Below is link to 5th Dimension song "Up Up and Away"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5akEgsZSfhg
With some balloons out ahead and some behind us we chased north on Highway 31 toward Sellersburg. Actually, we had forgotten this was the balloon race weekend. (The rain and the river had taken so much of our attention.) We missed the Friday race altogether. Saturday morning Nick was leaving to get his usual donut and saw the balloons above our neighborhood. He called me outside, we very quickly picked up Clara and went balloon chasing. With the balloons still ahead of us we have turned west onto Highway 60 toward Hamburg. Here we are waiting at the light as the balloons Remax, Sunny Side and Oliver Winery drift away over I 65. Remax balloon and Indiana's Sunny Side of Louisville balloons still ahead of us with Sellersburg Water tower on the right. We have pulled into the driveway at Manitowoc Company. (This is the company Gary works for -but not in that building or division anymore.) Sunny Side is approaching.
A few balloons have come and gone. Here comes another group toward us Oliver's Winery, Kings Company CPA, UAW, Parks (rocket shape), and Tran Orthodontics way out in the distance.
This is when we noticed they were going behind the building so we moved to the back parking lot.
Another shot of the Kings Company CPA, UAW, Parks, Tran Orthodontics ballons as they come in for their chance at the target.
The Balloon Fest is sponsored this year by US Bank. The balloons follow a "Hare and Hound" format. The "hare" US Bank balloon took off first and when it got to an appropriate spot it landed and spread out a giant "X" on the ground. The "hound" balloons followed along and while still hovering aloft drifted as close to the target as doable. They dropped their small bag of Kentucky Bluegrass seed as close as possible to the "X" as they floated by. Safety heliocopter
Do you recognize this one? Coming in late? Not exactly the pilot hung back on purpose so he could have a clean shot at the target.
The crew whose seed bag gets closest to the target earns points for each race and the winners are determined after the second race. The winner recieves several thousand dollars and free entry into next year's Great Balloon Race.
2011 WINNERS
First --------Oliver Winery-------------------950 points
Second------Central American Airways----917
Third--------Tran Orthodontics--------------883
Fourth(tie)--US Bank2------------------------833
Fourth(tie)--Sunny Side of Louisville-------833
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The world's a nicer place in my beautiful balloon
It wears a nicer face in my beautiful balloon
We can sing a song and sail along the silver sky
For we can fly...we can fly
3 comments:
I wish I could have seen them.
Well blogged! Love that you included the one mistakenly taken of yourself!
This was fun. I hope the kids liked it. The song keeps circling around and around in my head. Glad you liked the balloons. I keep looking at it and reliving the experience.
I guess it is anything to do with WIND, kite, sailboat, windmill, balloon - oops not airplane.
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