Our trip to the Air Force Academy was quite interesting. First we went directly to the Chapel and to the Protestant worship floor, which is the main floor. On lower floors are chapels of all of the other denominations. However, to get to the Chapel, you have to go to the visitors center and walk 1/3rd mile down the path and back as there is no access for the general public via automobile.

The building is beautiful from the outside and appeared to have been constructed with stainless steel. It was even more spectacular from the inside. It would seat several hundred with a huge organ at the back of the sanctuary. There is stained glass everywhere you look and you can see clear to the top of the building.

All is done in marble as you would expect and when I asked when could one hear the organ, the attendant stated that on Sunday morning at 10am would be the
next time it would be played. It would certainly be a treat to hear it play as it had a beautiful set of pipes. The console faced the pipes with a large mirror for the organist to see what was going on the podium.

The grounds are beautiful and well manicured as you would expect. The parade grounds were all concrete and the sport fields beautiful.

From the vantage point of the outside of the Chapel, we could see several single engine planes and gliders on the tarmac. Later we say several planes towing the gliders up to several thousand feet and then they would cut them loose and they would sail for ever, it seemed. The tow planes were bright yellow and the gliders were snow white. It was interesting to watch the gliders fly in and out of the clouds.

What a great place to get an education and serve your country at the same time.