Hi Handbell Parents,

We had a somewhat more relaxed day today.

We met at the Mountain View Presbyterian Church at 7:30 for breakfast. Then we hopped on the bus for our journey to Denver. Bus driver David Cooper let us off in the vicinity of the Capitol Building, the US Mint, and the mile-long 16th Street Pedestrian Mall. On the way walking over to the Mint, we found out that it has been closed to the public since 9-11. So we split up into groups of at least 4 to tour the 16th Street Mall, the Capitol, an art gallery and/or the Colorado History Museum. The temperature reached at least 95 degrees, but we kept fairly cool in the places we visited. At 4:00, we boarded to bus to go to the Arvada United Methodist Church to set up for our 7:30 concert. We were fed a wonderful dinner by members of the church. The concert went well and was enthusiastically received. Bravo handbell ringers!! After the concert, we met our hosts for the evening and went to their homes to get a good night sleep.

We will meet at the Arvada church at 7:00 in the morning for breakfast and then journey to the Grand Lake Lodge to meet Julie Ott for our tour of Rocky Mountain National Park.

I'll fill you in on the details tomorrow.

George

Setting up the bells at Arvada United Methodist Church

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