Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta - Day 4

Oh my gosh, I really didn't think that I would want to take any more pictures today.  Thought I got them all yesterday.  Well.....  the winds were perfect this morning so about 7:15 am they started the mass ascension and quite a few of them came right towards us.  Again today, we stayed around the RV and this was what we got to see.

Today a lot of the "special" shapes flew too!! We didn't see many of them yesterday!!  Elvis was even in the house!!!

Look carefully at the baby below, can you see the basket??  Sure lets you get the idea of how huge these "envelopes" are. 

Didn't expect to see one of my favorite Moscato brands here too!!

Here's Elvis!!!  

Pretty cool! ! !  This all ends right around 9:00am.  Some of the balloonists keep theirs upright for a while after they land and others take them right down.  We have learned that today most of the pilots use gps with their ground crews so they are very easy to find.

Our second event today was a trip to the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center.  It was a very interesting place which included a historial museum and about 45 Indian artisians and all their crafts.  The way they designed this place it had a really neat courtyard where they had a lot of Indian entertainment going on.  Was really fun place to be and watch.  A lot of young kids were involved with keeping the culture going.  The Cultural Center also had a gift shop where they were selling a book about the Code Talkers of WWII.  AND, today, the last living Code Talker who is now 92, was there signing books.  Really cool!!

Tonight pizza and beer ! ! !