Saturday, July 25: Balloons and Art

Early Morning 

Well I got up around 8:15 AM this morning to get ready to meet Larry& Friend at the Starbucks.

Uber to 3rd and Market

Unfortunately I was slow-moving and I took public transit part of the way in Uber the rest of the way. The

At Christ Church

meeting was pretty fabulous and then afterwords we walked towards 2nd and   Lombard where their having

commemorative Poster

Shot Tower in S Philly

didn't walk the dog with a friend and saw the shot tower in South Philly it was pretty neat.

The Shot Tower

Never seen it before.

I got a few good photos. I was able to drop off my membership application to Di Vinchi today. I was

relieved to get that done!! Well we picked up Steve and then headed north on 95. This place is north

Play Area at the Shot Tower

east of Flemington New Jersey. There's a lot of people here at the balloon festival. There was so much

Da Vinci Art Alliance

fun being sold it was crazy. They're selling everything from gutter guard to car insurance as you walk

In Jersey Driving to Balloon Fest

towards the main area of the balloon festival. Well we managed to meet all their friends of Drew

Getting Closer

despite not having cell phone service records the time I was there. We got a bite to eat and then

Parking in the Infamous Lot

we met up with some other folks to camp out and watch the balloons. I left to get a closer look at the

Drew at Schlock Row

balloons and they were quite fascinating that's for sure. Yes,despite the shellac sing the blues was pretty

Married Couple

freaking cool. They of course had loud music they even had the band Kansas was playing and I recognized

Part of Group I was With

a couple of their songs. You know you're kind of over the hill and we are playing a concert at the hollowing

Asian Girlfriend with Child

festival. But we can't get enough for classic rock or Schlock as I like to call it. I guess Kansas blew

Up..Up and Away

all their money and still need to play. I know I'm just been hard everywhere!😕 I must've taken at least

Nice Colors

50 pictures of the balloons in various stages of light. I did enjoy those balloons a lot. Well, it was 9 o'clock

and then was time to leave. We met in around 915 we left or another words we tried to leave. The parking lot

Huge Crowd

was completely jammed with people trying to get out. It was just the most absurd exiting experience

Many Balloons

I've ever had. And I've been to a few places the entertainment. You know what I'm talking about. Eagles

Darth Vader Balloon. Cool!!

games flyers games Phillies games concerts from the spectrum to the JFK to electric factory. I never seen

Our Group

it so hard to get out of the venue in my life. Nobody was guarding nor keeping order directing the cars

Hamming it Up

out of the hayfield that was the parking lot. It cost $10 to park in that makeshift parking lot. I did not get

More Balloons

home till at least 1 AM in the morning and did not get the crash until then. Next time if there is a next time,

Girlfriend with Child

we park at the front of the lot more outside a lot so we can get the hell out. It's just another night

Around 8pm

of not enough sleep that is become wait to come in for me. I make bad decisions I get tired and grouchy

Close to 8;30

and can't be my true self at times as well. I just become my Moody old self.