I made sure that I'd left plenty of time to get to the airport for the flight to San Jose. However, I didn't realise that when the 16th Street Mall Shuttle says it takes you to Union Station, it means the very far end of Union Station, as far away as you can be from the airport line's platforms! It would have been far better to get off at Wynkoop Street, and then I'd have caught the train I wanted to instead of the following one 15 minutes later, which was due to deliver me to the airport just before boarding started.
Fortunately, the security entrance is just inside the building where you get off the train, and with my fast track clearance, I was able to almost just walk straight through and get on the shuttle to the 'B' gates. I arrived at the gate when the next group was boarding, so I boarded straight away - amazingly, it was only an hour between standing in Denver downtown and sitting in the plane.
The captain was a comedian - with a voice of boundless cheerfulness and enthusiasm. He assured us he was a great pilot, but that didn't matter as the co-pilot'd be the one actually doing the flying and, as I'm sure he reminds everybody every time, he does know the way to San Jose.
He also promised us a very smooth landing at San Jose - he was wrong. It was a bit of a clatter as we came down, but we were there and we were early. The free bus takes you to the light rail station, where I was able to reload my Clipper card and take the light rail train down to my hotel - which is just next to the station, which is handy.
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