Last week I was sent to Denver to spend just over a month helping a customer with a new project. I’ve been to Denver before… but never for more than a few days at a time… and this is my first “real weekend” in the area.
I drove around a bit on Saturday, and picked up some tourist info, but didn’t really do anything interesting. This morning I decided to go for a walk and get some fresh air. Just down the road from the hotel is a small undeveloped park area with a couple walking paths, so I decided to explore. The trail looked a bit boring…along the side of a hill covered in short grass… so I wandered down the hill to a little ravine where I could see a creek and many more trees:
I was following a small trail on a hill beside the edge of the creek, when I looked up and saw this guy. Not scared of at me at all, and walking on the same trail I was on. I think he was just waiting for me to get out of his way:
That first picture wasn’t zoomed at all… he was standing about 20 feet away, just sort of looking around… probably out finding something for breakfast. I walked up the hill and around him… giving him lots of space…. both of us occasionally eyeing the other up 🙂 I don’t remember if I’ve ever seen a Coyote before…
I didn’t see anything else with legs for the rest of my walk… except for what I think was a rabbit… but was moving way too fast to get a pic. Trees, water, and strange weeds and cacti:
Next weekend I’m going to see if I can go on a half-day quad ride up the mountains. Can’t wait!
