Well we gave it a good try. The weather did not cooperate for us to see a mass exiting of balloons but we were lucky enough to at least see two tethered balloons. I think hot air balloons are beautiful. I hope to one day get to the festival in Albuquerque. The entire day was not a wash out. We had a yummy lunch at my mom's, toured the foothills and were charmed by the Frisbee catching dog show (an their trainers - yum).