There are wonderful Hot Air
Balloon festivals all around the world. We have the Temecula Valley Balloon Festival, this year being held on May 31 – June 1, 2013, at Lake Skinner in the Temecula Valley Wine Country.
For those who are more
adventurous, balloon tours are available almost everywhere. It’s kind of
interesting that I will drive across America on my own but am afraid to get into a gondola. Nevertheless,
I have the best of both worlds. I don’t need to go to the festival and I get my
fill of the majesty of these balloons as they soar into the air.
Two companies launch across
the street. Our area is rural and there is plenty of room for them to spread
out their tarps and inflate the balloons. The whoosh of the burners captures
my attention. As I wrote in a recent Squidoo page, I am going to stop taking
pictures of them. I mean, how many do I really need. Somehow, I doubt that it
will happen. With the next whoosh, I will be out again. Here are just a few of the pictures.
