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Defiance Hot Air Balloon Festival (Birk Lake)

August 3, 2018

Defiance Hot Air Balloon Festival at Birk Lake

Location: Defiance, Ohio

Event: Defiance Hot Air Balloon Festival

I call it Birk Lake because a group of us would go to Jim Birk's lake and fly balloons, eat, drink and be merry, long before there was a formal festival. We still go to Birk's lake and now enjoy all the fun of the Defiance Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Past years have included skeet shooting, antique inflation fans, sweet corn competition and much more.

~ Susan

Balloon gathering at Birk Lake
Activities at the Defiance Hot Air Balloon Festival
Birk Lake balloon festival gathering
Defiance balloon festival activity
The crew at Birk Lake
The Crew
Jim Birk at the sling
Birk at the sling
Chris taking part in the Birk Lake competition
Chris testing his metal (Lead - get it)
Competition at the Birk Lake gathering
The Competition
Prize money for the Birk Lake competition winner
The cash goes to the winner!

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