The hot air balloons are back in Albany for the Northwest Art & Air Festival! So, that means I am back in Albany at 6:45am with my neck craning up towards the sky, staring at all the beauty. Last time I visited, the air was full of smoke from forest fires. I am very thankful that this year in Oregon, the summer has been mellow and there are few fires for once.
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In August 2017, we visited the Northwest Art & Air Festival in Albany, Oregon. The event started at Timber Linn Park with 35 hot air balloons slowly taking to the sky at 6:45am. The colors and the sounds were amazing fun. The sky was a hazy brown due to forest fires in the Cascade Mountains nearby (here's hoping no one gets hurt or loses their home!), but it made for a lovely sunrise at least.
The festival is the farm’s dahlia catalog come to life…
The museum’s most famous and most immediately stunning piece is the Spruce Goose, but the place is packed to the gills with planes, helicopters, rockets, memorabilia, and more…
There is not much more visually fun out there than a whole bunch of balloons firing up their burner engines and floating up into the clear blue Oregon skies!
