I mean, people are already flying again and even sooner than this ready to go out there and do the fly thing and I am thinking on where I put my gloves!!
We are at Fiesta past, day 7. That's a week! I have my covers off my tanks. Tanks removed from the basket and straps also out. Burners and pole bag are resting on an envelope in the trailer. That is it!
I've edited a few videos, which turned out very nicely and I NOW have edited the shots that were worthy of editing from the whole week. I completely forgot the last day, thinking I had already done them.. nope....
Perhaps its because I get only a few hours of sleep at night that kills all my stamina right away...
That really sucks the life out of anything... Well away.. I have a bunch of shots here below I want to show off.. some taken by me.. some by my friends of me that I could never get... mainly because I cant fly in the balloon and take pictures of the balloon at the same time... kinda hard.. but I do have friends that can take a mean picture.. so I will post those here ...
All shots in this group by Kurt Van Sant...my good friend. ( hint..I'm the light bulb..white and yellow check balloon )
Except this one where I am in the yellow red and blue racer Patturns Highperactive. Hanging out with my friends.
Love these shots... If only the FAA and AIBF would allow me to run a drone from the basket with a dslr hung on it.
These shots are from my good friend Paul Olguin... He was off to the East nicely set up.
Nothing like sharing the sky with your Son ( Yellow balloon with the black thunderbolt )... Yes I have the heebie geebies but he is a great Pilot and I shouldn't worry... but I do...
Below are from my phone of dubious quality but worth showing here as no where else will they be seen.....
So the big question is when does Fiesta relinquish this bind? We had great conversations on the way to propane about the wording. Flight release required.
My scratching on a better way to run the roads into the field and propane.. cause there has to be a better way not to have pedestrians crossing the roads... just me and my CDOTV.
Last weather report with pibal...INSIDE.. raining all morning put a damper on things...
Last year for Sam.. sad to see that happen but he was fantastic. Where will the tiny horses go now?!?!
Top of Patturns In Czech... So many people everywhere.. loads of fun chatting with them all..or most.. some... okay a few.
Andrew watches and monitors...
Nick keeps things tight and right.
The one thing I wont miss... I like indoor plumbing no matter how clean these were....
Second of four pins... for sale for 3 bucks each. ..or you can come crew for a bit.
Day, I cant remember.. Ready to head to the field at 5am.
Birthday Cherry Pie.. made by my sister Carolyn! Thanks.. It was gooooood.
Rory lends ( without his knowledge ) his truck to retrieve a stuck British crew. They had cool Union Jack jackets n stuff. It was very interesting getting out of this arroyo. 4 wheel drive, speed and maneuverability.
Morning laser light show was fun...
When there is little in the atmosphere the people would walk around with foggers...still was cool.
Brought out my globe to play with a few times... not enough time to play that much sadly or happily.
The morning brief at the tower... using one of my offices on line weather charts...nice!
Sheltering in place when the winds came up.. guess where....
When you cant see in the dark you use your phone to take a picture... Boosted the heaters the next day though this was an okay pressure.
Morghan's crew. There are pics of my crew around somewhere.....
More fun with lasers!!! Yaaaaaaaa......
So someone got real wet feet..... Me, only a little squishy.... a stop at the local starbucks for the toilet, coffee and wring out the socks. Splash and dashes in the Rio Grande does this at times.
Super awful cool blue tooth speaker as a gift from AIBF! It sounds very good.
Emerson Elementary where we stand up for the kids the day before Fiesta starts... so many good people work here and the kids are great.
After the Albuquerque Aloft school stand up ( we dont fly because we are too close to the airport and the kids get more time with us ) its VIC's breakfast for the crew!! Then propane refueling.
Whew!!!...
Videos processed so far can be found here.....
https://InvisibleBlack.zenfolio.com/p715442282/eb920c49e
and here...
https://InvisibleBlack.zenfolio.com/p715442282/eba9529de
and here...
https://InvisibleBlack.zenfolio.com/p715442282/eba307dc3
and more to come...and you can get to them all from any one of those links.
No shots from day 8 or any days more now as this is long enough as it is... I am off for more rest before the next full five days of work!!
Coffee ..
