On 8/5/2012 1:46 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:43:02 -0400, John H.
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On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 11:39:44 -0400, wrote:

On Sun, 05 Aug 2012 08:06:39 -0400, John H.
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On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 23:27:57 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:44:19 -0400, John H.
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On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 13:17:42 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 10:26:28 -0400, Wayne.B
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On Sat, 04 Aug 2012 07:53:24 -0400, John H.
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Hope you have a super trip!

And, before you go, pray for a few clouds floating in the sky. They add so much to photographs.

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Good idea but I've been sending all of my clouds to Tim lately.

If you get down into New Mexico a balloon ride is pretty cool.

You have to blow up your own balloon
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20Mexic...p%20baloon.jpg

The view is great
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20Mexic...%20balloon.jpg

Lots of rich people in New Mexico
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20Mexic...f%20course.jpg

and you never know where you will land. The guy in the red hat didn't
expect us in his yard.
http://gfretwell.com/ftp/New%20Mexic...uys%20yard.jpg

That's on my wife's 'Want to do' list.

Albuquerque is a great place to balloon

One of my wife's sisters lives there. More reason to stop for a visit.

I am sure she knows all about it then. There is a big balloon park
north of town on 25.
We went from there but where you land depends on the wind and your
propane supply. The guy who's yard we landed in seemed to be pretty
good natured about it.

I just checked for RV sites for the October festival. Not much left.
Usually it is better to avoid "festivals". They do the ballooning all
the time.


Never done it but I would think a Fall ride here in New England would be
more fun than looking down at a bunch of sand... They do fall trips up
here all the time.