Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta...

We all got settled in at the Fiesta Grounds which the City of Albuquerque owns and operates.  The Fiesta runs 10 days, but we are only here for the first 5.  We bought tickets to the Chaser's Club Tent which allows us a comfortable seat and good viewing along with food and drink.

The small stage you see on the left had live entertainment for us in the afternoon and evening.  The tents on the right are where they served our food.  We also had hot coffee, tea and cocoa in the mornings at O dark thirty with donuts to tide us over until the Dawn Patrol was up and they served our breakfast.  

This is where they cooked our food, as you can see the group appreciated the warmth and made friends with the cooks.

Our table stayed ours the whole time we were there, people seemed to stake out a place and returned to it each session.  We could go out on the field as much as we wanted to see the balloons up close and personal or sit in comfort out of the madding crowd.  I wore a hat and scarf so Tom could  find me if I wandered too
far.