The Score: PB&J=0  McDonald's Iced Tea = 6 Today was a big day.  The Colorado Springs Balloon Classic kicked off with a massive balloon ascent. Breaking down my camp took longer then expected so I got there about 15 minutes late.  I got a few shots but not the ones I had pre-envisioned.  They are having a ballon glow tonight but I will be long gone by the time that gets started. I went back to the campground I was at and even though I packed up my camp already I decided to take advantage of their all you can eat pancake breakfast, it comes with a piece of sausage or ham and milk,...

Well it is the end of day two.  I am here in Colorado Springs at the Garden of the Gods Campground just outside the Garden of the Gods.  I wasn’t sure I would like being in a campground inside the city but it is pretty nice.  The facilities are clean, they have two pools, one for just adults, and a nice cantina that serves up a single dish on selected nights.  Tonights meal was BBQ Chicken with Beans and Slaw and a roll.  It was pretty good and only $6 bucks so the price was right and I didn’t have to leave the grounds.  Now the “downside” of this is that I have yet to eat what...

It’s end of day 1, or really the wee hours of day 2 actually.  I am a few miles from the Texas State line in a rest stop in Oklahoma.  It’s been a pretty good trip so far.  I found that my bike on the roof lowers my gas mileage by about 4 miles per gallon.  I decided to take it off the roof when traveling on the interstate and store it inside then move it back onto the roof to sleep.  There were some pretty amazing lightning storms in Oklahoma before Oklahoma City and had they continued this far I could have slept like a baby now.  I am pleased with my progress considering I didn’t...