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African Escape ’26
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Egypt: Land of Mysteries
Visiting Uganda & Kitojo
On Safari in Kenya
Fall Back in the US ’21
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Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
Trip Galleries – Group 2
COVID – Post Vaccination
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Brazil 2.0
Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
Brazilia Road Trip
Paraguay: Land of Water
The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
Argentina 2.0
Antarctica: The Ice
Argentina: Land of Silver
Chile: Land of Poets
Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
Peru: Land of the Incas
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Ecuador: Middle of the World
Columbia: Gateway to South America
Panama: Crossroads of the World
Costa Rica: Pura Vida
Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
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Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
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Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
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¡Viva México!
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E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
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Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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Taiwan & Philippines
Transition from Overlanding
The Land Down Under
Our Journey in 2024
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On Safari in Kenya
Fall Back in the US ’21
Summer in Ontario
Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice
Trip Galleries – Group 2
COVID – Post Vaccination
COVID-19 Times – Part Deux
COVID-19 Times
Brazil 2.0
Uruguay: The Cow and the Port
Brazilia Road Trip
Paraguay: Land of Water
The Pantanal and Nearby, BR
Argentina 2.0
Antarctica: The Ice
Argentina: Land of Silver
Chile: Land of Poets
Bolivia: Tibet of the Americas
Peru: Land of the Incas
Trip Galleries – Group 3
Ecuador: Middle of the World
Columbia: Gateway to South America
Panama: Crossroads of the World
Costa Rica: Pura Vida
Nicaragua: Land of Lakes and Volcanoes
Honduras: The Banana Republic
El Salvador: Land of Volcanoes
Guatemala: Land of Eternal Spring
Belize: The Jewel of Central America
¡Viva México!
Aventuras en Baja, México
Continuing West
A Touch of the Midwest
Trip Galleries – Group 4
US Southern Plains
Life Threw Us a Curve Ball
Heading West
Heading South
Across Canada
RTW
Weekend in Mojave Scenic Preserve
Getting Ready to Leave the Rain
E Caribbean Cruise
Moab with the Bryans
Park No. 47!
West Coast Trail
3 NP’s in Cali
Our Greatest Joy in 2013
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» Balloon Fiesta ’21
park and ride lots
special shapes to come
Fiesta grounds map
dawn patrol lift off (1)
dawn patrol lift off (2)
dawn patrol lift off (5)
dawn patrol with camera phone
dawn patrol firing up
dawn patrol almost ready
dawn patrol lift off
an envelope laid out on a tarp before inflation
sun begins to show colour in the sky
one of the dawn patrol
balloons crowding in as they inflate (3)
US flag balloon as the sun rises
Rainbow riders getting ready
they look quite close together from this angle
Mr Z awakens
happy face is ready
and Jesus is ready
a gondola lifting off
Zebra checking to see if they are ready to go
peek a boo
one of the rainbow rider floating by
and off goes the Colorado balloon
a group of zebras
we are happy spectators
Humpty Dumpty
floating zebra
mass ascension 2
an aquarium balloon
mass ascension 3
mass ascension
mass ascension 5
mass ascension 6
several balloons crowding in as they inflate (1)
mass ascension 7
upright for the okay to take off
When Pigs Fly
mass acesnion 8
a jack o lantern
southwest balloon
The Big Sky tv show balloon - we zoomed for this - here you can see the crowds by the concessions - far from us
mass ascension 9
Wyoming
Tinkerbell
Yoda and Darth Vader
Yoda
Darth Vader
mass ascension 10
smokey the bear - he would not turn around
looks like Mr Potato Head
there SO many cute and beautiful ones
a puppy dog
mass ascension 11
musical notes
shaggy dog
back of the devil
firefly
face of the devil
a cool dude pig
Mr. Z
Duma - means cheetah in Swahili with his penguin friends
Duma rising
Duma and penguins
3 penguins
cute penguin
the penguin known as Mr. Steve
Never Grow UP
a balloon of balloons
creamland
really?
floating happy face
these balloons have completed the BOX
unknown balloon
looks like a merry go round
Pink Flloyd balloon in there
POW balloon
Big Sky from ABC now filmed in NM
pretty rainbow
bank balloon with buffalo heads
another bank balloon
white tiger
balloon with flip flops
mass ascension 12
ewing and ahing
SAMSUNG CAMERA PICTURES
underside of Arabelle
we're still so enjoying it all
concessions and bandstand
food concessions well after the ascension
food options
long view of concessions
ABQ box
chain saw carving competitors
Doug inside the museum
entrance of hot air balloon museum
The Double Eagle
a baby blue one
a pink classic
skydivers
laying out a tarp for the envelope
Airabelle the Cow
Balloons line the road at evening glow
Philips 66 balloon
balloon with a Parisian flair
comic monster balloon
Airabelle before evening glow
chimp balloon
Just Airabelle's head
Selfie at Evening Glow
Humpty Dumpty before evening glow
mixed holidays
Cuervo represented
Peace, man
Just before the first all burn
a baby seal
Sunset just before evening glow
Evening GLow
Statue near the entrance