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Ride the Wind in my Beautiful Balloon!

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Today is National “Ride the Wind” Day according to the Daily Holiday blog.   I would love to “ride the wind” today in a hot-air balloon!  My husband and I used to own a hot-air balloon with friends, the balloon’s name was “Sunbow”.   Then we all started having kids.  Have you ever tried to get a two-year old up at 4:30 a.m. so you could be at the field and ready for take-off when the sun rises? Yeah, just doesn’t work.  The balloon had to go. Nowadays we are on the chase crew for John Lee Marlow, President of The Continue Reading →

How a Hot Air Balloon Lapel Pin Led to Marriage

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Today my husband and I celebrate our anniversary.  If it hadn’t been for a hot air balloon lapel pin it may never have happened. I had seen him out and about quite often. It seemed he was always the center of a crowd, telling stories and making everyone laugh. He wasn’t really my type. I never sat out a song and he never stepped on the dance floor. He looked like an eccentric professor and I hated every day of high school. He was quite a bit older.  I was intrigued. I had a mutual friend introduce us. Apparently he was not impressed because Continue Reading →