Friday night, as posted, Joel, Hailey and I all went to the Nite Glow balloon festival at Ann Morrison Park here in Boise. We had a great time seeing the balloons blow up and light up. The next thing I was looking forward to was watching them take off Sunday morning. They have been taking off all week in the mornings as the weather permits. Today they were supposed to have close to 40 hot air balloons inflate and lift off if the weather permitted. But they were taking off at sunrise. Neither Joel or I got much sleep last night at 6:30 came way too early but we packed Hailey up, screams and all, into the carseat and car and back to the park we went. We got there and saw multiple trailers parked on the lawn waiting for the cue.
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| They start by laying out the balloon before inflating. |
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| To start inflating they use a high powered fan before the fire thrusters. |
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| Then comes the fire! |
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| Straight up it eventually stands. |
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| Ready for liftoff. |
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| This unfortunately is as high as the balloons went due to a 25 mph gust of wind above the park. It was too dangerous to send off the balloons. |
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| But since so many kids and families were there some of the balloon pilots agreed to tether down their balloons and give short rides to the kids. |
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| These are our bright and early faces. It was another good time. Joel napped on the blanket enjoying the cool morning air before it all got started. I used him as a backrest to feed Hailey. |
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