On Sunday, March 2, we headed out to Sun ‘n’ Fun in Lakeland, Florida for the Up Up & Away Florida balloon festival. This event featured live music, play areas for kids, balloon rides, helicopter rides, and lots of food and beer. For photographers, Up Up & Away is a dream! So many great photo ops here in one place for those looking to capture a colorful memory.
This was our first year attending this great event, and we look forward to going back next year. But we’ll make sure to drag some friends and few lawn chairs along to make a nice long day of it.
Festival goers watching the crews set up these big beautiful balloons.A field of balloons getting set up and ready to fly.A “balloon wrangler” helping to set up this big yellow balloon before it takes flight.Remax had their iconic balloon here, which I guess is like the Goodyear Blimp of hot air balloons.The Bimbo Bread balloon never did take flight but hung out on the ground for the night time balloon glow.Tethered balloon rides were available for $25.A great place to just bring some chairs, soak up some sun, and listen to some music.The live music at this festival was great! Would love to go back just to hang out and listen to the band play.The only way to steer these balloons is with the wind. The trucks chase them down and collect them for their next flight.The Freedom Flyer from Tallahassee, Florida.Love the colors on this one and how it just pops off that blue sky.Flying off into the late afternoon sky.A skyfull of balloons on picture-perfect spring day in Central Florida.
