July Hot Air Balloon Racing

Every year now since the year Alex was born. We get up at a unheard of time and pile sleepy kids into the car.
Mom and I used to do this, and one year Daddy got to go. And Jori & Jordan have joined too.

We find the location(s) of where they are going up. And watch them fill with air and wave goodbye to the happy pilots floating throughout the sky.

Up and down the travel along the roads of Longview.. Where the are going noone really knows... Which makes it so much more fun trying to guess where will we end up?

People come from all over to just get the chance fly in are yearly race.

But be carefull, you never know who might be watching you with their big gigantic eyes.....
Here is the Purple People Eater. Anthony go to help put it away once it landed in front of our local Target right on the side of the road.