Sunday, June 7, 2009

Balloons Over Bend


I woke up early this morning, and with Tom gone on a river trip with son, Chris, and son-in-law, Wylie, I decided to do my usual Pilot Butte trek early in hopes of catching the balloons. I got there right at 6:30 as they were starting to go up. The best of all was the Energizer Bunny!

As I watched them, I recalled that it was just 3 years ago this weekend that I arrived in Bend...on my way to the store to buy a newspaper, the skies were full of balloons. I had no
idea what was going on, but felt I had landed in a special place for sure! The weather today was good for the balloons, but not so good for mountain visibility. Here are some shots I took...
























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