It the smell of hay mixed with puffs of dust kicked up around our feet, sticking to sheen of sweat around our calves that made me exclaim, "This reminds me of going to the fair!" I then proceeded to relay all of my childhood memories from the Kern County Fair to Adrian as we walked the distance from our car to the Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival.
It felt like a fair inside also. Vast numbers of people, cowboys hats everywhere, booths and games, food stands (funnel cakes!), and loud music. We plowed our way through the people, wandered around, collected free tooth products (which Adrian pulled out of his pocket later to show me...I convinced him not to floss his teeth), and finally plopped ourselves onto the grass behind several levels of fencing to watch Gloriana, Chris Cagle, and Phil Vasser.
Mainly, we were just there for the music. Mainly, we were just there for Gloriana.
But I have to say, Chris Cagle was probably better -- he had obviously been performing for a long time and Gloriana was still a little new and awkward.
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| Gloriana |
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| Just chilling on the lawn, trying to avoid being stepped on by somewhat intoxicated folks. |
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| Chris Cagle |
After all this crazy fun, we headed to balloon glow--which, it turns out, is where they gather a bunch of hot air balloons on the lawn and light them up again the night sky. Huge. Beautiful.
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| Before. |
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| After. |
Thanks Temecula for having your famous festival right next door to us! It was fun.
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