Monthly Archives: October 2014

Hot Air Balloon Ride: Part I The Experience

Everyone’s in Albuquerque. That was the response of our balloon pilot when we asked, “Why are we the only people using this hot air balloon launch site this morning?” A member of our chase crew this morning, quickly volunteered that on one occasion, 68 balloons launched in a Mass Ascension from this Chatfield site. As […]

October 11, 2014 – 7:55 am | By Milt | Posted in 3. Seeing Ourselves in Relationship to Nature | Comments (2)

Hot Air Balloon Ride: Part II The Journey

The journey to this place (the Montgolfier Balloon launch site) in this park (Chatfield State Park south of Denver) on this day in 2014 began back in 1997 when my wife, Kim, and I embarked on a road trip from Denver, CO to Cape Canaveral, FL to watch the October launch of NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft. […]

October 11, 2014 – 7:50 am | By Milt | Posted in 3. Seeing Ourselves in Relationship to Nature | Comments (3)