Saturday, October 5, 2013

Albuquerque Ballon Fiesta - Day 3

Today was the official opening day of the fiesta.  Thought we set our alarm but, guess what, we didn't!!  BUT, that worked out for the best.  The people who went over to the field, which is about a mile away, froze!!  It was 32 degrees per last night's weather report.  We slept in til 6:30am to find out that the winds were not cooperating either.  They were too strong.  Sooooo, the mass ascension that was supposed to be at seven didn't really happen til about 8:00am.  A few went up early as you can see but the best seats in the place were right in our camp area.  Quite a few landed right near our RV so we got lots of great shots!!  We stayed right in camp with our mocha's and winter coats.  Now at about 11:00am it is warming up..  should hit about 70 degrees today!!  




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 Notice how the balloon's can block the sun??



None landed on any RV's that we saw either! LOL!!  Was very interesting watching them find a safe place to land.  












Enjoy these pictures ! ! !   Will post again later!!  

2 comments:

  1. Did you see an upside down Humpty Dumpty or one that was a Strawberry? We crewed for the Strawberry and I crewed for HD. Got rides each time.

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  2. Don't think we saw either one. I am posting more pics today..

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