On Saturday morning we headed into "downtown" Boulder to check the city out. Boulder lies at 5,430ft in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains approx 35 miles northwest of Denver. It was established in the late 1850's as a supply town to the miners who were heading into the mountains in search of gold and silver. Today it has a population of 92,000 (280,000 in the greater Boulder Metropolitan area) and is home to the main campus of the University of Colorado with an enrollment of approx 30,000 students. Mark and I both really liked the feel of the city. The heart of downtown is the Pearl Street Mall - a wonderful tree-lined pedestrian mall that covers 4 blocks with an eclectic assortment of clothing & shoe stores, arts & crafts stores & gallery's, cafe's and restaurants.
We also took a walk around one of the older suburbs adjoining downtown. We loved the peacefulness of the old houses and the tree lined streets that were just blocks from "the action" on Pearl Street.
We headed back to Pearl Street for lunch and enjoyed a local brew and tasty meal at BJ's on the mall, sitting at a sidewalk table listening to some street musicians and people watching. Here's a shot of me "playing" in the bubblejet fountain in front of the Boulder Court House (also on Pearl St).
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