Friday, October 25, 2013

And now, for a change of pace--balloons!

My buddy Geri Tzimoulis called me because someone she knew was involved in putting on a balloon festival here in Vegas. When I arrived, the first of fifteen balloons were lifting into the morning aky, while more were being inflated.

People were setting up one balloon after another:



 
It is a three-day mass balloon ascent (15 balloons). The weather has cooperated perfectly on the first two days.
 
 
 
And then we add motion!
 
 
For a YouTube video of the entire festival, just click on the YouTube icon on my web page www.divexprt.com 
 
After three mornings of perfect weather for ballooning, the wind came in the next day! Here's a sample:
 
 
The events organizers did a magnificent job, and luck was definitely with them!