Lifting Spirits Around the World

This was to have been the first weekend of the 2020 Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, Fiesta is the largest balloon festival … More

Flying the Skies in Oz

It was a beautiful night in our town, so the balloons we’re out. It was especially fun for me. I … More

It’s been a big weekend in our community. A balloon examiner (thanks Adam) was in town and we added a … More

Yep, more ballooning! Today was significant because my friend Jan took her first ever hot air balloon ride. Introducing people … More

So we went ballooning last night. I had given platelets that afternoon and wasn’t suppose to lift with my left … More

Three guesses how I started my year! My friends Charles and Kristie had a flight this afternoon, so I went … More

It was a great weekend of hot air ballooning in Statesville, North Carolina. It began with our annual Carolinas Balloon … More

It began in Friday afternoon. It was the 50th anniversary of the first hot air balloon flight in our county. … More

So today it begins. My period of obsession. The Gordon Bennett Balloon Race (or the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett) will … More

My friend Jay is a student balloon pilot (though already a fixed wing pilot) and I suspect will get balloon … More

I usually hate being the center of attention. Birthday attention particularly makes me want to squirm. Not that I don’t … More

And this is what my ballooning friends do in the summer on Tuesday nights. Victory Junction is a camp for … More