Kirsi Waisanen, 5, of Auburn waves to Otto the Moose, Bill Dodge Auto’s mascot, during the Great Fall Balloon Festival parade on Saturday on Main Street in Auburn. Waisanen said her favorite part about the festival is seeing the balloons. Some passed overhead near her house during Friday morning’s launch.

The Danville Fire Department monster firetruck reminds crowds that “safety pays” as it travels down Main Street in Auburn during the Great Falls Balloon Festival parade on Saturday.

Volunteers from the American Red Cross, a horse-drawn Oakhurst carriage and crews from this year’s participating balloons make their way toward the Longley Bridge in Auburn on Saturday. People lined up on Auburn’s Main Street to see the event.