Readington Balloon Fest

Third time I am visiting Readington Balloon Festival. In my RV of course.

Departed early morning it's only a 10 minute flight.





Arrived too early the majority of balloonists were still at the briefing but two scouts were already up.






To kill some time I went to my favorite reservoir and started slicing and dicing those clouds. 15 minutes of hard work and they dissipated.









Then I built a nest. It took me only an hour...





Balloons started to inflate.







Spectators on their farmland. If only they knew the mass arrival would be on the other side.

I stayed far and enjoyed the show.






They didn't launch in the evening the weather was not cooperating.


Next day I was late. There was a layer of 400' over festival grounds and I thought they wouldn't launch. Good thing I went to check just in case.







The majority has already landed. Yesterday farmers were lucky today. A recovery crew was holding a craft by their spot.








Chief Balloonist just stayed couple feet from the command HQ not moving.







It was a great weekend show. Will come back next year.

Zero confirmed kills?