Up early and off to the field for morning glow.

Up by 4:30am and breakfast at 5am. Every morning we will be served breakfast of bacon, sausage, scrambled eggs, with alternating days of pancakes, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, etc. Tortillas to make grab and go burritos easy to make up. Also cereal and milk, coffee, tea and whatever Howard throws in as a surprise. We never leave hungry.

We got to the field before sunrise and walked between many balloons on the ground waiting to be filled. It was a chilly morning but standing near the  balloons it was warmer because of the burners.  The dawn patrol took off and lit up in the sky as the moved off to the south toward our RV.  We found out later that most of the balloons landed in the field directly north of our RV.  Everyone who stayed at the RVs said it was amazing.

For two hours, we watched balloons fill and fly.  Amazing!  This would never get old.   It is so fun to stand and talk with pilots and crew who are waiting for a Zebra to give them the signal that they could start the filling process in preparation for launch.

Back to the RV to relax. When we got off the bus many balloons were being folded and loaded right there near our rig. 

There were lots of new shapes and designs that we had not seen.  The number of balloons makes it easy to miss some with so many in the air at a time.  One line after another lifts off and each line can easily be more than a dozen balloons.

At 1 pm, we have a free concert for our group.

Dinner at 5pm.  We had ribs/brisket…  and a nice conversation with other couples about their travels.

Back to the RV to rest and prepare for tomorrow.