ALBUQUERQUE, NM - E hui pū nā mea aloha pāluna lewa a me nā novice me ka lana o ka hauʻoli me ka ʻoi aku o 500 mau pāluna e hoʻomaka i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka ma Albuquerque, New Mexico ma ka 39th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. Mai ka lā 2 o ʻOkakopa - 10, he haneli haneli mau kaukani e ʻike i ke kahaha a me ke kupaianaha o ka hanana 2010 i kapa ʻia ʻo "Honua, Wind a me nā Flyers."

Ma mua o 650 pailaka e pani ai i 17 mau ʻāina a me 39 mau mokuʻāina i ka wā o ka hanana e hōʻailona ana i ka huakaʻi makahiki no ka poʻe balloonist mai ka hone o ka honua. ʻO New Mexico kahi home o ka huina nui o nā pailota balloon a kokoke i 200 baluna. Ke ulu pono nei nā pailaka mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa i ke aniani hiolo kūikawā o Albuquerque a hoʻohana i ka "pahu" - kahi hui o nā makani kiʻekiʻe a me lalo i hana ʻia e ke awāwa ʻo Rio Grande a hoʻonui ʻia e nā mauna Sandia. Hāʻawi ka pahu i nā balloonists i kekahi manawa e hoʻi i hope i kā lākou ala lele a pae kokoke i kā lākou kahua hoʻouka.

Kanaiwakumamakahi nā pāluna ʻano kūikawā i hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻia no ka Fiesta 2010 me nā poʻomanaʻo hou loa - The Stork, Waddles, Three Monkeys, Crazy Crab a me Zebra. ʻO nā kinona kūikawā ka mea nui o ka pule, keu hoʻi no nā keiki e ʻohiʻohi i nā kāleka kālepa mai kā lākou punahele punahele.

Pīhoihoi paha ka poʻe kamaʻāina o nā mokuʻāina ma waho o Nū Mekiko i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi pāluna e lana ana ma mua o ko lākou hale i ka pule mua o ʻOkakopa i ka manawa e hoʻouna aku ai ka 15th America's Gas Gas Balloon Race i nā pailaka he 18 a me ʻeiwa mau paluna ʻino i kahi pilikia nui. Hoʻomaka ka hanana mai ka Balloon Fiesta Park ma Albuquerque ma ka Poalua, ʻOkakopa 5th, me ka pahuhopu o ka lele ʻana i kahi mamao loa, kahi e pili pinepine ai ma kahi o ʻelua mau lā i luna a uhi ʻia ma mua o 1,000 mile.

Ma waho aʻe o kahi ʻahaʻaina kupaianaha no nā maka, mālama ʻia nā mea kipa Balloon Fiesta i nā ʻono hoʻowalewale mai nā wahi o ke Komohana Hema. Ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka hana baluna, e pīhoihoi ke kūlanakauhale me nā hana a me nā hanana; paipai ʻia nā poʻe kipa e nānā i nā mea āpau a Albuquerque e hāʻawi ai. Loaʻa nā kikoʻī ma www.ItsATrip.org/balloon-f festival.

E ʻoluʻolu e loaʻa mau nā hōkele i ka wā Balloon Fiesta. No ka ʻike e pili ana i ka hanana, kipa http://www.BalloonFiesta.com a no nā kikoʻī e pili ana i ke kipa ʻana iā Albuquerque, e kipa aku iā http://www.ItsATrip.org.

E hāhai i ka hanana: www.Facebook.com/visitAlbuquerque a i ʻole www.Twitter.com/see_albuquerque.