Oct 12, 2018
It was windy all night with rain showers as late as 4:30AM. We were on the field by 7AM and there was that yellow flag yet again. We are not getting the full Balloon Fiesta experience but we are hanging in there. There were not too many people on the field Tuesday morning. We walked […]
Oct 11, 2018
We had decided to stay home Monday and not head into the field. We slept in until about 7:30AM. Please take a moment to click here and read about this miraculous staircase, taken from the official website. If you Google the Loretto Chapel there are many links discussing how impossible it was and still is […]
Oct 10, 2018
We have been going non stop since we left home September 27th. Between the balloon events we are editing and posting. Yesterday late morning, we took off for a day tour. Today after the morning balloon event ( so very different again ) we were out doing things like laundry and groceries. We have had […]
Oct 09, 2018
It was windy all night so we knew that there was a very good possibility that the balloons would not fly Sunday morning, so we slept in. About 6:30AM we read on the ABQ Balloon FB page that there was no flying but that there would be a static balloon display. They would be inflated […]
Oct 08, 2018
We were up before dawn at 4:30AM and on the field by 5:15AM. We took the shuttle as we knew we would be walking for several hours ( turned out to be 5 hours ). It was still dark when we arrived and the initial balloons involved in the Dawn Patrol Show were getting organized. […]