look at these pics and try not wanting to bet there. its october. its time to wake up early and look out the window to see what balloons are headed towards the north east heights of town. its time to wake up at 4am, wear 5 layers of clothing, drive being stuck in an hour of traffic to park and walk to the park, spend money on the best breakfast burritos in the world and watch. i think it is the most magical time in albuquerque. the dogs on the other hand hate it, cant handle the noises of the burners. i love it. when we were little we'd wake up early and grab blankets load up the the family chevet and drive to winchells doughnuts, grab a dozen and chase our favorite balloons to watch them land, or try to skip the water of the Rio Grande. and if we were lucky the chase crew would let us help pack the balloon. Once the purple balloon with the yellow pyramid landed across the street from our house. the wells fargo stage coach balloon almost hit the trees in our back yard. i took a ride in the J&B liquor bottle shaped balloon when i was 8. i loved the whole 2 weeks of it; the balloon glow at night and the fireworks, and the special shapes rodeo, i miss it all. The coolest thing about it is that its almost like a secret magical window of time every morning, and if you sleep in till even like 9am, you miss it all. shout out to my happy place, hot cocoa, green chili burritos, and the most photographed event in the world.
3 comments:
Ahhhh, you're making me all sad! I want to go!! I also really miss the State Fair. The Indian Fry bread and dancing, the arts and crafts building, and the rodeo. Ahhh, Albuquerque.
Ahhhh, you're making me all sad! I want to go!! I also really miss the State Fair. The Indian Fry bread and dancing, the arts and crafts building, and the rodeo. Ahhh, Albuquerque.
sad - I wish I was there too - those were the best breakfast burritos in the world. I remember flying in the balloon during that race and it was the coolest thing ever.
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