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| Above, two early arrival balloonist groups. Photo by Armand Vaquer. |
This evening, I headed over to the Rio West Mall in Gallup to view the hot air balloon Balloominaria. It is part of the weekend's Red Rock Balloon Rally event.
There were roughly (my guess) 3,000 to 4,000 spectators at the mall's parking lot. A section of it was cordoned off for about 15 to 20 hot air balloons. It seemed like half the population of Gallup was there, but the city's population is only 21,605.
There were many from Arizona. Some were very rude by cutting off drivers in the parking lot and blocking the exit lanes so they can sit and watch the balloons. They made it hard to exit the mall property. Other than that, it was an enjoyable evening. I left before the hordes started leaving and block the streets.
I took many photographs this evening and some will be posted tomorrow.
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