on my bucket list

Oh how I would LOVE to go to the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta — The World's Premier Balloon Event. It's held every year at the start of October. This year marked the 40th year. Check out some of this year's balloons...

In closing, the "Balloonist Prayer"...

May the winds welcome you with softness.
May the sun bless you with its warm hands.
May you fly so high and so well that God
joins you in laughter and sets you gently
back into the loving arms of Mother Earth.

{photo credits include: Paul D deBerjeois, Raymond Watt, Cindy Petrehn, Cindy Hunt, Rex Features, Richard Obregon, John Reece, and Getty Images}