DNC Protest

Since I only had one day to enjoy the DNC from an outsiders perspective I decided to ride my bike downtown this afternoon to see what was going on.

Not much.

I eventually rode to Civic Center park to rest and make a few calls. All of the sudden I hear someone yell "Bikers ready!" and everyone got up and started to ride away. What the hell, I'll go too I thought. So I hopped on my bike and away we went. Turns out it was planned and we had a police escort blocking intersections and following us. We took over the streets of Denver for over an hour. Almost made it down 16th street mall but apparently that was not to be as the cops put a stop to that idea after 2 blocks. It was a cool experience and only one idiot was arrested for spitting on a cop.

It was a great afternoon and I rode around from 1-8 pm.

Tomorrow I am working at Invesco for Obama's acceptance speech. It'll be a long day but it's the only way I have to get in the stadium. Not sure if I can take pics but I'll try!