The Dome of the Capitol building will be resurfaced with gold leaf after the dome is rebuilt. The infrastructure has deteriorated in the last 100 years. During the time it takes, it will be covered from the elements.
The walls are Rose Onyx which is claimed to be more valuable than Gold. It is also claimed that there is no more available worldwide.
A wall hanging in the Capitol about 6x12 feet in size depicting many events in the state's history.
There are several stained glass windows in the building depicting some of the more prominent people in the state.
The inside of the building is very spacious.
The Capitol is a mile high, however, over the years, the location of the mile marker has been changed depending which measurement data was used. The latest and final decision is the bottom marker. The original measurement was the one with the words One Mile Above Sea Level, but is now not the official one.
There are 2 state capitals that are a mile high. The other is New Mexico which is the highest.
The home of the Denver Post newspaper, just a short walk from the Capitol.
A short distance away is the Denver Art Museum. Inside, they had a nice area to keep children happy.
A nice upstairs viewing area of the hills.
Grammie spent some time doing her thing.
Art comes in all sorts of materials. This sure looks like fabric but is really Aluminum twist off caps connected with tine Copper wire.
Kind of a neat rendition of the state's history.
We visited the Margaret (Molly) Brown Home. The name Molly wasn't attributed to her until after many years after her death when a movie was made.
Advertising humor
We went down to the 16th Street Mall for Dinner at the Rocky Bottom Brewery and then walked around and did some people watching.
The lights are going out in John Denver country.
Tomorrow we will be filling our tank at $3.29 and heading down over the big hill to the East. Have a great day everybody.
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