The last balloon to go up on that Sunday morning. Naturally, it went in a direction at right angles to the flight of all the other balloons. But, ther (...)

The USA balloon sailed right into the rising sun and provided this fabulous shot. Well, I like it. I knew it was going to happen, I anticipated the sh (...)

I returned Monday evening for the final ballon launch but I chose a different venue. As this shot shows I'm on the opposite shore of the Gatineau rive (...)

There must have been around forty balloons aloft by the time they all launched. It's quite a site that cannot be appreciated fully unless you are ther (...)

Well, there they go ... the first of the last balloon launches.

Double your pleasure, double your fun, two ballons are better than one.

It continues to amaze me how the wind can choreograph these ballons into so many patterns of motion. This diagoanl is not cropped. It just happened.

A last group shot as the sun begins to set on the Gatineau Balloon Fest for another year. The Prime Minister had a good view this year as they sailed (...)

As I turned away to begin the long walk back to the Bumblebee I heard a buzzing noise in the sky. Then I spotted this lunatic trying to crash the fest (...)