February 25, 2007
February 25, 2007
I have always wanted to go to a Hot Air Balloon Festival, especially the big one held every October in Albuquerque, NM. We got lucky today. We happened to be in Phoenix anyway this weekend, visiting college buddies, and Aimee told me that a local suburb was holding a rally on Sunday morning. We got up early and headed to Fountain Hills, a community nestled in the hills east of Phoenix. Once there we find Fountain Park, a large grassy valley surrounding a small lake with what used to be the worlds tallest fountain in the middle. We are a little late and by the time we arrive a couple balloons are already in the air. There are fifteen and each one is lifting off in turn skittering first across the surface of the lake. It is pretty neat seeing lots of large colorful balloons in the air against the frosty blue Arizona sky.
I have always wanted to go to a Hot Air Balloon Festival, especially the big one held every October in Albuquerque, NM. We got lucky today. We happened to be in Phoenix anyway this weekend, visiting college buddies, and Aimee told me that a local suburb was holding a rally on Sunday morning. We got up early and headed to Fountain Hills, a community nestled in the hills east of Phoenix. Once there we find Fountain Park, a large grassy valley surrounding a small lake with what used to be the worlds tallest fountain in the middle. We are a little late and by the time we arrive a couple balloons are already in the air. There are fifteen and each one is lifting off in turn skittering first across the surface of the lake. It is pretty neat seeing lots of large colorful balloons in the air against the frosty blue Arizona sky.
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