Today, we completed a hot air balloon trip that was a gift to my friend Diane, Becky and myself last September. We tried to go then, but the winds were too rough...then Dianne had hip surgery, and it took until today to get this done.
It was Beautiful. We soared above the Napa Valley for over an hour. Here was the interesting thing. I needed a lot of assistance to get in the basket. I'm learning at my age that what I want to do isn't always possible! Like climb into a 4 foot basket all by myself. Well, not problem, lots of folks were willing to help. Then, at the end of the trip, I was having trouble climbing out. I waited for everyone else, and then swallowed my pride and said, "Can you tip this thing on it's side?"
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Yes, it is certainly great to be able to see things from up in the air. Here in Winnipeg, Remax, which is one of the big real estate companies, has a balloon and I've seen it on occasion but not recently. If you saw Winnipeg from a balloon this time of the year,it would be one green city as we have so many trees. I've never been up in a balloon myself. I've seen Winnipeg from the observation deck of the Richardson Building which is one of our highest buildings and from our now defunct rotating restaurant. I've heard talk that someone is trying to get it going again which would be nice as I've taken guests from out of town there in the past to get a good view of the city. It's great to hear that you and Becky had such a good time. My backyard chain link fence is 4 feet high and I've never tried jumping over it so I can understand why it was hard for you to climb out of a four foot high basket without assistance or a ladder.
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