The Great Prosser Washington annual Balloon rally 2015 Part 1

When I do a Photo shoot, I always start by trying to tell a story.
This Balloon rally, This being my first time shooting a balloon rally and not knowing what to expect.
I left home at midnight, drove 4 hours to get here by 4:00 AM to make sure I got here in time to see the inflation of the balloons.
I had so many questions, like how do they fill the balloons, where do they start from, where do they go, how do they land. How do they pack and unpack these GIANT balloons?
I had all of these questions, so I assumed someone else may have them as well. I have the camera, I am the storyteller, so, here I am. 
Setup starts at 6:00 AM
Ballons start launching at 7:15 AM
Pack the Balloons back up at 8:30AM
1,374 pictures in one 3 hour event.. whew..
If you’ve read this far, please let me apologize. I was learning to shoot events like this, I have since learned NOT to shoot into the sun. I was also learning new features in Photoshop and blew out a bunch of really nice pictures.. Yes I could recover them, but I have over 1,200 pictures in these 2 videos. I just ran out of time to go back and correct again..

Websites:
The Prosser Balloon Rally website
https://www.tourprosser.com/the-great-prosser-balloon-rally.html
Over the rainbow Seattle area hot air balloon rides
https://overtherainbowhotairballoonrides.com/

Spencer air, Hot air balloon rides, Idaho
http://spencerair.net/
Chuckars Cherries
https://www.chukar.com/

Music:
Part 1 time 13:58
Bright eyed Blues Unicorn Heads 5:50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJrmExB18uQ
Lazy Boy Blues Unicorn Heads 4:30
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm48klZj7ow
Potato deal Craig MacArthur 2:46
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraeCs8vcrAbsaFba35XLSQ/about
Point Green Getdown Craig MacArthur 2:29