The wind wreaked a little havoc on the kickoff event for the annual Thurston Classic Hot-Air Balloon Event. The tethered balloon handlers basically did a dance of sorts being tossed around as they tried to keep the giant inflatables from crashing in to one another.
But the hundreds of people attending still got a show getting to see these seven story tall colorful bags of hot air rise, and once the sun was down, glow.
At times it took the entire crew and others to keep the balloons upright.
The crowd was still audibly ooh-ing and ahh-ing when they lit up the dark Robertson Field at Allegheny College.
It appeared to be a fun night for all.
Even the crews working very hard to control the beasts in the wind could be heard laughing and joking with one another.
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