As we continued along our journey from the eastern edges of Colfax Avenue to the mountains, we had just arrived in the All America City of AURORA - land of opportunity, clean rooms, and adult movies. Colfax was once the major thoroughfare through Denver, and the avenue is still cluttered with motor lodges, motels, and motor inns, all with nightly and weekly rates.

Manor House Motel - Clean Rooms, Adult Movies Manor House Motel Nick's Liquor the Boll-E-Ana Motel has kitchens, TVs and Phones, which is nice Zephyr Lounge Aurora Motel - No Outlet Ranger Motel - Vacancy Aurora's Fox Theater Aurora Fox Theater Panderia El paisa Lazy C Motor Lodge Motel 9 back of the Motel 9

Right here, we were stopped by a mother and her two children asking us what we were doing, and who were we taking pictures for. The mother proceeded to tell us that if we really wanted some good pictures - of crack dealers, and tweakers, and gang members, we should pop over to her house in an hour, and there would be a show for us on her lawn. She promised not to throw things at our car, like she does to the crackheads. She had to take on the policing of her neighborhood herself because she said the police don't do anything. One of her daughters asked wistfully if we were making a movie. I wish I could have told her "yes."

The Westerner! Hangar Bar the mountains are getting closer... 

...to be continued...