The Cortez Rendezvous Balloon Rally will take over the skies this weekend with early morning launches Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and a balloon glow on Friday night.
Crews meet at Parque de Vida around 6:30 a.m. to prepare for 7 a.m. launches, weather permitting, according to the event’s Facebook page. The morning launches are scheduled to last until 11:30 a.m.
The rally also has a balloon glow scheduled for Friday evening, starting at 6:30 p.m., weather permitting. The event is expected to last until 9 p.m. A Facebook announcement also states that other activities will be happening at the park during this event.
Balloons float southwest, eventually landing south of Cortez. Friday morning, balloons landed at the Cortez Municipal Airport and in the area of County Road G and Road 24.3.
Updates on this event will be available as it continues.
