Watson-Meinke and her crew prepared for Reno’s morning glow event Thursday and waited for the area’s temperature to cool during the weekend, and then they would head out to Albuquerque in October, she said.įestivals continue to become more selective about which pilots and crews are allowed to enter as time goes on, Watson-Meinke said. “Daddy’s up here, and I see him when we leave every day,” she said. Her family had put his ashes in a wine bottle on a bar until September for the event, and they flew above the mountain especially for the occasion to honor him. Martin said about 15 years ago, he died in January, it was her father’s wish that when he passed, he wanted his ashes scattered around Peavine Mountain, which shows the letter “N” for the University of Nevada, Reno. “I first came up here ballooning (in Reno) and knew that it was someplace that would always be super special in Nevada, right, and my dad decided that on his 80th birthday it was his best ride and his freest moment he ever had.” “I’ve flown every one of (these events) but one,” she said. Reno’s festival holds many special memories for StarLite crewmember Misti Martin, who has been in ballooning since she was 15. Spectators remain drawn to seeing the balloons in the sky inside or out of the area or enjoy participating in activities throughout the day.
The schedule still offers its traditional Super Glow Show, Dawn Patrol, Paint the Park Pink and Donor Awareness Day. The 41st annual Great Reno Balloon Race started Friday and continues through Sunday at Rancho San Rafael Regional Park in Reno, bringing between 40 to 45 balloons for the daily mass ascension. “We like the glows and the dueling banjos. “(I like) the scenery, the beauty, the people,” she said about Reno. She had to since she preferred not to land north of McCarran Boulevard near the Bonanza Casino if she could help it. It didn’t stop her from going up anyway, but she continually tracked where her balloon moved, the altitude she was reaching and the temperature she was reaching. As StarLite pilot Peggy Watson-Meinke of Santa Paula, Calif., launched her balloon after 8 a.m., she was already feeling the heat on the ground and worried it would be too warm to stay in the air long. Jackets weren’t required during the early morning hours Thursday of the Great Reno Balloon Race Preview Day.
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