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[September 05, 2023]
Early on the morning of August 26th, hot air balloons
were inflated and launched from Campus View Drive. The morning was
quiet and cool at first, but people from far and wide quickly began
to show up.
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Two women, Sheri Dhabalt and Kathy Sutzer, drove from
Springfield for the show. The atmosphere was one of fun, but also
great anticipation. It was about 6:30 a.m. when the teams of
“balloon people” began to show up, a term used by Cassidy of Dream
Inc., one of the members of a rainbow balloon team.
As the balloon teams arrived, they began to choose spots with enough
room for their balloons to be set up. Once the balloon people got to
work setting up their balloons, things began to move very quickly.
The teams rolled out their balloons and secured ropes at the bottoms
of the deflated balloon to their basket.
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Each team then had to hold the bottom of their
balloons open so the burner could warm up the air inside. The heat
from these burners was very intense and could easily be felt from
several dozen feet away. The balloons quickly began to inflate, and
once inflated enough, slowly began to rise into an upright position.
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One by one, the balloons began to lift into the air.
One might not expect a hot air balloon to move very fast, but these
individuals would be incorrect. Within just a couple of minutes, the
balloons went from a large and imposing presence on the ground to
not much more than a brightly colored speck in the sky.
The teams of balloon people quickly got into their vehicles to chase
their respective balloons, and as quickly as they appeared, the
balloon people were gone. Those in attendance were left with a grand
view of all the balloons spattered across the sky, both the balloons
from Campus View Drive as well as the other locations around town
that could also be seen.
[Matt Boutcher]
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