1) The morning was spent at Jacobs Well Community Church. I had a great experience there! It is so cool to be part of church that is basically just like home. It was the same big idea topic but done with a different service flow. They were auditioning a new worship leader that they are hoping to hire soon. Travis is a young 'un at 23 but very gifted at singing and playing guitar. There were some subtle differences but, for the most part, much resembled what we have back home. I could spend an entire blog on all the details! They are doing such a great job with an incredible team of people so dedicated to getting the service up and running! I really loved it here and can't wait to come back.
2) So, following the service we headed to Coors field to see the game. The Cubs lost 6-3, drat! Oh was it hot there! 95 in the shade. Thankfully it is a dry heat but we still had to take several occasions to leave our seat for the shade under the balconies. We did sit out there when some clouds came over but it wasn't like that all the time. It is a real nice field. It had about 50% Cubs fans who left a bit dissapointed. The division is tightening up so it should be an interesting ride to the finish in October. Somehow I still can't help feeling they will end up in the playoffs - don't know about during them but still, after last year, it is still a huge improvement!
3) We really didn't have the rest of the day planned after the game. Originally we were going to check out downtown Denver. But, with the heat, we said forget it! We ended up heading for mountains to drive around a bit. Very refreshing in the cool air. That is one advantage they have out here to get away from the heat! We ended up driving through Arapahoe Forest where it actually rained a lot. It was a nice area but we were getting bummed that we couldn't get outside the car. It is so funny with the weather out here. We literally crested a ridge of a mountain and like a faucet, the rain stopped. In fact, it didn't look like it rained on this side at all! We ended up, on a whim, at a place called Galbraith Mountain. It is a park with some hiking trails up the mountain. It was very out of the way and ended up being a priceless treasure. Alec already told me that it was his most favorite part of the trip. We hiked part way up and in (1.3 miles - one way and about 600 feet up from the trailhead). Great, totally awesome views! At some spots you could see Denver and beyond very clearly (maybe even all the way to Nebraska!). Turns out that this county has several of these - we will have to experience more when we come out here next. It was wild to see some people jogging up and down this narrow, rocky trail. God bless them!
And so, after dinner we are back here at the Riche's where I am typing this late at night. Tomorrow morning we leave for Rocky Mountain National Park to spend a day there. I think the plan will be to try a couple of the trails and then stay at a hotel off of I-25 in Colorado (don't stay in Estes Park unless you have a LOT to spend!).
As I said before, we have many pictures that will be shown later after we get back (there are some real good ones!).
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