Dawn Patrol

This morning Melissa and I got up at 1:30 a.m. (yes, you read that right) to cover the Great Reno Balloon Race. More accurately, Melissa was covering the event for the media outlet that Melissa works for, a media outlet that will offically remain nameless but a quick glance to the 'Links' section will probably give you a hint. I went along for moral support, and just for the heck of it.

I can probably safely say that this was the first and last time I'm getting up at 1:30 a.m. to help cover a balloon race. The weather was unseasonably cold and rainy this morning. Because of the moisture, most of the events were abbreviated or cancelled outright. The two balloons above did participate in what is called the "glow show", but honestly once you've seen a few balloons lighting up in the pre-dawn darkness, you've pretty much seen them all.

The Great Balloon Race is one of those things that sort of heralds the end of summer around this neck of the woods. The only thing left at this point is Street Vibrations, and then it's the long slide into Fall.