Albuquerque, NM 9/29/14 - 10/13/14 Post 5

Another great morning at the balloon festival.  Unfortunately, weather canceled the 'Glow-D-O' this evening(rain and wind).  They still did the fireworks, but we had a great view of those from our rig.  We are hoping that the weather will cooperate for the last 'Glow-D-O' tomorrow night. 

This morning we saw yet a few more new balloons and scored a few more trading cards.  We are going back to previous posts and updating names of balloons and where they came from, so if you are interested, be sure to check back with the previous posts for this information.  Some of the names are pretty cute.  Teri's favorite is 1 down 8 to go, a cat, as in nine lives.

We finished this morning by watching one of the many balloon competitions.  This morning was the target drop and also an attempt to land a ring on a pole.  If your balloon touches down you are out.  Enjoy!

Be sure to check out Pencil Boy's reflection in his glasses of the many balloons and also Snowbird's Balloon festival pins on his camera lanyard.  Fun!


Rainbow Ryders at dawn

 Sea Fantasy
Wausau, WI

 El-Fonz
Champaign, IL

Basketball
Sao Paulo
Brazil

Squawkurs
Bosque Farms, NM

 Snowbird
Chandler, TX

 Airabelle
Golden, British Columbia
Canada

 Gizzmo
Wichita Falls, TX

Pumpkinhead
Scottsdale, AZ

Pencil Boy
Reno, NV

Chic-I-Boom
Crooks, SD

High Kitty
Fort Worth, TX

Betty Jean the Butterfly
Peoria, AZ

Old Lady and the Shoe
Corralas, NM

Joelly and Lilley Little Bee
in front of mass balloons
Chandler, AZ

Owl (Little Screech)
Osasco, Brazil

1 Down 8-2 Go
Albuquerque, NM

Kokopelli
Los Lunas, NM

Miss Bell
Meridian, ID

Uncle Sam
Dakota Dunes, SD

Balloons flying into the Competition

More balloons flying in to compete

Police trying to clear the competition field

The competition throw

The competition throw

The competition throw

The competition throw

The competition throw