I decided to take the boys to Indianola on a Wednesday night, July 30th, for the National Balloon Classic. It was kind of a spur of the moment trip, and we ended up having Heidi and Ty Woollums tag along with us on our adventure!
It turns out that it took us forever to get down there because of traffic. Fortunately, the whole event started up probably 20 minutes after we arrived, so it actually worked out perfectly. That 20 minutes gave us just enough time to use the restroom, get some dinner and drinks, and find a spot for our blankets.
Just as we sat down, the 3 balloons right in front of us took off and the many, many, many more all started to fly in and land down right in front of us. It’s actually a really beautiful event to witness. All the balloons in the sky on a beautiful evening is almost surreal.
While we were there, we had a great time! The boys ate dinner, watched the balloons, and then wanted to do some bounce houses.
The boys and I at the Balloon Classic.
It is so fun to watch this happen!
A couple of the boys’ favorites. The pirate, Peg Leg Pete, and the Monkey, which had people wearing banana costumes flying the balloon.
As we were getting ready to leave, they had just opened up the fence for people to walk in and look at all the balloons up close and get right underneath the fire and heat. It was very cool!
After our amazingly fun evening at the Balloon Classic, we had bad luck in the parking lot. We ended up waiting in the parking lot for a good hour after we had just gotten into our car. There was a bad accident that backed up traffic for the night. So, besides our traveling to Indianola and our traveling out of Indianola, the spur of the moment adventure was awesome!
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