Its Balloon Fiesta week here in Albuquerque. Woke up before 7am and saw some balloons in the distance. Decided to drive through Bernalillo down the 313 and see how close we could get. Got some great views from the road. We plan to go Tuesday morning so we drove back home and figured we’d watch it on TV.

Within a few minutes I saw a balloon go by the window. Seemed sort of low, but what do I know? I ran out to get a photo of this beautiful balloon with the Sandias in the background. I stood in the middle of the street taking pictures and waving. But they didn’t wave back. They got lower and lower. Then the landed in the lot right in front of me.

I went over to see if I could help (Yes! Hold us down until the crew gets here!). So I hung on and chatted with the pilots, who were from Katy, TX. Soon the chase crew arrived and they took the balloon down and took it away. Talked to a few neighbors who had gathered and it seems this has happened before, but not often. Amazing experience.