So last weekend Stacy and I headed out to Forest Park in St. Louis to check out the Great Forest Park Balloon Race. Since moving here we have talked about making the drive to see it, but ended up being to busy or hit traffic that was so bad we lost our steam and gave up. This year we were determined to make it and enlisted some friends to go with us. This also held us accountable for going since we didn't want to leave them hanging. Anyway it was awesome to say the least and well worth the drive. The weather kind of held out for us. There was quite a bit of wind so each time gusts would come up the balloons on the outer perimeter would lift and people would scramble on the baskets to hold them down. It was crazy being in the center of it all.
Of course there was plenty of fair food and was eager to try it. I mean after all they have to make a living right? One place marketed "meat on a stick" and it was simple and great. Grass fed humanly raised (and all that stuff) beef. A couple of places had huge hot/brat dogs with this sign I had to snap a photo of. Gotta love a sense of humor.
Sense we arrived early we were able to see the balloon being pulled out and raised in the middle of the field. I don't know how they do it without burning the actual balloon, but it's a really cool sight.
With the cloud cover night set in early which was nice because that translated into more time seeing the balloons glow. I thought this was a cool picture because it reminded me of a light bulb and I liked the design.
This is a good picture with most of the balloons "flame on". Every couple of minutes they would blast a horn and all the balloons would hit their flame throwers (that's a technical term) and it was beautiful. Like nothing I've seen before, just amazing. This picture doesn't do justice.
Last but not least this picture really speaks for itself. It took me forever to get a good photo of this balloon. The other balloons kept lighting up and the wind was blowing it around and then you couldn't read the full name. Finally I just felt like it the pilot was going to light it up and just snapped a photo and the timing was great.
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