Sunday, June 10, 2007

Hot Air Ballooning

Isabella and I got the opportunity to go up in a hot air balloon. My restaurant sponsors one of the pilots so we got a ride!
Isabella was sooooooo excited and scared at the same time! I am terrified of heights, but once we got up there it was great. It felt like you were standing on something solid...a few thousand feet above the earth!


If you can see Isabella's face you can see the mixture of excitement...and not so sure!

Such a beautiful sight. There are 7-8 balloons in different stages of taking off in this picture.


The balloon my Pub sponsors, (See the sign?) I got to help fill the balloon up right before they heated the air. You can see Isabella watching with interest.

"Bye Mom!!!"

The pilot was a little uncomfortable with Jen going because she is so pregnant...so she got to ride with the chase team and take video from below.


One of the balloons landed right in the middle of town. I was facinated to see how small of a spot it took to land one of these things!


Just a beautiful picture from the air of the field and so many balloons taking flight.

One of the coolest balloons, and by far the largest was "Arky". This balloon had to find an extra large field to land because it is more then twice the size of the "normal" balloons.

Well, a safe landing. We found a parking lot as well and set down there. Such a fun trip! One that Isabella and I will remember for ever!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wow!!! That is so cool! I think I would have been too scared. I'm glad you all made it back safely.
=) Erin

Charlyn said...

Incredible! I've always wanted to do this. Maybe some day!!