When I was 9 months pregnant with Layla, Dave and I were desperate to stay busy! As a result, we attended our first National Balloon Classic in Indianola (20 minutes from our house). It was wonderful! I remember thinking I wanted to bring that baby back the next year, when he or she was in the outside world and could enjoy it. What I didn't know at that time was I would wait another 20 days for that baby to be born and it would take us 5 years to get back for our second visit!
Last night we finally made it back! I can't say enough about this event. It is wonderful! Adults are just $3/each and kids are free. You get to sit in the field and watch balloons take off and land. As you can see from the pictures, everyone is close and right in the action. After the balloons were done for the night, a band played and the kids ran free in the field. PERFECT!
The classic runs 9 days and balloons take flight every night at 6:30. There are some evenings when they do Nite-Glow. We saw that our first year and it is amazing to see them firing up in the dark. Tonight is the last night. Flights start at 6:30, they have Night-Glow, a band and fireworks. There are plenty of food and beverage vendors and kids games and inflatables.
Cooper woke up talking about it this morning, so it made an impression. If you live in the area or are planning to visit, this is worth arranging your schedule around!
1 comment:
that sounds like so much fun....i wanna come. i think the handsaker house sounds like a fun vacation spot...you guys are always doing fun stuff!
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