The rest of this are just select pics. The fiesta is kinda sorta over by 8-ish depending on what you want to do. The park-and-ride buses start returning between 8-10 and the last ‘straggler’ bus runs from 10:30 to 11. The next set of buses for the ‘evening glow’ (which requires another ticket, btw) start at 3. Part of the other wonder of the Fiesta is the mass moving of people in a very short time window.
Patriotic though it may be this was one of two flanks of porta potties. I bet there were also a few more.
The big animals are always a hit, no? Even the vampire was pretty cheerful
The POW balloon was pretty outstanding. Yhe barbed wire pieces were added so they stuck out. That was a terrific detail. In this case the balloon was being inflated, but when it was being deflated you got a warm breeze. I asked two ladies who were packing up their balloon how much did all that nylon weigh? The smaller balloon was 150 lbs and the bigger next to it was 300. To pack ’em up they are twisted and stuffed into a variety of containers.
Probably one of my fave ballon’s was the panther. It was shine-y which made it striking. And who could not look at the plump Dino and not smile?
And how do they inflate? Funny you should ask…
Because I was a tired pup from waking up at 2:30, I went home and napped. The afternoon was spent checking out some other parts of ABQ.
The Big World 