Albuquerque Balloon Fest 10-9-2011

It hasn’t been the best week we ever had.  It has been the best Balloon Fest we have ever seen, oh wait, it’s the only Balloon Fest we’ve ever seen.  It has been wet and cold most of the time.  The balloons couldn’t fly on Thursday or Friday due to the weather.  Saturday they said about 500 got up but none of the really large special shapes were flown.  This morning most of the remaining balloons did fly but not all and some had even gone home.  The question would be was it worth it and even with the bad weather I would still have to say, YES.  It is unlike anything you will see any place else in the World.  In fact it is 4 times bigger than the next largest.  We just wish it had been as spectacular as it could have been.  With that said, these pictures don’t come close to showing what it is like to actually be here.  Before I do the pictures I just need to say we are still in Albuquerque at an RV Park West of town on I-40.  We were only able to get tonight with a possibility of tomorrow night.  We will have to check in the morning if we want to stay another night.

Yes that is snow on the mountains East of us about 10 miles.


The cow never got off the ground.