LHC Balloon Festival 2011

Today I was having breakfast & Patsy was ourside waiting for the guys to pick him up to go golfing. He saw some balloons in the air & came in to tell me. I went out & saw them. We thought that they were down by the Aquatic Center. I can in got my camera & proceeded down, noticing that as I got closer, It looked like the were at the Rotary Park. I went there & glad I had made that decision. After paying to see no ballooons yesterday, I had a nice treat today. I have numerous pictures below posted for you to see. I won't comment on all f them, but the colors were beautiful. People had paid to ride in them, $185.00 per person. There is a fellow here in LHC who is participating the the Balloon Festival. He offers balloon rides up til June.

down by the Aquatic Center here

They are deflating this balloon.

the colors are so vivid!

just landing

hovering over the water - the island in the background

one landing & the other deflating

You can see this one deflating but look toward the red at the bottom of the picture & see a balloon that has completely deflated.

a balloon taking off over on the island

This is a better shot of the completely deflated balloon - you can see the balloon shape on the ground. In the rear one balloon is deflating while the other is landing.

Again a view of the ballon taking off over on the island.

a great shot above!!!

going in for the landing

deflating

helping the passengers out before deflating

Alas, the end.

Thursday we had a Welcome Back Party at the pool. I did forget my camera but it was nice to see old friends & meet new people living in the complex. Our Organizer, Pat, did a fantastic job putting this together for us. She organizes several parties during our stay. Tonight we at going to a pizza party hosted by one of the golfers, Bob & Nancy. I may get back the the balloon Festival tomorrow hoping to see a mass lift off. I do have to go to the Swap Meet also tomorrow as I asked a lady to make something for me. I'll need to pick it up. For all of you, who love Pandora beads, they are selling faux ones here for $2.50 each & they look preety darn good. Last year I bought each of my daughters some & they real things can put a big dent in your pocketbook.  Hope you have been enjoying my blog. I know that I am sporadic, but you will have to put up with it as it is a bit time consuming & I like to be on the go.

LHC Balloon Festival 2011

This is the cover of the Balloon Festival booklet given to each person, who bought tickets to the festival.

As you can see for this picture, there were a number of companies advertising their products. This one is a restaurant in LHC. I liked the steer showing the cuts of beef.

There was an antique car show for all to view. These cars are pretty common here as we see them on the streets. The weather is always so nice here - no bad weather, so no rust & sun so you can roll down the windows & enjoy the day.

This is an old beauty.

An old firetruck used to advertise one's business

As you can see the carnival was up & going. Also there were tents with all sorts of arts & crafts & food booths galore.

Tons of people from all over - the hotels were full.

A view overlooking the city of Lake Havasu nestled in the Mohave Mountains.

We were there for the mass take out of balloons but the winds had picked up on the Colorado River & take off was cancelled for the 4:00pm & 6:00pm ascension so i took pictures of the few baskets that were visable.

a closeup to show you the colors

This one was all packed up for the day.

another basket with the van behind showing what the balloon would have looked like

I am glad that I didn't pay $40.00 for VIP seating yesterday. In the background is another look at our city.

LHC 1-14-11 Weekend

This little bunny visits us every morning. My daugther, Sara's bunny Kitty, looked just like this bunny. We have several wild bunnies in the complex. Last year my grandchildren left food out for them in hopes of capturing one, but weren't successful in their quest.

We went to the Swap Meet, which is held every Sunday. Patsy is bartering with a man for a unique mailbox for our new lakehouse.

Another picture of the swap meet - there are rows & rows of merchants. I even saw Pandora beads for $2.00

As we were driving down London Bridge Road, I noticed this unusual little camper. It was a little house - note the front porch.

Friday night Patsy & I went to the theater & saw Jason Coleman, the grandson of Floyd Cramer. Cramer wrote music for & played piano for legends such as Patsy Cline, Jim Reeves, Roy Orbison, the Everly Brothers & Elivis Presley. Cramer was inducted into the Country Music & Rock & Roll Halls of Fame. He died in 1997 but Jason put on an excellent show. We were 40th in his 70 cities concert tour, The Legacy of Floyd Cramer.

Next weekend is the Balloon Festival & Fair with 41 ballons taking off. I can't wait to see this!

LHC Polar Dip

This is part of our Polar Dip here in Lake Havasu

LHC (Lake Havasu City) condo

This is our condo. We have the 1st floor.

We have lemon & grapefruit trees in our yard. There are orange trees on the grounds of the complex so we get very good fresh fruit.

a view of our patio

On the road to LHC

on the road to LHC & pulled off to take this photo of the Colorado River weaving through the mountains

noticed a big horn ram on the mountainside

Hoover Dam

The new bridge spanning over the Colorado River, bypassing Hoover Dam

down at Hoover Dam

Look how low Lake Meade is!

saw a big horn ram on the road to the dam

Our Lakehouse

This is the progress on our lakehouse when we left for AZ. It's coming along well.

Walking down to the beach

the beach on a wintery day

looking at Frye's island