Readington Balloon Festival- Saturday
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Saturday Night |
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At the pilot tent someone set up a
campaign fund for Barry.
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Hey, a good start! Howie even put in a
quarter... |
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Everyone ready for the pilot briefing. |
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Mario gets ready to take off! |
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Our fearless leader, Larry Konash of Air
America. Larry is really a great balloon meister and all around great guy! |
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We asked Harley to take pictures of
people at the festival. Some are balloonists, some are spectators. She does
a great job when people don't know she is snapping away! |
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Sally the launch director. She runs a
smooooth event! Fantastic job Sally! I didn't hear any pilots complain!
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Margaret the weather briefer and
"Thing" makes a cameo appearance. |
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Closeup of 'Thing'. |
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One of the cool things about a balloon
event is seeing fully grown adults wear bunny ears en masse. |
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Wanda Radowski makes a visit to the
festival. She is Jon Radowski's mother. |
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Howie |
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Sunday Morning |
I slept in again. So Harley took the pics
for Sunday morning. Even though I wasn't there, I will caption as I see
them. |
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Mr. Suave on the bees... |
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Mike survives dinner at Houlihan's but
forgets to dress for his flight. |
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Little Bee crew attempts to get good
seats at the briefing for the afternoon but no one tells them it is 8 hours
away. |
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Sunday night |
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Notice the blatant campaign propaganda at
this festival. |
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For some reason, every year Howie
threatens not to pay Kenny. This year was no exception. |
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Kenny presents Howie with a Balloon
Wizard hat... only to have the hat removed to reveal a... |
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Plunger! Howie said he felt a little
flushed. |
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Photos by Harley Brown: |
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Monday afternoon at our office-
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Our friend Keith lands his helicopter.
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Not really balloon related, but very
cool! |
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Barry's Campaign Cup. Actual photo:
Contents-
$5.17
4 cigarette butts
1 Limon Starburst wrapper.
Do not confuse this cup with the one
that was behind the balloon meister. That one was stolen.
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