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Monday, June 4, 2012

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10:18 AM | Posted by Sharp's Travels

This morning we made plans to attend the 9am church service at the Air Force Academy Chapel at the United States Air force Academy in Colorado Springs.


The Air Force Academy Chapel is one of the most photographed man-made structures in Colorado.  It soars 150 ft in the air.  The aluminum, glass and steel structure features 17 spires.  There is no significance to the number of spires.  Original designs were judged to be too expensive, so changes were made, among them a reduction in the number of spires.   The shell of the Chapel and surrounding grounds cost $3.5 million to build.


The spires are all accented with stained glass on the inside of the chapel.  They have a huge organ located on the back balcony.  The front area was all made of marble.  There were only around 50 people there for the service.  We expected to see a bigger crowd.  The service was very good.


We returned to the 5th wheel and decided this would be a down day.  We had lunch, Gay watched the Stock Car Races, and I took a nap.  We had a little rain storm and finished out the day catching up on our recorded shows.












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