We decided to stay at the RV today instead of going on the Indian Pueblo Cultural Tour. After all the excitement of last night and this morning we are tired and needing to rest, read, blog and nap! The Fantasy Caravan group provided us with a pizza dinner tonight and then we headed back over to the launch field for what turned out to be a Magical Evening.
The field was covered with balloons in all stages of preparation for a glow. We also witnessed the 5 gas balloons that were ready to launch for the America's Challenge. These special balloons are filled with hydrogen and are prepared to see who can fly the farthest and stay in the air the longest time. Once these balloons were off the field they started the evening glow.
The field will hold about 200 balloons so it was very full. Many balloons were pushing against one another. Periodically, the stage announcer would count down for an "All Glow" event when pilots would shoot fire into the balloons for a long time or a "Twinkle Glow" when pilots would turn the gas off and on quickly. They did this for almost a full hour. We stood in among the balloons and then walked out to the edge of the field to get a bigger picture.
Magic!
We hung around for the fireworks display, freezing our arms, toes and fingers but it was worth the stay. They not only shot high, booming rockets at the north end of the field but they also put on a low display along the west side with all kinds of fountains.
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