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2025 Hot Air Balloon

Photos from Davis' first free tethered hot-air balloon rides at the Davis Cemetery, presented with the Davis Food Co-op.

Zombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeThe Davis Food Co-op banner hangs on the balloon basket against blue sky.Zombie Bike ParadeThe co-op banner is visible on the basket as it rises.Zombie Bike ParadeThe Davis Food Co-op banner reads clearly on the basket side.Zombie Bike ParadeThe green balloon fabric with its drawn logo fills the frame against the sky.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeRiders and the co-op banner are visible together on the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe sharpest of the Davis Food Co-op banner close-ups on the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA group including a child reacts excitedly in the basket during the ride.Zombie Bike ParadeThe group continues chatting and reacting in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA woman in a brown beret smiles warmly in the morning sun.Zombie Bike ParadeA couple stands on the grass watching the basket rise into the sky.Zombie Bike ParadeA couple stands together watching the balloon overhead.Zombie Bike ParadeA couple in sunglasses poses together on the lawn after the ride.Zombie Bike ParadeA couple waves and smiles on the grass before the launch.Zombie Bike ParadeA group of men in caps talk together in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA man laughs mid-conversation with the group in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe group looks up as the burner fires overhead.Zombie Bike ParadeA rider checks his phone while the group waits in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe burner ignites above the group in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeTwo riders check a phone camera in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA rider in a blue hoodie looks at his phone as others wait nearby.Zombie Bike ParadeRiders stand in the basket as it lifts off, the co-op banner visible below them.Zombie Bike ParadeThe balloon basket rises with a lone figure watching from the field below.Zombie Bike ParadeThe balloon continues rising over the park.Zombie Bike ParadeTwo riders take a photo together in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA rider stands beside the Davis Food Co-op banner on the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeThe dark underside of the balloon arcs over the distant basket.Zombie Bike ParadeTwo women laugh together in the basket as a man looks on smiling.Zombie Bike ParadeA group of five smiles together in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA young man in a red cap smiles broadly with the group in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA cheerful group celebrates together in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA man in a red cap raises his arm as the group cheers in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThree young men stand together on the grass after the flight.Zombie Bike ParadeThe basket rises with a small group standing beneath it on the grass.Zombie Bike ParadeThree young men throw their arms up and cheer together on the sunlit lawn.Zombie Bike ParadeThe same three friends cheer with raised arms in the sun.Zombie Bike ParadeA group gathers near the burner before the balloon lifts off.Zombie Bike ParadeFour friends pose together with the balloon rising behind them.Zombie Bike ParadeThe same group of friends poses again for the camera.Zombie Bike ParadeFour friends wave and laugh together as the balloon towers behind them.Zombie Bike ParadeRiders in costume talk together in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA costumed rider exchanges something with another passenger.Zombie Bike ParadeA rider in zombie makeup and a blood-spattered costume chats with fellow passengers.Zombie Bike ParadeThe zombie-costumed rider continues the conversation in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe costumed group keeps chatting as the balloon holds steady.Zombie Bike ParadeThe Davis Food Co-op logo fills the frame clearly on the basket banner.Zombie Bike ParadeThe Davis Food Co-op logo shows again on the banner.Zombie Bike ParadeA man hands something to a rider standing beside the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA family gathers on the grass near the balloon crew.Zombie Bike ParadeA bearded rider and friends wave and cheer together in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe same trio waves again with big smiles.Zombie Bike ParadeThe group settles in closer under the burner.Zombie Bike ParadeThe group continues chatting under the burner.Zombie Bike ParadeTwo riders share a close moment in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe bearded rider talks with the group under the burner.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeThe balloon rises with the co-op banner tiny on the basket below.Zombie Bike ParadeTwo men stand together in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA group waits quietly in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe empty wicker basket fills the frame against clear sky.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeRiders wait quietly in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeA teenager in a white hoodie stands with the group in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA teenager talks with an older man in the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe teenager continues chatting with the group as the balloon holds steady.Zombie Bike ParadeThe group waits together in the basket in clear light.Zombie Bike ParadeThe tethered balloon sits on the field as a small group waits nearby.Zombie Bike ParadeThe burner fires into the balloon envelope as riders watch from the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeA rider photographs the group from the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe group stands together as the teenager looks toward the camera.Zombie Bike ParadeRiders wave and take photos in the basket with the co-op banner below them.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeThe Davis Food Co-op banner reads Lifts the Community on the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeRiders sit in silhouette against the bright balloon fabric.Zombie Bike ParadeA teenager grins warmly in the morning sun on the grass.Zombie Bike ParadeTwo children peer over the basket rim against the blue sky.Zombie Bike ParadeThe children look out from the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe children continue looking out over the rim.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeThe balloon floats against the sky with the basket small below.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeThe children smile together over the basket rim.Zombie Bike ParadeA mother holds a small child up to see over the basket rim.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeA mother and daughter wave together from the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeThe mother and daughter continue waving from the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeA man fires the burner as a family watches from the basket.Zombie Bike ParadeThe woven texture of the basket fills the frame.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeA mother lifts her child up to see over the basket rim as a grandfather looks on.Zombie Bike ParadeA person stands in a hot air balloon basket looking away from the camera.Zombie Bike ParadeA hot air balloon basket hangs in the sky with a sponsor banner, no people visible.Zombie Bike ParadeZombie Bike Parade Balloon 2025Zombie Bike ParadeA close view of a hot air balloon basket banner reading Davis Food Co-op Lifts the Community.Zombie Bike ParadeA green and black hot air balloon floats high in a clear blue sky with its basket below.Zombie Bike Parade

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