Mark: Today was our last day except for a travel day back home tomorrow. I found this to be the most difficult day of hiking to date. We went shopping on the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver. Now I can hike all day in desert heat, up and down mountains, and long distances but walking around shopping is thoroughly exhausting. I don't know how the girls do it. Alli and Jessie both got some new clothes and we ate lunch at an open air sports bar/restaurant while people watching. The only scheduled event in the afternoon was a tour of the Denver Mint at 2pm. After a brief security check we were led inside to explore the museum before our tour started. We learned that the penny costs $.02 to make, the nickel $.09, dime $.04, quarter $.16, half dollar $.21, and dollar $.22. The penny is also 98% zinc and only 2% copper. We did get two free samples of the penny, one minted and one blank. We also got to see 1.5 million dollars worth of gold on the way out. That may sound like a lot but with the price of gold lately it was only three bars stacked behind bars in a safe. All in all the tour was about an hour long, worth it if you are ever in Denver and have a little time.
Back to the hotel for a little rest and then on to Coors Field to watch a Rockies game. We had club level seats just past first base. During the third inning a cute young lady walked up and down the aisle looking at open seats. She stopped and asked if anyone was sitting in the seat next to Alli. I was wondering if we sat in the wrong seats. We said no and she left. A couple minutes later she came back with another cute young lady and informed us that at the end of the forth inning Sasquatch (from the Jack Link's commercials) was going to sit there for a where's the Squatch bit on the jumbotron and that every one in the aisle would get a free bag of Jerky to hold up when the camera's found him. The whole thing was priceless but the beef jerky had a street value of $15, that's a $40 ballpark value. We took a lot of photos. The Squatch even wanted the camera to take a selfie of he and Alli. Alli also asked him to autograph her ticket. He obliged with a messy scribble in the middle of her ticket, pretty funny. The Rockies lost 4-2 but we had a lot of fun. Great end to a great trip.
Travel day tomorrow with a 3am wake up and 6am flight home.
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