Saturday, September 19, 2009

Balloon Glow

This event has become a favorite of ours here in St. Louis. This year is the 37th anniversary of The Great Forest Park Balloon Race. We've never actually watched the race... but I'm sure it's just as amazing as the balloon glow the night before (here's my post from last year).

We met up with the Lindman family (and then the Tanner fam. a little later) for a picnic dinner at the glow before it got dark and then walked through the balloons. Here are some of our favorite pictures from the night...

Carter giving two of his favorite girls a ride...



It's amazing how one wagon can entertain three kiddos for so long!!











We had some of the best seats (same as last year... away from the big crowds)!! It was amazing as it began to get dark... the balloons started to pop up in the middle of all the crowds. I think I read that there are 70 balloons!!! Here we are watching the balloons rise up.



Our view from near our seats...



Heading into the bunch of balloons...



Getting a little comfort from Dan's mom... it took him a little while to warm up. It's really loud (and hot) when they fire up the burners.









It's really amazing how many there are!



The energizer bunny (celebrating 20 years) will lead the race this afternoon.



Fireworks behind the trees on our way out. Such a fun night! I do have to mention Dan... he led us out of Forest Park without having to sit in any of the traffic that the hundreds of other cars were waiting in. Thanks, Dan!!

1 comment:

Audrey Woita said...

Great pictures..and GREAT SEATS! Glad you had a great time...missed you at church yesterday!