Annual rally kicks off amid fast-changing winds
Pilot, Sheri White, inflates the Touchstone hot air balloon on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
The Stars and Stripes balloon inflates on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons begin taking off on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons begin taking off on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons begin taking off on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons begin taking off on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A hot air balloon floats across Main Street on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A hot air balloon floats across Main Street on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A hot air balloon floats on Friday morning south of Cortez during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons begin taking off on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this years rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons begin taking off on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons begin taking off on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons begin taking off on Friday morning and chase crews close behind during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A hot air balloon floats south of Cortez on Friday morning with Mesa Verde National Park in the background during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A hot air balloon floats south of Cortez on Friday morning with Mesa Verde National Park in the background during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald08-06-21- Cortez- A hot air balloon floats south west of Cortez on Friday morning with Sleeping Ute Mountain in the background during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A hot air balloon floats south of Cortez on Friday morning with the La Plata Mountains in the background during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A hot air balloon floats south of Cortez on Friday morning with the La Plata Mountains in the background during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
A hot air balloon lands on Friday morning in front of a house south of Cortez during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Warren Lowe holds a line to the Stars and Stripes as it inflates on Friday morning during the Cortez Rendezvous Hot Air Balloon Rally in Parque de Vida. Seventeen balloons are participating in this year’s rally. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
