Denver, Colorado in a couple weeks! What to do there?

[Bonny]

Take a tour of the capitol building, there is the mint if it is open, & a variety of museums downtown to visit along with the Unsinkable Molly Brown Mansion. Great city with lots to do.

[Pembroke_Corgi]

What kinds of things to you enjoy? There's lots to do in the city and there are of course the Rocky mountains! I don't know how long you'll be here, but I recommend taking at least one day trip up in the mountains. There are lots of nice mountain towns- Idaho Springs, Georgetown, and Estes Park (this is more touristy, but right next to Rocky Mountain National Park, which cannot be missed!) are a few.

- Boulder is very nice (about 30-45 minutes NW of Denver), very pretty with a nice pedestrian mall and plenty of nice shops to spend money- plus excellent restaurants!

- Denver is known for its microbreweries, there are lots in the area. I don't drink, but it's something fun if you like beer.

- The 16th street mall downtown Denver is a place to do some shopping, it's fun to take the lightrail there, but I prefer the Cherry Creek area, which has lots of nice shops and restaurants.

-If you like hiking there are a million places to go!! Like I said before, I'd recommend Rocky Mountain National Park, especially since many of the trails at lower elevation should be fine to hike (the higher you go, the more likely they will be covered with snow), and you are almost guaranteed to see some kind of animal there- maybe elk, marmots, or sometimes big horn sheep, mountain goats, etc. You can also drive up to about 13,000 feet there- not as high as the Mt. Evans road, but that's closed in April.

- There are many nice hiking places in the foot hills, too, it will be warmer there and closer- the Morrison area is nice, there is a park called Red Rocks that has a huge amphitheater and lots of trails.

- The zoo and botanic gardens are really nice, too. We go to both regularly. The tiger at the zoo had 4 cubs last summer and they are SO fun to watch!

-If you want to learn skiing, I think the resorts will be open later this year because they got a lot of snow- they may be open while you are here.

Anyway, here are just a few ideas, I'll probably come back to the thread later when I think of something else. All the best things to do here are outdoors, because of course Colorado is the most beautiful state.

Have fun while you are here!!

[CountryWolf07]

I'm a fan of the outdoors/nature. Of course, it's a big giveaway of who I am! I just really enjoy being outside. I plan on bringing my Nikon D60 with the 55-200mm zoom lens along with my 18-105mm lens. Good thing I bought a 16gb SD card a couple weeks ago, because with that, I will be set! I think that's why I'm really looking forward to it. I think I would rather be outside than go shopping. I will be there for a week. Probably April 10-15th. What's the weather kind of like? Are there any "old towns" near Denver? I'm a fan of that, I'd like to do some photography relating to the "Old West".. something like that! I'm beyond excited. I figured, while I have the time with no job, etc. I might as well go out and explore, see what's out there besides Cleveland, Ohio!