Denver Mayor John Hick­enlooper said unabashedly Sunday that he’s learning on the fly in his statewide campaign for governor and that he’ll welcome all the input he can get on Western Slope perspectives about the future of Colorado, The Steamboat Pilot reports. But the Democratic candidate already has learned enough about this side of the state to hit the right note on a touchy issue during a public reception at the Artists’ Gallery of Steamboat on Lincoln Avenue.