Balloons 'n Tunes

 

 

 

 

These are just a few shots I got tonight at the Grove City Balloons 'n Tunes event at Beulah Park. The weather couldn't be any more perfect. My only complant was the hour and a half wait to get to take a balloon ride just to find out before getting on board that the sun has set and no more rides. I believe everything happens for a reason and I was fine with the turn of events.

Peggy took several excellent photos with her new FujiFilm finepix S2550HD. She took some HD video and a lot of still shots. you can see her shots on Facebook from this link.

You can see more shot from my picasa web

Nice morning bike ride

 

 

 

 

Nice 20 Mile Bike Ride

Nice cool bike ride

This picture was taken with Peggy's new FujiFilm FinePix S2550HD point-n-shoot.  It was a cool and cloudy morning when this was taken but thought it did an excellent job.

2010 Balloon Glow

Demonstration of a burn without the balloon

This is about as exciting as it got.

I think I was supprised that altemeters, balloon temperature and vertical speed indicators were on board.

Aerostar Aurora 54k was the maker of this ride. The 54k indicates that the balloon can hold 54,000 basketballs. This was a single person balloon. The owner of this balloon gave a impromtu presentation about the mechanics of the sport.

Bottom line... We got rained out.  We actually had two opportunities to see balloons and the first time was cancelled due to high winds.  The second time was suppose to be the actually "Glow" at 8:30pm and it was raining.  Oh well.  Maybe next year.

This is what we wanted to see but did not!  This is a balloon glow.

Columbus Zoo

The two bear playing.

The Polar Bear Exibit. This is below the water were the bear was playing.

Cameron enjoyed petting all the animals

Me and my two adorable boys.

Columbus Zoo

Christopher, Cameron, Peggy and I went to the Columbus Zoo this morning.  We got there at around 10:30 and it was already HOT!