Hot Air Balloon Festival

We also went to the Colorado Springs Hot Air Balloon Festival while my parents were visiting. It was an early start to a Saturday but a great festival with a ton of hot air balloons!

a few of them even "dipped down" in the lake nearby

maybe half of the balloons launched that morning.

After the festival, we found a creperie in Downtown Colorado Springs for breakfast. My brie, pear, sliced almond and rosemary whole wheat crepe was pretty fantastic! Then we drove over to Garden of the Gods for a little more Colorado awesomeness.