I'm a firm believer in "The camera in your hand is the best one ever" and so the phone. The results aren't near as good but still better than my memory.
I've never been to the balloon fest in ABQ. I was close one time and saw some of the flyers...
We have a balloon fest here in Yuma every year. No where near the number of participants (maybe 25) but still pretty cool. Just a very cool thing.
A guy I went to HS with (who married a woman I probably still have a crush on) started flying while he was in college-his life work ended up being a maker of hot air balloons. Amazing stuff.