Failure to Launch

For the second time our family hot air balloon ride was called off due to imperfect weather. We had scheduled the first time back in early July for a sunrise flight. That one didn't go off due to threat of thunder storms. Our second attempt was yesterday evening (Saturday). This time it looked promising. The weather was pretty nice, but it was a bit too windy for ballooning - 15 MPH winds, when 10 MPH is about their comfort limit. (The balloon folks were very nice about things though.)

So we are going to try again for next Saturday evening. Wish us some good weather.

Gentle Breeze Ballons

Farewell, Junior

The Griffy, Jr. era is over for the Reds. It's disappointing that he and the team weren't more successful during his eight years as a Red. But hopefully he and the Reds will benefit from the trade. I think he'll be better off somewhere he's not the main media focus.