| The
Colorado River Crossing Hot Air Balloon Festival
- presented by
the Caballeros de Yuma and sponsored by Barney's Convenience
Stores
-
is one of Yuma, AZ's premier annual events. The
festival attracts some of the most colorful and unique balloons from
the West and Southwest. Staged over three days in November, with
mass ascensions on Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings, the
festival uses the Colorado River and the Sonoran Desert as its
backdrop. The highlight is its Barney's Convenience Stores Desert
Balloon Glow that takes place on Saturday night at Yuma's
Desert Sun Baseball Stadium where tethered balloons fill the
baseball field and with their burners firing at full blast,
the balloons to glow brightly in the dark desert sky, The
entire pageant is set to music. Prior to the glow there is
a tissue balloon launch featuring miniature balloon
constructed by local Yuma area students |
