We landed out north of Milo. Chris & Sam (our volunteer crewperson) had to help a balloon deflate on the road before we could get into the field to get Max. One pilot in the same field had flown away with his keys. Rural Relations retrieved his balloon & took him back to the field! Mark landed just north of us.

Gma and the girls

the harris fan club

Saturday - Day 2

Pilots meeting - 6 am. Early hour after a short night. We stayed up too late talking & celebrating Brad's BD & the start of the Classic. There would be no flight this a.m. - a front was moving through & winds aloft were too strong. So we did the next best thing - went to Crouse's cafe for breakfast - yummy onion rings! Now it's nap time!

National Balloon Classic - Day 1

Friday evening. Unusually cool for Iowa in July. It's probably a good thing Jo Ann's (from Arizona) not her - she'd be freezing!

We flew Friday evening - all into the field. 77 balloons flew, but not many made the field. Both Max & Mark missed it to the west, but Max got a couple of great photos of the balloon field. We then returned to the field & participated in a huge glow. Then back to the apartment for pizza & cake to celebrate Brad Temeyer's 30th BD.