Monday, September 2, 2013

Up, Up & Away!!!

This morning Dear Hubby and I decided to wake up early and head over to Plymouth, IN to the blueberry festival.  The main thing we wanted to see was the launch of the hot air balloons.  They were scheduled to meet at the high school at 6:30 am for set up.  We left the house while it was still pretty dark out to make sure that we would get there on time and wouldn't miss it.  After stopping for gas and a cup of coffee and waiting on a train and the long way around town to get to the school, it was a little after 7am by time we got there.  I was surprised to see that there was nothing even set up yet.  All the trucks and their trailers hauling their balloons were still sitting all closed up and a bunch of people standing around looking at the skies.  I heard people talking, saying "This isn't going to happen today!"  "The ceiling is too low for flying."  "I'm not going up in this!"  All I could think was I hope this isn't a bust, it's not too often that I am up before the sun, let alone half functional that early. 

A guy walking towards the parking lot saw me standing there with my camera in my hand and stopped to talk.  He told us that the guys were all talking about not going up, but that there was one guy who HAS to go, because of his sponsors.  He said that he was just going to keep it low and fly across to the other side of town.  Dear Hubby and I decided to stick around for a little bit to see if he was really going to go.  They set up the balloon out in the field and started pumping some air in.




It didn't take them long to fill it up and get ready for lift off.





You can see in these pics the low clouds and why everyone was concerned about flying today.



Close up of the people in the basket


One last pic before we left.






Over all I was happy that we decided to take the little trip up to Plymouth this morning, just wish all the balloons would have gone up instead of just the one.  At least it wasn't a bust!  It was actually a bonus because on the way home we found a produce stand and I was able to get some peppers finally to put into the freezer for this winter.  Maybe I should get up before the sun more often??? .... Nahhh!!!

Until next time ...
Sara

7 comments:

Montanagirl said...

Nahhhh - I wouldn't either! lol. Nice shots of the balloon.

TARYTERRE said...

LOVE hot air balloons. Going to a festival next week.

Paula said...

Never been to one but sure think they are pretty.

~mel said...

Well now ~ that was a nice way to start the day. Sorry though that you didn't get to see more. Darn weather - has it's way again. I am happy you FINALLY found some peppers to put up ... I know you mentioned before about no one having them by you... darn weather again had a play in that too. Stay cool ~ come visit me ... I miss you:)

Muffy's Marks said...

what a disappointment! Conditions have to be darn near perfect for balloons to go up. We experience a balloon festival in January in Lake Havasu Arizona. There is nothing like it. If the balloons return to your area don't let this experience discourage you. If they go up it is breathtaking.

Dicky Bird said...

My bucket list includes hot air balloon ride.

TexWisGirl said...

kinda bad that the guy HAD to launch because of his deal with his sponsors.