The first morning we wanted to be there for the "Morning Glow" when the balloonist light up their fires in the dark of early morning. We had to wake up at 4:30am, and it was awfully cold, but LOOK!
I know it's blurry, but the Morning Glow was breath taking. The balloons were actually glowing! Then, after a signal, they would all flash their fires on and off - the combined effect looked like lights on a Christmas tree. Coolest thing ever!
After the sun came up the "Mass Ascension" began. Not coincidentally, this was also about the time BB#2 stopped feeling so miserable from the cold.
The balloons went up in 'launch groups' - so there was a continuous stream of balloons being filled, being launched, and floating away.
BB#1 was enthralled with it all. (It would be hard not to be!)
There were a ton of funky shaped balloons too, including a Pepsi can, a cow, a turkey, the Wells Fargo wagon, Carmen Miranda, Smoky the Bear, a jester, a cherub (with feet that dangled below the basket), and this little family of bees:
Our little family:
At the height of the ascension, the sky was covered in balloons - I've never seen anything like it. Amazing is an understatement!
The second day we were too tired to head to the Fiesta grounds, but the boys were still able to view a ton of balloons from the hotel as they lifted off over the city. Our hotel got really into it, with a balloon basket in the lobby and streamers connected all the way up to the 10th floor.
We weren't sure if the Balloon Fiesta would be worth a whole weekend trip, but, WOW!
3 comments:
Amazing pictures! How neat!!
neato! That's on my list of to do with the boys!
That looks SO FUN!!
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