Foto Friday - Up, Up and Away

Up, up and away in my beautiful, my beautiful balloon . . .

Do you remember that song, it sure brings back memories. I think I was five when that first came out by the 5th Dimension and only a few years later I danced to that song at a recital. Yep, the 60's were kinda cool and I still remember the groovy go-go boots my mom had that we would use for dress-up.

And speaking of cool, I can't believe that we've never been to the Ballunar Fest here. Well, actually we didn't know about it until that day but we did manage to make it for the balloon glow at night and then again really early the next day to watch them come in for a competition. Really early! Too early for a weekend, but it was oh so worth it. And since we have teenagers who like to sleep late, we made it a date and by the time we got home they were still sleeping! ha

The above a below images are from the night before as the sun was setting.

This is the next morning and this is the only balloon that took flight from where we were. All the others took off from different points to come in to the field where we were for the competition. They had to position themselves so they could throw a marker on a target, a hoola hoop on a blow up target or grab for extra points small balloons that were anchored to the ground.

And then a before  . . .

. . .  and after some fun!

{linked to photo art Friday and Fabulous Friday}

Some just didn't get close enough to the field and ended up right over us. I was really hoping they would throw some candy, but no such luck!

I was so glad that there were some clouds in the sky, just enough to give some dimension.

This was the 'all' glow, and it was quite spectacular in person. My camera handles the higher ISO pretty well

as this was set at 3200.

It didn't take long once the sun rose for all the balloons to come in, and on our way out I spied these

beautiful birds. We have seen the same birds at a different show and they can do amazing tricks. And this

one, as I bent down so did he!

On the way home we stopped for a little breakfast and so did the ducks.  They looked like regulars and they were sooo cute. Every time someone talked to them they would wag their tail feathers.

We have been in a severe drought for about a year now so the poor wildlife has to find water where ever

they can . . . even if it is from the air conditioning condensation.

Happy Friday to you, and here's to the weekend . . .  up, up and away!


Love, Kim
XO

P.S. If you saw my Friday night lights post on our first district game where we beat the State Champs, well we are 5-0 going into our game this weekend, wish them luck! Go Chargers, win the fight for 518!! Whoo hoo! ; )