This year marked the first hot air balloon festival at the Kalamazoo Air Zoo. It was planned kind of at the last minute, and luckily a good friend happened to go on Friday night and immediately emailed a bunch of us local folks encouraging us to check it out on Saturday. It was a gorgeous evening, and since admission was free, we were all in! Unfortunately it was too windy for the balloons to actually take off, and only one food truck showed up at the event that evening, so we spent a lot of time waiting for food, but even with those two less-than-ideal issues, we still had a fantastic time! The kids loved seeing the big balloons inflate, and having a picnic dinner. When dusk fell, all of the balloons inflated and then took turns firing up so that the whole field was glowing. So beautiful and magical! Imminent meltdowns kept us from staying as long as Todd and I would have liked, but it was a really amazing community event, and I hope they decide to do it again next year.
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