La Plata County residents are used to seeing hot air balloons in the Animas Valley north of Durango. On Tuesday morning, southerly residents were treated to a view of a Durango Hot Air Balloon Company balloon sailing over Florida Mesa south of town. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
La Plata County residents are used to seeing hot air balloons in the Animas Valley north of Durango. On Tuesday morning, southerly residents were treated to a view of a Durango Hot Air Balloon Company balloon sailing over Florida Mesa south of town. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride

La Plata County residents are used to seeing hot air balloons in the Animas Valley north of Durango. On Tuesday morning, southerly residents were treated to a view of a Durango Hot Air Balloon Company balloon sailing over Florida Mesa south of town. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
La Plata County residents are used to seeing hot air balloons in the Animas Valley north of Durango. On Tuesday morning, southerly residents were treated to a view of a Durango Hot Air Balloon Company balloon sailing over Florida Mesa south of town. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride
La Plata County residents are used to seeing hot air balloons in the Animas Valley north of Durango. On Tuesday morning, southerly residents were treated to a view of a Durango Hot Air Balloon Company balloon sailing over Florida Mesa south of town. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
La Plata County residents are used to seeing hot air balloons in the Animas Valley north of Durango. On Tuesday morning, southerly residents were treated to a view of a Durango Hot Air Balloon Company balloon sailing over Florida Mesa south of town. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)Jerry McBride