Tired of Kansas and that old witch down the street?
Grab Toto and head to Helen, GA, for the 39th Annual “Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race & Festival” beginning Thursday, May 31, 2012 through Saturday, June 2nd.
Tell the boss you have a serious case of gas and you can’t make it to work.
Better yet, book a room in Helen Wednesday night and have an early breakfast. That way you’ll be up to watch the balloons get gassed up and hit the skies at 7 AM Thursday.
Few things are as cool as watching a bunch of friendly lunatics flame their way into the air in hot-air balloons … racing one another from the “mountains” of North Georgia to the Atlantic Ocean (or Oz, whichever comes first).
If you’re crazy enough to want a ride, you can do it up in style. Take a champagne cruise! Hey, enough champagne and you won’t care about landing — unless you see a flock of flying monkeys heading your way. For the more rational individuals, you can have a “tethered” ride that is sort-of, kinda, nearly, almost, guaranteed not to send you zooming into the sun, a la Icarus.
C’mon. Get up early. Head to Helen and keep your eyes on the skies for the dazzling display of hot-air balloons filling the skies over Helen and beyond.
Click Here for the Official Helen Balloon Website
Photographs from the 2003 Helen to the Atlantic Balloon Race
