About That Colorado Springs, Part Four (September 3 - 10)

Dear Family and Friends,

Thank you for checking out our blog. We are into our fourth and final week at Colorado Springs, with a departure to Santa Fe on the 14th. Our perpetual vacation continues to amaze us and this week started out with lots of excitement.

Saturday was the first football game of the season. Thanks to Ann and John, we had great seats at the 50 yard line. Air Force games begin with a march on the field by the cadet wing. Below are the pics of the game. USAFA beat University of South Dakota 37 to 20.

Roger's new friend from Famous Daves.

Led by the Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps, the Cadet Wing begins marching onto the field.

The Cadet Wing running to their seats in the stadium.

Sunday morning was an early departure for Memorial Park in Colorado Springs. It was the 34th Balloon Classic. The morning was perfect with no wind. At 7 the first wave of balloons left the park followed shortly by the second wave and finally the third. Almost 70 balloons were launched and the pics below show the wonderful sight.

Guess what??? Pigs can fly!!!

Filling the balloon and preparing to launch.

Roger, Bear and I took a road trip to Canon City, in search of  The Royal Gorge, on Tuesday. What a rip off! I love the free enterprise system on our country, but this was over the top. For $25 per person, we could get into an amusement park that allowed us to walk over the bridge that spans the Royal Gorge. Fortunately there was a free spot (not well marked) where we could see small parts of the gorge.  Below are the pics from our expedition. Besides the bridge to nowhere,  look closely and see the rafts on the river.

We leave Wednesday for Santa Fe. I will miss the beautiful scenery of Colorado Springs and Pikes Peak, the crisp mornings with a touch of Fall in the air, the cycling, the Rockies, the animal life (wild turkeys, a red fox, chunky prairie dogs, black squirrels), old and new friends, and Air Force Academy athletics. What a great month this has been!!!

Roger and I are headed over to the Falcon/TCU game. I am hoping to be able to post a win for the Falcons on next week's blog. GO FALCONS!!!