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Many of the hot air balloons are inflated, though did not launch, Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

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Many of the hot air balloons are inflated, though did not launch, Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Amos Varney, 7, fires up the burner of the Lil D balloon Saturday morning with the help of pilot Jason Provost. Varney’s brother, Luther, 9, also had the chance to fire the burner. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Many of the hot air balloons are inflated, though did not launch, Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
The crew of the “I’ll Have Another” balloon watch the rest of the field fill up with inflated balloons Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal

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Many of the hot air balloons are inflated, though did not launch, Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Hot air balloons inflate Saturday at sunrise on a field at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. While the wind was fairly calm on the ground, upper level winds were too strong for them to fly for the second straight morning of the three-day festival. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal
Many of the hot air balloons are inflated, though did not launch, Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
The Scarecrow and Lil D hot air balloon are the two specialty balloons to illustrate the Boo-Loon Bash theme of the 2023 Great Falls Balloon Festival. The balloons did not launch Saturday morning due to windy conditions. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
The Scarecrow and Lil D hot air balloon are the two specialty balloons to illustrate the Boo-Loon Bash theme of the 2023 Great Falls Balloon Festival. The balloons did not launch Saturday morning due to windy conditions. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
The Scarecrow balloon is inflated, though did not launch, Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Participants watch the hot air balloons Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. The launch did not happen Saturday due to windy conditions several hundred feet above the ground. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
People cast shadows on the “I’ll Have Another” hot air balloon Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
People cast shadows on the “I’ll Have Another” hot air balloon Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
The interior of the Freedom Flyer balloon filters the early morning sun Saturday as it inflates during the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Jason Provost does a last minute inspection of the Lil D balloon Saturday morning at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Matt Conklin fires up the propane burner Saturday on a small hot air balloon suitable for a stuffed animal at the Great Falls Balloon Festival held in Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal
Hot air balloons inflate Saturday at sunrise on a field at Simard-Payne Memorial Park in Lewiston during the Great Falls Balloon Festival. While the wind was fairly calm on the ground, upper level winds were too strong for them to fly for the second straight morning of the three-day festival. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Andree Kehn is a staff photographer who has lived in Lewiston for the past three years and has been a Greenwood resident for 20 years, on and off. She has worked full time for the Sun Journal since 2015....

A lifelong resident of Lewiston, Russ stumbled into photography as a college student working toward a career in psychology. His great-grandfather Louis B. Costello was the publisher of the Lewiston Daily...

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