It won't be too long before the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta is once again upon us. This year the festival will run from October 3rd thru the 11th and we will be there! I can't wait to take my new camera and get some great shots. We attended the 5 years we lived there and I know I took oodles of pictures but between computers crashing and misplacing stuff during moves I'm left with very few.
If you want to get the full fiesta experience, waking up at an ungodly hour is key. Dawn patrol starts before the sun comes up and it's so cool to see the balloons up in the night sky when they light their burners. Looks like candles in the air.
One of the really neat things about this festival is that it all takes place on a large grassy field and spectators are free to roam around and see the entire process of laying the balloons out, filling them with air and take off! The pilots and crew are very interactive and will often ask for assistance from the crowd. My girls once helped with getting a balloon packed up after a flight, they loved it. The Mass Ascensions are an amazing sight to behold. Done in two "waves" 750 balloons take flight. I can't wait to sit with my hot chocolate and green chili breakfast burrito and take it all in!
Another great part of the fiesta is the balloon glows... our favorite is the special shapes Glodeo. All of the balloons are tethered and right around dusk it's magical to walk around when they're all light up. Can't forget the great fireworks show afterwards!
It's no wonder that this is considered the most photographed event in the world... impossible to take a bad picture!
On a side note... I cannot wait to go get me some Wecks! There's one here but I'm telling ya, the green chili is just not the same!
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