Gus T. Guppie made an appearance and showed off a great profile.

Below: Phillips 66 balloon landed near the RVs as did several other balloons.

Below: The hot air balloon named Lindy also made an appearance.

Below: Then came the Jester. He almost landed in the field, but rose again and drifted completely out of sight.

Below: Party Panda paraded through the field of hot air balloons.

Below: There were many very colorful hot air balloons

Below; The two RV Gypsies thought that It was so cool to look straight up into the sky and see a hot air balloon directly over their heads.

SMILE! Lee Duquette saw the HAPPIEST hot air balloon of all.

Below: Darth Vader landed almost as soon as it went up in the air - (see the big black balloon on the ground in the far background)...... And then the FIREMAN came out from behind the building.

Below: The fireman landed, and started to deflate.

Below: Several balloons landed in the field just outside the campground, and some even took-off AGAIN.

Below: Then an ice cream cone hot air balloon (and others) made an appearance

Below: Smokey the Bear hot air balloon

It is a flying pink elephant - Elephants do fly - for real !!!!!

Below: Eventually there were only a few hot air balloons still in the air, so the two RV Gypsies got in their RV to leave the festival. But SUDDENLY, a whole batch of balloons reappeared. So Karen Duquette got out and took more photos with their own RV and toad in the foreground.

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