Saturday, September 15, 2007

Balloon Race

This afternoon James and I went to the Great Forest Park Balloon Race, which takes place right in front of our house, across the street in the park. It's an annual tradition, but we've never been there before, so it was really fun to see all the big hot air balloons.



































They also had lots of fun rides and games for little kids, including inflatable slides...




















and there was a HUGE line for the pony rides...















They also had five guys jump out of an airplane and parachute into the crowd. It was really cool, and now James says that he wants to try it. (I don't think so...)

1 comment:

Megs said...

Hey Kristen! It looks like yall had a great time! I really wish Tom and I could fly out there to visit, but we just don't have the money-even if the tickets are down to $200. Maybe when we are married and can save for a little while.

Did you know that those hot air balloon cloths (called envelopes) can cost $20,000 and only get a few hundred miles out of them? It's ridiculously expensive. I think I read that in the paper, but might have seen it on the travel channel. haha

Congrats on passing your bar! I am sending something to you via Mom. Also, could you remind her to get NCIS Season One back from you?
=)
~Meghan