Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta

Well, it is Friday of the Balloon Fiesta with rain and drizzle, and the sun slowly peeking through...lol...We went to the park, hoping to see some of the balloons inflated, and we were rewarded. They will not fly today, but we are hoping tomorrow we will see them in the air. Even though they are on the ground, it is a grand scene....You can even see a rainbow on the upper right hand corner...all is well...

Balloon Festival October 2011

Rollie and I arrived on Tuesday the 4th just before it started raining....what luck....There were 21 rigs in our group.  We dry camped across from the Balloon Museum and Field.  Next day we went on a tour to Sante Fe where we visited the Loretto Chapel, which contain the staircase made without nails...
Thursday and Friday were cold and windy and rainy, but it was nice to visit with the other RV'ers. and then Saturday was the great day.  Here Rollie talking to his sister Norma for his birthday on Thursday.

We finally went over for the mass ascension, and walked around the field.  We could see how they blew them up and some of the special shapes.  Some were also remote control as well..a beautiful site...
On Sunday was the final mass ascension, but we stayed in the RV park.  It was great  because they all headed our way, and many landed right around us.
Here are a few of the pictures we took.  It was so much fun that we took over 400 balloon pictures...you''ll have to come see them on my digital frame..lol...

We left shortly after that and headed to Lakewood, NM for a couple of days.  We needed to warm up, and undust ourselves..lol...we will head home by the end of the week.  It has been a great couple of months.