{"id":224,"date":"2008-10-19T08:44:58","date_gmt":"2008-10-19T15:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/?p=224"},"modified":"2013-12-14T12:12:07","modified_gmt":"2013-12-14T17:12:07","slug":"a-month-in-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mikekirk.org\/wordpress\/a-month-in-denver\/","title":{"rendered":"A month in Denver…"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

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:<\/p>\n

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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:<\/p>\n

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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 \ud83d\ude42 I don’t remember if I’ve ever seen a Coyote before…<\/p>\n

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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:<\/p>\n

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Next weekend I’m going to see if I can go on a half-day quad ride up the mountains. Can’t wait!<\/p>\n

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