The Famous Shaped Balloons

 This, of course, is Angry Bird, owned by Frank Wechter and the Campbell Cove 1 Stop.

 Then we have the much more sedate Baby Bee Joelly, from Bob Romaneschi and Romer Beverage.  

And hiding in a tree would be Annie The Lady Bug, brought to you by Michael Scott and Granpa's most favorite restaurant, the Golden Corral!

She's as cute as, well, a lady bug!!

Ol' Humpty Dumpty is a match for a cutie of any kind.  Rich Lawhorn and Suddenlink offers you this one.

Sushi, the fish, fits right in with the cute crowd.  Katie Griggs and Shugrues are responsible for this creation.

Now for something a bit more ominous!  Sarah the Witch, by Patrick Nilz and Allied Waste.  I love it!  

See that teeny-tiny basket hanging underneath?  Gives you an idea of her actual size!

Just because I'm an Old West kinda girl, I like the Wells Fargo Stage.

This big boy is piloted by Elizabeth Wright-Smith and sponsored, of course, by Wells Fargo.

I believe you've already met Beagle Maximus, flown by Jamess Cassel for the All American Fitness Bar.

But my favorite of them all was Betty Jean Butterfly, flown by Bob Romaneschi who partnered with Frontier Communications in creating this beauty-cutie!

Honestly, folks, we had a really, really good time here.  The one thing we missed was getting to walk inside one of these balloon as they were inflating it (but before turning on the burner!)  I'm not quite sure how we missed that venue, but if we ever go to another festival we'll make a point of doing that.

I think I've got all of these memories sufficiently recorded now.  Remember, there were over 400 pictures for me to have to shuffle through and create a story from!  I'll move on to another visit to Oatman, Arizona now.

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