Now everyone's seen the iconic balloons going up into the air, but when they come down to land they sometimes end up in some weird places.
Experts say the best place to land a hot-air balloon is a nice grassy field, but it doesn't always work out like that.
Katie Griggs says, "Balloons typically fly for about an hour, and after an hour we are looking for landing sights. We can land almost anywhere when the winds are calm like they have been for the last two days we land on streets, we land in empty lots."
Griggs says they only hire the best pilots so there's no need to worry.
"We take precautions to protect property, and put down and get out of the way as soon as we can," says Griggs.
We spoke with people in attendance and they said no matter where the balloons land they just love seeing them up close.
Marissa Otteson who attended the race says, "This is actually his first year, but no this is awesome just watching all of these balloons land all around us."
"It's Landry's first time, not our first time but this is the first time they have been this close to us, it's super cool," says Shanda Tognotti who also attended the race.
One attendee had some great advice, he says if you see a hot air balloon coming down just simply try to get out of its way.
"It's a bit scary but it's nice to see. But what comes up must go down," says Maurisio Garice.
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