Saturday, August 25, 2012

World Hot Air Balloon Championships

Well, we can't stay away from ballooning too long.  Here we are in Battle Creek, Michigan in the U.S. at the World Championships.  Peter is loving it!  We are seeing many old friends.  Ruth Wilson is here from Australia...  and also Matthew Scaife is coming in 4th, which is wonderful.  Matthew is the son of the man who purchased Balloon Aloft from us, and Matt is running our company in Australia.  We are very pleased with his success.

But ballooning has changed with the advent of computers and GPS's, and I am not so sure Peter or I would like to compete anymore.  It is a different world than the one we used to fly in!!!

Another month has gone by......

I can't believe it is more than a month since my last blog.  We have done many exciting things in Switzerland, including a 'Bisse' walk around the side of a mountain with sheer drops that took my breath away!  We have also been to France and spent 4 days with New Zealand friends on their boat on a canal in France and absolutely loved it!