Balloon Fiesta!

A balloon flying over our neighborhood. All of these shots were taken from our backyard!


The Wells Fargo Stagecoach balloon. It's HUGE!!!


Another beautiful balloon landing near our house.


A few balloons starting to take off early this morning.

This is really just a preview post. The Balloon Fiesta is in full swing here in ABQ, and we've been pleasantly surprised by the number of balloons we've been able to see from our new house. Our previous house was pretty much in a direct sight line of the Balloon Park, so we figured we'd be giving some of that up by moving. However, favorable winds several days this week have pushed the balloons our way, and last Saturday & Tuesday we were thrilled to see many flying over us and landing in our neighborhood! Stu walked Drew over to one that was landing on Saturday morning for a closer look & he loved it! He doesn't remember last year's Fiesta, so this is all new to him. We're planning to head over to the Ballon Glow this evening, so we'll definitely post pictures of that this weekend. We had to go out and buy a new camera yesterday...ours died a slow death over the past few weeks, and it's just totally out of the question to attend Ballon Fiesta without a working camera!!! I think you might even get kicked out for that! So, as we learn our way around this new one, hopefully we'll have some fun shots to share. Bryce is especially excited to get his picture taken with the Darth Vader balloon. They usually have some Storm Troopers in full costume "guarding" the area!

I hope everyone is having a great week...check back soon for more coverage of Balloon Fiesta 2008!