Balloon Fiesta RV Park - KAP

The weather is not treating the Fiesta kindly so far this year. The winds have been high, curtailing balloon activity. Today (Sunday) the morning mass ascension went off with fewer balloons than normal and the night's balloon glow and fireworks show was scrubbed. The long distance gas balloon race has also been canceled.

What is bad for balloons is good for kites. I decided that it was a good opportunity to do some Kite Ariel Photography to get some photos of the campground.

Looking north from a point over our RV you see the balloon museum, which is the brown-roofed building with the white face about two miles away. The launch field is just beyond. The large buiding on the left is a medical facility. The open field in the foreground is the old launch area. Prevailing winds bring the balloons right over this field, used now for some competition events and as a landing field.

Looking east over the RV parking area from the same point.

Our RV is the one in the center at the bottom of the photo, at the edge of the open field. We have an empty space next to us which is unusual, but there are fewer RVs this year.

The tent behind us was set up by one of the RV tour companies. We were afraid they were going to be noisy but they have been no problem.

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