Balloons, Horses & Vice Presidential Picks

Saturday in Colorado…
We took a drive before sunrise this morning to Chatfield State Park to watch balloons lift off at dawn. It was the 2008 Rocky Mountain Balloon Festival. My sister & her husband and Emily & I were elbowing up to the coffee cups at 4:00am. this morning.

When I woke up, I had a text message on my cell phone from who else but the Obama team…seems he’s picked his V.P. I like ya Joe. You’re the real deal. Now go out there and say everything Obama can’t say about that pasty old white guy please. You know the one…the guy with so many houses he forgets how many he has…that one…Go get him Joe! Show your stuff.

Now, for Hillary…Please offer her a position where she can do the most good. How about Healthcare? She has a few really good ideas on that I think. Or how about Supreme Court Justice? She’s an attorney…anyway, pick something really good for her would you please?

Anyway, I have a video camera that shoots in HD but I have always shot in standard. It’s a sony fx1 for any geeks out there that know your cameras. This morning’s colorful airborne (for the most part) spectacle was the perfect opportunity to try out the high resolution setting. I’ll put some footage up on youtube when we get back to the house. Maybe it will look clearer than my other videos up there.

After watching the balloons lift off and then having a really tasty breakfast at a place called the Egg & I, we went back to Chatfield State Park to join the Denver Carriage Club for a little buggy riding. My sister is into ponies and came in second last year at the Shetland Pony Congress.

It was actually my first time riding shotgun in a 4 wheeler cart but it was great. The driver was an old pro and the horse was a beautiful mare hackney/clydesdale cross named after Princess Margaret.

So now as I write this we’re heading back to my sister’s to rest up, get cleaned up and go out on the town tonight. The GLBT Unity Dance and cocktail party is tonight at Trax in Denver. HRC will be there along with folks from Babes around Denver, the Matthew Shepard Foundation and others. Look for my podcast from there tomorrow.