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Hot air balloons over Bend, Oregon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright© 2005 by Robert Speik.  All Rights Reserved.

 

FROM OUR CALENDAR OF INTERESTING EVENTS
Friday to Sunday, June 10 to 12, 2005, 6:30 AM, Balloons over Bend
This free event features a pancake breakfast, a hot air balloon race, and Airport Aviation Festival and great photo ops! I have missed it for three years! www.BalloonsOverBend.com More soon

Note: OK, you noticed - no balloons! Well I got there at 8AM. No balloons! Lots of cars in the parking lot? As I started to leave, the chase cars and crews started to return. I noticed a lot of photographers and folks hanging around. Then the first crews unpacked the champagne, strawberries and cheese. Now I had been banking on the pancake breakfast, so I hung around and hung around. I guess the balloon folks are used to folks hangin' 'round and they do not offer the audience champagne, strawberries and cheese. I did meet some photographers who promised to send me actual balloon pictures, so we shall see---  --Webmeister Speik

OK, here are the balloons . . .!

 

 

 

 

 

 

These photos of and from, the actual Balloons over Bend are courtesy of our friend Mike Schmidt, President and CEO of the Bend Chamber of Commerce.

www.BendChamber.org

 

 

 

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Soaring with Scott Weber from the Bend, Oregon airport
Hot air balloons over Bend, Oregon
Bite of Bend at the Shops at the Old Mill in 2004
Pulling barbed wire fence at the Hart Mountain Antelope Refuge with ONDA
The Tumalo Creek scramble trail up stream from Shevlyn Park
A tour of the aftermath of the B & B forest fire with the Sierra Club
Map, compass and GPS navigation training Noodle in The Badlands
McMenamins opens new pub, theater and hotel in downtown Bend
Bite of Bend at the Shops at the Old Mill in 2004
XC Oregon Active Winter Expo and gear swap at COCC
Traditional slacklining in Bend
Para-gliding off the summit of Mt. Bachelor near Bend in Central Oregon
Winterfest in Bend, Oregon
Bend's Tower Theater restored to 1940s elegance
Bend's Wednesday market near the Deschutes River in Drake Park
Central Oregon's High Desert Museum in Bend   sound icon
Bend Log Jam celebrates the opening of the Deschutes southern crossing bridge  sound icon
Bend's southern crossing bridge
The Beach Boys concert in Bend Oregon, Summer 2003  sound icon
Cascade Music Festival in Drake Park, Bend Oregon   sound icon
A sea kayak adventure on Puget Sound
Outdoor Retailer's 2002 Summer Market in Salt Lake City
Andrew Mallory offers scenic flights from the Sunriver Resort airport
Sunriver adventures with Andrew Mallory
Misty River Band plays a free concert next to the Deschutes River   sound icon
Riverfest boat-demo in Bend Oregon
Earth Day in Bend, Oregon   sound icon
Customer appreciation night at a local store
Nordic Club's fall ski swap 
Sustainable living expo in Bend
Fall festival in Bend   sound icon
Joan Baez concert at the Athletic Club of Bend
Sunriver Resort exotic car rally
Munch-n-Music R & R in Bend
Flashback rally in downtown Bend

 ATHLETIC EVENTS IN BEND
Just Around the Bend Marathon
Pacific Crest sports festival in Sunriver: Triathlon and Duathlon     News of this event!
 
X-Adventure Raid Adventure Race North America Qualifier in Bend!     Six pages!    News of this event! 
X-Adventure Raid North American qualifier in Bend - racers' route map      Broadband only!
Pole Pedal Paddle course transition photos for 2004      Results by age group 2004 
Snowshoe Shuffle comes to Bend, Oregon
Atta Boy 300 dog sled race start and finish from Mt. Bachelor
Pilot Butte - hike and run to the summit
Bend Adventure Racing Klub - The Wild Juniper Berry Race   
CORK, Central Oregon Running Klub plays in The Badlands
ABS Contest night at InClimb Gym
Pole, Pedal, Paddle 2002
Cascade Cycling Classic 2002