St. Patrick's Day Balloon Rallye
Posted by: Ballooner
N 34° 47.350 W 106° 44.497
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2006 will be the 22nd Annual St. Patrick's Day Balloon Rallye in Los Lunas, NM.
Waymark Code: WM92B
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 03/16/2006
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The St. Patrick's Day Balloon Rallye is held each year on the weekend closest to March 17. For 22 years, balloonist from around the southwest US but has attracted balloonist from as far as Britian.
The rallye is organized by the Valencia Flying and Retrieval Society and the Village of Los Lunas, NM. The website is: (
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The rallye originally was sponsored by a local car dealership and the first prize for the flying competition was "A New Green Car". However...the only thing "new" about the car was the green color. It was a used car that we painted a nice Irish green in waterbased paint. Tires, windows, everything.....Green. Unfortunately the dealership sold out and the "new green car" is no longer a part of this rallye.
It remains one of the best attended and enjoyed rallyes of the year.