Trip 3 Day 19 -- Downtown Denver, Capital Tour, Hard Rock Cafe, 16th St Mall

Great day.  We tried to tour the Denver Mint, but reservations are required, and the reservations are booked up through the end of the August.  Go figure.

So we toured the Colorado Capital building.    Learned lots of trivia.  Did you know that Colorado was almost named "Arapaho"?  On the western steps leading up to the capital building, the 13th step is exactly one mile above sea level.

We got to go up into the dome of the capital, too.

We spent a nice hour or two walking up and down the 16th street pedestrian mall, which contains some well-known landmarks.  Allen and I had dinner with Jessica at the Hard Rock Cafe.