September 3

Today is the Feast day of Saint Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the church. He did many things to spread and strengthen the faith of the people of God. We pray for his intercession, that we may be renewed in our faith. As mentioned in the last blog, I said I would write after our ride on the Vail Pass. Fr. Tom and I accomplished that tremendous feat. We left the hotel shortly before 10:00 Mountain Time and walked in the door about 4:15. It was a long and grueling ride, 43 miles. We started in Frisco, which is at an elevation of about 9,000 feet and went up to the top of Vail Pass which is another elevation of about 1,200 feet, then we made our descent into the city of Vail. Because of the steepness of the return trip, we caught a shuttle that took us back to the top of Vail Pass and then made our way back to Frisco. We are tired and sore, but it was a great ride and was what we planned to accomplish in making the arrangements for this trip. Tomorrow we head to Denver for the remaining days of our vacation and more blogs will coming. God Bless!!!