September 19, 2008

Tonight was the annual Forest Park Balloon Glow. They do this every year on the night before the balloon race. They held it up on the polo fields at Forest Park this year instead of near one of the lakes. It was a little disappointing to not have any reflection of the lights from the water, but they were able to fit more balloons in the polo fields than they usually can have.

It was a nice evening. Still a little warm so we didn't need jackets, but not too hot. We parked at the parking garage for BJC hospital downtown and walked to the polo fields in Forest Park from there.

The traffic getting up onto Kingshighway was horrendous. It took us probably a half an hour to get from the highway to the hospital. This usually would take a matter of a few minutes. There were so many people going down there for that added to the normal Friday night traffic going into the city.

There were tons of people going to the balloon glow. But, it didn't seem like it was too crowded to move. We enjoyed it. I think I got some good pictures. I'm sure the ones I took when I realized I needed to turn the stabilizer on turned out better than the ones before that. Silly me.