Travel Day started out OK, but sort of went downhill from there. We left Durango in two groups and met up about 100 miles down the road. It was a Shell Station with a McDonalds. Not the best lunch idea but there just was not a lot of choice. Ed was fueling up and most of the group were finished and ordered lunch. A bus load with about 44 people pulled up, I am thinking oh boy there goes lunch.. We had to unhook the tow vehicle just to get to the pumps. Sue cane out to volunteer to stand in line and get our order, thanks again Sue. We pulled over to the side and gulped down our lunch, got the word we are pulling out.. Started the engine and here comes a stupid idiot trying to get by us on the passenger side, absolutely no way to get thru and hits our mirror. Ed laid on the air horn and we screamed for him to stop. By the time I got out of the coach to see the damage, he was backing up and around the other side. Some people have no right to drive and especially this idiot. We finally got back on the road.
We heard from Robert and Carol who were meeting us at the Balloon Festival. They told us we had our sites and to just come on in.. Now this is where it really went downhill. We pull in and the people at the resignation area have no clue who we are. Robert came down and told them we had our spots but the volunteers here have no clue what the others are doing. They moved us several times to different areas and we had roads blocked for at least an hour. Butch has a lot of patience but this was really getting to him and the group as well. Frustration, Anger are just a few emotions running high. Butch finally got things settled but we had to break up as a group. The entire situation could have been avoided it these volunteers had a clue what was going on. I know volunteers are valuable, Ed, George, Bev and I worked the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee RV area for several years and if we had this mess, we would not have anyone return. It is not that hard people, the assigned sites go to those assigned and don't bring other rigs in. It seems like this event was overbooked and this is just not good business. Big thanks to Butch for getting us our sites and being so patient...
Since the weather was OK tonight we went ahead with our appetizer and Happy Hour tonight. I think this worked well, gave us all a chance to settle down and get together for a good time. Gail decided to cook an entire meal for everyone. Tri Tip, Potatoes, Salad, Watermelon, and Sue contributed zucchini. What a feast, and so nice of you to go to all that work. We introduced Carol and Robert to everyone and all in all it was a good ending to a very frustrating day. We are watching the news and hope it will be a decent day tomorrow so the balloons will fly. Fingers crossed. Time for a good night sleep to get ready for the adventures tomorrow.
Some of Bev and Tom's Balloon Pictures
Tom, Bev and Gail
So until next time.....
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