Summary:
Today was my first full day in Denver. I hugged at the 16th Street Mall in downtown Denver from about noon until 5 and then headed over to Coors Field where the Colorado Rockies were playing the Chicago Cubs, in order to hug around the stadium in order to give away some hugs before the game. My host met me and took me to the stadium (he had a ticket for the game already) While giving away hugs there was an amazing guy who gave me a free ticket to the game so that I could go in and watch it! I headed into the game at about 7:30 around the 4th inning of play. I found my seat next to the people that gave me a free ticket and was greeted by lots of people giving me hugs and eager to hear about my Free Hugging tour.
Highlights:
2) Giving/Receiving 458 hugs.
Lowlights:
1) None
Learned:
1) Denver is a lot like Chicago.
2) I got the most amount of hugs outside of Chicago during today.
Day 37 (July 20)
Summary:
Today my host and I drove to Aurora to remember what happened there a year ago today. We left at 9:30 and arrived at about 10:00. Once we got there we walked around a little bit. I went over to the Healing Wall where people wrote things on a cut out of their hand for others to look at and see. Here are a couple of my favorites:
Highlights:
1) Meeting lots of people interested in my Free Hugging projects.
2) Going to the memorial for the victims of the theater shooting a year ago today.
3) Looking at the notes that people left on the Healing Wall.
Lowlights:
1) Bursting into tears while reading some of the hands on the healing wall due to the beauty of some of the messages while being interviewed about them.
Learned:
1) Being a Free Hugger is tough and some of the messages on the healing wall touched me in a way that I didn't know I needed to be touched. I am still working through some of the feelings that this experience brought up. Future updates to follow, sooner or later.
Day 38 (July 21)
Summary:
Today was mostly a chill day. My host drove me up to the top of Mount Evans in the morning and during the afternoon I Skyped with a couple of my friends Ryan and Adam from Chicago. I then took a shower and readied my belongings for my flight tomorrow to Wichita. I also watched some episodes of Burn Notice throughout the day.
Highlights:
1) It was really nice to have just a day of relaxing and enjoying Colorado and the scenery and mountains.
Lowlights:
1) I leave Denver tomorrow.
Learned:
1) Denver is a great city, almost as great as Chicago.
2) I really like Denver a lot, they give away lots of hugs!
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