Sky's The Limit Balloon Spectacular

Texoma area fall festivals begin the second Saturday in September with the 3rd Annual Sky's The Limit Balloon Spectacular. Held at the Gainesville Municipal Airport, the event features traditional ballooning events including mass ascensions, balloon competitions, and glows. In addition there are plenty of festival activities to enjoy including concerts, food and merchandise vendors, a kids area, and other activities throughout the day.

The family-friendly weekend event begins Friday afternoon, September 12, 2014 with 25 hot air balloons taking to the sky and live entertainment on the Sky Stage. The Sky Stage headliner for 2014 is Stoney LaRue. On Saturday in addition to the balloons and entertainment there will be a thriller air show! Activities will be going all day - each day with the event closing at noon on Sunday, September 14.

The Sky’s the Limit Balloon Spectacular is a fundraiser for the North Texas Medical Center Foundation. Since 1986, the North Texas Medical Center Foundation has assisted the Medical Center by providing financial assistance towards the
purchase of the newest and most technologically-advanced equipment available in the healthcare marketplace.

The Gainesville Municipal Airport is located at 2300 Airport Drive, Gainesville, TX 76240. The event hours are Friday 4 - 10 PM, Saturday 7 AM to midnight and Sunday 7 AM - 10 AM. Admision on Friday and Sunday is $5, Saturday $10 which includes the concert. Children under 42 inches are free. Parking is free. For a schedule of events visit http://www.theskysthelimit.org/

For a full list of Fall Festivals in the Lake Texoma area, be sure to visit http://www.texomaconnect.com.

Author: BJ Kirkpatrick

Company: Texoma Connect

BJ Kirkpatrick is the publisher of www.TexomaConnect.com, an online tourism and relocation guide for the Lake Texoma Area. She lives in the hills surrounding Lake Texoma with her husband, their daughter and three grandchildren. BJ is the marketing coordinator for a local mortgage company and Blog post author You can reach BJ by email [email protected]

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GOOD. Water normal stain; 67 degrees; 0.33 feet below pool. Striped bass fishing is great on top waters early along rocky shorelines and sandy flats around coves. Watch for birds on the banks and fish the direction the birds are moving up and down the rocks. Live bait is still very effective fishing ledges and humps near the river channels in 35-45 feet of water. The shad spawn is on and catching will only get better. Crappie fishing is good near boat docks and on structure also using electronics to locate roaming fish in 12-15 feet of water. Glo and milk are colors of choice with a crappie nibble tip. Seeing females in the creeks 2-5 feet of water as well. Catfishing is getting better on cut shad and prepared baits anchored on ledges in 40-50 feet of water a few reels off the bottom near rocky banks. Slip cork with a cut shad down the bluffs are producing channel cats preparing to spawn as well. Bass fishing is good using top waters early, spooks or closed face glide baits and fish crawl baits later. Fish are roaming near the beds and hitting white chatter baits as well. Live shad down the bluffs are producing numbers with the occasional big fish off the rocks in 5-8 feet of water. Report by Jacob Orr, Guaranteed Guide Service Lake Texoma. Hybrid stripers are excellent with limits coming on topwaters along the bank early in the morning watching for Egrets. Then switch to swimbaits on flats and points in 10-20 feet of water. Shad are spawning along the banks. Report by John Blasingame, Adventure Texoma Outdoors.

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