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PHOTOS from my "Recent" Travels, Part 5: Mile High Railfanning |
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Posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Wed Mar 11 19:39:47 2015, in response to PHOTOS from my Recent Travels, Part 1: An Afternoon in Chicago, posted by WMATAGMOAGH on Wed Aug 6 14:53:07 2014. The last post left off at the TSA Security Theater in the San Diego Airport. I forgot to empty my water bottle before getting on the security line, so I was given the choice to empty it and go through security again or have my metal water bottle confiscated. I chose the former option, drank the water after being escorted out of the security screening area, and then passed through the second time with no issue. If someone can explain to me how that is good security, I have a bridge to sell you. (There was also an announcement made for a passenger to return to the checkpoint because they left their shoes behind, don't you think someone would notice that sort of thing before leaving the checkpoint?)I won't bore you with the details of a miserable flight where there was much loud conversation and a COS sat in my row and proceeded to squeeze the person in the middle seat and myself on the aisle seat for the duration of the flight. This guy really should have had two seats, but I didn't speak up before we left. However, I safely (thank G-d) made it to my next destination: Denver, Colorado. Honestly, my use of the public transit system while I was in Denver was fairly limited, except for a bus ride to pick up a Zipcar (it was cheaper to use that than to do a regular rental, plus there was an added convenience factor at the end of our stay which you'll find out about in the next part) and some railfanning on one afternoon. Otherwise, we drove up to Fort Collins, drove to Pike's Peak, and drove out to Golden (the light rail doesn't go to the touristy part of Golden, and while there was a bus we didn't really want to go for that option). However, we did have some time to kill between when we got back from Golden and the start of the Nationals-Rockies game, so I persuaded my traveling companion that we should do a quick out and back ride on the light rail. We boarded the train at 16th and Stout and got on whatever train came first going outbound.  We decided that we only wanted to pay for a one zone ride, so we got off at the I-25 & Broadway Station, had a look at the displays at the station about the history of public transportation in Denver...    ...and then headed back to the station under the convention center.     We then walked through Downtown Denver to Coors Field for the ballgame, headed back to where we were staying, and got ready for an early morning the next morning. More on that in the next post. |
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