While having our morning coffee in the room this morning,  I happened to notice some hot air balloons reflected in the mirror. I wanted to photograph them, so I hurried through my shower and decided to get in the car and chase them down.

Joyce at first more interested in breakfast, but on second thought decided to join me on the chase.  They had started west of town and were heading east.  So we hopped on I-40E and zoomed over to I-25N and got off a couple of exits later.  After driving around a shopping center for about 5 minutes we came upon one balloon landing in an open field and were able to get quite a few photographs.  We also got an opportunity to talk with the balloonists and their passengers.

What a start to the day !