More than a dozen balloons ascended into the sky and floated eastward in the City of Poughkeepsie this morning during a mass balloon launching at the Hudson River Rowing Association.
Hundreds of people lined up along the Hudson River and watched as each balloon inflated before taking to the sky. A total of 14 balloons took off for the sunrise mass launch, which marked the final day of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Balloon Festival.
The event, which began Friday, was hampered by weather. The balloon launches scheduled for Friday night and Saturday morning were canceled. A few balloons were able to lift off Saturday evening.
“The weather (today) is absolutely perfect and every balloon is here,” Charlie North, president and CEO of the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce, said this morning. “Two out of four days isn’t bad. We’ve had years where we didn’t launch at all because of the weather.”
Check Monday’s edition of the Journal for more coverage of the Balloon festival.
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