Balloon Races

This year, my oldest and dearest friend, Danielle came to Reno with her munchkins for the Balloon Races.  We got up BEFORE the crack of dawn to head out to see the balloons.  We were there early enough to watch the glow show, where a handful of balloons light up (or glow) to the sounds of the music being played over the sound system.  It’s pretty cool and definitely worth getting up that early for.  Unfortunately, of all days, this day ended up being too windy for the balloons to get up in the air- we did get to see a couple of them go up for the test run.  Major bummer!  I have been telling Dani about how cool this event is, and how she should bring the family up for it.   Boo!  The balloons still filled with air, but had to be tethered to the ground for safety reasons.  It was still really neat and the kids loved it.  We will just have to try it again next year.