Hi all, we took Sunday off to get some laundry done and generally just hang out for the day. We did have some small showers in the afternoon. Monday dawned to a glorious day and we decided to take off once again. (Guess I just can't get enough photos of "rocks"!)
The middle photo is of St. Catherine of Siena Chapel. We rounded a curve and there it was, sitting on top of a rock. We had no idea exactly what it was so we decided to explore. It is a Catholic Chapel that is part of the St. Malo Retreat Center. It seems that in 1916, Father Joseph Bosetti saw a falling star
in the summer sky and in his search to find the crater, he came across a natural wonder: an immense Granite rock in a meadow that held a stunning view of the east face of Mt. Meeker. He looked no further for the meteor. Remembering Jesus' word to Peter, Fr. Bosetti vowed to one day build a chapel on the rock. Twenty years later, on that spot his dream was fulfilled and a lovely stone chapel was dedicated under the patronage of St. Catherine of Siena in 1935.In 1993 Pope John Paul II visited the chapel during his trip to Denver for the World Youth Day and bestowed his personal blessing on the chapel.
The sanctuary lamp has been in use in this chapel since the first Mass was offered in 1935. Before its arrival in Colorado, the antique lamp hung in a small chapel in Rome which Mussolini ordered torn down in order to make room to build a road.
The Chapel on the Rock is truly a Colorado landmark and a lovely place to visit.
We continued on our way and ended up in the town of Nederland. We stopped to have lunch at the Bear Brothers Bistro. Lunch was great and the beer was even better. Such a cute little town
the mountains.On the drive back to Estes Park the sky clouded over and we thought we might get wet but we were lucky and made it back with no rain.
That is all for today, Hope all is well with everyone.
Love to all,
Candy and Johnny
