Having been back and forth to Panguitch over the last two weeks, we had noticed they were having a balloon festival this weekend. Talking with locals, we learned that it was a major deal for the town with bands and balloon rides and a balloon glow in the evenings. We headed into town in the early afternoon and walked through the vendor stalls and picked up some local treats to take home. We also got the details on the evening’s events before heading back to Hatch for a few hours. Later we went back into town and went to Kenny Ray’s Café for a simple but good dinner. After dinner we got out our chairs and set them up along Main Street in the shade to await the start of the music and the balloon teams. Around 8pm the bands began playing and the balloon crews pulled into to begin inflating their balloons for the glow. We had never seen a balloon get inflated before so it was interesting to see that they initially inflate the balloons partially with fans before using the burners to blow in hot air. As the balloons went up we walked Main and Central streets to see the balloons and to get some pictures of the glow as it got dark. By 9:30 they were deflating the balloons and the show was over. Maybe we will have to go to the Albuquerque Balloon Festival one year.
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