A lovely day

 

Our memorial service day was perfect. All the months of planning just came together seamlessly, including the fickle Colorado weather cooperating.

The morning started with a formal memorial ceremony at the Cripple Creek Elks Lodge, including touching personal remembrances, a reading by Nova and Maya, an original song performed by my brother Dave and a closing prayer by our niece.

After the service, we all drove to the cemetery on a hill overlooking town under perfect blue skies.

Our parents final resting spot, looking west toward the Sangre de Cristo mountains in the distance.

Thank you Maya, for taking this wonderful video of the VFW flag salute. There was hardly a dry eye on the mountain.

We took many more photos of Cripple Creek, including our family reunion and other exciting local activities. I'll post more at home when I have time to sort through and a better Internet connection. 

We drive back to Denver tomorrow for our afternoon flight to Seattle.