Balloons in the Sky!

This was a day last summer when balloonists gathered in Buena Vista to fly. They set up on the old fairgrounds a mile or two south of town, and proceeded to launch when they could.

Balloons don't like wind—any wind at all is enough to keep them on the ground. So they only fly first thing in the morning while the air is still calm.

Here are two balloons out of many that weekend, bags erect and full of hot air. Mt. Princeton is in the background.