* Santa Fe NM 2010

Fall 2010 Balloon & Music Trip
Santa Fe is one city everyone should experience. History, culture, art, and shopping waits for the visitor in Santa Fe. We enjoyed a day exploring the town.

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* Sky City New Mexico 2010

Fall 2010 Balloon & Music Trip
While in New Mexico we visited Sky City, Acoma Pueblo to learn more about how life and tradition has continued here for over 1000 years.

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* New Mexico Dulcimer Festival

Fall 2010 balloon & music Trip
For our first time camping in New Mexico we were lucky to attend the 1st New Mexico Mountain Dulcimer Festival. We have been to dulcimer festivals in many states and this was one of the best we have attended. The people were wonderful. Norene and I leared many new tunes and tips. We may just have to come back next year.
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* Palo Duro Canyon Amarillo, TX

Fall 2010 balloon & music trip
While on our trip west we stopped in Amarillo, TX for a few days. While over powered by the flat land and strong winds we did enjoy good weather and no big storms. As we explored the area we came upon the Palo Duro Canyon which was such a contast to the surrounding land. The following Smilebox will give you a little glimps of the beauty there. They have nice campgrounds on the canyon floor.

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* Walnut Valley Music Festival, Winfield KS

Fall 2010 balloon & music trip

This was our first time attending the national flat picking championships. Being mountain, and hammered, dulcimer players we have met several champions at dulcimer festivals around the country. This year we were lucky enough to see the contests. It was an exciting few days, not to mention very hot and humid.

To our surprise we knew the top three mountain dulcimer winners from other festivals during the past few years. Deciding who to root for was not an easy task. Another surprise was that the 2010 hammered dulcimer winner was from northern Indiana. That doesn't happen often. He was from North Webster and is the second person to have won this contest three different years. I guess we picked the right year to attend. We came away with one conclusion, BOY we need to practice!

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