Volunteer balloon crews help to deflate balloons on a hillside in Scotts Bluff County on Monday morning.
Elliot Akerstrom, Star-Herald
Hot air balloons float past the Scottsbluff water tower after completing a task at the Scotts Bluff Country Club on Tuesday morning, as scoring volunteers in high-visibility vests watch from below. Jodi Lewellen said being a scoring volunteer has allowed her to learn behind-the-scenes information about hot air ballooning.
Gering tourism director Tina Worthman, left, and Stephen Blucher pose inside the children’s tent at the Old West Balloon Fest mass ascension on Friday morning. Blucher has been a hot air balloon pilot for over 50 years and has flown multiple times at the festival, but volunteered for the first time this year.
Two volunteers assist pilot Jeff Bennett, center, in unloading his balloon “Soul Shine” during the Old West Balloon Fest mass ascension at Mitchell Airfield on Friday morning.
Hot air balloons float past the Scottsbluff water tower after completing a task at the Scotts Bluff Country Club on Tuesday morning, as scoring volunteers in high-visibility vests watch from below. Jodi Lewellen said being a scoring volunteer has allowed her to learn behind-the-scenes information about hot air ballooning.
Gering tourism director Tina Worthman, left, and Stephen Blucher pose inside the children’s tent at the Old West Balloon Fest mass ascension on Friday morning. Blucher has been a hot air balloon pilot for over 50 years and has flown multiple times at the festival, but volunteered for the first time this year.
Two volunteers assist pilot Jeff Bennett, center, in unloading his balloon “Soul Shine” during the Old West Balloon Fest mass ascension at Mitchell Airfield on Friday morning.
