Sunday, June 1, 2014

Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival

This weekend Mike and I went to the Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival. I had heard about it from the secretary at work and I've always wanted to see hot air balloons up close. She said there would also be bands, food and games for the whole family so I definitely wanted to go and see what all the fuss was about. We decided to leave early. The balloons festival would start at 8 and we got there a little before 7. When we got about a mile down the road from the festival there was hundreds and hundreds of cars, I couldn't believe how many cars were lined up to go in. I was so worried and sad  that I would miss the balloons being lit, after all that's pretty much why we drove out an hour. When we finally parked I pretty much jogged to the entrance. We got  there just as the last 2 balloons were going up. It was so cool to see those ginormous balloons being inflated.
 


 
As the night got darker, the balloons looked so colorful.

 
One day we'll have to go on a hot air balloon ride.



I was so happy that we were able to make it on time, it was so fun to watch.
 


 
I love this picture of all of the balloons being lit at the same time. That morning about 5AM they had a balloon launch and there were a lot more balloons, but we would've definitely not made it in time for that one.




 
We also went and checked out the band that was playing that night. I thought the guy was a great singer


 
They also had a lot of food stands, plenty of delicious, fattening foods to choose from


 
We had such a great time that night. So glad we got there just in time to see the balloon festival.

2 comments:

  1. Now that would be a sight to see!! We did the hot air balloon ride there for New Year's and it was lovely however to see that many balloons in the air at one point seem so much more magical!!! Plus all the food and live bands, sound like quite the party. How awesome you guys got to experience it.

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  2. I'd love to be INSIDE a hot air balloon one of these days, I bet that's pretty awesome!

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