Mile High City

Last night we were in the high plains of Kansas.  Today we drove to Denver.  I had always thought that Denver would be surrounded by mountains.  But mostly today we drove on the plains.  The rise is so gradual, you don't really think about getting higher and higher.  In fact, we didn't see peaks of mountains until half-way through the travel day.  And still the peaked mountains look like they are off in the distance.  Yet we are a mile high.