| Readington Balloon Festival- Saturday night, Sunday morning, Sunday night & Monday afternoon in Chester Springs. | ||
| Saturday Night | ||
 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... |
 Everyone ready for the pilot briefing. |
 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! |
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. |
 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. |
 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. |
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. |
 Kenny presents Howie with a Balloon Wizard hat... only to have the hat removed to reveal a... |
 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- | ||
 Our friend Keith lands his helicopter. |
 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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