Mystery Road Trip, Day 3

Today we drove 0 miles! All our frolicking was in Denver. We competed in a scavenger hunt from Urban Adventure Quest, which required us to explore points of interest in downtown Denver from the CO state capitol to the Brown Palace Hotel and numerous spots in between; to answer questions about those locales and their historic significance; and to do so faster than other teams who have done the same scavenger hunt.

We did some shopping up and down the 16th Street Mall, rested in the cool of our hotel room during the hottest part of the afternoon, had a great Italian supper at Maggiano's Little Italy, and then attended a performance of The Book of Mormon in the Ellie Caulkins Opera House of the Denver Center for the Performing Arts.

Two views of the capitol.

The Yearling, a work of public art that sits on the grounds of the Denver Public Library.

Big Sweep, a sculpture just outside the entrance to the Denver Art Museum. There's Hillary to give some perspective as to the size of the sculpted broom and dust pan!

In Civic Center Park, there is a public art exhibit called Circle of Animals/Zodiac Heads: bronze sculptures of the heads of the animals that make up the Chinese zodiac signs. Suzanna was born in the year of the ox.

Abigail was born in the year of the rabbit.

Hillary was born in the year of the snake.

Susan was born in the year of the rooster.

I was born in the year of the dog.

Although we didn't tell the girls that we'd be seeing The Book of Mormon tonight (because: mystery road trip!), we did pass through the Denver Performing Arts Complex during our scavenger hunt, and the banners for the musical caught the girls' eyes. Therefore, they were not too surprised when this is where we ended up this evening . . . but they were delighted nevertheless. It was a great production. 

Had to take a selfie in the lobby of our hotel at the end of the night.