Three guesses how I started my year! My friends Charles and Kristie had a flight this afternoon, so I went … More
Category: ballooning
A Parade of Balloons – My Weekend
It was a great weekend of hot air ballooning in Statesville, North Carolina. It began with our annual Carolinas Balloon … More
A Weekend in Life
It began in Friday afternoon. It was the 50th anniversary of the first hot air balloon flight in our county. … More
A Period of Obsession
So today it begins. My period of obsession. The Gordon Bennett Balloon Race (or the Coupe Aéronautique Gordon Bennett) will … More
Weekends Are For Ballooning
My friend Jay is a student balloon pilot (though already a fixed wing pilot) and I suspect will get balloon … More
The Birthday
I usually hate being the center of attention. Birthday attention particularly makes me want to squirm. Not that I don’t … More
