Hot Air Balloon Race in St. Louis!

Last Friday and Saturday (Sept 16th and Sept 17) were the balloon races in St. Louis.

Friday night was the "balloon glow." Chad was a good sport to roll Huxley up and down many hills to get there, but it was  soo great!  Every few moments an air-gun would sound and all the balloons would light up!

Note: Hux has his ears covered because he was scared of the "dragons breathing fire."  A little loud, but seems like the wrong sense to cover up.

Then at 4:30 on Saturday-the balloon race BEGAN!  Alas, there were some strong winds, so about five balloons went down in the woods, never to rise again...watch for them!

I kept rooting for this balloon to make it, but alas-it got trapped like the others!

This one I rooted for did manage to avoid disaster!

Our favorite from the night before-advertising Beemster Cheese-nice guy holding down the balloon talked to us about driving the balloon here from Connecticut.  Makes me sad for the 5 balloons who only had about 5-10 minutes in the air before being sucked into the trees-a lot of work for little gain.