Hot Air Balloons

A few weeks ago we took an early morning trip to see a hot air balloon launch in a nearby town. I hadn't been to one since I was a kid and my wife had never been before.

Just as the balloons were due to launch, the wind picked up and gradually, the pilots concluded, each on his or her own, that they weren't going to fly that day. We were one of the last to leave, hoping that somebody might take the chance. The upside: we got to see how the balloons are deflated and repacked.