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<\/a><\/p>\nThis was the first trip we were able to really deploy our creature comforts, giving the RV a bit more of an ‘our house’ kind of feel during our stay – despite living in a parking lot for a few days with 300 other RV’s full of people. \u00a0Fully-reclining chairs and lights strung from the awning gave the whole porch area a more relaxing and settled feeling then we normally get from staying\u00a0a single night in a park along our path. \u00a0This felt like it was finally a destination as opposed to a side note in a larger trip.<\/p>\n
We arrived in the afternoon and got settled into our spot with only the slightest of readjustments needed. \u00a0Being that things were cramped, we didn’t deploy the larger slide and opted to have room on the side to store the bikes instead. \u00a0Those would come in handy later, but that evening we took a\u00a0quick walk across\u00a0the RV ‘VIP West’ parking area and a foot bridge, down onto the main area of the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park.<\/p>\n The first event we witnessed was the evening ‘Shape Glowdeo’. \u00a0All of the custom shaped and themed balloons were unpacked, inflated, and kept on the ground with bright flames shooting into and illuminating them. \u00a0Walking around we were also treated to a short visit with some of the 501st, who immediately put imperial plans aside to adore and coo over Hazen.<\/p>\n After the balloons had their fun and started to get packed up by their teams again, a laser and fireworks show was the final treat of the evening. \u00a0They didn’t quite rival the 4th of July show we caught in Branson or New Orleans in the past few years, but it was a great display regardless!<\/p>\n The second day at the festival was an early one and well worth all of the walking required to see the morning’s ‘Mass Ascension’ event. \u00a0Every balloon at the festival was unpacked, inflated, and piloted into the air. \u00a0Wave after wave of balloons took to the sky as we walked through the field watching. \u00a0At many points throughout the day we found ourselves standing by a team as they unrolled their balloon from their trailer, feeling the heat of another as it’s burners finished inflating it. \u00a0It seemed that every few minutes we could look up to see another taking flight and passing right over our heads.<\/p>\n The whole experience took about 2 hours as everyone lifted off into the sky in turn and created for a fantastic aerial display that we’ll not soon forget!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The drive out through west Texas – exiting through El Paso – and then up New Mexico to Albuquerque was gorgeous. \u00a0As it turns out, days\u00a0with ‘great weather’ out in the desert tend to make the long drive tedious and boring. \u00a0However, when there are storm clouds on the horizon, things get interesting and colorful.… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventures","category-places"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Final-9532.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":65,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/65"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homesweetroam.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n