The Denver Gardens and Mint

 Denver, CO

Back to the Denver Botanic Gardens

Today we headed back to the Denver Botanic Gardens.  We went last year and really enjoyed it.  We used our Reciprocal Membership and it even got us a discount at the café.  

Big Ol' Grasshopper

Tiny Toad

We split a breakfast at the café.

A cool looking terrarium full of carnivorous plants

A cool looking beetle 

Mothra joins the battle!

The most goth flower / dragonfly combo ever

Bonzai!

The Denver Mint

Before arriving at the Botanic Gardens, we stopped by The Denver Mint to pick up tickets.  We tried to go the other day but it was VERY popular.  We were surprised so we returned to check it out after getting tickets earlier in the morning.  There was no photography allowed on the tour which is a bummer.

We had to arrive 30 minutes before our scheduled tour time

to wait in the hot sun.

This is the end of the tour.  I caught people from our group exiting.

We were given a newly minted penny as well as a penny blank.  

Even though we were technically paid to go on this tour, we enjoyed the Mint in Winnipeg a lot more (read about it here).  The Denver tour was an hour and fifteen minutes long and most of it was waiting for people to get organized.  Too long and no photos makes Jack a dull boy.  Go to Winnipeg or hit up the Money Museum in KC (read about that here)..

That's it for today. If you missed 2 Breweries with Pinball, read about it.  I had a beer and played pinball. Weird hu?