Friday, April 7, 2017

Up, Up and Away in my Beautiful Balloon – Ahhhh, lets rethink that! April 8th date BTW

So we were up early for the hour and fifteen minute ride to our launch point for the Hot Air Balloon.  Gosh it was so hard to get up.  Did manage to snooze on the way there (there were 14 of us) so that helped.  Once we were at a small park, we waited to find where we would launch from.  Meanwhile, there was NO wind were we were, but as we looked at the sky, the clouds across the way were travelling at a break neck speed it seemed.  After about 45 minutes, two vans pulling two balloon baskets and compressed balloons, pull up… and that told us, there would be NO ride today.  It was so windy where the balloons take off from that they couldn’t even blow up the balloons, plus who knows where we would land!  Oh Phooey… up so darn early and no ride.  I will say, after yesterday’s bouncing like a cork in the sea, safety is a real priority for me!  So be it… no Hot Air Balloon for the Fosses today!
We headed back for home, and low and behold, on the golf course, a whole lot of Kangaroo!  Photo op for the 13 of us to experience.  It was so fun to seen them in their natural habitat and not confined.   Saw mom’s with kids in their pouches, roos punching each other, and some just hanging around for the meal and then jumping  away! 

On the road at 4 AM... ugh!
 And when the basket comes to where you are parked... not a good sign... it should have a balloon inflated above it
 These balloon baskets hold about 16 folks


Jerry didn't think he'd be on an Australian Golf Course... looking at roos! 



 Now this is a true Termite Castle... they have them all over here... and the upper part we are told is only 1/3 of the whole size... 2/3'rd is down below the ground... Makes me shiver just thinking about it!

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