Mile High Marketplace

Now that we are back in Denver, it is time to continue our Friday afternoon activities. Last Friday we went to Mile High Marketplace, Denver's year round outdoor flea market and farmer's market. I have wanted to go see what it is like for a while but we were busy doing other things. Luckily for us, there was wonderful weather on Friday. It was in the 50's so walking around wasn't a big deal.

Mile High Marketplace wasn't exactly what I expected but I imagine that part of it was because it's January. More than half the stores/booths were closed. The farmer's market wasn't that great but I imagine it's hard to grow too much during Denver winters. There is an entire open air section where there isn't a building covering but sectioned off spots on the ground for people to sell stuff.  This area looked like a bunch of people came out with garage/yard sale items to sell. It was a little weird. Then again, if space only costs $70 for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday it could be worth it so that its easier for people to find your yard sale.

It did make me laugh to see an Asian shop owner with signs written in Spanish.  Jake was curious and wants to know if flea market lingerie is more dirty.

We did find some cute shoes for Ellie. Hopefully things look a lot better in the spring and summer because I really enjoy flea markets. Although I did have a feeling that reminisced of the Utah State Fair.

Because it didn't take long to walk around, we drove out to the Colorado Mills Outlet mall. It is a newer mall here that mixes high end outlets with your regular outlets (more like Tanger in Park City). By higher end, there is a Neiman Marcus and Sachs 5th Ave outlet store in this mall.

It was a nice low key day but great to be out and walking around. Ellie really enjoys having the extra space to run around. Not to mention, she really loves running up and down ramps. She would have stayed on this one ramp at the mall all night but we were ready to leave after she spent 20 minutes running up and down it.  Then she climbed up and sat on some big chairs out in the walkway and then climbed down and then back up. She cried almost the whole way to the car because we picked her up and made her come with us.