Jake has lived here his whole life and I've lived here about half my life, but there are still so many "Iowa" things that we haven't done. One is the hot air balloon festival in Indianola. We finally went yesterday when the weather was beautiful (as it has been all summer-knock wood...the State Fair is yet to arrive). It was only $3 a person to get in and my sister and brother in-law joined us. There was a TON of traffic, which we didn't expect so we were glad to find out the wind had delayed the Mass Ascension we wanted to see. We were able to get food and find a place to sit (we missed the fact that everyone brings chairs or blankets to sit on-whoops!) and still see all the balloons go up. We think there were at least 50-we lost count. It was totally worth the $3. Isaac was able to ride a little train/tractor thing. He LOVED it! It looked quite bumpy and there weren't seat belts of any kind so I squashed in and rode with him. It was a fun night and now we can cross off one more Iowa thing from our list!
These are helium-filled balloons tied to a chair of some sort that a guy sits in-it was crazy!
Ahh, once again, I am really wishing for a better camera. Jake's reflectant uniform doesn't help the situation much either.
Isaac and Uncle Eric were best buds-Eric just went where ever Isaac led him-so cute!
And a few pictures of the balloons and me and Isaac riding along!
These are helium-filled balloons tied to a chair of some sort that a guy sits in-it was crazy!
Ahh, once again, I am really wishing for a better camera. Jake's reflectant uniform doesn't help the situation much either.
Isaac and Uncle Eric were best buds-Eric just went where ever Isaac led him-so cute!
And a few pictures of the balloons and me and Isaac riding along!
Looks like a lot of fun! So did the guy in the chair with the helium balloons float away? What would be the kill switch on that thing? Do you slowly start cutting away balloons?
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