This was what I did yesterday morning. Worth getting up at five in the morning for? Hell yes. ;]

I shall now spam you all with tons of balloon pictures! (They're really cool balloon pictures though, I promise!)





They used to have a balloon race that drew in tons of balloons (about fifty, I was told) but most of them stopped coming when they stopped the race. I didn't count how many there were, but I think about a dozen. Living in a desert valley is really perfect for the balloons, with the air currents and lack of wind.

Sorry for the uber spam. >_> I was only going to post about a dozen, but then I realized that I had a neat chronological order thing going on and I decided to post more of an events-as-they-unfolded thing. I have some sequences that can be turned into animations (like Mr. Concentration from the moment he lights the burner to the moment the balloon gets upright) so I need to figure out how to do that.

Anyways. Hot air balloons FTW!

ETA: Kasha dives through soda boxes just like that Scottish Fold Maru on YouTube.  SO awesome.  XD

My mom and I drove along the stretch of coastline called "Big Sur" for my birthday, and I took tons of pictures.  Beware: Spam ahead!




This is, by far, the coolest place I have ever eaten.  (The strip on the bottom is the bar. ^^ )