Hot Air Balloons

I've never seen hot air balloons so up close before; you need to wake up the crack of dawn to catch all the action as the owners of these balloons are pulling them out of their trailers and prepping them for launch. Despite the fact that it was half past 5am our kids weren’t complaining about it and were happy to be there. We met our neighbor there and they were even more thrilled. Since this was my first time to an event like this, of course I had to bust out my camera. There were many, many enthusiasts there, not deterred by waking up in the dark to catch the action.