AUBURN — Adventure Bound Rafting, Maine’s premier outdoor adventure, camping and whitewater rafting company, and the Androscoggin Land Trust, a regional land trust in the Androscoggin River watershed, will offer the opportunity to view the Great Falls Balloon Festival from the Androscoggin River on rafts traditionally meant for whitewater rafting.

This year’s festival will take place Friday, Aug. 19, through Sunday, Aug. 21.

Jonathan LaBonte of ALT says excitement around using the Androscoggin River for recreation is growing. “The next generation in Lewiston-Auburn deserve a chance to experience that excitement. For an outfitter like Adventure Bound to recognize our work and to offer to help connect youth to the river is amazing.”

Both LaBonte and John Philbrick of Adventure Bound Rafting acknowledge most eyes will be on the sky but they hope to also use this opportunity to talk about the river. “There are a lot of positive things happening with the Androscoggin, from new recreational development and new parks to the revitalization of riverfronts like Lewiston-Auburn’s. While we know our visitors enjoy the balloons, hopefully they will remember the vantage point of LA from which they saw them,” says LaBonte.

Weather permitting, balloon launch viewing trips on the Androscoggin River will launch from the Little Andy Park boat access on Second Street in Auburn. Launch times and further details will be available at www.facebook.com/advbound and www.androscogginlandtrust.org.

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