Balloon Festival

This weekend, Celina hosts its 3rd annual Balloon Festival. 18 hot air balloons will be blown up and taking off and landing here in Celina. My friend is the president of the Chamber of Commerce here, and so I get roped into helping with different things whenever there is a chamber event.

Tomorrow will be the big day. There is supposed be a lift off tonight, but I am pretty sure it is too windy for them to take off to night. Winds cannot be over 12 miles per hour. It is a little windy today. Last year, it rained everyday of the month of June, so there was the festival last year, but not flights. Hopefully we can actually see some balloons in the air this year.

I love festivals like these in small towns. When we lived in Cordell, Oklahoma, they had a pumpkin festival in the fall. I love the close community that small towns have. In 1998, I was in Oklahoma at my grandparents house and went to a Peach Festival in Stratford, Oklahoma. Of course, these functions are always outside and hot, but they are fun.

I love festival food. There is nothing better than being able to eat a smoked turkey leg, funnel cakes and cotton candy all in the same place. I know it isn't healthy, but a splurge once a year is well worth it! I plan on having a funnel cake and some potato spirals. yum.

I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!