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July 2022
Ruby Mountain Balloon Festival – Elko, NV
Come to Elko Nevada for the annual Ruby Mountain Balloon Festival! In the past, we give our pilots the choice of flying in Elko or Spring Creek on Friday, and the pilots who choose Elko take up local media folks - newspaper & radio. Well, we decided to mix it up this year, and on Friday the 29th, all of our pilots will be launching from various locations around town! The City Park, Shabonya Dutton State Farm, ECVA, Super 8,…
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The Great Reno Balloon Race
The Great Reno Balloon Race is the world’s largest free hot-air ballooning event. During four days in early September, you can look up into the Reno skies and see a rainbow of hot air balloons soaring about. From its humble beginnings in 1982 with just 20 balloons, The Great Reno Balloon Race has taken flight with up to 100 balloons each year. The idea was to create an event that would keep visitors in town the weekend between the State…
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World Human Powered Speed Challenge – Battle Mountain
Human powered bicycle speed racing is a most unlikely spectator sport, and watching it isn’t easy. The instructions for spectators spell out the difficulties: limited parking and no services. Heats are conducted early each morning and late each afternoon of race week, with short intervals during the active periods to let the highway traffic through. There is no parking allowed along the road because the bikes do crash from time to time (hay bales are placed as bumpers where needed)…
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