Balloons in Binghampton

Hey y'all! I'm coming to you from Binghamton, New York. (No, I'm not surprised you haven't heard of it: it's a fairly small city in New York state as the map-lovers among you can see here, but it's where some family friends live which Makes It Special. :))

I'm here for the first half of my last *sob* week of vacation of the year, and will be moving on to the Big Apple come Tuesday. And I have Intarwebz again! \o/ I'm posting at this rather ungodly hour so as not to take time away from the friends I'm here to visit. :)

The big fun for today was actually getting up at 5:30AM (okay, THAT part wasn't the big fun) to go and watch hot air balloons take off at a local rally. (And how much do I love that the whole event is based around food? SO MUCH.) The weather was glorious and the sky a perfect, striking backdrop, so in addition to having a great time I got some rather fabulous shots, if I do say so myself.

Have a looksee:



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We went back later in the day and ate ourselves silly, including the eponymous spiedies, ice cream and my beloved-but-oh-so-hard-to-find butterfly potatoes. *happy sigh*