Denver

We left Orem and drove to Denver where we met up with Rich and his fiancee, Colleen. After visiting with them a couple of hours we went out to eat at the Buckhorn Exchange, Denver's oldest restaurant. The decor was interesting, to say the least.... almost every expose square inch of the walls were covered with stuffed birds and animal heads. Many of the animals were quite exotic.
We were seated near the 12-foot whale's penis and just around the corner from the two-headed calf. (no I'm not making it up)

The food was somewhat different than the fare at a regular steakhouse. Amongst the four of us we had salmon, elk, quail, buffalo, and, of course, steak. We passed on the rattlesnake, ostrich, Rocky Mountain oysters, and alligator tail. All of us were pretty full by the end of our meal, but we did split a giant piece of apple pie four ways. No one left hungry.


Rich and Colleen

The whale's penis is in the top left corner.

The four of us

After spending the night, Colleen made an exceptional breakfast for us, then we took a stroll through the Golden City Park. Because the path was along the water, it felt cooler than the 98 degrees the thermometer read. Rich had knee surgery a few weeks ago and isn't yet allowed to bear weight so he had to use crutches the whole time we were there. Even so, he was a gracious host as he showed us around the area.

We had a great visit while we were there, then left that evening in an attempt to get a head start on tomorrow's drive.