Hot Air Balloon!

One of our neighbors down the road owns a hot air balloon!  Every now and then we'll see them inflate the balloon and take off from the field down the street.  However, tonight...we were in for an even special treat!  We didn't realize that the balloon was out, until someone opened the garage door and we could hear it suddenly.  And, boy did it sound close.

We yelled for the boys to get their shoes on and quickly come outside.  And, here is the view we saw.....of the balloon landing in the yard of the neighbor next door!!!!  (From this angle, we almost through it would land ON the house!)

After a few minutes, the balloon took off again and was headed in our direction!  With the balloon so close, we could literally talk to the owners!  They asked if they could land in our back yard and those boys were super excited about that thought!  Unfortunately, after getting a little bit closer, they decided not to land due to the amount of trees back there.  But, we did wave and chat with them for a few minutes while they floated down the road and landed at the house on the other side of us, before taking off again!  (Guess they were practicing their landings and take-offs!)  That's something you certainly don't see every day!