Colorado Day One: Mile High Denver

This lil’ trip to Colorado has been simply THE BEST so far and I could not be more excited to share with you all, all that we did on day one! Do enjoy…!

There’s been an important aspect of my life that I’ve been greatly neglecting to highlight in my travels. Hopefully, these next two photos will be the beginning of a new day that I will never again neglect…!

The next two photos are of Civic Center Park, which when combined with the Colorado State Capitol Building (third upcoming photo), create a large scale downtown park that was truly quite gorgeous. Beyond the beaming Greek columns and traditional federal architecture though was a great deal of sadness in this complex. A couple hundred homeless people had setup camp here and seeing their makeshift residences of plastic bag tents, mattresses, shopping carts, and all else amongst the vast urban wealth that surrounded them was not only extremely unexpected, but just plain heartbreaking.

The next handful of photos are from our little journey to Fort Collins, Colorado to see where my cousin, Alyssa, and her boyfriend, Cody, live and attend university. We had the privilege of touring Cody’s Sigma Pi Fraternity House, which was Hollywood adorable! The campus flower gardens, which were extraordinarily beautiful with a wide ranging variety of flowers! Then lastly, the Campus Oval, which was more or less the center of campus with all the original buildings having been built around it. Loved it. We then finished our day with lunch at Cody’s favorite restaurant in Fort Collins, Music City Chicken. I obviously knew it was going to be amazing when Cody said it was his favorite place in town, but WOW! The place was great! Again, loved it!

The next nine pictures are of our photographic journey through Earth Illuminated, a Selfie Room of sorts that highlights various aspects of our planet, all created from biodegradable materials. We had THE BEST time and got some of THE BEST photos! You know how much I love taking pictures and this place did NOT disappoint!

We ended our day with a lil’ under the sea action at the Downtown Aquarium, which encompasses all the photos you’re about to see! Melissa and I both LOVE aquariums and this one certainly did not disappoint! We had dinner at the Aquarium Restaurant before touring the facility and not only was our food phenomenal, but it acted as the perfect precursor to our amazingly aquatic adventure! Cody, being an avid animal enthusiast, absolutely loved it too and the enthusiasm he radiated throughout our evening only served to elevate an already spectacular finish to our dynamic day!

Well, there you have it, our first 24 hours in Colorado! As always, THANK YOU so very much for viewing and I do hope you enjoyed all the photos and lil’ stories above! PLEASE feel free to leave a comment below! You know how much I LOVE reading and responding to them! I’ll be back tomorrow with another set of pictures and stories from our second day, so until then, I wish you all, all THE BEST!