Thread: Distinguishing landmarks.

One thing I love about DEN is that you can basically never get lost in the daytime, at least not downtown (streets go diagonal, and buildings make visibility difficult). Reason being, the directions here are towards mountains (west), away from the mountains, mountains on your left, and mountains on your right. They also help make one hell of a climate, and give you something to look at out your window.

Originally Posted by spongebue

One thing I love about DEN is that you can basically never get lost in the daytime, at least not downtown (streets go diagonal, and buildings make visibility difficult). Reason being, the directions here are towards mountains (west), away from the mountains, mountains on your left, and mountains on your right.

Now to what Brian’s not telling you.
While it may be impossible to get lost in Denver, it's definitely easy to get a ticket.
The streets downtown are all one-way, and as Brian said, all directions are in terms of the mountains - and trust me, ‘going toward the mountains’ gets you on one of those one way streets, where it‘s impossible to talk your way out of a ticket. ( I don't think they like Californians)
I ’d also like to point out that the coin operated telescopes at Buffalo Bill’s Museum & Grave don’t work and don’t give refunds.

Originally Posted by Migflanker

Nowrian’s not telling you.
While it may be impossible to get lost in Denver, it's definitely easy to get a ticket.
The streets downtown are all one-way, and as Brian said, all directions are in terms of the mountains - and trust me, ‘going toward the mountains’ gets you on one of those one way streets, where it‘s impossible to talk your way out of a ticket. ( I don't think they like Californians)
I ’d also like to point out that the coin operated telescopes at Buffalo Bill’s Museum & Grave don’t work and don’t give refunds.

I dont think the CHP likes Coloradans either. My last run in w/ them was w/ a Colorado plated rental car......but seriously, how can one keep to the speed limit on those long desert roads??

Originally Posted by spongebue

Awww, I think I need to give you a tour so you can get a better impression of this area.
BTW, I was serious about the tour

Well thank you Brian, throw in lunch and you’ve got a deal.

Originally Posted by ColoAvs19

I dont think the CHP likes Coloradans either. My last run in w/ them was w/ a Colorado plated rental car......but seriously, how can one keep to the speed limit on those long desert roads??

I’m with you on that, nice long stretches of highway just begging you to put pedal to the metal. Luckily Sgt keeps license and badge in the same wallet - CHP does extent the courtesy.
And then there’s the Eisenhower Tunnel, which you definitely don’t want to go through on a week-end during ski season. Trust me, I never saw so many cameras sticking out of sun-roofs in my life- and they’re in a tunnel!
I’ve heard that Coloradans hold their breath while going through the tunnel. (Well Brian?) Obviously they know the off peak hours.

Originally Posted by spongue

One thing I love about DEN is that you can basically never get lost in the daytime, at least not downtown (streets go diagonal, and buildings make visibility difficult). Reason being, the directions here are towards mountains (west), away from the mountains, mountains on your left, and mountains on your right. They also help make one hell of a climate, and give you something to look at out your window.

Certainly a different situation, but once in ATL when my GPS broke, I navigated by the airplanes over my head, as I knew they were landing the 27s that day..

Originally Posted by SKC

Although I've never been there, Gibraltar would fit the bill.

Sure does! My avatar picture is from the top of the rock of Gibraltar.

Originally Posted by spongebue

Sure does! My avatar picture is from the top of the rock of Gibraltar.

I tried to click that picture to enlarge it but I got your profile page instead. My pictures of Gibraltar were not very close pics at all. In fact, it was from a distance but you can make it out.

Originally Posted by SKC

Although I've never been there, Gibraltar would fit the bill.

I thought of Gibraltar too, I've seen it a few times, even have a picture of it, but though the rock is definately distinguishable, IT IS GIBRALTAR! Gibraltar is the rock itself. Ok, so you can distinguish Gibraltar from the Atlantic ocean and the entrance to the Med. But its not really like Oahu, Diamond Head or Table Mountain like South Africa. If you look at Diamond head from the sea, you know you are in Oahu, Hawaii. If you see the rock of Gibraltar, you know you are viewing Gibraltar. You aren't viewing a rock with a different name attached to a country. The ROCK IS GIBRALTAR if you might know what I may be trying to mean here. But yea....we'll take it just because it is distinguishable in its own right.