Up Up and Away

Have I mentioned that the North treats me pretty good?  No?  Well I probably don't mention it enough!  The big things for me up here is the diversity and the big distance thing that keeps me from family and friends.  Over Labor Day weekend, my Kay May, decided that she missed me and needed to come visit... Words can't describe how excited I was that someone wanted to hop on a plane and come and visit me!  I cleaned my house- I mean really cleaned- mopped, vacuumed, dusted, laundry, cleaned out the fridge, scrubbed everything... you get the point.  I even took off from work on Friday 1) because she would be arriving and 2) because I had only taken one day off the whole summer and I was starting to get a tad bit edgy.  Kay May told me not to make any plans for her visit and that we would play it by ear.  While I was perusing Facebook, I saw where my friend TK had mentioned something about Hot air balloons.  TK is a photographer- Check out her blog here.  I casually mentioned Hot Air balloons to Kay May and she was immediately captivated by them.  So she googled about the activity and Low and Behold- we started making plans!  I am NOT- NOT- NOT a morning person.  You have to bribe me to get me out of the bed for early morning activities.  The Hot Air Balloon activity would begin at 7 AMish.  I needed to figure out why should I get up out of the bed, put on clothes and drive to see balloons... But I realized that I have never had the opportunity to see Hot Air Balloons before and since I had company that I should be on my best BeHaViOr!  I rolled out of bed and we went to Starbucks.  The lady at Starbucks said that they were pretty busy for a Saturday Morning.  And the reason why the were so busy... The Hot Air Balloons.  We made it to the park and walked the short distance to the park with tons of families- pushing strollers, holding hands, carrying their kids who were still in their PJ's to see all of the Balloons.  It was such a beautiful sight to see 20+ balloons getting inflated and flying off in to the sky.  I had never been so close to something like this.  Here are a few pics from the Event!!!  I will tell you more about the Hot Air Balloons later...
Love
~TC