The End of the Special Shapes

And I know you’re all saying thank goodness. But I want all these great balloons in my blog book that I have made each year. I found it interesting how many of these balloons come from other countries.

Uncle Sam – South Dakota

Whooz’up – Salt Lake City, UT

Sushi – Nevada

Sea Fantasy

Balloonaful Sunrise – Phoenix

Bill the Vampire – Brazil

Busby the Queens – United Kingdom

Joelly – Maricopa, AZ

Lindy – Missouri

Pegleg Pete – Illinois

Annie the Ladybug

Pondemonium

The following definitely rank among our favorites

Creamland Cow – Airabelle – British Columbia

Jack the Pelican – Brazil

Smokey Bear – Albuquerque

Loved Smokey’s Chase Crew

Wells Fargo Cent’r Stage – Albuquerque

And last but not least – Beagle Maximus – Albuquerque

The End

More Special Shapes

The special shape rodeo is the most popular event of the balloon festival which also happens to be the most photographed event in the world. I can see why. I took so many pictures that I got overwhelmed just looking at them.

Freedom Flight – Minnesota

Humpty Dumpty

Kermie – Quebec

Mr. Fish – Brazil

Pepe the Hedgehog – Czech Republic

Simbaloo – not sure where he is from

Alien Rocket – Ontario

Carousel – Minnesota

Smiley Scarecrow – Indiana

I couldn’t find this guy’s name

Cosmos1 – Fort Worth, Texas

Nitrofish – Brazil

El-Fonz

Walkin’ On Air – Texas (notice the flip flops)

Baby Car – Brazil

Baby Lente – Belgium

Keystone Willy – Oklahoma

Special Shapes Rodeo

Thursday morning brought us the Special Shapes Rodeo. Special shaped balloons first took flight in 1989 at the Fiesta. The ideal wind speed for these special balloons is 5 mph.

I tried to pick my favorite shaped balloons but I failed. So it’s okay if you get tired of looking at pictures. I have three posts of the special shape balloons because it was just too many pictures for one post.

Lady Jester – Albuquerque

Gus T. Guppy – Minnesota 

Con Air – California

Black Sheep – Brazil

Darth Vader – Belgium

Darth from underneath

I had trouble getting Yoda to cooperate. He’s also from Belgium. 

Iwi the Kiwi from New Zeland

Nelly Princess – Belgium

Flying Gator – Brazil

Lottie Dottie Chicken – Brazile

Big Hug from Brazil

Captain Jack – Great Britain

Bimbo Bear – Texas

Armadillo – Brazil