Up, Up and Away

This past week, I received an e-mail through that on-line group I've

mentioned before, called meetup.com.  It was from a man

who thought we had met the past year at a hike and was

wondering if I'd be interested in helping him get his hot air

balloon in the sky.  I asked my husband if he'd be

interested, so he decided to come along.

We rode out on the Harley and only stayed for about an hour.

It was quite fascinating!

That's me helping below...

He had two other people there to pick him up

once he called them with his GPS coordinates.

I love this picture of the inside!

My husband and I were holding the rope that

attached to the top of the balloon and as it rose

we were to pull back to keep it steady.

As you can imagine, it took all of our

strength as it pulled us towards it!

I hurt my toe a couple of weeks ago and it's still

healing, so I had sandals on.  I warned my husband

to watch out for my foot...but...it was stepped on...ouch!!

I would like to go for a ride some time...

this was just a test flight for him.

Later, I received an e-mail thanking us for our help and

he said he had a "splash n dash"...touched down in

a pond...and then ultimately came down in a farmer's field!