Early - Early - ....

I was there EARLY, wanting the full experience, so I got up at 4.30 am (read four thirty in the morning!!!), got on my bike at 5.00, in the park by 5.40. I was so fortunate that the temperatures were incredibly mild, at least 15 degrees above normal Balloon Fiesta temperatures.
I witnessed the inflation and take-off of the first dawn patrol balloon and saw the whole spectacle evolve from there....