A Longer Walk Around Denver

This afternoon, Dom invited me up to the 40th floor to check out the view and maybe to demonstrate that you really could see the Rockies if you had the right viewpoint. And the view was spectacular. We walked all the way around looking at the views from each side of the building. It turned out that Dom's building was right across the street from the conference hotel.

Later in the afternoon after the afternoon sessions, I headed away from the hotel and the first stop was the Blue Bear at the Denver Convention Center. I had seen models of this at the Denver Art Museum last night but at that time, didn't even have any idea where the convention center was. As you may have figured, it wasn't that far from the conference hotel. After passing under the convention center along the walkway, I worked my way away from the downtown area to a more industrialized area.

Behind me is one of those "rivers" that you regularly see in large cities that all of the storm drains flow into. The very tall, whiteish building in the distance is where the first photo was taken

Since the blog is mostly about moto-topics, here is why I went for a walk. Euro Motelectrics (EME), the same company that made my new higher output alternator, also makes a starter. This is a modified Japanese starter that has a planetary gearset between the motor and the gear. I think that it is made by Nippon Denso. It draws less current than the stock Bosch starter and spins the engine faster. Kind of a win-win in my book and something that I could use especially in the winter. I was reluctant to order it this earlier due to the shipping cost. After all, starters aren't that light and now I could bring it back inside of my checked luggage. I discovered that EME was not that far from downtown Denver and after a few email exchanges, picking it up at their storefront was an option. And it seemed like a great reason for a walk.

It turned out to be a little bit further than I had thought due to some construction detours but it was a beautiful day to be outside. Several temperature signs that I passed claimed that it was 75°F in the late afternoon/early evening. I made it back in time to make dinner with a good friend from Columbia University and a group interested in two-factor authentication. Dinner was at a wonderful Italian restaurant.

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