Where do they make balloons?

(Title is a reference to a They Might Be Giants song, in case you were wondering) Well, Rachel and Jill say they MAKE them in Statesville, but apparently they FLY them in Tigard, at the Allstate Festival of Balloons which is going on this weekend. I guess they started early, because the sky has been full of hot air balloons two mornings in a row. I took pictures both times, but they came out a lot better this morning, because it was a lot clearer.

Here are some of the ones I took yesterday






Here are some cropped/blown up views of those balloons.










And here are the ones I got this morning.






(I like this one)





It's a balloon... with a cow on it. O...k....





I think that one was flying yesterday morning, too.


And now, the two that are the pride of my collection. I could still see some of them when I got to work, and this one flew right over!!











Aren't those the prettiest colors ever? It looks awesome against the blue sky. You can almost see the person flying it!