Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta - Albuquerque, NM

Sunday, October 2, 2011
Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta - Albuquerque, NM 54 degrees mostly sunny to 81 degrees and mostly sunny.  Our Escapees Boomer Group filled out to forty five rigs. To enlarge pictures; Click on picture to enlarge, click return button (<) on your browser to return to post

Early up

We awoke late and stayed with Buster to see the balloon launch from the RV Parking area. Yesterday three hundred forty five balloons took off during the mass Ascension.

We even saw a lot of balloons just after launching from inside Buster coming up north of us and over the building.

Special Shapes

The lift off starts at seven A.M. and goes on for two hours. Yesterday the "Dawn Patrol" lifted off about six thirty in the morning on Saturday.

Butter Fly

There were several touch downs in front of Buster, with some taking off again and some packing up and going back.

Landing in front of Buster

Another landing in the RV area

Firing for another lift off

Weight On (hanging on to keep grounded)

Up Up and away 

There were a lot coming up

Buster & Balloons

Wells Fargo

Double Balloon

Bumble Bee

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