Fountain Hills Balloon Glow

Way back in the early part of January Mark, Jan, Lori Arthur, my Lori and I headed over to Fountain Hills for their 1st Annual Balloon Glow Festival.  Balloon Glows seem to be the thing to do down here for there are many held throughout the valley.

Basically a Balloon Glow is a small festival consisting of food trucks, arts and crafts booths and perhaps some form of entertainment.  At Fountain Hills they had about 7 hot air balloons which remained tethered to the ground but randomly light their fire as it were and the balloons, you guessed it, GLOW.  

Fountain Hills is north of Scottsdale and about a 45 minute drive from our RV Park. It is a pretty little community that is popular for its expensive arts and crafts stores and the Casino next door which is located on the Indian reserve.  We had stayed in the RV park located on reserve land a few years ago and it was a nice, but rather expensive park close to the casino, which we didn't visit.  Its just across the highway from Fountain Hills, which we did visit, largely to window shop and see the large geyser like fountain which can be seen for miles around.  

We found a place to park, walked around town a bit and then found a restaurant for dinner.  Afterwards we watched the balloons being filled and searched out a spot across the water to watch the balloons being randomly fired.  

There's lots of politicians that could fill up one
of those balloons with hot air. 

Was hoping for perfectly still water to get that clear reflection.
Ducks kept swimming by in the pond causing the ripples. 

Afterward we located a Starbucks for a capucchino before we headed back.  The search for the Starbucks did take a little longer than it should have due to conflicting directions from the back seat.  You know who you are. 

Thats if from our Fountain Hills adventure.