In honor of Memorial Day, the 2nd annual Kansas City Hot Air Balloon Invitational is being held at the aptly-named Celebration Park in Gardner this weekend. I talked Kelly into going with me, and we sat in the grass on a hill with the dogs & ate barbecue & watched the balloons inflate & take off, a few at a time. The cool thing was that you could actually get close enough to touch the baskets, talk to the pilots (is that what they're called?) and feel the heat from the burners. If you were anywhere near the field, you were surrounded by the 28 balloons. So glad the shibas didn't freak out, although it would have been understandable given all the chaos. Good dogs! And huge thanks to Kelly for shiba-wrangling for me so I could get up close to the action.
After dark, a bunch of the balloons lined up for "night fire," where they took turns illuminating the balloons with the burners. It was magical!
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Looks so beautiful at night...And nice shirt:)
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