The drive from Durango, Co to Albuquerque, NM was through some high winds and scattered rain. At times the wind gusts were so severe that it would push the MH across the lane. The news that night reported gusts up to 60 mph. with the wind pushing a train off the tracks earlier that day. It was like a sandstorm in the valley as we approached town. We arrived around 2:30 pm and got in line with other RVs and 5th wheels to register. We had never seen so many dry camping in one place! Cost was $30 per night and we would learned to appreciate our location with the shuttle service to the fields the next few days. That night we stayed at the MH and watched the fireworks show from the front of our MH. The next morning we awoke at 4:30 am with plans to catch the shuttle to the Balloon Field by 5:30 am. It was only a short ride to where the balloons were being blown up. Today was the character day with over 600 balloons taking off. The sight of it all was spectacular! It was totally awesome! You are in the middle of all the action, with them firing the balloons, taking them out, blowing them up,...,they are all around you! You get to talk to the pilots, and the crew and can help assist with the pulling out their basket and unfolding the balloons. I had hoped to put in a slide show of all the pictures of the balloons, but have been unable to create it at this time, so I will put only a few of the photos taken. At night they have what they called a "glowdeo" which was a blowing up of the balloons and lighting them up when it is dark. They do not take off at night but stay on the field. It is beautiful at night. Our plans was to stay until Sunday, the last day, but we went back the next morning(saturday) and with so many MHs wanting to leave the next day, we decided to get out that afternoon. A good decision. I would recommend this event to anyone.
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| Mike talking to a crew member |
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