Summer
Early morning on a mid-July weekend the Yampa Valley in Steamboat Springs comes to life for a Hot Air Balloon Festival. It fills this winter ski destination in the middle of summer. People from all over the state of Colorado plan a weekend here. We were told to be there early and glad we did as we ended up in the staging grounds for the balloons birth and take off. It’s a surreal site watching things unfold. How the crew worked as a team for everyone’s safety and literally tying things together to launch into the sky.
A city dweller like me comes to appreciate big sky country at its finest. I’m not much of a skier, but definitely an outdoorsy guy to take advantage of Steamboat’s other attractions like hiking trails and soaking in the local hot springs.
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