Hot air balloons make their way across the Oconee sky

The annual Helen, Georgia to Atlantic hot air balloon race is underway, and Oconeeans don’t have to go anywhere to witness some of the spectacle.  At least two hot air balloons were seen across the Oconee sky this morning between Westminster and Walhalla.  Competitors from throughout the country each year fill the sky over Helen with color–all of this a quest to be number one.  They were scheduled to lift off this morning from Helen for a trip of at least 225 miles to any part of Interstate-95.