Hot Air Ballon

A quick sleep in a rather dingy room at La Quinta and off for a 50min drive to Coors Blvd (empty parking lot) for a hot air balloon ride. First a quick pee in the gated dumpster. Then I got to help with filling the ballon, and 5 in total, including pilot Murray got in and up we went. There was a lot of fog over the Rio Grande which is unusual. We float down close to the water and then to a different landing site. We were in the air 50min in total. We had a smooth landing and helped pack up the chute.
Back to the launch site for some mimosas and the history of hot air ballooning. The pilot was great (a former police chief in Albuquerque), who ended up buying World Balloons during Covid. A company that started in 1973.Read more