October 4, 2007

October 4, 2007

The annual Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta starts this Saturday. We want to stay on the festival grounds tonight. We don’t have a reservation but I called and they do have some dry campsites available on a first come-first serve basis. All the water and electric sites are long gone.

Late morning we take the interstate to the Balloon Fiesta Park on the north side of town where we are escorted to a parking spot at the far end of the RV area. After lunch we take a walk around the grounds to get oriented. Wow, there are a lot of RV’s here. Most of the vehicles are the huge “Class A” bus motorhomes. There are very few of the smaller “Class C” rigs like ours. The “Class C’s” we run into are generally rentals units driven by Europeans (mostly Germans) on extended vacations. This fiesta must not be on their must-see list.

The Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta is the largest balloon rally in the world. There are supposed to be 750 hot-air balloons all lifting off at once during the event. Unfortunately things are looking iffy for us. Everybody is saying the weekend forecast is for high winds, meaning the Saturday morning group liftoff would be cancelled. I am rubbing my Lucky Charm so she comes through for us again.