Elizabeth Stowe, 9, and Megan Stowe, 5, of Tecumseh, ride on Sally the Camel, led by Jesse Malchow, of Camels Unlimited in Adair, during the FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival on Aug. 10. Camel rides were a new addition to the Kids' Zone this year. Countywide & Sun/Natasha Dunagan
“We are still awaiting a final count, but early estimates are at 60,000 attendees throughout the course of the weekend,” said Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN) Social Media/Online Coordinator Reid Vishanoff, in an email, about the Seventh Annual FireLake Fireflight Balloon Festival.
According to a blog on www.potawatomi.org, the inaugural event was in 2017 and had an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 visito…
