The last of the Balloons (10-12-13)

Balloon Fiesta is not just a morning event.  There is something to see every evening, as well.   Friday, in the early evening, we visited Teresa at the hospitality area sponsored by her employer.  Once we had a bite to eat and visited for a bit, we moved on to the main field.







Several evenings the Fiesta has “Evening Glows” .  This is where the balloons light up once it’s dark outside, but they remain tethered. 





















We could walk among the balloons and watch them being blown up with the hot air.








  Once the Glow was finished, it was time for “Afterglow”.  Afterglow is the fireworks show that takes place every evening after the balloons are deflated again.

Having gotten up really early the first two days, for the second two days that we were at the Fiesta we decided to “sleep in” until about 6:30 and just drink our coffee outside while watching the balloons fly overhead.  None of us had been sleeping very well since they start parking cars (right next to us) at about 4 AM, with all the noise that goes along with that.

 It didn’t take long for the balloons to be directly overhead:


    































 

One of the pilots stopped briefly to drop off some passengers and pick up some new ones, and several of us held the basket down while the transfer was made.

Then they were off again, with a new set of passengers!















Once again the guys helped the balloonists move the basket to an easier spot to fold up the balloon.














   They both spent a couple of hours helping to deflate balloons and put them away. All in all it was a lot of fun!













Finally on Sunday afternoon the Fiesta came to an end and we moved on to another RV Park.  The following two days were pretty much spent recovering from the lack of sleep! We were all pretty beat, but it was so worth it- we had an awesome time!