{"id":472,"date":"2007-10-13T12:55:07","date_gmt":"2007-10-13T20:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/archives\/recommendations\/the-balloon-fiesta"},"modified":"2007-10-13T12:55:07","modified_gmt":"2007-10-13T20:55:07","slug":"the-balloon-fiesta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=472","title":{"rendered":"The Balloon Fiesta"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">I went with Gene B. to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.balloonfiesta.com\/\">Balloon Fiesta<\/a> in Albuquerque.\u00a0 We arrived early and had an easy time parking and then went to the beer garden and watched the sun set behind the umbrellas as the park filled.\u00a0 We had a nice conversation with Bruce and Cindy M. who live in Albuquerque.\u00a0 They were such good ambassadors for their town they made us want to\u00a0 move here.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/1561588491\/Balloon-Fiesta-07.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Balloon Fiesta 07\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2388\/1561588491_8d17edad60_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Inflation was at sunset<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/1562466366\/Balloon-Fiesta-07.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Balloon Fiesta 07\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2233\/1562466366_42aad4bd8b_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Propane flames are the key to inflating<br \/>\n<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/1562465214\/Balloon-Fiesta-07.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Balloon Fiesta 07\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2202\/1562465214_8bd978e7a1_m.jpg?resize=180%2C240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>Gene the Pooh\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/1562467196\/Balloon-Fiesta-07.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Balloon Fiesta 07\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2154\/1562467196_65db5378e6_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>About a tenth of the total balloons\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a class=\"tt-flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/1562466720\/Balloon-Fiesta-07.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Balloon Fiesta 07\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2105\/1562466720_b805dbbdb2_m.jpg?resize=240%2C180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><em>There was lots of variety\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42316886@N00\/sets\/72157602401459798\/\">Click here<\/a> to see all of my new photos from the Balloon Fiesta.\u00a0 It was an experience similar to the Rose Parade in Pasadena.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t been you really don&#8217;t know what your missing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went with Gene B. to the Balloon Fiesta in Albuquerque.\u00a0 We arrived early and had an easy time parking and then went to the beer garden and watched the sun set behind the umbrellas as the park filled.\u00a0 We had a nice conversation with Bruce and Cindy M. who live in Albuquerque.\u00a0 They were 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