We had a bit of an adventure this weekend. Earlier this summer, I noticed an interesting deal in my email, and Teri and I decided we should go for it. We tried in July, but the weather didn't cooperate, so we were re-scheduled for October. So this weekend it finally happened - we got to take a hot air balloon ride. It was really cool, and I took lots of pictures. Enjoy!
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| Getting set up. We didn't know yet which balloon would be ours. |
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| One is nearly ready |
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| And away it goes! |
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| Now the next one is nearly ready. Our balloon would be the one in the background, "Desert Rose". |
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| A whole fleet of balloons ready to go! |
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| And off they go! Another group is in "Desert Rose" for the first flight; when they land, we will get on board for our own flight. |
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| A sky full of balloons. |
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| All aboard! |
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| Oh, wow, here we go... |
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| Christine was nervous about the height, but she did great. |
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| Come on baby, light my fire. |
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| And up we go! |
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| Thinking of balloons? |
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| So cool. |
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| Two other balloons, and the shadow of our balloon. |
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| ...and back down to Earth again. |
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| Helping deflate the balloon. The girls and I are keeping the basket from dragging, while Teri helps deflate at the top of the balloon. |
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| Everything all packed up. That bag there has the whole balloon packed away in it - and it weighs some 600 lbs.! |
