Dave - Sue - Bert @ Quechee
The craft’s fair tents
filling a balloon
bearly up
waiting in the shade
Dave does the climbing wall
He got to the top!
Dave sits on a balloon
signing our lives away
unloading the balloon @ the fair grounds
our balloon ready to blow up
Dave and Bert ready
Denny ties on a sponsor’s sign
picture perfect weather @ 6 pm
the first one up!
I liked the designs on this balloon
our basket on its side
filling the balloon with air
other balloons filling
Dave checking
Dave watching
Denny inside his balloon
all the balloons go up just around 6:00
Sue, Dave and Bert
the first picture
hold on
directly above the fairgrounds - still terrified!
white knuckles
Quechee
a neighbor
the top of the balloon
my favorite shot
the fairgrounds in the distance
close to another of the 20 balloons from the festival
our shadow
Bert with the video
going to land
our reflection as we cross a pond
the cutest pond ever
a blast of fire to get us higher
looking into the sun
our shadow
really high up
looking for a place to land
Covered bridge
The landing field after 1.5 hours in the air
our pilot, Denny Wesler from Ohio
we ask permission to land in this field before all get out
the fallen balloon
inside the balloon
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the collapsed balloon
pushing the air out of the balloon
working to get air out
the balloon is tied up
we dragged the balloon to the bag
into the bagh
300 lbs. of deflated balloon into the bag
everybody helped stuff the bag
the grass smelled wonderful
waiting for the truck to back up
The red van and trailer followed us on the roads
loading the pieces
Bert and Dave
The basket sits on back - the balloon goes inside the van
Quechee Gorge from the bridge over it
