With fantastic weather conditions, hot-air balloons began to inflate Saturday morning for the Animas Valley Balloon Rally north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Snaggletooth, a balloon from Belen, N.M., begins to inflate Saturday morning for the Animas Valley Balloon Rally north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
With fantastic weather conditions, hot-air balloons began to inflate Saturday morning for the Animas Valley Balloon Rally north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Snaggletooth, a balloon from Belen, N.M., begins to inflate Saturday morning for the Animas Valley Balloon Rally north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
With fantastic weather conditions, hot-air balloons began to inflate Saturday morning for the Animas Valley Balloon Rally north of Durango. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons in the Animas Valley Balloon Rally begin to make their way down the valley after taking off Saturday morning south of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons in the Animas Valley Balloon Rally begin to make their way down the valley after taking off Saturday morning south of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Balloons in the Animas Valley Balloon Rally begin to make their way down the valley after taking off Saturday morning south of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Rich Lubischer holds Sunny with a Chance of... balloon as hot-air balloons in the Animas Valley Balloon Rally begin to inflate Saturday morning south of Hermosa. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald