Bryan, Lisa, and I drove down to Albuquerque to see the balloons.
We met up with Owen and Summer from Sacramento while we were there.
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September 30, 2005 21:03:08
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On the way down, we stopped at a restaurant in Santa Fe that
had hot chili.
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October 01, 2005 06:13:34
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I dressed up like a Jedi for the event.
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October 01, 2005 06:24:11
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October 01, 2005 06:31:06
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The "dawn patrol" balloons light their fires.
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October 01, 2005 06:36:56
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October 01, 2005 06:41:08
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Owen arrives.
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October 01, 2005 06:42:08
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October 01, 2005 06:43:19
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October 01, 2005 07:06:21
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Some sunlight finally starts to peak over the mountains.
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October 01, 2005 07:09:02
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October 01, 2005 07:12:44
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October 01, 2005 07:14:34
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October 01, 2005 07:15:30
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October 01, 2005 07:17:02
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October 01, 2005 07:17:09
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October 01, 2005 07:17:15
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October 01, 2005 07:17:23
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October 01, 2005 07:21:23
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October 01, 2005 07:21:35
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October 01, 2005 07:22:23
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October 01, 2005 07:23:40
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October 01, 2005 07:24:57
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October 01, 2005 07:25:02
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October 01, 2005 07:25:33
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Owen shows off his nifty new camera.
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October 01, 2005 07:27:16
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October 01, 2005 07:27:22
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October 01, 2005 07:27:41
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October 01, 2005 07:30:10
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October 01, 2005 07:30:16
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Up, up, and away!
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October 01, 2005 07:30:24
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October 01, 2005 07:30:36
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Wheeeeeeeee!
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October 01, 2005 07:31:00
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October 01, 2005 07:31:14
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October 01, 2005 07:32:38
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October 01, 2005 07:34:38
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October 01, 2005 07:34:50
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October 01, 2005 07:35:37
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October 01, 2005 07:38:35
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October 01, 2005 07:40:43
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Smokey the Bear
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October 01, 2005 07:45:28
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The Spirit of Colorado balloon gets ready to launch.
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October 01, 2005 07:45:45
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October 01, 2005 07:46:27
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October 01, 2005 07:47:19
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October 01, 2005 07:48:45
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October 01, 2005 07:51:14
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October 01, 2005 07:52:25
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October 01, 2005 07:54:04
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This balloon is powered by Intel® Centrino® mobile technology.
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October 01, 2005 07:54:57
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October 01, 2005 07:56:33
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October 01, 2005 08:02:04
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Bees
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October 01, 2005 08:03:08
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October 01, 2005 08:03:22
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October 01, 2005 08:03:47
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October 01, 2005 08:04:01
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October 01, 2005 08:06:11
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October 01, 2005 08:06:48
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October 01, 2005 08:07:17
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October 01, 2005 08:09:40
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October 01, 2005 08:10:00
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October 01, 2005 08:17:12
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A giant floating cow.
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October 01, 2005 08:31:12
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October 01, 2005 08:32:46
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October 01, 2005 08:32:51
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October 01, 2005 08:35:38
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October 01, 2005 08:42:06
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October 01, 2005 08:44:45
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October 01, 2005 08:47:41
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October 01, 2005 08:47:56
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October 01, 2005 08:48:20
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All of the balloons are now in the air, except for the ones
that didn't quite make it up.
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October 01, 2005 08:56:17
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October 01, 2005 08:59:11
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Frequent stops and indecision... who can't relate to that?
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October 01, 2005 09:10:50
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October 01, 2005 10:17:00
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Gazillions of people.
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October 01, 2005 10:26:06
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Even the parking lot is starting to thin out, now.
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October 01, 2005 10:28:09
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