There is often an established protocol to many things and Baloon Fiesta was no exception. At 7-ish, even though the decision to not launch was made, the national anthem was sung. And when the final words of, ‘…and the home of the brave’ was sung there were a bunch of old timey planes that flew overhead. That, I guess signified the Official Start.
what happened next was that at the word ‘home’ all the balloons tooted with their thrusters as well as stray standalone thrusters that peppered the grounds. The resulting sound, heat, and light was truly remarkable and caught me quite by surprise and I even shed a creeper tear. But I also did that when watching the start of the farmer’s parade at the Sauerkraut Festival in Phelps, NY. 🙄
Those who knew, knew. The rest of us wondered what was going to be next.
But that did not take long to figure out because there were other balloons on the horizon. I mean lots of other balloons!
The Big World 