Never too old to travel!
It wasn’t until the masses of balloons had ascended on Saturday, October 11th that we noticed a late comer — a truck bearing a basket and balloon. Out jumped a lady and her entourage who began puffing up a colorful yellow/red/blue balloon with giant fans. But they were late. Noticeably late. After almost all balloons […]
Read More…We looked for the flag flying high over Albuquerque’s Balloon Fiesta 2014 even as we left the parking lot for the long trek to the launch field. It was yellow. Caution. A probable go for the October 9th lift-off. But when the crowd turned in the direction of the refracted light of a rainbow — […]
Read More…Probably any hot air balloonist asks the same question: Will my balloon fly today or not? Up ’til now, we’ve had little experience with hot air balloon launches, fiestas, flights, etc. But Balloon Fiesta 2014: Spirit of the Winds changed all that. In an enormous field in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from October 4 to 12, balloonists […]
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