Centralia Foundation Park — Attraction in Centralia

This was an excellent event. There were enough activities to keep you busy. There were 35 balloons present and they had races and balloon glows at dusk. Although it is very busy, the park is huge and really spread out so plan on walking. Be sure to bring your lawn chairs because several events lasted over an hour. There are lots of fairground food booths that got very busy with extremely long waits. There is also a large craft area with several vendors. My only complaint is that tethered balloon rides were advertised; there was only one balloon doing it, it was $10 per person, it went up about 30' and the line was very long. We did not go to the bandstand to see the country band but they sounded great and the cheers of the crowd indicated that they were a hit. There was a fireworks display to end the night. Not the biggest display but they were nice. Parking was $3 and well organized. Entry was $3 per person and worth every penny. I did see folks with a three day pass button and assume this was a local promotion. I would highly recommend this event and it will be an annual trip for my family...

An almost natural park except it's surrounded on all sides by houses and you can typically find fallen tree's across paths for weeks. During the summer months it smells like raw sewage and is filled with swarms of bees looking for a non toxic place to nest, lest they become mutated.

It's not all bad though at night you can walk the paths with little to no insect activity but you have to watch your step for the homeless.

The snowy winters are the best because the homeless, the insects, and the junkies have all gone to hell or warmer climes. You won't hear any traffic late at night or see the houses so it's wise to bring a light. The paths though not marked range from; a crawling child could handle this, to Bear Grylls would have to avoid them.

If you are a child, elderly or stupid just stick to the outside paths. They are easy to spot and easy to trek, just follow the...

This is one of the first places my wife and I ever went we let their dogs run loose out there we go to the merry-go-round drink a beer once in awhile I don't know if we're supposed to or not we've heard Head East out there we love this part in part of our Lives all our lives she showed it to me she played out there every day of her life when she was a little girl she lived across the street and Holiday Terrace she was the one that turned me on to it it's a great part of Our Lives we've been to the Balloon best several times I wouldn't trade those moments for anything in the world I'm from Chicago and I've shown a couple of the people parts of the park but she showed me that really cool places I hope to be out doing that with her real...