Balloon Fiesta Live!

SATURDAY. If you have a high-speed connection, click here to watch Balloon Fiesta along with us on Saturday and Sunday morning. The "Mass Ascensions" will be streamed live from 7-9AM MDT (that's 9-11AM on the East Coast). If you missed the two-hour live feed this morning, try again tomorrow.

When our neighbors assured us the balloons fly directly overhead, they failed to mention this only happens when the wind blows from the northwest. This morning's southeast wind sent the balloons northward, well out of range for neighborhood viewing. I felt a bit foolish standing in the park at daybreak, tripod-mounted camera pointing skyward, waiting for balloons that wouldn't arrive today. So we did the sensible thing: we went home and watched it on TV while enjoying our take-out breakfast burritos.

There's always tomorrow, although the weatherman says southeast winds will prevail for the next few days. Perhaps next weekend we'll be blessed with north winds. If it doesn't rain, we'll go Balloon Fiesta Park at 4AM tomorrow with all the other crazy people.