Colorado Springs Hot Air Balloon Festival

This was my first time ever going to a Hot Air Balloon morning lift off.  I’ve been to the Balloon Glow plenty of times but have never gotten myself out of bed in time to see them all take off in the early am.  I was determined to see them and woke up early and woke up Megan to see if I could rally a supporter.  She was in.  We headed the twenty minutes south to the park and had a great time seeing all the balloons filling with air.

These are my favorite… taken from the basket side of the balloon as it’s filling up with air.

There’s my ‘up for an adventure’ sidekick.  Love that girl.

Unfortunately the wind picked up and the Balloon Lift off was not to be.  After waiting it out for a few minutes, all of Balloons quickly deflated and went down all over the fields.  It was a little sad – but still interesting to watch them all go down.  Maybe next time…