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Walking along Grandview Avenue in Arvada.
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The urban setting quickly gave way to the Ralston Creek bike trail, where we enjoyed nature just a stone's throw from the sounds of highways.
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Signs of industry just off the trail.
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The trail passes under a railroad bridge.
We enjoyed seeing nature and walking in the cool morning.
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We had a bit of a shock when we saw Nessie, popping up her head to see who was invading her turf.
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A bit of Arvada's Gold Rush history. This is located at Gold Strike Park, where there is a lovely bridge and the Ralston Creek Trail connects to the Clear Creek Trail. This is also the site of the first documented gold strike in Colorado in 1850.
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We've left the Ralston Creek trail and we're now on the Clear Creek trail.
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Couldn't resist snapping a pick of St. Clair's.
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We'll have to go back to this place, for sure! But it was getting on towards 11:30 and we had to get to noon Mass.
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A Christmas tree made out of kidney beans? Some people love it; some people hate it. Here's a video of the artist talking about this work. Straight from the horse"s mouth.
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The Platte.
The next bridge we crossed was this pretty little bridge which crosses the Platte River. Further down, you can see yet another bridge, (the tall white mast) which crosses the train tracks near Union Station and the 16th Street Mall.
We decided to hitch a ride on the free Mall Ride to get to the end and closer to our final destination of the cathedral. The shuttle covered about 1 1/2 miles in ten minutes, helping us cover the final distance in a shorter amount of time in order to get to Mass on time.
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The FREE Mall Ride!
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The shuttle dropped us off near the state capitol building with it's gold-leaf covered dome. It was just a short walk up capitol hill to the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, where Pope John Paul II celebrated Mass during World Youth Day 1993.
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Schedule of Masses.
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After Mass and visiting with a friend,* we walked back down 16th Street Mall to look for a suitable place to celebrate our great achievement. We dined at Rock Bottom Brewery, Giovanni and I had their beer on tap, while the kids enjoyed their home-made root beer. The meal was scrumptious and worth every mile (8.5) we walked.
After that fine repast, we walked a couple of blocks to find our bus ready to leave for Arvada. It was a very lovely and enjoyable pilgrimage for Our Lady!
*Funny and true story, and one I hope a dear reader will be able to solve: Our friend was telling us that she spent last Christmastide in Cambridge, England, visiting her son, who is a fellow at Cambridge. While there, she went to a parish church, where she waited in line for confession one afternoon. She took up a conversation with a fellow penitent, who, upon hearing her accent, asked her where she was from. "Denver," she replied.
"Oh, I know someone from Denver," said the penitent.
"Oh, really?" said my friend, thinking to herself that Denver is a pretty large city.
"Yes," she said, and she proceeded to relay our family name to our friend.
Just curious: anyone out there been to confession in Cambridge lately?
4 comments:
Love the house in the tree!!!
I loved these shots!! what a great idea, and you captured it splendidly!
Our family was talking about hiking this weekend and we never considered an urban hike. What a great idea! I'm wondering how long it took you to do this. Thanks for sharing.
We left the Park and Ride at 8:50 a.m. (about an hour after we had planned to leave!) and we arrived at the cathedral at 11:50 a.m. We ended up taking the shuttle for about 10 minutes (1 1/2 miles) but retraced our steps to the restaurant afterwards, so our total walking time comes to about 3 hours and about 8 1/2 miles!
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