Day 9 Was A Blast!!!

I went out to see the Farewell Ascension of the Balloon Fiesta. I had no idea where I was going to go. I was going to head towards the Target parking lot at Paseo and I-25 but figured it was already too late to get there. I kind of went back to sleep after the alarm went off this morning. So, as I was going up Montgomery, I saw the dawn patrol up around the railroad tracks. Last minute, I decided to on Edith. I saw the dawn patrol balloons hovering over Edith. I wanted to go to the parking lot where the Rail Runner picks up passengers at Los Ranchos. As I turned onto the road (sorry can't think of the name of it) I remembered this place I went to before and it was a great place for the balloons to come in for a landing. It's been a couple of years since I've been there. Who knows, by now there might be houses and buildings in that area. I turned around and headed east on this nameless road. Then (oh, it's El Pueblo Rd.) I saw that street I had been on and there were lots of cars down that road. So I was going to turn around and saw the road above that street. I remember the balloons landing there so I went down that road and parked. There were already other cars/trucks in the area. The balloons were already lifting off from the balloon park by now. Here I am with my trusty old camera and my phone camera. I knew I'd get some great pictures. Now here come the balloons. Some came fast, some took their time coming over. The Special Shape balloons didn't get to this area because of the winds or whatever. They landed just south of the balloon field. There were a few that made it to where we were. Here I am taking pictures of the balloons all around me. This lady was saying something like "Oh my, here it comes, it's going to hit me!" Then someone knocked me to the ground because I was going to be runned over by a balloon!!! The pilot was yelling down to us saying it's OK, don't worry, he's not landing. He came close to us but not within reach. I tried to turn and take a picture, not sure if I did get anything. That was some exciting moment!! Anyway, lots of balloons came and landed in the place I would have gone to the first time if I hadn't missed the street. I wanted to see Elvis but he didn't fly or didn't make it off the balloon field. Yesterday he stayed on the balloon field. But we were introduced to the Shark balloon!! I went after him but he was getting away. Probably trying to find some water. I yelled to him he was going the wrong way. He was going SE instead of west to the river! Silly fish. Ha ha.
Maybe, maybe not, will share some pictures. Depends how they turned out and if I know how to put them up here. You'll just have to wait and see.........