Video clips taken Friday evening and Saturday morning at the 22nd Annual Balloon Festival at the Stoweflake Mountain Resort & Spa, scheduled July 11-13, 2008.
Participating balloons include:
• Chuck Baraw & Stu Baraw, each flying Spirit of Stoweflake, the host balloons
• Tom Stodolski - Equinox II
• Harry Collison - Alexis Angel
• Mick Murphy - Cead Mile Faite
• Jack DuBrul - Spirit of Vermont
• Erwin Dressel - Michael's Rainbow II
• Amy Goodyear - Star Dreamer
• Rick Jones - Polar Sun
• Bob Dicks - Fleckfolly IV
• Ken Levesque - The Dream Maker
• Ruth Lind - Yellow Frog
• Clyde Livingston - Goldilocks
• Eric Nickerson - Flame II
• Gary Morgan - Gary's Balloon
• Mitch Loiselle - Freedom II
• Heinz Fischer - Windspirit
• Mark Schilling - Infinity
• Paul Stumph - Primo
• Ron Thornton - Peanuts 4Ever
• Joe Hamilton - Delightful
• Beth Hamilton - Nothing But Air
• Mark Donahue - Family Affair
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All Balloon Events are great no matter what kind of hot air balloons and how many there are. This one sounds really cool. You should check out the Great Reno Balloon Race. I've been going to that for 14 years which this year will be my 15th. Also, if you go to Carson City for the Nevada Day Parade, that one is cool where the balloons launch off of HWY 395 along with Carson Valley Days where they launch wherever possible. Those events are cool.
bluesrockfanatic 2 years ago
i live around the block from the airport where it happens but i have to say 2007 was much better
ddude48 2 years ago
haha cool a hot air balloon landed in my backyard during the festival it was so cool
VoiceOverStation 3 years ago
What a delightful video, thank you so much for posting.
It made my morning.
I went out on a balloon once in Napa Valley during the 'hanging chad' crisis. Suffering from hee-bie-jee-bies, what a healing experience, gliding silently over the vineyards during sunrise.
Too bad you had to make the sacrifice of staying on the ground. Maybe next time.
greatbroad 3 years ago