Wolfgang92025 wrote:Martin,
Thanks for the great
I would like to hear more about the possible camping option that you found, and what you would recommend if you were to do it again.
Thanks
There is a campground that is associated with the Balloon Fiesta, the camping area is just to the South of the Balloon Fiesta Field. I think it fills up quickly, though, so if you want to get in, you have to make your reservations several months in advance. We didn't even decide to go until about 3 weeks before so we could not get into that one.
We stayed 2 nights at the KOA in Albuquerque North which is about 4 miles (1 exit) away from the fiesta itself. We couldn't get 3 nights there (again, reservations go fast!) so the last night we stayed at the KOA in Albuquerque East, which we didn't think was quite as nice. The East KOA is very "urban", mostly concrete, and located right off the freeway with no sound barrier between the freeway and the campsite.
I think if we were to go again we'd try to stay at the Balloon Fiesta park first, just because it would mean you could wake up and walk to the fiesta, which will save you a lot of time as well as parking costs. Second choice would be the North KOA.