And we like to do land things too...
Our friends own and pilot a hot air balloon!
Well, actually the wife does!
She is the pilot.
They invited us to be ground crew at the Santa Paula Citrus Hot Air Balloon Something or Other, so we dumped the dog on Curtis, spontaneously invited Connie and dumped Connie's dog on Curtis and went!
It was amazing!
A vintage plane fly over.
Boys jumped out of a plane.
Turned out one of them knew my cousin and even trained under him.
And this!
The glow...!
The balloons are laid out, filled by a giant fan then the burners are lit to lift the balloons.
It was beautiful!
Peggy was amazing ~ she let all kinds of people climb in her basket for photos and entertained so many.
The burners kept us warm!
I loved it.
Awesome! The town just south of us hosts a huge international balloon festival every year. We often have hundreds of balloons flying the house, sometimes if we are up early enough we get to see some of them flyover in the dark.
ReplyDeleteHow beautiful - I miss the Albuquerque Balloon. Thanks for sharing your photos!
ReplyDeleteI am jealous. I wanted to go to that but we never made it there.
ReplyDeleteA hot air balloon for manned flight uses a single-layered, fabric gas bag (lifting "envelope"), with an opening at the bottom called the mouth or throat. Attached to the envelope is a basket, or gondola, for carrying the passengers.
ReplyDeleteSheldon? Is that you?
ReplyDeleteUh thanks Wheel Alignment Equipment... I guess.
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