What is a Balloon Glow Festival? Giant Hot Air Balloons with Fun Shapes at the Indianapolis 500 Track!
Benefits truly abound when living near a capital city. We live about 15 minutes from downtown Indy and a few minutes from the Indianapolis 500 Motor Speedway. When I saw a tweet inviting everyone to the Centennial Celebration at the track, I immediately 'Googled' it. Just in the nick of time!
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| The Indianapolis 500 Race Track Start/Finish Line.
In celebration of the Track Centennial and the first hot air balloon race held there, a special balloon glow was held in Indy in May. The balloons were on display and began 'glowing' at dusk, and the evening ended with fireworks! This was well worth the money :-) Totally Free! My kids woke up anxious to check the early morning sky for the balloon race. Memories were made. Way to go IMS, you made our day!
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Energizer Bunny Balloon goes up slowly. He is over 60' tall and cannot participate in the race due to size. Here, he looks like he is doing push-ups!
Bunny and Balloon Coloring Sheet
Bunny and Balloon Coloring Sheet
A crowd pleaser, staff handed out Energizer bunny
balloon ears to all attendees.
balloon ears to all attendees.
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| Hot Air Balloon Glow at dusk in Indianapolis. |
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| Hot Air Balloon Festival. |
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| United Truck Hot Air Balloon. |
Mayhem disliked the fire. At first, Jake did too. He wanted to stay on the pavement and admire the balloons from a distance until he saw the truck.
Daddy took him to touch the bumper and everything changed...
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| That's one happy face! He got to make the fire. |
Balloon #21 is the Breast Cancer Awareness Balloon. Special thanks to the crew! They were so nice and patient! Jake even got to light the balloon. His little body shook all over as he pulled on the mechanism to start the flame, but you can see from his face- it was worth it. He begged to take a ride!
In the morning, he awoke bright and early because he wanted to race his balloon. Unfortunately, he was only allowed to peek up into the sky in hopes of catching a glimpse of the balloons in flight.
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| These flames are not only noisy but fiercely hot. |
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| Hot Air Balloon Glow and Go. |
