6:00a.m on a Saturday--what were we thinking????

So for all of the week of getting up between 5:30 and 6:00 you would wonder what would make us sacrifice a Saturday sleep in chance--these beautiful hot air balloons. There is an event here called "The Old Timers Balloon Festival". There are an average of 40-50 hot air balloons that come to Roswell. And on a Saturday and Sunday morning they launch their balloons. We very much enjoy seeing them all because they are all soooo cool. We went in 2008 and one of the pilots came looking for volunteers to help them get their balloon launched and in return he took us all up with him. Not all at the same time, but it was still a super-fun experience. By the time we got there this morning though, all the balloon teams already had their volunteers so we missed out on that chance again. Oh well, it was still really fun to go and watch them. We like it because we can walk around very close to where they set up--like feel the heat from the burner close. It is fun to watch the process of them filling and launching the balloons. So, here are some of the pictures that we took. If you want more, let me know and I will e-mail some more to you. Enjoy.