Under the sun

Under the sun

Mancos Valley Balloon and Arts Festival showcases art and music of the region and draws balloon pilots at summer's end
A hot-air balloon is inflated for the first flight of the day on Friday, Sept. 26.
Steve Stokoe of Celebration Aviation in Tampa, Fla., heats up his balloon on Friday, Sept. 26.
Boyle Park as seen from a balloon on Friday, Sept. 26.
Grace Noyes has a ringside seat to the balloon launch on the shoulders of her dad, Gary, on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Flames fill a balloon with hot air as it takes off from Boyle Park in Mancos.
A hot air balloon takes off and flies over Mancos.

Under the sun

A hot-air balloon is inflated for the first flight of the day on Friday, Sept. 26.
Steve Stokoe of Celebration Aviation in Tampa, Fla., heats up his balloon on Friday, Sept. 26.
Boyle Park as seen from a balloon on Friday, Sept. 26.
Grace Noyes has a ringside seat to the balloon launch on the shoulders of her dad, Gary, on Saturday, Sept. 27.
Sam Green/Cortez Journal

Flames fill a balloon with hot air as it takes off from Boyle Park in Mancos.
A hot air balloon takes off and flies over Mancos.