Hot Air Balloon Surprise

As we were out of everything to do with breakfast, we decided to go out for breakfast and we were sure glad we did.  As we approached the stoplight, we several hot air balloons in the sky.  We have seen an occasional one here and there in the mornings but not a dozen.  Here are a few pictures of what we saw.  It was sure neat to walk down main street and look up and see and hear the hot air balloons just above the buildings.  

From what we were told, some businesses sponsor a ballooning club to put on a show today in Gunnison and tomorrow in Crested Butte.  We certainly enjoyed it.

Breakfast was excellent at W Cafe.  John got his breakfast and went to sprinkle on some pepper and the lid came off and doused his meal with pepper.  The server saw it when it happened and she quickly took his plate away and said she would come back with a fresh plate.  She said they had had a problem with kids loosening the salt and pepper shaker lids but thought they had gone around and tightened them all down.  We got a laugh out of it and John will now check the salt/pepper shaker lids to make sure they are on tight.  

After a visit to the grocery store, we pretty much hung out at home.  John did go up and wash off the roof because the rain and wind we received a couple of days ago pretty much made a mess.

With all the red flag warnings and wild fires in several states, we were a little spooked this afternoon to see smoke from a grass file up over the hill from us.  Luckily, we learned that it was a controlled burn and they did keep it under control.

My sister texted me that it was 108 degrees in Palmdale, CA; I texted back that it was 80.1 degrees here.  She called me a brat - imagine that lol. We much prefer these temperatures to those.

We had heard that there was a little red fox that appears most nights in the field behind us.  Tonight we got to see him for the first time.