so, this morning was the dawn patrol and mass ascension… the dawn patrol was pretty damn cool, but, the mass ascension was indescribably amazing… it was pretty much impossible to count, but, there were definitely over 100, but definitely not 200… and there were a few “special shapes”, like a cow, a bottle, a scarecrow,…
Read More AIBF – day 2the “Fiesta Challenge Competition Flight”… a bit underwhelming, i must say… it was cool, at first; a whole bunch of ’em taking off at once, but, there weren’t THAT many (c’mon, people, you said seven hundred!), it took up a very small section of vision, and they only went a very short distance and then…
Read More AIBF, day one, second eventfirst, let me get this out of the way… here are three resources for webcams in albuquerque… ABQcam, AWS cams, and KOBTV’s city cams… and here is the schedule of events… if you show up at the right time, you may get lucky… there were a few visible on abqcam this morning, of the others,…
Read More AIBF, day 1, first eventhere are some of the cooler pics from 2003, 2000, and 1999 in the ABQ Journal photo collections… see my previous post for more links… Lone Traveler Final Farewell A Great Fall Tonight’s Glow Splash and Dash Smooch Chilly Breeze Time for Reflection Arky “Two balloons float against the clouds just before dawn” Cuddles Jesus,…
Read More great AIBF pics from The Albuquerque Journalyes, at 8am this morning, there were five visible out the window from where i sit on the couch now, so, i went out on the balcony and counted a total of nine… none of them were very close, but, what a sight as they just hang there in the sky… i tried to take…
Read More NINE hot-air balloons from my balcony