Colorado Strong

Summer

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, USA

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.   It’s a surreal site watching things unfold. 

Clear blue skies serve as a back drop to the colors surging above.  The crowds gathered around with dreams of flying in this most impressive of inventions to fulfill those dreams.   What an amazing site with the midmorning light, setting the sky ablaze with colorful balloons.