I hate to admit it but I got catfished. I was so sure that this lady was legit, but she tricked me! We talked on the phone, we exchanged pictures, and did everything short of video calling. It’s heartbreaking, but also a little confusing to me why anyone would put so much work into deception. Criminals do it for money, but this girl didn’t even get any money from me, she just tricked me for the sake of being mean I suppose. There is a bright side to this story, however. No matter what the circumstances were, I finally got to visit Denver, Colorado for the first time, and it was so much fun the catfish might have been worth it! Even though I had no plans, no agenda, and no place to stay, the city of Denver welcomed me, and presented me with more options than I ever dreamed. There are a lot of nice hotels in Denver, but there are also a fair number of affordable accommodations. I selected a hostel a few blocks away from the Downtown Denver neighborhood, and was surprised to find how nice and clean it was. Right across the street was one of the many Denver cannabis dispensaries that the city has become famous for. In the past I had never smoked much cannabis, but since I was in Denver I decided to indulge. The cannabis dispensary I visited had a small stage set up in the back, where a singer was playing a little show. I spent my whole first night in Denver just getting high and grooving her music, and it washed all my troubles away.