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Hot Air Balloon Festival


Last week I was in training all day every day at the Crown Plaza hotel. During one of my many breaks I noticed a flyer up for the Hot Air Balloon Festival. Earlier that morning I had noticed a few trucks in the parking lot with baskets in the back. Well, I've always wanted to go to a balloon glow, but of course we usually don't have things like that around here. So I convinced Kev this is how we needed to spend our Saturday night. It was hot, but not near as hot as it is now, and not only did they sale good beer but wine too! Boy am I glad because we did A LOT of waiting! The schedule said that it started at 6:00 with a balloon ascension and then the balloon glow at dusk. Technically we weren't there right at 6:00 but we were parking.  We never saw a balloon rise, they weren't even blowing them up yet. Needless to say we sat in the lawn and consumed a few beverages while we waited.. and waited. 

Finally at 7:30 they started inflating them!


Most of the balloons just required one person pulling as it inflated, some required two. This man looked as if he was having a hard time holding it in place. It kept pulling him. He was using the truck as leverage.









So this was our city's first Hot Air Ballon Festival. We enjoyed ourselves and we will probably go back next year. Hopefully they will stick to the schedule, but if not at least there's beer and wine!
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