A good friend of mine recently moved to Denver, Colorado. I had never been to Denver and I have yet to ride Amtrak’s California Zephyr. I wasted no time in planning a trip from 11/18/10 through 11/22/10.
Drove to Osceola, Iowa in the dark of night.
Waiting patiently by the old ticket booth for a late running train.
My cozy room #9 aboard the California Zephyr.
Watched the sunrise over the Colorado plains as I ate breakfast in the Dining Car.
I arrived at Denver Union Station early Friday morning.
Later that day we hiked the trail at Red Rocks State Park.
And visited Red Rocks Amphitheatre.
Friday night was spent eating out and visiting some clubs and Saturday we shopped at 16th Street Mall.
And saw the state capital building.
Saturday night we once again visited some clubs, one among them being the Denver Eagle. I’m not really into the leather scene but we had a lot of fun there. And some of the guys were hot, hot, hot! Sunday we just pretty much hung out at the apartment. I would have rather seen more of the city but I didn’t want to impose upon my hosts. So later that evening I found myself back at Denver Union Station.
A beautiful building at night.
Soon I found myself on the Eastbound California Zephyr. My room, #13, was at the end of the hall on the left.
After breakfast I went to the back of the train to watch us race down the line out the dirty back window.
Entertained myself with the camera for a while.
Wasn't much to see in rural Iowa but I enjoyed it none the less.
Later that Monday morning I had detrained back in Osceola.
A couple hours later I was back at my apartment on Union Hill.
All in all it was a pretty good trip. I think I’d like to return when the weather is warmer and go up into the mountains. We talked a little bit about going to the top of Pikes Peak and going white water rafting this coming Spring/Summer. Hopefully we will get the opportunity. So until then, see ya later Denver.
