When we got to the festival, the balloons were being set up to all do a short flight over the ridge. Carter LOVED the balloons.
Rylan wasn't as impressed ...
Once the balloons were out of sight, Brian and Carter watched a dog show where the dogs did agility courses and caught frisbees. It was really crowded (Carter had to sit on Brian's shoulders to see) and the speakers were super loud so Rylan and I found a spot to set up for the balloon glow.
The boys did amazing for the hour and a half we had to wait for it to get dark. The temperature dropped pretty quick as the sun set, but we came prepared and we all stayed warm. I took Rylan back to the car once to eat, we fed Carter some food we'd packed, and Brian and I ate food we bought at the festival. The rest of the time, Carter was hyper jumping all over us and running in circles around the picnic blanket. Luckily though he stayed with us and we didn't have to go chasing after him. Rylan was pretty content either laying on the picnic blanket or sitting on my lap under some blankets.
The balloon glow started on time at 8:30 pm (thankfully, because Rylan was starting to get fussy). All the balloons filled up again, but this time they stayed on the ground. Carter really wanted to see them fly again because he kept pointing at the balloons and then pointing to the sky.
The pilots ignite the burners of the balloons along to music. It's pretty cool.
Here are a couple of videos of the not-so-syncronized-to-the-music balloon glow ...
So except for the very end of the night, we had a great time.
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