Pretty Balloons

Hot air balloons and their crews preparing their balloons to fly at a balloon rally featured at the 2012 edition of Seymour, Wisconsin’s Hamburger Festival. The balloon rally has been a part of this annual festival for more than 20 years. This was my first time to attend.

Before I took these photos, several balloons had taken off. More than 20 balloons were at this year’s event, but unfavorable weather conditions kept some from participating.  There was a little more wind then they would have liked the evening we were there. Weather is always a factor in the success of the balloon rally.

To give you a wider view of the balloon rally, I created this panoramic photo.

To see a larger version of either photo, click on it.