Inflate the balloons!

We definitely knew ahead of time that we wanted to check out the balloon inflation which was conveniently located on the lower west side of central park near our hotel. We were riding the subway up from the financial district so we took a guess at which stop would be closest to the beginning of the inflation and ended up picking the PERFECT stop. We walked up the stairs and there was Spiderman, oh, and MASSES of people as well! I had heard that the balloon inflation was popular and it certainly was. The rain didn't keep many people away. We were so thankful to have our cozy warm "bubble" umbrellas to keep us dry during this time as it took a long time to see all the balloons. The weather was predicted to be windy on Thanksgiving so we made sure to get a good look at all the balloons as there was speculation that they might not appear in the parade.