Hot Air Balloons and Traffic

Today, after a long day of working in the yard, our family decided to go to one of the Cherry Blossom events in Macon. We thought it would be fun to go to the Tunes and Balloons event featuring a big hot air balloon glow. The boys had never seen a real hot air balloon in person so I thought it would be neat for them. Actually, for the past 3 years I've tried to go to this event with our family but each year we would get there and it would either be too wet to have the balloon glow or too windy and cold for it. This year I knew they'd be able to have the balloon show without a problem because it was such a gorgeous day out there today. Apparently though, all of middle Georgia must've thought the same thing because I've never seen traffic this bad going to any kind of event in Macon. The event was held at the Al Sihah Shrine Temple park in south Macon. Hopefully, the organizers will never have this event out there again, because it was an absolute traffic nightmare. Only one way in and out. Many people waited in traffic for over an hour and a half only to be turned away after the parking was filled to capacity. But anyway, at least we made it in to park. The boys enjoyed watching the hot air balloons fill up with air and then glow when it became darker at night. I think there were 11 or 12 balloons out there. Was it worth all the madness of all the traffic? Probably not. There really wasn't a whole lot to the hot air balloons... just filling them with air every now and then and they'd glow. I think I've had my fill of hot air balloons at the Cherry Blossom Festival for a while. I'm sure Shane wasn't happy about the whole traffic situation, but he was really nice throughout the whole ordeal. After we left the park, we had to make a stop at Krispy Kreme. The Hot Doughnuts Now sign was on and beckoning us to stop. Those hot glazed doughnuts made all our traffic frustrations melt away. Mmmm!!!