Micah and I finally took our balloon ride on Sept 11th. It was a perfect, clear, cool morning for a balloon ride. I have to say that it was one of the coolest things I've done, ever. The only downside I can say is that we flew over dry, parched farmland near San Marcos and it wasn't one of the most breathtaking sceneries I've seen! Everything was dry and dead due to the drought. We saw a lot of cows, goats, chickens, horses, and dogs. I yelled at the cow, "HEY COW!" I was excited that I got the chance to play that game up in the air.
I was amazed at how quiet and peaceful it was up there. We could hear almost everything. And when the pilot gassed up the balloon by blowing fire into the top, it was HOT and it was like it was the loudest thing out there in the sky. I was hoping to run into some birds or something, but that didn't happen. Okay, let me clarify that. I wasn't hoping we would hit any birds. I hoped we would have a bird flying right along beside us.
Overall, it was a great experience and I'm glad it finally happened. After three tries we finally got to go. Here are some shots of our ride.
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| filling up the balloon |
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| there were two other balloons that rode with us |
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| looking in the inside of the balloon |
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| blowing up the balloon |
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| so early in the morning, but so pretty |
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| I'm tired, but ready to go |
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| the balloon behind us |
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| up in the air finally |
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| look mom, I'm flying! |
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| These were the other balloons behind us |
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| God waking up the earth |
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| I's me in a balloon again!! |
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| going over I-35! |
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| I give this two thumbs up - WAY UP! |
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| HEY!! |
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| scenery |
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| it's not scary up here, it's fun |
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| We are done! |
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| Big shot himself |
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| We are official Aeronauts!! |
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