PHOTOS: Hot air balloons get warmed up before 37th annual Balloon Rodeo in Steamboat
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Hot air balloons float over the Yampa Valley early Friday morning. Pilots and crews were out launching at Bald Eagle Lake in preparation for Saturday and Sunday's 37th annual Hot Air Balloon Rodeo in Steamboat Springs.
Katie Berning
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Hot air balloons float over the Yampa Valley early Friday morning. Pilots and crews were out launching at Bald Eagle Lake in preparation for Saturday and Sunday's 37th annual Hot Air Balloon Rodeo in Steamboat Springs.
Katie Berning
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Hot air balloons float over the Yampa Valley early Friday morning. Pilots and crews were out launching at Bald Eagle Lake in preparation for Saturday and Sunday's 37th annual Hot Air Balloon Rodeo in Steamboat Springs.
Katie Berning
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Hot air balloons float over the Yampa Valley early Friday morning. Pilots and crews were out launching at Bald Eagle Lake in preparation for Saturday and Sunday's 37th annual Hot Air Balloon Rodeo in Steamboat Springs.
Katie Berning
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Western Spirit is a hand-painted hot air balloon. The balloon is inflating to take off from Bald Eagle Lake on Friday.
Katie Berning
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Tim Taylor's Dee 3 hot air balloon gets warmed up for the main event at the Hot Air Balloon Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday at Bald Eagle Lake.
Katie Berning
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Smokey Bear Balloon is hauled over to a launch spot by a crew of wildland firefighters from Washington who were stationed at the Spring Fire. They were pre-positioned to fight fires while the fire danger was high in Northwest Colorado.
Katie Berning
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The view from inside Tim Taylor's Dee 3 hot air balloon before the 37th annual Hot Air Balloon Rodeo on Saturday and Sunday at Bald Eagle Lake.
Katie Berning
Read more about this weekend’s Hot Air Balloon Rodeo here.
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