Callaway hosts hot air balloon festival

Callaway

hosts hot air balloon festival

Callaway is

excited to once again host the Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival on Labor

Day weekend. Celebrate the end of Summer at this annual event, where the

sky is the limit for family fun.

Festivities

will kick off Friday, Aug. 30, with the highly anticipated balloon glow

starting as the sun sets around 8:30 p.m.

As night falls,

the inflation of balloons will illuminate their individual colors, evoking

images of floating stained glass windows dancing across the waters of

Robin Lake.

Saturday morning

gates open at 6 a.m., and at approximately 7:15 a.m. the balloons will

launch and fly whatever direction the wind takes them, usually traveling

five to seven miles before landing. A second launch is scheduled for Saturday

afternoon around 5:30 p.m. as well as Sunday morning and afternoon.

In addition

to the breathtaking balloons, there will be lots of activities to complete

the day. Tethered balloon rides, classic car show, sidewalk chalk art,

children's games, face painting, t-shirt decorating, helicopter rides,

ballooning demonstrations, live musical entertainment, the traditional

Robin Lake Beach activities and more will keep you busy.

Admission is

$12 plus tax per adult, $6 plus tax per child (6-12) and children five

and under are free. All flights are dependent upon favorable weather and

wind conditions.

Make a weekend

of it and stay overnight on the Sky High Hot Air Balloon Festival package

starting at $170 plus tax per room, per night in Callaway's Mountain Creek

Inn.

This year Callaway

celebrates 50 years of providing a place of beauty, relaxation, inspiration

and a better understanding of the living world for millions of visitors.

Callaway is committed to continuing its mission of environmental education

and land stewardship for the future.

Callaway is

in Pine Mountain, Ga., 60 minutes southwest of Atlanta and 30 minutes

north of Columbus. For additional information, contact Callaway at 1-800-CALLAWAY

(225-5292) or visit www.callawaygardens.com.

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