It's time to say good-bye.  I loved doing the website for Smokey but it is now time to hand over the reigns to Wade Taul, another Smokey fan and Board member.  This will be my last entry as your editor.  Although I love doing the Smokeybearballoon website, it is time to move on from my position as web master to try new experiences, and be free to venture to new, unexplored lands. 

Thank you for the terrific experience of being your editor for this website for the past 8 years. It has taught me a lot and I will be forever grateful.  Carol Griner

Fiesta, Albuquerque, NM, October 1-9, 2011 by Carol Griner

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Hero's (Fire Fighters) Day at the Albuquerque Fiesta, October 6, 2011 by Lawrence Crane

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Smokey--hot air 97 feet