Today is our last chance to see balloons. We got up, got dressed and were at the park by 5:45am. We took pillows and blankets with us and slept in the car while waiting for the balloon fiesta officials to determine if there would be a Mass Ascension. After two pilot meetings at around 7:15am, they decided because…
We got up at 4:30am and turned on the tv to see if the Mass Ascension at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta was cancelled. Nothing was cancelled yet so we decided to head to the Balloon Fiesta park. We were lucky that we got a parking spot close to the gates which meant that we could have…
On one hand we are sad and on the other hand we are happy. We are sad because we are leaving Sedona but we are happy because we still have a few more days of vacation. We got the car packed up and were on the road by 9am. We did make a couple of stops…
It was another early day today. I got up (4:30am) and just before I headed into the shower, Karen saw on TV that all of the balloon fiesta events were cancelled because of the rain. That means an extra 4 hours of sleep. Yippee! Once we finally got moving, we went over to the Village Inn for breakfast before heading out…
Today was the opening day of the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Because of that, we needed to be on the road by 5:15am. What normally is a 10 minute drive, took us almost an hour, due to the traffic near the park. We managed to get to the park by 6:00am. Since it was still dark…