Balloons in Hudson
I got up at 5 a.m. to walk over to the Elks Club and see a bunch of balloons get inflated. It was wicked awesome, to use the local parlance.
There were a lot of them, and I got to see them in all stages from being unfolded, filled with air, and rising from the ground.
There were a surprising number of people there. I didn't expect to see so many folks out at the crack of dawn.
I was also surprised that there weren't any news crews around, although the guy on Team Peacock who looked familiar turned out to be the evening news dude from channel 7. Which is an NBC station, hence the peacock theme and design on the balloon.
They'll probably be there later, since the fest is going for the whole weekend.
I would have stayed to watch them take off, but the sky was overcast and not conducive to lovely soaring balloon photos, so I headed back home and took a nap.
I was glad I got to see it this year. Last year, it happened the weekend I went to NYC so I missed it. If it's clearer tomorrow morning, I might go back and get more pictures. But not as early this time. Things didn't really start getting interesting till around 7:00.
You can see my whole set here.