fact, we didn't. We ended up going all round the houses to get onto a road that would take us into the centre.

We ended up going in the right direction and in downtown Denver looking for a parking lot. Eventually we ended up using a parking meter for a couple of hours whilst we scouted around. The main drag is 16^th which has been partially pedestrianized. There's a free bus service that goes back and forth along it which makes for easier travel.

We went up to the main rail station and, like at Cheyenne yesterday, it's a wonderful building. Built at the turn of the 20^th century it shows all the features of a classic American train station. Very clean cut lines and classic light fittings. It was easy to imagine what it was like in its heyday.

We left there and did some shopping buying a few clothes and a book. Mostly we were window shopping. After the two hours had been up we had seen a parking ramp and moved the car to it. Denver has been the most cosmopolitan city we've visited so far. None of the others have had such a varied range of people.

At about five we attempted to find our way back to the hotel and used the satnav. It worked quite well and we arrived safely back.

Our big thing this evening was to repack everything ready for the flight to San Diego tomorrow. We're going to have to leave here at about 5.30 - 6 to be able to drop the car off and check in. The main problem is going to be getting to the airport but we think we've cracked it now.

Tomorrow's blog should be written from Santa Clemente in California.