October 2nd-4th - Balloon Fiesta RV Parking

On the 2nd we arrived early afternoon and got parked. Parking areas are tight. There are going to be 800 rigs in this field. Here is a picture of us after the rain last night.

The folks on the right are from Oklahoma, the folks on the left are from Georgia. We are all here for the first time.  You can see that it rained overnight. We did not pay extra for the "Lakefront Lot".

All of this RV parking is over an old city dump which they say can emit methane gas. Therefore all generators and propane BBQ pits have to be at least two feet off the ground. No charcoal BBQ pits allowed and no other open flames.

Here is a picture of the mountains looking out from Marge. The open area is the road out in front of us which you use to get in and out.

Here is a picture of the RV area from where we have to park the truck, which is about 1/8 mile from our rig.

Yesterday Kelly and I went to the Pueblo Cultural Museum. It was quite interesting and really well-done. Here is a picture of me out front.

The museum had a very nice restaurant so after going through it we ate lunch there. Kelly had Tacos which were made with various local ingredients and spices. One was stuffed with Cactus, which really had a different kind of taste.  Here is a picture.

I had a Buffalo Burger, which was much better than the one I had ten years ago in Deadwood, Wyoming.

Every day at 4:00 p.m. is "Happy Hour" at the Hosts' rig. Last night we got our balloon assignments and a chance to meet the other crew members. My pilot is from Columbia, Missouri, what is the chance of that? We will get some training after Happy Hour this evening and head to the field in the morning, which is about a mile away, by shuttle. Our pilot wants us there at 6:30 a.m. After the morning ascension there is nothing until the evening. Here is a picture of the extent of the info we get about our pilot and crew members. A little confusing to say the least.

They are expecting 800,000 people over the week-long event. It costs $10.00 to get into each event each day. I get in to all events free because I am a crew member. Kelly will have to pay. I signed up to crew all nine days but our pilot is not flying all nine days and often events get cancelled because of weather. It was not forecast until last night but it has been raining off and on since 2:00 a.m. It is supposed to stop around 4:00 p.m. today.

I saw this sign this morning and have found it to be quite accurate.

I am unable to connect to Kelly's hotspot at the RV parking area, there is no other wi-fi and even trying the wi-fi at McDonald's I can't get the new computer to behave as it should. I don't know what's going on. Unfortunately the blog may be sketchy until I get home. Too bad because there is going to be a lot to see.

Just bought two jugs of Distilled Water for my neighbor. He had never checked his batteries so I helped him get to them. We found that they were really low on water. Now that the rain has stopped we will head back to the parking area and fill up his batteries.