You might think you’ve seen a hot air balloon before. Maybe one drifting way off in the distance, looking peaceful and tiny, like something out of a screensaver.
Now imagine standing in the middle of twenty-plus hot air balloons as they inflate all around you—fabric stretching, burners roaring, colors dazzling like somebody spilled a box of highlighters across the sky. You’ve got a cold lemonade in one hand, something fried and delicious in the other, and suddenly you realize…oh. This is what people mean when they say “you just had to be there.”
That’s the energy at the 41st Mississippi Championship Hot Air Balloon Festival, happening June 26–28 in Canton, Mississippi. And it’s not just an event, it’s a full-on Southern weekend experience rooted in tradition, setting spirits aloft…