Day 12

Each place we have been has very different and Denver is no different. Today is the first free day that we have had so for along the way and it just seems fitting that we should spend it here in Denver. After we all had our quiet time with the Lord this morning we made our way down to downtown Denver our first goal of the day was to grab a bit to eat, then go from there. We headed over to the 16th street mall and got lunch just in one of the food courts. We then decided that we would split up until dinner time later that day. The ladies were headed off to do some thrift store shopping and the guys would stay downtown and explore the urban Denver. Ryan, Dave and myself headed out to the side walks of the 16th street mall and walked in the direction of the river font park. The 16th street mall reminded me of Santa Monica, how there were shops on either side of the street and the street was closed to regular traffic. There were free buses that travel back and forth along the street. We ended up at river font park just before sunset and walked around the dog park there, everyone here in the city seems to have a dog. As the sun was beginning to go down and the temperature was quickly following after it, we made our way back over to the 16th street mall area. We took the free bus half way up the mall and talked to a few people on the bus. After getting off the bus we made our way to the other end of the mall. Near the end I stopped and spoke with a homeless man who went by the name of, "Charlie Brown". Charlie has spent the last 29 years on the streets of Denver and his face and body looked very weathered from all those years. He knew who Jesus is and what He has to offer, but Charlie didn't want to hear what I had to say about it. I prayed for him and caught back up with the guys. It was now dark and we were getting hungry, so we headed to meet up with the girls for dinner. We had dinner at "Sweet Tomatoes", which is the same as "Soup Plantation".