Colorado Tour Denver Day 3

Rise and shine, down to a breakfast of eggs, omelets, oatmeal, waffles, cereal, bacon, fruit, yogurt, sausage you name it they have it. The boys are eating well. They are living in style at the Embassy Suites. We boarded the buses and our first stop was Coors Stadium where we met our tour guides for the day, Tom Jenson and Mike Pearl. Tom would later show up at our evening concert. Coors Stadium is the third oldest stadium in the National League and it was designed by the architects who designed Target Field. Shortly after our tour began the governor of Colorado, John Hickenlooper and Peter Coors, chairman of Coors showed up for a TV spot on the field. Coincidence? You decide. Coors Stadium has a row of purple seats all around the stadium marking the elevation of 5,280 feet. It also has a heated playing surface like Target Field so that the grass will grow in April instead of waiting until May. We stopped for a box lunch picnic at a park near the State Capital which has a dome of gold. We saw the home of the Unsinkable Molly Brown, a survivor of the Titanic, on our way to the Denver Mint. Upon successfully passing through intense security we learned how coins are engraved and manufactured. Each boy was given a minted and un-minted penny as a souvenir. The boys were able to spend a few minutes of free time on the 16th Street Mall before heading to St. John's Cathedral. This is a 110 year old church with beautiful stained glass windows, carved wood, spiral stairs up two bell towers and a couple of amazing organs, one of which Phil played, to the boys delight. They sang a couple of songs and then off to Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church for a rehearsal and concert. The people at the church gave the boys a warm welcome and provided dinner. They sang beautifully and then it was back to the hotel for a swim, workout, snack and bed. There were lots of happy but tired boys who will be ready for another busy day and new experiences tomorrow.