Balloons At The Park

We decided to check out the Balloons At The Park yesterday at Three Sisters Park in Chillicothe.  We arrived at sunset, just in time for the evening balloon glow, where all the inflated balloons are fired up to glow after dark.  The pilots seemed to have a bit of trouble synchronizing, but it was still pretty cool.  I think next year we might go earlier in the day and attempt to get a tethered ride since John has never had the pleasure.  I've been lucky enough to have lots of close encounters with hot air balloons, but this was John's first time at a festival.  I was hoping it would be a bit more eventful for him, but it sure beat sitting home on a Saturday night.

They were giving tethered balloon rides, but the line was dreadfully long, so we didn't even attempt it.

We always like going to fairs and outdoor festivals but most of the time we just end up walking around enjoying the colors, lights and wonderful smells of frying funnel cakes and various meats on sticks.  The balloon festival had an awesome booth of sparkly, light-up glowy things that made me smile even though I didn't buy anything.  

After the balloons were deflated we watched the fireworks display (which to be honest left a little to be desired).

We ended the evening with a couple of Uplifting Lemonades and listened to the classic rock stylings of Ready, Steady, Go.  I felt a little bad because there was a mass exodus after the fireworks and there really weren't many people left to watch the band.

I was happy to get a nice picture of the moon too!

I posted all these pics and a few others on Flickr if you'd like to see more.  Oh, and on a completely unrelated note, here's me kicking butt at Beatles Rock Band :)