TIME: Sunday, 2/28/2010, approx 5:45 PM, almost sunset.Karen looks out our Motorhome window and sees THIS ...
She calls out, “Ed! Look! There’s a big hot air balloon coming down!”
Putting on jackets, we run out to a spot several hundred yards into the field west of us--- Below is Ed, running towards it----
Balloonist: “What land are we on?”
Ed: “County park land.”
B: “Do we have permission to land here?”
Ed: “Well, seems to me you’ve already landed.”
It was a Hot-Air Balloon Tour that had taken off from the County Fairgrounds eight miles away.
Balloonist: “We almost came down in the woods over there."
Ed: “Coming down in those woods would’ve created problems. That's city open-space preserve-- no roads.”
B- “I don’t want to be on city land ...is this city land?”
Ed- “No, like I said, this is county land.”
B- “Good, I don’t want to go on city land.”
Here is the Gondola with happy Balloon Tourists. The Balloonist is the one concentrating on his equipment---
-The Ranger from the neighboring CITY Open Space Preserve shows up to issue them a Citation for landing on city land…
-The Balloonist strenuously objects (“...we're on county land!”)
-The City Ranger’s face hardens (“...you landed first on city land.”)
-The Balloonist even more strenuously objects...
-The City Ranger grimly threatens to impound the balloon (by now collapsed & rolled-up).
The Balloonist calls his boss...
...His boss calls their lawyers....
[By then, we’d called our own COUNTY Ranger, who's now also involved.]
...Needless to say, we’re staying clear of further involvement...
WOW! ...What a "neighborhood"!
We wonder who (or what) will be our NEXT Visitor to "Drop In"?
Wow, that's not something you see every day! Looks like you are having lots of interesting times in your retirement.
ReplyDeleteAll that makes retirement look pretty exciting. Glad you guys aren't bored!! Good to see photos of you and hear about your life after your "working" days. Especially warming to hear that you still seek after the heart of God.....that's one of the many reasons we loved you so. Take care dear friends!! Dan and Lori Kristensen
ReplyDeleteHope all this action is not too hard on your heart. Actually we think you deserve a FREE balloon ride for your efforts. BTW, the photographer deserves high cudos, someone after my own heart.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, the Rehms