We woke up on Sunday morning to a sky full of hot air balloons. Well, there were nine balloons in all, instead of the usual much bigger Mesilla Valley Hot Air Balloon Rally which has been cancelled for the last couple of years because of ballooning costs (sorry, I couldn't resist a little word play). The big excitement on Sunday was that although they appeared to have taken off in the southern part of the Mesilla Valley, they were headed north and right for our neighborhood, landing in the field across the street.
I'm afraid that these photos aren't particularly impressive--it was a situation where you had to be right here on our patio to enjoy all the excitement.
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Coming in for a landing
The chase car
15 comments:
Love the beautiful, colorful balloons! That is one of the most fun things I've ever done! My daughter and I went for a balloon ride over the wine country in California and it was fantastic! Loved being able to look an eagle in the eye from his level!! Lovely shots and lovely sky for a backdrop! Hope you have a great weekend, Clariz!
Sylvia
Fantastic view and nice looking up.
Great captures!
Enjoy the weekend.
Would love to try one of thoose baloons :-)
Nice captures!
What lovely colourfull balloons against the sky. Great shots
How exciting and from your patio too...wish I could have been there. I have wanted to see the balloons in New Mexico for a long time. Thanks so much for sharing. Hope you have a wonderful weekend.
These are wonderful! It must have been a great surprise to see the balloons were back.
Great skies for ballooning.
Sydney - City and Suburbs
It would be fun to try once again, a great sense of freedom. Great pictures of them!
Amazing images! So nice those mountains in the background!
Happy weekend!
Great pictures. There is nothing prettier than hot air balloons in the sky.
Beautiful,lovely and fantastic shots !! This is simply nice post !!!
Nice pics with happy coloured baloons. =)
These are really, really wonderful. Dreamy.
Wow, Clair, I'd say it was impressive, for sure, to have balloons land practically in your front yard! Great pictures.
And, by the way, your sweaters are just beautiful. Good luck in reaching your goal of 100!
P.S. I loved seeing another shot of that naughty, but irresistable Bertie. :-)
Beth, you might want to know that young Bertie now has his own blog, thanks to my husband. I take no credit or blame for the content! http://bertequilablog.blogspot.com/
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