Sky Ride

Living in Austin makes you become accustomed to seeing strange things...so much that they are not strange anymore.

This morning I saw something that I didn't realize until that moment that I had never seen in real life before.

Around 9:15 this morning I walked into my kitchen to get a bite of breakfast. I love the outdoors so much that I never pass by a window without looking out of it. Good thing, or I would have never saw what I did.

There floating across the sky was a hot air balloon! I'm sure that that may not be a big deal to most folks, but I was excited. Aside from a book or t.v. it was the first time I had ever seen one actually floating in the sky...practically in my backyard I might add.

I immediately grabbed my camera and took a pic...



The balloon slowly descended down behind the trees until I could not see it anywhere. My curiosity got the best of me so I hopped in my car to find out where it went. I knew where I saw it go down there is nothing but wide open farmland and the main road.

As I pulled out of my neighborhood I caught sight of it again. It was still slowly descending. I lost track of it one more time before I caught sight of it touching down in the park.

I couldn't believe that it had landed in the area that it did without getting tangled up in the grove of pecan trees in the park..



I was curious enough about the balloon that I came home and did a little research. I found out that Austin has a couple of hot air balloon rentals. I can't believe in the two years that I have lived here this is the first time I ever saw a hot air balloon floating around in the sky.

I guess I can add balloon ride to my long list of things to do while living in Central Texas.