Bud and I took part in a marvelous six day adventure, ballooning in Switzerland in mid June 2009. We were fortunate to join Sibby and Bob Brasler in an auction item to benefit the Arthur Ashe Junior Tennis Program in Philadelphia. We celebrated Sibby’s birthday on the 16th of June and Bud’s 80th on the 17th of June!!! Our masterful pilot, Stan Hess, and his “chaser” wife, Mary, … [Read more...] about BALLOONING IN SWITZERLAND FOR SIX DAYS!!
Ballooning
GETTING HIGH ON HOT AIR BALLOONS: THE GANG OF SEVEN’S SWISS UPS AND DOWNS
LUSTENAU, Austria — Drop in any time. That was the surprisingly hospitable sentiment of people we didn’t know in this small rural town we’d never heard of. Unannounced, we dropped from the benign blue sky, American strangers providing a little entertainment on a Sunday morning in June. Lustenau? End of the line? Apparently, because there was no choice. This was it … [Read more...] about GETTING HIGH ON HOT AIR BALLOONS: THE GANG OF SEVEN’S SWISS UPS AND DOWNS
Melbourne, Australia
One of our favorite stops of the year, this year I took a balloon ride over the city at dawn with the full moon illuminating our way at the start. … [Read more...] about Melbourne, Australia