IIRC it’s related to the nearby mountains. Fly up, pushed towards mountains, go lower, pushed back towards the river/valley were launched. I feel for other peop

IIRC it’s related to the nearby mountains. Fly up, pushed towards mountains, go lower, pushed back towards the river/valley were launched. I feel for other people who didn’t get to grow up seeing those balloons every year on their way to school or random times. NM also has the “original burning man” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zozobra https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zozobra.